The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-27
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS,
Personal and Lncal.

-. Il" Glmperlng, superintendent of the Day
,Sn & Ironton road, was in the city yesterday on
Sficial business.
The l., B. & w. Niagara Falls excursion party,
numbering 1872. reached Buffalo safely yester-
day, promptly on time.
Frank Ellsworth, cashier at the c., Fl. & /.
frsight depot, left last night for New England
~ a three weeks pleasure trip.
Trustee Atkins, OF the l., d. & S. road. comes
West to look after the property and see how mat
ters are runnine-Receiver Hammond being de-
hatned East by sickness in his family.
H Lockwood. the new travelling auditor of
tAe L., \. A. & c. road. is in the city on official
business. Like all the new officers of the L.,
n A. {. road, be is a stirring, genial fellow.
WIN. r. McKeen. president of the Vandalia,
D.@ Mackey, president of the Evansville q
Terre Haute road, and Manager McCrea- of the
Pennsylvania lines. left for their respective
bones last evening.
The Midland road will make connection with
the L., n. A. & c. at Westfeld by sept. l, and
ayr is to be put in to the inter
change Of traffic which will come from this
crossing of the two roads.
There is qnite a-boom in passenger as we'll as
fright traffic. Seldom are the through and
xneAs trains more heavily laden with passengers
4lxsn for IA week past. On several roads yester-
day it was necessary to put on an extra coach to
Rgssmodate the travel.
President Nillard, Of the indianapolis car
works, has secured a contract to build 200 box
cxxR for the Union Pacific road. The works. as
5ssi, are repairing hundreds of cars for the fast
frssgAt lines, and in a few days will be giving
employment to $50 TO 400 men.
after Sept. l the Calada Southern line, it is
stated, will do its Indianapolis business over the
4, Ii. & /. road entirely. Most of the little
bzgzness it has been doing for some months past
3Sas been about equally divided between the
wabash and c., ii. 81.
On and after Sept. l c. III. King, who repre-
seats the Canada Southern fast-freight line at
louisville, KY, will as well represent the line at
IDeaAnapolis, operating after the style of the
Btxss line. one agent doing the business at both
points, with a competent clerk at each place.
~ K. Elliott, superintendent of transportation
OF kSe Eandaiia lines, states that the wife Of Col.
Jussph Hill is still seriously i'll with rheumatic
FrSRbles. Two attempts have been made to re-
mVEe her from St. Louis to Hot Springs, a
spscsal car having been sent for the purpose and
ambulance provided, but her physicians have
GASP time thought it unsafe for her to move.
The l., D. & S. people are still running their
Aow rate excursion to Dakota, and yesterday threw
n bOanbshelf into passenger circles by going
insO territory of the c., St. L. & Z. road, Logans-
port division, and taking out forty eXcurslonlsts.
IL ia intimated that this drive OF Colonel Shaw
is likely to disturb the pleasant relations existing
heretofore between the L., D.. 81 ,. and Pennsyl-
vania people.
Train No. 5, over the l.. B.. & W.-put on a
few months since-which leaves Columbus, o..
fog the west at $50 A. NJ, is becoming one of the
best paying trains on the road. Six roads
make close connection at Columbus with this
train. Between Columbus and Peoria it makes
twelve connections with roads which are feed
ere. and at Peoria catches west-bound trains OF
all roads running west from Peoria.
Vice president and General Manager Malott,
OF the Union Railway Company, had hoped to
have got the presidents and general man
ayers of the roads in the Union Railway Com
pany together next week, but President Ingalls,,
who is now at Old Orchard, Me-, telegrahed that
he would not be home until Sept. 10, and Mr..
MalOtt will endeavor to get the parties together
by Sept. Is. The delay may be a good thing. as
should business continue to improve for the
next two weeks as it has the last fifteen days
the railroad officials will be so cheerful that they
will take hold of the new union depot enterprise
in earnest.
The Mackey syndicate construction party, on
the Evansville & indianapolis extension to a
connection with the Terre Haute and South
eastern road. yesterday reached Owl Prairie
with the track, which is sixteen miles northwest
Of WASHINGTON, Ind, and by Sept. l the track
will be down to the Daviess county line. The
town heretofore known as Owl Prairie is here
after to be known as Elnora, and indications are
that a bright little town is to spring up there,
now it is reached by rail. People on The line of
khe extension are said to be very enthusiastic
over the manner President Mackey is pushing
4he work.
1t is believed 4 to be a mistake placing metropoli-
Ian police at the Union Depot. They naturally feel
that their duties are only of a special police
character, and while they pilot trains through
kho depot doubtless as we'll as would officials
aOt of the police force, they are seemingly
ignorant regarding train points they run to. ETC.,
and show an Willingness to impart informa-
ton TO inquiring strangers at the Union Depot,
If they have such knowledge, The Union Rail
way Company pay these men, and it would seem
they might as we'll have men of their own act as
policemen, who are we'll posted IN
railroad matters, which the metropolitan police
make no preteusions of being.
The annual convention of the Brotherhood of
locomotive Firemen will be held at the Chest
nut street Opera-house in Philadelphia, one
week, beginning Monday, Sept. II. There are at
present about 300 differentlodges of the brother
hood, with an aggregate membership of Is. 900.
Delegates will be present from about 260 lodges.
GIrard Hotel will be the headquarters for all the
delegates. Frank w. Arnold, grand master,
nnd Eugene V. Debs, grand secretary and treas
UKSR, With about nineteen members, will com.
poSe enc grand lodge delegation at Philadelphia.
ThS Terre Haute Gazette says: The addresses of
Messrs. Debs and Arnold are always looked for
ward TO with interest by members of the
reHvention. Addresses will also be delivered by
EOgernor Pattison and Congressman Randall, of
Pennsylvania. At the close of the convention
Dp Saturday. Sept. 2G, a grand excursion to the
Sea shore will be given.
Several s'Ifs and Ands'' in the Way.
There seems to be several important questions
b. bs settled in the South Pennsylvania railr Dad
controversy. The Philadelphia Press says: ''The
questions will be entirely with the courts. The
Supreme Court will have to decide whether
she provision of the Constitution prohibiting the
acquisition of parallel and co mpeting roads is in