The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-16
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.


C., St. L. & P. road at Logansport is not up to
The Pennsylvania standard.
John B. Carson, general manager of the L.,
N. A. Sc c. road. who has been in New York
some two weeks. returned yesterday.
George H. Valiant, freight traffic manager of
che Erie road, headquarters at Chicago, yester-
day went to New York for conference with
president King.
, The Wabash people have purchased what is
known as the Ream property, at Peru, Ind, and
nhe buildings thereon are to be enlarged and fit
ted no for a hospital.
H. w. Gays, ex general freight agent of the
indianapolis 81 St. Louis road. is in the city. Mr..
GAYS, who is very competent freight mal, has
had two good offers of positions, and, after rest
may accept one OF them.
Col Joseph Hill, superintendent, and other
general officers of the Vandaa lines yesterday
inspected the T. H. & L division of the system,
and decided upon making several excellent
improvements TO the road bed the present season.
The removal of the headquarters of Charles
Watts from Logansport to Chicago, Manager
bicCrea, OF the Pennsylyania lines west OF rus
burg the p, Fit. w. 81 c. division excepted,
says is but temporary. lie returns TO Logans-
port July /.
The removal of train agents on the Wabash
Eroad is said 10 be due to Mr.. Tut one OF the
receivers who happened to witness the insulting
conduct of the genteel spotter, in dealing win
tune of the passengers, and at once insisted tnat
khe Wabssh had nof further use for their services
The American Electric Locomotive Headlight
company has receivedan order from the super
Gntendent of motive power on the Erie road Tor
eight electric headlights of the pattern OF the
light which has been doing such excellent service
on the engine 460 on the c., st. L. q +. road for
some months past.
The following item which was clipped from
hha Boston Journal will be comforting to Secre-
bo ira mo
the local roads propose to entertain the annual
convention of the United States Association OF
Travelling Agents, to be held In Boston next
July, In great style.
NJ E. Ingalls, president of the c., l., St L. q
&C. road has been asked to take the receivership
of the New York, West Shore & Buffalo road.
Mr. Ingalls, is quoted as saying, In reply, that 1t
would be a step toward a lunatic asylum to un-
dertake to straighten out the arrangements or
The West Shore road.
The indianapolis, Decatur G. Springfield
ngement yesterday perfected another traffic ar
arrangement which will be of great advantage to
them. The Great Western Dispatch will after
Monday next carry its Peoria business over the
Peoria Decatur g. Evansville, the l., D. & S.,
the c., H. 81 d., to a connection with the Erie
road.
A S. Burgess, district passenger agent of the
Union Pacific road, headquarters Indianapolis
who has been seriously i'll for some months, but
who has been improving of late, yesterday, his
numerous friends will regret TO learn, suffered a
relapse, and last evening his physicians We're
much discouraged over the prospects OF his re-
'covery.
The Wooley Electric Locomotive Headlight
Company much elated over the performance
of an improved electric light they have been
running for a couple of nights past on the O., L.,
st L. & G. road. II is claimed that the light
,strikes upon the track more directly and more
powerfully than the electric lights they have
been using on the Big Four road for some nights
previous.
The time schedule of the two fast trains over
the Bee-line which go on May "a, is based on
thirty three and half miles per hour, stops to
be deducted which will bring the average speed
up to fully forty three miles per hour. This is
really faster time than the G., st. l.. 81 P. and
the Van dalia limited trains The l. 81 St L.
has twenty five miles longer road than the Van
dalia to overcome.
The superintendent of telegraph on the Wa
tbash system has issued instructions to all dis
patchers and operators that the time honored
custom of sending 'holding orders" will be abol-
ished Tho special order being sent to all trains
response will give the number of the order, say
30 k" sign his 'letter" and Office call; but the
SO. H." shall not be returned unless he is abso-
lutely certain he can deliver the order to the
train TO which it is addressed
Most of the leading roads of the country have
notified Joseph Sanger secretary ard treasurer
of the Yardmasters' Mutual Benefit Association
of the United States and Canadas. that they
will pass delegates presentation of credentials
going to and returning from the eleventh annual
convention of the Yardmasters Mutual Benefit
Association of the United States and Canada. to
be held in Philadelphia, Pa, June TO- 1885.
Nearly every road specially mentions that wives
of members well will be given free transport
alton.