The Indianapolis journal., 1885-08-31
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal aud Local.

Commissioner Doherty, of the east-bound
pool, is expected home from Cincinnati this
morning.
W. B. Kuiskern has been appointed assistan
general passenger agent of the Chicago S n orth-
western road.
The pay of section men and car inspectors on
the l. & st. l.. road. it is stated, will be reduced
10 per cent, commencing with Sept /.
John Browning, passenger conductor on the
L.. n A. & c., has been confined to the house
for few days by illness, but is improving
w. F. Knowles has been appointed New Eng
land agent of the California fast-feight line,
with Office at No. 211 Washington street, Boston.
Business is beginning to improve handsomely
with the c., l., st. L. g. c. road Last week
8 1879 loaded cars were hauled on the main
line.
Live stock traffic, more especially through
business. is lighter, and has been the last four
weeks, than in the month of August in either of
five years past
intendent OF the Iowa and Dakota division of the
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Com
pany is announced.
Rean Campbell, of Cincinnati, has been ap-
pointed in charge of transportation at New Or
leans for the Northern. Central and South
Aucrlcau EApOSltlon.
Passenger as we'll as freight traffic over the
L. N A. d5 G.. Airline, is showing a handsome
improvement, and the c., III. & ID. people begin
to appreciate the Air line as a connection.
E. A. Schrader, traffic manager of the Illinois
Midland road. writes from Marquette that since
his arrival there his hay fever has all disappeared,
and he will return to business in few days.
Robert Blee. superintendent of the Cincinnati
& Columbus division of the Beeline, and Gay
hipf Uh haV
Europe some three weeks, sailed for home on
Saturday.
A freight agency has been established at
Wagoners. Ind, the Detroit and Indianapolis
division of the Wabash railway. with 7. FL.
Jameson as agent. Freight shipment for this
point may be received without requiring prepay
ment in future
Some three hundred carloads of block coal
are now shipped daily from the Clay county coal
mines. Thirteen railroads, as we'll as numerous
manufacturing companies scattered over this
and adjoining States, use block coal for their
locomotives and engines
The i've Western roads last week brought in
4O03 loaded cars. as follows: l., D. & s.. 237;
l., b. & W.. III c., l., St L. & c., 1888; L. 81 st.
L.. 1.O21; Vandalia, !, 140. The same roads
brought in a. 489 loaded cars in the week ending
Aug. %; decrease last week. 486 cars.
The Indianapolis & St Louis people this week
will receive twenty miles Of steel rails from q
Pennsylvania mill. The rails placed in
their track for a couple of years past have been
from the Cleveland mills. These were pur-
chased for a test of durability beside the Cleve-
land rail.
The refrigerator cars run in carrying dressed
meats from ST. Louis to New England over the
Bee-line and its usual connections equipped
with coupler with which can be coupled
from the top or at the side of the cars without
going in between the cars, and it works admra-
bly,, and is not an expensive arrangement.
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from this point last week 1857 loaded cars, as
follows: Bee-line, 1,3l2; c., L. st. l.. & c., S66;
l., B. & W., 864; C., ST. L. & P, GG6; c., H. & L.,
249 In the week ending Aug. %, the Bee-line
forwarded l,7S5; c.. l., St. l.. & c.. 927 l.. B. &
will be seen that there were 496 less loaded cars
forwarded East last week than in the preceding
week, the Bee-line showing the largest falling Off