The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-19
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal aud Local.


resignation.
shipped East, yesterday, from this point, over
The c.. St L. & P. The train was run in FIVE
sections.
Tramps are again becoming very annoying to
train men. They now even watch their oppor-
tunity TO board fast express trains and often se-
cure lengthy ride before discovered
Wednesday was field day with the baggage
saeH ct the Union Depot In addition to their
heavy transfer work they checked from Indian
apolis proper $50 pieces OF baggage
The Pennsylvania and the Bee-line people an
nounce that they will sell tickets on July and
A. between all stations, at reduced rates Tick
cts good for return to and including July6
A party of seventy-t in charge of A. d.
Perry. district passenger agent of the Chicago
a Alton road left last night at IL o'clock over
the L, B. 81 w. en- route to Santa Fe, New
Mexico.
The c., T., St L. G. c., in their efforts to cut
down expenses are wisely leaving undisturbed
the full complement of section men, and main
kxining to the standard the excellent condition of
She roadbed
8 Hopkins, general Northern agent of the
Mobile 81 Ohio company has been appointed
Office at Chicago will be closed, and he will re-
side at Cairo, ILL.,, until further orders.
G. w. Hall, superintendent of the Woodruff
Sleeping car Company, was In the city yesterday
en- route southwark with two elegant coaches
which to be put on the c., o. 81 S. w. road
20 be run between Louisville 81 Memphis.
H B. Hammond, president and receiver of
the l.. d. S. railroad. is in Tuscoa, H., attend
ing court, attempting to unravel some Of the
'1snarls" General Freight Agent Sanderson in his
day got the road into by promising rebates to
shippers
I'll A Compton, passenger conductor, Of the
e, st. Il. Il F., Logansport division, who has
never missed taking his train out for four years
past, has obtained two weeks leave of Absence
and will spend the time visiting friends in east
ern Indiana.
One of the uptown ticket agents wrapped a
bundle of tickets of considerable size yesterday
Eehen marked upon it: BE sure and deliver this
package this evening to 1913 South Illinois
street" AS this is scalper Frey's Office there is
room for suspicion.
r. b. Thomas. general manager of the Bee
line, says the tendency of the times is to faster
fraiDs and the limited trains have been put on
TO stay. Further, he says. the Bee line people
win shorten the running time of all their through
trains as far as practicable so to do.
Hon j. II. Devereux president of the Bee
lime system, IN company with e. b. Thomas,
general manager. returned from st. Louis yes
Herday on the limited express, and left last
ing for Cincinnati, over the c.. l., ST. L. e. G.
DIR. Devereux goes there to attend the meeting
today OF the committee of nineteen.
j. f. Deverenx, president of the Decline
system. ''poohs' at the rumor that officials are
going over the Lake Erie e. Western road on a
for the property at the coming foreclosure sale.
Further, he says VIM. III. Vanderbilt does not
owna dollar Of the stock or bonds of the road.
The Wabash road announces that freight
@gencles have been abolished at the following
points on this railway: Rowe, Strassburg, Voor-
hoes and Hebron, ILL.,, on the Chicago division;
Campbell and Kennedy Ia, on the Des Moines
division; Curran ILL.,. on the Illinois division
AL freight shipments for these points must be
prepaid
The chairman of the new West Shore commit
tee ID Frederic Taylor, the accomplished cashier
OF the Continental National Bank He Is the
author of some brilliant articles on the West
Shore Middle" in one of the Sunday newspapers
Eae has had considerable experience III railroad
management and was president of the Burlng
Aon, Cedar Rapids & Northern for several
years, after having successfully reorganized the
company.
lie is good time for passenger men to scan
closely requests for passes w. S. Baldwin,
general passenger agent of the Louisville New
Albany e Chicago road, was. Wednesday. called
upon by a fraud vino presented a letter bearing
the heading and stamp of the Rome, WATERFOWL
&c Ogdensburg road, requesting pass for E. G.
Turner, Chicago to Louisville, and signed G.
Morgan, general passenger agent When the
escaped.
Vice president Waites annual statement
shows that the c., H. d l. division of the c., HI.
81 ID. system was operated at loss to the c., H.
81 ID. company of $92, 543.14 But the c., FL. &
40. charges up to operating expenses of the c.,
III & |. twenty miles of new steel rails, new side
tracks costing So. 000 and various other improve
meats, and while the showing for the c., III. 81 l.
may seem unfavorable, the c.. Fl. & D., through
the business it has received from the division
has not suffered financially to the extent which
the figures indicate.
Pleasure Travel Promises To Be Heavy
Passenger men are confident that the Ameri-
can people this year are to travel more extern
sivoly in this country than in any former year
Thousands of people afraid of the cholera,
which they think will infect all of southern
Europe and possibly extend to England this year.
Another great and very serious obstacle to
foreign travelling is the scarcity of money
Lastly, Americans are beginning to appreciate
the grandness of the scenery in their own coun-
try. There is the charming resorts of the Blue
Ridge or Allegheny mountains; attractions of
the popular and famous Old Point Comfort with
its excellent Hotel Hygea. Fortress Mon
roe, Newport News Hotel WARWICK
and Virginia Beach; Yellowstone Park,
Beyond these, Coorado's grand old snow-capped
peaks, canyons. beautiful parks and wonderful
railroads climbing and creeping in places the
fearless mountaineer hardly dare follow And
stili beyond other attractions appear for admira-
kion and attention. Utah's wonderful valleys
and lakes, the homes of the Mormons; Califor-
MIA, with its wealth of grain fruit and vine big
krees. big lies, charming traditions and glorious
climate; Washington and Oregon; Alaska, far
away and slightly-known Alaska, the most won
derful Of Uncle Sans possessions Puget sound,
she grandest land locked in the world unsur-
passed in beauty of scenery. 1900 miles of en-
ehantment Portland, to the land ofthe midnight
Sun, mighty rivers. capped mountains
glaciers, icebergs strange people and curious
commerce. When considers the extent of
khis country, its various attractions, it seems
hardly necessary TO cross the waters to see some
hing grand and enspiring
Watered Railroad Securities.
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