The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-10
RAILWAY GOSSIP.

"A. T. Schrader, traffic manager Of the Illinois
Midland road, was in the city yesterday off,
cal business
Mr.. E. F. Mann has been appointed assistant
superintendent of the Vermont division OF the
Boston & Lowell railroad.
N. K. Elliott, superintendent of transporta-
ton Of the vandalia lines, has gone to Ohio to
spend the Sabbath with old time friends
Circulars have been issued for the union meet
ing of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen at
Chicago, on Sunday, May IL. A pleasant time
is anticipated.
w. c. Staley, assistant claim agent Of the
Illinois Central road for number Of years, has
accepted the position of chief clerk IN the Office
Of the Santa Fe road
The floral designs at Will Applegate's funeral .
| are said to have been remarkably elaborate. One
was a floral train entering tunnel. A carload
of Chicago railway men attended the funeral
Henry Gushing, of this city, died yester-
day, after lingering illness. Mr.. Gushing
was very successful in securing the rIght-of- way
for railroad companies. His last work was in
securing the right-ofway for the T. d. u di-
vision of the Vandalia.
A S. Patton has completed his thirtieth year
as conductor on the Illinois Central, and, being
seventy, has resigned, and returns to Massa-
chusetts. He has never had an accident and
never been reprimanded, and the company has
presented him with valuable gold watch and
chain
Within the past week D. f. Whitcomb, super
intendent of the Union tracks, has been offered
the position of division superintendent on an
| important Eastern system OF roads at a hand
some salary The numerous friends OF Mr.
Whitcomb will be pleased to learn that he Is not
giving the matter favorable consideration.
a. R. Duval, late general manager of the Erie
fastfreight line, has decided to retire from rail
road service, and will become partner in a
strong New York financial Wall-street firm
Mr. Duval, whose ability as a railroad man is
recognized, has within the last ten days declined
high position offered him on an important sys-
tenn Of roads.
The report that legal measures are to be insti-
tuted against the directors of all railroads who are
suspected of specializing in railroad stocks, says
the Financial Record, is about the richest joke
that Wall street has been treated to for several
years There is, however, one method by which
the practice could be stopped-that would be by
closing the Stock Exchange
W. f. Crouch division superintendent of the
Pullman Car Company, was in the city yester-
day to make preparations for putting on the new
line Of Pullman sleeping coaches between Co
lumbus, o., and Peoria, H., over the c., St L.
& r., the l., ID. & S., and p. d. & r. roads. Mr..
Crouch states that the coaches which are to be
| put on are among the best owned by the Pull
man company.
| hold their annual conventions next month: The
! American Association of Train Dispatchers will
| hold its annual convention in Denver, COL, on
Wednesday, June 3. The Master Car-builders
| Hygeia Hotel, Old Point Comfort fortress
! Monroel Va, beginning Tuesday June 9.
\ The Master Mechanics Association will hold its
! annual convention in Washington. beginning on
1 Tuesday, June Is. The Car Accountants AS
sociation win hold it's annual convention i'll
| Minneapolis Mimi, beginning on Tuesday,
| June %
| The Boston Evening Gazette, in its last issue,
| gives biographical sketch of James r. Ken
| drick, general manager of the Old Colony rail
/ road and comes to the correct conclusion that
Mr.. Hendricks great success has resulted mostly
from his thorough knowledge of every detail of
railroadin q and also of men, and likewise from the
possession of an invariably level head and an In
tense desire for absolute and impartial justice on
all questions and in regard to all persons with
whom he comes in contact The Old Colony
Railroad Company is fortunate in having Mr..
| Kendrick for It's general manager Mr. Hendricks
friends in the West will be pleased TO learn that
his ability is appreciated.
| Albert Fink the railway pool commissioner.
/ receives salary of Es;25, 600 a year. He is wild
! owner with one child, little daughter, for
whom his fondness is of his conspicuous
/ traits. His wealth has been estimated at So. 000,
| 0oO and has not, since he became prominent in
| connection with the pooling arrangements, been
put below 81 100000. Mr.. Fink has never been
Spectator. which is probably the reason his
4 fortune has not expanded-or vanished He is
an engineer by profession, and is the inventor Of
the Fink truss bridge, which is in extensive use,
1 and gives him. in the shape of royalties, large
| share of his fortune He is German by birth
| and thoroughly German in all his tastes.
| George w. Stevens superintendent of the
eastern division OF the Wabash SYSTEM is one
of the rapidly rising railroad men of the Middle
| States, and is highly esteemed by his superior
officers. Mr.. Stevens was born in Utica, o.,
4 June 90 1851, entered railway service Feb. /,
| 1864; to April, 1865, messenger telegraph office
| Baltimore 81 Ohio railroad; April, 1865,
| to February, 1870, agents clerk and telegraph
| operator, same road Feb l, 1870 to May /, 1872,
telegraph operator and agent Pittsburg, Cincin-
natl IL st. Louis railroad; May l. 1872. to Sept.
patcher. road; Sept. l, 1873, to date on To-
ledo, Wabash & Western (now Wabash St
Louis & Pacific railroad). eight years train dis
| potcher, and two years division superintendent
| Ohio and Indiana divisions; July l. 1883, to date
| superintendent, as above.
James McCrea manager of the Pennsyvania
| lines west of Pittsburg the p, TT. w. & G.. ex-
cepted has just begun his fourth wear in the DO
| siton. So grand work has he done toward
! bringing the lines under mis- management toward
the standard of perfection that brief sketch of
| his railroad career will be read with in
| terest Mr. McCrea was born in Phil
adelphia May l, 1S48; entered railway
service June, 1865 to December. 1867, rodman
anu assistant engineer on the COLneliSrlie.N
Southern Pennsylvania railroad; December,
1867, to September, 1868, rodman on construc-
ton of the Wilmington 81 Reading railroad; Sep
TENDER, 1868, to March, 1871, assistant engineer
in the construction of Benefits branch extension
of the Allegheny Valley railroad; MARCH l. 1871,
to Aug. l, 1874, principal assistant engineer in
the construction department of the Pennsylvania
railroad Aug. l, 1874, to Jan. l, 1875, assistant
engineer in the maintenance of way OF the Phil
adelpha division of the Pennsylvania railroad;
Jan. j, 1875, to Oct, Is, 1873, superintendent of
the middle division Of the same road Oct. Is,
1873, to May l. 1882, superintendent of the New
York division of the same road; May l, 1882, to
date, manager as above.
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