The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-24
RAILWAY GOSSIP.

J G. Cook has been appointed station agent at
Woodyille, on the Terre Haute s. Logansport
division of the vandalia
California papers speak of G. G. Wheeler. of
the Chicago & Northwestern with his family. as
being in San Francisco having good time
/ I, A Lewis, manager of the Erie fast-freight
lines, returned from Chicago yesterday. He
says he sees no signs of restoration of rates at
present
1t is stated that Henry w Gays. late general
freight agent on the Indianapolis & ST. Louis
road, has been offered good position on the
Erie road.
Rate Association, has called special meeting
for Tuesday at IL A. NJ, when some questions
which have caused trouble of late will be settled.
The roadmasters of the N. Y, P. & o. held
their annual meeting in Cleveland on Thursday,
and had q banquet at the Kennard House. This
is said to be the only railway employees organ
ization on earth that opens its meetings with
prayer.
@. P. Krouth, jr., late division superintendent
OF the Pullman Palace Car Company, whose
headquarters were at Boston, Mass, died sud
denly Tuesday. Mr. Krouth had recently been
appointed division superintendent of the Mann
Boudoir Car Company.
A plan has been devised which will shortly be
submitted to the stockholders of the Lake Erie
& Western, whose approval is confidently ex-
debt OF the company, and thus relieve it from its
present embarrassment.
William d. Biggs, who has bsen day operator
for the j., M. g. l., at Seymour, for over two
years, has resigned his position. Heiis succeed
ed by A. II. Anderson, of Frankn who has
been night operator for some time. Fred w.
Shroer of Walesboro, takes the position vacated
by Mr.. Anderson.
Chief Engineer Morris, of the c., T., st. l.. &
c., has instructed agents at all stations to at
x1n H. - t<rf~~ a1n
cleanly condition. and hereafter they will be ex-
pected to keep them so without further notice.
Beneficial results seem to be following in the
trail of the cholera scare
Superintendent Evan, of the Bee-line, and
Wilson, of the l., B. g. W., cannot agree as to
which road is liable for damages in the wreck a
short time since, on the Belt road, and have
turned the evidence taken on both sides over to
the general managers for settlement The dam
ages amount to several thousand dollars
The select congressional committe on inter-
state commerce, which was addressed Thurs
day, by Commissioner Fink. consists of United
States Senators Shelby McCullom, of Illinois;
Warner Miller, of New York; Orville H. Plat,
of Connecticut Arthur P. German, of Mary
land. and Isham G. Harris, of Tennessee.
| G. G.. Hadley, of Toledo, general manager of
the Ohio Central Coal Company, is authority for
the statement that under the new arrangement
by which the Hooking Valley and Ohio Central
roads are to be operated jointly, Mr. j. f. Mar
TIN VIII De Ln6 Vic6 president ana general man
ager of the Toledo g. Ohio Central road. tits
understood, also, that Judge Stevenson Burke
will be president of the new combination.
Mr.. John Scott, general manager of the Gin
cinnati, New Orleans q Texas Pacific Railroad
Company, has resigned to take effect June /.
His successor has not yet been designated. Mr.
Scott has resided in Cincinnati since 1881. When
the Cincinnati Southern railroad was leased, he
was made it's general manager. He had pre-
viously been general manager of other roads in
~ LIS 4 M a..
j. D. Besler has been appointed general super
intendent, in charge of the operating depart
ments; of the roads owned or operated by and
in the name of the Chicago, Burlington Quincy
east of the Missouri river, with headquarters at
Galesburg, H., the appointment to take effect
June /, 1885, The gentleman has heretofore
been in charge of the Illinois lines, and has had
twenty years continuous service with the COM
pany.
One of the minor trials of railway travel arises
from cinders in the eyes. An old railroader says
that simple and effectual cure may be found in
one or two grains of flax seed, which may be
placed in the eye without pain or injury AS
they dissolve, glutinous substance is formed
which envelopes any foreign body that may be
under the lid and washes it out. A dozen of
these seeds should constitute part of every
travellers outfit
meeting of the passenger department Of the
Chicago and Ohio River Pool Association was
held at Commissioner Richardson's Office Friday
1t was resolved that hereafter book makers,
poolsel and jockeys should not be entitled to
the reduced rates allowed by the association.
The subject of tickets sold by outside lines was
submitted to the executives committee It was
decided that where parties Of twenty or more
purchased tickets general passenger agents |
might allow rate of two'cents per mile without
referring the subject to the pool committee.
E. K Sibley. who on June takes the position of
general freight agent of the entire Missouri Pa |
cifc system, was for seven years assistant gen.
eral freight agent of the Iron Mountain at |
the time that Seth Frink was general freight |
agent of the road. About 1880 he resigned that |
position to become general manager of the Mem |
phis & Little Rock, being afterward appointed |
receiver and general manager of that road. |
About year ago he was superseded by Rudolph |
Fink He then accepted his present position, |
assistant to the third vice-president of the Mis-
souri, Pacific company, in charge of the affairs of
the Iron Mountain road
Railroad men at Philadelphia are listening to |
some very able addresses weekly, railroad facil
tiles and developIn ents, which are given at the |
Franklin Institute. OneWednesday evening last |
P. FL. Van Der Weyde addressed the members |
of the institute on "Pheps's System of Teleg- |
raphy from and to Moving Trains" The |
working of the system was illustratedby lantern
pictures w. B. LIE Van read paper on Trans |
portation Facilities of the Past and Present" |
The first railroad in the United States was in |
troduced in Pennsylvania by John Thompson, |
In September. 1909. This was eighteen years |
before the building of the so-caled first railroad
in the United States, which was constructed in |
Massachusetts as late as 1927.
The Jeffersonvile News says: Engine $50 has |
been dismantled and consigned to the scrap pile. |
This ends the career of an engine that is famous |
among the employees of the j., M. & l. road as |
man killer, more men having met death under
her cruel wheels than under those of any two |
engines on thesroad 1t was this engine, once
namedsN. Powell, that, several years ago, ran
off of a misplaced switch at Henryville, with a
hog-train, killing John Belch, engineer. VIM Pot
ter, fireman, and brakeman A few years after,
she ran into tree on the Cambridge branch, |
near Kings Station, killing Charles MeKibbon,
engineer, George Ambrose, fireman, and severe
ly injuring number of passengers. Besides |
these, quite anumber of other men, because of
the $780, sleep soundly their last sleep. Con