The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-22
RAILWAY GOSSIP.

Y. w. Tomlinson, day train dispatcher OF the
| i. 81 st. L., at Mattoon has been promoted to
assistant train dispatcher
G. L. Dickson, auditor of tho l., B. g. W., has
suffered relapse, and is again confined to his
bed. His illness is of malarious character.
| L. F. Sullivan, travelling auditor and paym
ter OF the c., L., ST. L. s. c., has had the title
/ superintendent of agents added to his of6cia
| position.
David Lee has been appointed superintendent
of the main branch Of the Baltimore s. Ohio rail
| road, vice William M. Clements resigned. to take
effect April
Reduce your force and not their wages, is the
the Pennsylvania Companys motto. Like every
other plan, it has its serious disadvantages to
| some Of those concerned.
L. Burnett, for some years passenger agent of
the Decline at this point, has been selected by
/ the O., l., St L. d g. to take charge of their out
size cdice on South Illinois street
III. B. Hammond, receiver of the Indianapolis
| Decatur & Springfield road, will leave for New
| York Tuesday, and expects to return to India
napols after weeks tarry there.
/ ]. w. Greenan, master of transportation of
the Chicago, st. Louis 6 Pittsburg road, Indian
apolis division, has gone to New Orleans, to be
absent two weeks. His wife accompanied him.
| Receiver Hammond, of the Indianapolis, De-
| catur u Springfield road, yesterday afternoon
| leased several rooms in the Condit Block for a
| term of years, to be occupied as offices for the
company
Charles G. Blodgett, assistant to President
| Nickerson and later to President Wade, of the
Mexican Central, will leave for Mexico this week,
to fill similar position with General Manager
Robinson.
L. GEMS will 90 to Washington to be present
| the 9th of April, when Justice Harlan will
| render decision in the case for the sale of the
Illinois Midland, which has been in the hands of
the courts some eight years.
| nj. J. Clarke, auditor of the Detroit, Grand
Haven d Milwaukee railroad, with headquarters
at Detroit has resigned to accept the position of
secretary and treasurer of the Bedtime and Chi
cago u Western Indiana roads.
| The Woodruff Sleeping-car Company have be-
come largely Pittsburg institution. The fol-
lowing Pittsburgers have just been elected
| directors of the company: w. q. Johnston,
| Col e. ]. Unger, Charles Lavilla and Wilson
| McCandless.
| 1t is stated that fair progress is being made in
| the negotiations for the formation of new pool
| ing contract among Eastern trunk lines out of
| Chicago, one Of the features Of the plan being
! deposit by each company of sum of money, to
| be forfeited in case Of violation Of the COM
| pact.
! j. A. Grier, formerly general freight agent of
! the Michigan Central railway, has accepted the
position Of general manager of the West Shore
| q Hoosac Tunnel fast freight line, with head
| quarters at Detroit 1t is understood that the
general offices now at Detroit will soon be re-
| moved to Chicago.
| G. G. Waite. vice president and general man
| ager of the Cincinnati, Hamilton 81 Dayton lines,
| writes from Mexico that he will be home on
| April 4. and further, that he is having grand
time, and his health has improved greatly in the
| few weeks he has been absent
| George Bender superintendent and John Laz-
arus, traffic manager of the Indianapolis, Deca-
tur & Springfield road, arrived in the city
md o-y will he d,1fip
of their respective positions, and will make
trip over the line in company with Receiver
| Hammond.
Mrs Hepburn wife Of G. P. Hepburn, late
| superintendent of the Cincinnati, Hamilton &
Dayton lines, writes from Buffalo, N. Y, where
her husband has gone for treatment of paralytic
troubles, that Mr.. Hepburn has improved so
much that he has thrown away his crutches and
can get about quite comfortably with one cane.
L. F. Sullivan, superintendent of agents of
| the c., l., s. l.. u c., yesterday checked Chal-
Iners Browns ticket-cases and cash-drawer over
| to G. Dickson. his successor as ticket agent of
! the Big Four Office ON North Meridian street.
| The retiring agent was 81 cents ahead. Mr..
! Brown will, April l, take his old position as
| passenger conductor.
| The Boston Transcript says: 1.-THE Gould sys-
| tenn of railroads has surrendered, with as. much
grace as could be looked for under the circum-
stances, to the pressure ofGpublic opinion, if not
| to the force of combination among the strikers.
| strikes that they and the roads and appliances
| they control exist for the public service"
The National Association OF General Passen-
(! ger and Ticket Agents, in session the past week
| at New Orleans, elected G. A. Taylor president,
| John N. Abbott vice president and A. j. Smith
| secretary. This is the seventh year that Mr..
| Smith. general ticket and passenger agent of
the eeline, has been chosen secretary, which is
certainly very complimentary to that genial gen.
| tleman.
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roads who employ j. W. Marsee, M. D., as
| geon of their respective roads, speak in very
| complimentary terms of his services and injured
employees who have been placed under his charge
| speak well of his treatment. Nine of the fifteen
roads centering here have arrangements with
/ DR.. Marsee to look after all men injured their
lines, who are brought to Indianapolis to be
| cared for.
| Ben Blanchard, the Great Western excursion
| agent, headquarters Terre Haute, will, in few
| days, receive an elegant new car from the Pull
man works. The coach will cost SIG, 900, is sixty
| five feet long, will be finished in mahogany, and
| be provided with six wheel trucks and forty two
| inch paper wheels. The car will have at the rear
| an elegant observation drawing-room Of plate
| glass; and this room Mr.. B. will elegantly fur
| nish with piano, etc.
| Mr. M. Knight general freight agent of the
| Wabash road announces that freight agency
has been established at America, H., on the
| Cairo division of this railway, with l.. A. John
| son as agent. Freight shipments for this point
] may be received without requiring prepayment
| in future. Freight agencies have been abolished
at the following points on this railway: West
vile, ILL.,, the Cairo division; Wanda, ILL.,,
| the Illinois division. All freight shipments for
/ these points must be prepaid
| The passenger men located at indianapolis
| held special meeting yesterday afternoon, to
| talk over the situation. The Union Pacific
| seems to be the only disturbing element
| Yesterday one of the members of the asso-
| citation offered resolution that all roads
| out of Indianapolis advance the rate So on
| all tickets reading over the Union Pacific west
| After some discussion one of the number sug
gested that they might be overreaching their
| power in so doing, and the resolution failed to
pass The remainder of the time they were in
| session was spent in comforting each other in