The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-08
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local. .

Siuctor on the c., II. e. ]. road. is spending few
days with friends in this city.
March earnings, as a rule. are making favor
able showing. If April will only continue the
Improvement there will be reason to feel en-
couragement.
The traffic Of the c., l., st. L. & c. road for
-four months past has been heavy beyond par
aIlel Last month several times the freight-car
mileage per day on the main line was over lOO-
900 miles.
The Vandalia people will next week turn out
of their Terre Haute shops two rebuilt parlor
cars, which are said to be beauties. They are
painted the color of the Pullman cars and
highly ornamented.
James Durant, general passen ger agent of the
Mississippi Valley route, gives notice that T. II.
Rogers has been appointed general travelling pas
senger agent of this line, taking effect April 3,
with Office at Memphis. Tenn.
NJ E. ingalls,, president j. w. Sherwood, SUI
psrintendent and Chief Engineer Morris, are this
week inspecting the main line and branches of
l4he c., l., st. l.. & G. road for the purpose OF
deciding what is to be done this season in the
way of improvements.
Arrangements are being made by which the
new limited express trains over the Pennsyl-
vania and Vandalia lines will carry sack mail for
come Of the more prominent points This will
be of advantage to indianapolis business men,
as they will secure their Eastern mail early In
the morning.
The ticketbrokers hold their annual meeting
in ST. Louis May Ia There are now some $50
members in the association, and it is stated
they represent a capital of several million dol
lars. These gentlemen scalpers seem to thrive
on the bitter opposition they meet with from the
general passenger agents.
Seldom in the history of the Vandalia line
has ha 81 haa uach a a
present time. On nearly every train every seat
An the several coaches is taken. The fast mail
train yesterday noon west had over 300 passen.
gers aboard, and the new limited train carried
some eighty through and local passengers.
The Quigley committee of T.. C. & st. l..
bonaholders are out with a statement to refute
the report from the West that Austin Corbin,
president Of the Indiana, Bloomington 81 West
arn road has practically secured control of the
bonds of the t. c. eS st l.. road, and that the
ST. Louis division will be in the hands OF the l.,
B. 6 w. people before the end of the summer.
Terre Haute is fast becoming important
railrosd center. Forty-s passenger trains now
arrive and depart at that city daily Sunday ex
cspteG OF this number thirty -elght trains
arrive and depart from the same depot. the l.
b st L. being the only road which has an
independent depot. Like indianapolis, Terre
Haute needs commodiouS handsome, new
union depot.
a largo number of presidents, general messen-
gers, general superinteEdents and general ticket
ard passenger agents went west last night on
The midnight trains for st. Louis. A lively
time is looked for at the convention, so much of
q stir has the putting on of limited trains be-
tween New York and St Louis created, and the
further shortening of time between Chicago and
New York is, as we'll, a disturbing element
Gaylord Beach, chief engineer of the Decline
system is in the city. Mr.. Beach states that
this year extensive Improvements are to be made
to the Indianapolis division of the Bee-line,
hSeh haa haax etad for that
the improvements TO the Cincinnati division and
the L &. st. L. division could be made. In few
days several gravel trains will be put on, new
steel rails are to be laid, and thousands of new
cross-ties put in. The bridges are now in good
condition.
An official report of singular accident which
occurred on the F., c. & st. L. road, near Gov
Engton, was sent in, few days since, to the
general manager The conductor of freight
train noticed that one Of the cars seemed to be
falling, and the train stopped An inspection
showed that wheel of the car had broken al
most in half, and that it had run on the track in
that condition for eight miles. 1t had Clipped
and broken !, $50 sections of rails, weighing 80
tons, 80 badly that all of them were replaced.
Photographs have been made of the broken
wheel and some of the rails.
Il NJ Hoxie, vice-president Of the Texas &
Pacific road, gives notice. under date OF
April. that ]. X. Lape is appointed master me-
chanic of the Texas & Pacific railway with head
quarters at Marshall, Tex Mr.. Lape will also
have charge of the car department. A. H. Watts
Will take charge of the machinery and car de-
par.ments on the Rio Grande division, with
headquarters at Big Springs, Tex Their orders
to employees in their departments will be re-
spected and obeyed. Ii seems that Mr.. Lape is
on q road where competent mechanic IS ap-
preciated His many friends in indianapolis
viii be glad to learn of his continuous promotion.
The Legislature of Illinois will be asked to re-
peal an act which obliges railroad companies to
stop all passenger trains at county When
the law was passed there were fewer trains run,
and it seemed more necessary that stops should
be made. On several of the Illinois roads fast
trains are run, and the delays from these stops
are expensive and take mp considerable time.
At the larger towns where there are county
seats, it pays the roads to stop, but there are
many of the county in Illinois where there
are not half dozen passengers day get onto a
a train, and these only to 60 to some town a few
miles distant but as the law now is, all trains
mnst stop whether there is passenger gets on
at such station once month, or not so often.
Under date of April 4, L. A. Ford, general
passenger agent OF the Pennsylvania lines west
of Pittsburg, issued the following notices.
Jas M. Greaves is hereby appointed travelling
passenger agent for these companies, with head
quarters at Minneapolis, Mimi, vice d. l. Rob-
erts promoted and transferred appointment
takes effect May LIST .proxmo. George
agent for these roads at Indianapolis, Ind, vice
Jas NJ Greaves, transferred. Appointment
takes effect April 2lst instant" In the few
months that Mr.. Greaves has been city ticket
agent he has made many warm friends, his
genial ways and honorable methods OF doing bust
ness having been appreciated. Mr. Rech. who
succeeds him as city passenger agent, is we'll
known complimentary remarks are uncalled for.
He is one Of the best in the business.
Grounded Upon Common Sense.
Earl Granville, whose freight shipments are of
considerable extent said, during recent debate
so the House of Lords, that he wished to make a
remark (which must be obvious to every one
khat the prosperity of the railways and the pro-
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