The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-13
RAILWAY GOSSIP.

railroad, has also been appointed general man
ager of the Port Royal & Augusta
1t is estimated that the lines running into
Buffalo have been paying scalpers at that place
from $50, 900 to $4,000 year. Then there is
the commission paid to regular passenger agents
to add.
The c., B. & O. has out an elegant new
calander for 1886 The design is basket of
flowers which is an envelope which reads:
Compliments Of the Burlington Route. c., B.
& @. R. r."
A Philadelphia paper asserts that the Reading
railroad management has 'plastered' that road
with mortgages ''ten or twelve oeep," and that
these plasters cover every foot Of ground the
company owns
The making of George j. Gould vice president
of the Missouri Pacific is believed to mean that
he will act for his father in all the Gould proper
ties. 1t is said George has some good ideas as
regards operating railways
c. s. Tuckerman, treasurer of the Atlantic e.
racine road. will leave the company to engage
in private business Jan. /. Mr.. HI. w. Gardner,
superintendent of the West Shore G Buffalo
road succeeds him as treasurer.
The spotter has been at work on the Denver g.
Rio Grande road, and some forty passenger con-
ductors and brakemen have been relieved. A
Leadville and Pueblo was severely beaten.
Herbert Bennett has accepted the position of
private secretary of John F. Miller, general SUI
perintendent of the Pennsylvania lines west of
Pittsburg Mr.. Bennett is said to be an expert,
both as a stenographer and in the of the
type writer
The c., St. L. & P. inspectors have Just fin
lshed their annual inspection of the road They
report all the divisions in good condition, but
award the managers prize of $50 to Timothy Nc
Namara, superintendent of the sections between
Bradford and Cambridge City.
AS c. w. Smith is to be placed in charge of
the operations of the A. r. & S. F. road. with
headquarters at Topeka, it is surmsed that Gen
eral Manager Robinson will perhaps devote his
attention largely to the important work of new
construction which this company still has in
hand.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
will ask Governor Hill, of New York, to appoint
Michael Richard, member of the brotherhood,
Railroad Commissioner to succeed John ODon-
nell, whose term is about to expire. The ap-
pointment will be for five years. and the salary
is So, 600 per year.
P. p. Shelby, for some years general freight
agent of the Union Pacific road at Omaha has
been appointed assistant traffic manager of the
line, with headquarters at Salt Lake CITY, The
removal from Omaha to Salt Lake City is to be
made because the company needs good man at
the western end of the line
In commenting on spoilers the Railway Age
says: 1t is questionable whether the railroad
companies ought to accept the evidence of these
so-called spoilers without giving the conductors
chance to defend themselves 1t is Just posi-
Die that IN some cases the spotter might be
shown UP as the rascal instead of the conductor
The Age does not put the case strong enough
1t is highly probable that the spotter is rascal
The report that John Browning, passenger
conductor of the L., N. A. g. c.. had left the
road is untrue. He laid off a couple Of weeks to
take soundings to his prospects of being
elected auditor of this county should he come
out as candidate for that position, which he
has decided to do. If one-half the men who
promised to work for him and vote for him do
SO he will go into the Office, if nominated, with
a handsome majority.
The New Albany Ledger says ''The appoint
ment of G. c. F. Bent late superintendent of
the L., N. A. & G. railroad, to the superintend-
ency of the Ohio 6 Mississippi railroad, is most
complimentary recognition of thoroughly ex-
perienced and meritorious practical railroad
man by one Of the great railroad companies of
the country. Mr.. Bent is gentleman Of execu
tive force. of frst-class business qualities and of
the most genial courtesy-elements that have al
ways made him useful as we'll as popular as a
railroad official. He has many warm friends in
this part of Indiana who will rejoice at his ap-
pointment to the superintendency of the popular
o. 81 NJ"
The December number of the magazine of the
brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen contains
very well-written article under the head of
Railroad Kings" The writer says: Instances
rare in which railroad kings have taken their
titles by inheritance. AS general proposition,
railroad kings are of the Napoleonc school, men
who have fought their way into prominence and
power, and have earned the right to rule.
10 what extent railroad kings can exert their
power over employees, and the methods en-
ployed in that direction are regarded as ques-
tions of greatimportance. They can at their pleas
ure, increase or decrease wages They are not
required to consult their employees on the sub
ject, nor do they This Is a tremendous power
If the railroad king is just noble and humane and
history gives accounts of such potentates, then
employees are comfortable, happy and contented;
their homes are bright and cheerful, their wives
wear smiling faces and their children are blithe:
but when the railroad king is mercenary, cold
and callous, man. who, to dress in purple and
fine linen, and to fare sumptuously every day,
reduces wages, then the condition of employees
is changed; then discomfort prevails then is
gloom in the homes of the employees and con-
tent takes its departure"
The unpretentious "Brghtwood Home which
was established some four years ago by the Bee
lind people, is doing good work. While in
financial way it is not really success it is rap
idly reaching the point where it is self-sustain-
ing. At the home there are daily forty to sixty
men fed with the best the market affords at the
most reasonable prices; but this is not really
the best feature of the institution. 1t is in
every sense of the term home to the railroad
man VINO comes In OH tne ROAD hungry, dirty
and tired. There are nice bathrooms clean
tables and well-cooked food; then, if not ready
to retire. there IS a pleasant reading -room to
spend an hour or two in and when he does retire
he has a comfortable bed TO rest upon, and the
boys enjoy this rest The company was for
tunate in the selection of superintendent,
of the Home-John Brunton an old engineer
on the road whom the young as we'll the old
railroad men respect and love. He seems espe-
cialy adapted for the position. The engineers.
the iremen, the brakemen and the section men
find friend In Johnny Brunton. If sick or in
jured. he cares kindly for them and should
death follow, he can comfort the dying, his ex-
ample having been such that dying man can
draw consolation from his words
No Changes on the Vanderbilt Lines.
PITTsBURG, Dec 12-President w. c. Quincy,
of the Pittsburg McKeesport g. Youghiogheny
railway, very important link in the Wander