The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-16
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local..

d. II. Roche. general freight agent OF the Ohio
Southern road, spent the Sabbath in the city.
81. Monnts, master of transportation of the O.,
II. Sc l., has gone to Morrow. o., to spend a day
or TIVE with his family.
The yandaa last week brought into this sta
ton 1888 carloads of block coal and las loads
,cf live stock-more stock than was brought in
by any other indianapolis line.
John F. Meginness managing editor of Daily
Gazette and Bulletin, of Williamsport, Pa, is
visiting his sonin-law A. G. Arp master me-
chanic of the c., st. L. & P, at this point
NJ. E. ingalls,, president of the c., l., St L. &
C.. says that they propose to build a portion of
their new shops in the eastern part Of the city
the coming summer, and possibly complete them
entire, should their business continue as profita
able as now.
The Indianapolis car works have proposition
from o circus and menagarie company to build
them several cars sixty feet in length, Or nearly
double the usual length of fat cars Additions
TO be made to the show will require cars of that
1ength to transport the exhibition.
The Eve western roads brought into Indian
apolis last week 8, S25 loaded cars, as follows:
/ s. St. L., 1884, Vandalia, lob; c.. l., st. L.
& C.. 758; L, b. & W., Peoria division. 326; St
Louis division, ia; decrease as compared with
the number brought in during the week ending
T6D. y l,0Vf loaded cars.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, in order
to further relieve its tracks between Pittsburg
and Walls Station of the through freight traffic.
contemplates the building of a line along the
north shore of the Monongahela river, from the
Panhandle railroad bridge west to point about
twelve or fourteen miles from Pittsburg.
Last week there was forwarded over the seven
eastern roads 1860 loaded cars. Over the Bee
1ine 1,272; the c.. l., St. L. & c., 1,i53; c., st.
L. e. p, GA; l., B. g. W., 400; c., H. & l., 319;
Wabash, 1873; L.. N. A & G. Airline, 50, a de-
crease of I,092 cars as compared with the east
bound movement in the week ending Feb. Z.
committee consisting of Messrs. Dowd. Hill
Kennedy has been app onted to frame the ticket
of the directors of the Louisville, New Albany
and Chicago road, and to obtain the proxies to
be used at the annual meeting, which will take
place the 11th of March. 1t is understood sever
al important changes will be made in the direc-
tory.
Most of the roads made yesterday a clearing
up day. Passenger crews and passenger en-
gines were pressed into service Nearly ali the
roads have more or less freights which have
been delayed by the severe weather and snow
hblockades, and in all directions there nu-
merous calls for empty cars to take freight want
ing shipment
81. r. johnson, general freight agent of the
Cincinnati, Van Vert q Mchis an road, retires
from that position this week, and is succeeded
by w. S. Matthias formerly general ticket and
freight agent of the T.. G. s. St L. road Mr.
johnson left the Office of j. A. Perkins, division
freight agent of the Pennsylvania company.
some months ago, to accept the general freight
agency of the c., V. w. & N. road Moral:
When you have good position on Pennsylva-
MIA system hold it.