The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-03
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.

The Belt road 4 062 carloads OF live stock
WIN. jackson treasurer of the Union Railway
company, is so i'll as to confine him to his bed
PAymaster Shepherd of the Wabash, paid
yesterday on the indianapolis division for April
service
"a. R. Duval ex-manager of the Erie fast
fresght lines. in the city yesterday, the guest
Df T. A. Lewis.
p. H. Kingsbury, assistant general freight
agent of the c., St L. & p, aud L. W. Geiger
general freight agent of the j., M d L., have been
sn the city for day or two on official business
j. f. Leavitt has been appointed general pas
eenger and ticket agent of the Now Brunswick
Railway Company, with headquarters at St
John. n. B.
Business with the express companies is said to
be 80 per cent heavier than thirty days ago.
Berries and other small fruits begin to count up
lin their shipments largely.
meeting of the executive committee Of the
Chicago and Ohio River pool will be held at the
Grand Pacific Hotel on Thursday. June IL, at
1870 A. NJ, to consider matters of Importance in
It's jurisdiction.
Dave Edwards, Western passenger agent of the
Chesapeake & Ohio road. spent yesterday In the
city. AS he spent much of his time in the Offices
OF the ticket scalpers the object Of his visit
seems we'll understood.
Indianapolis Division No. ii. of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers. have arranged
for grand picnic June o. at Broad Ripple.
Delegates from divisions in all parts of the
State, it is expected, will be present
Never has there been time when there were so
many old time railroaders and attorneys anxious
TO learn the financial standing Of railroads and to
ascertain what prospects there are of roads
dropping into the hands Of receiver
The United States Court at Columbus. yester-
day extended the re ceiyership of Thomas r.
hSr tn indie he emf irar al ha
Ohio Central railroad An order for the sale Of
fhe road will be granted this morning
Chairman j. NJ. Osborn, of the Middle and
Western States Freight Association, has called
the following meetings to be held at Columbus,
o.: Classification committee and executive
committee, June II; general meeting, June L.
Official notice is given of the appointment of
ME L. A. Emerson as general freight agent of
all lines owned and controlled by the Missouri
Pacific north of Denison and Texarkana, Tex.
The Office of first assistant general freight agent
has been abolished.
The Pennsylvania 81 Vandaija are fitting up
their second outside Office at Indianapolis, 134
South Illinois street, in fine style. The passenger
agents claim that it is necessary for them to open
an outside office near the Union Depot to catch
the granger and immigrant travel.
General Wisrar, testifying before the United
States Senate committee on railroad discrimina
ton, made the astonishing assertion that to his
knowledge there were not thirty consecutive miles
of railroad in the United States that were not
paraileled The General is gentleman of large
misinformation.
On the trunk lines and by all water routes to
the East through freghts were never so low.
Ocean freights are also extremely low. When
n barrel of -four can be carried from Mnneapo-
bis to ENGLAND for less than ninety cents it indi-
Gates how cheaply Englishmen can be fed
American productions.
So well are the limited trains over the Bee
fnht h fhn f~a~v nlsy,w
now run, the management have decided they
will not make the change contemplated, men
toned in the Journal few days since, but will
probably shorten the running time one hour
more at an early day.
K B. Thomas general manager of the Bee
line system: Edgar Hill, assistant general freight
agent; Gaylord Beach, chief engineer; w. @.
Irwin, superintendent of bridges, and w. F.
Turreff, master mechanic, yesterday inspected
the Indianapolis division of the Bee-line, and
to-day inspect the /. e. st. l.. division
Announcement was made yesterday to the
directory Of the Cincinnati, New Orleans, &
Texas Pacific Railway Company, that John G.
Gault would assume the duties of general man
AT present Mr.. Gault is arbitrator of the West
ern trunk lines, with headquarters at Chicago
III. S. Marcy has been appointed traffic man
ager of the Delaware & Hudson Canal Company,
and the freight and passenger departments have
been consolidated and placed in his charge.
dudley Farm mas received the appointment or
general freight agent and ]. w. Burdick gen
eral passenger agent, with headquarters at Alba
ny, n. Y.
The employees on the western divisions of
the Pennsylvania Company are somewhat dis
turbed over the fact that the color-test frater-
nifty are working their way westward, and will,
In a couple Of weeks, examine train men and
yard men for the purpose of detecting any
defect in their eyesight which prevents them dis
distinguishing color readily.
VIZ. r. McKeen. president of the Vandaia.
was in the city yesterday official business. The
McKeen syndicate, which built the South Bend
extension, are being pressed to extend the road
further noPthward. But the men who compose
the syndicate coolheaded, and under the
present situation of the railroad interests of
the country are not disposed to tackle any new
enterprises just now.
Grand Organizer Stevens, of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Firemen, has returned from
South Minneapolis, where he founded lodge
which starts out with favorable prospects
Grand Master Frank Arnold tells reporter of
the Terre Haute Gazette that correspondence
with fremen at the City of Mexico has been
going on and arrangements have been made FOR
the organization of a lodge there, the first in the
sister republic of the Montezumas.
I Josephus Colett, who is becoming quite a
railroad man. has gone to attend the sale of the
Austin & Northwestern road The Terre Haute
Express says syndicate, with Mr.. Collett as one
Of the leading capitalists, has been formed to
purchase the road which extends sixty miles
northwest Of Austin. Surveys Of the road have
been made several hundred miles beyond the
terminus, but no attempt has been made to
build beyond. The road is narrow. gauge
1. ID. Baldwin, secretary and treasurer Of the
indianapolis Division No. 103. OF O. Il. c., yes
terday sent the following notice to the fratern-
Ey: indianapolis Division. No. 1903, cordially in
vites You to participate with them
In grand union meeting to be
held at their hall in Gri1iths Block,
No 36s West Washington street, on Sunday
June Il, 1885, at $50 A. NJ at which time the
secret work Of the order will be exenplifed by
Brother c. S. Wheaton. grand chief conductor,
assisted by other grand officers.
The Louisville afternoon express over the j.,
NJ & l. road has now been on five years, and has
met with but one accident; that was the
plunging Of the train into a small waterway
where trestle was sWept ont two or three MIN