The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-27
RAILWAY GOSSIP.

the Euphrates past the site Of ancient Babylon.
H. B. Hammond. receiver OF the l.. D. & S.
road, has instructed his officials 10 issue no
passes to women.
E. B. Thomas, general manager Of the Rich
mond & Danville system, is spending the holt
days in Cleveland with his family
j. II. Devereux president of the Beeline sys-
tenn, who has been in Europe several weeks
sailed for home yesterday. He is expected to
reach Cleveland Jan. or g.
Walter Nichols assistant passenger agent of
the Decline, last evening received telegram
from Bellefontaine, O., announcing the probable
fatal illness of his mother, who resides in that
town.
The Railway Lantern says Chalmers Brown,
OF the g., l., St l.. 81 c., has gained twenty-eght
pounds since he left the ticket Office to run his
train" Chalmers must weigh now some 300
pounds.
John Swisher, passenger conductor on the
Bee-line, has handled the punch twenty-five
years. IT he holds his run until New Years,
which he is very likely to do, as he ranks as one
OF the best conductors On the road.
The glad season of the year has now come
when railway officers are beseged with applica-
tons for Exchange passes" from raj ways actual
and imaginary, steam and horse, and all other
sorts and conditions of transportation institu
tons
Charles A. Allen, formerly passenger con-
",
NOTED to trainmaster on the same line. is meet
ing with good success. In the few months he
has held the position he has made himself quite
popular with the train men.
1t is understood that on Jan. l ali of the out
side offices of the New York Central and West
Shore roads will be closed at all stations along
the line, with the exception of the principal
points, which will probably include Buffalo
Rochester, Syracuse. Utica and Albany.
Dave Earhart, on the Big Four. who was in
jured by helping lady from his train, drew
$8S. 4S, as compensation, from the Passenger
Conductors Accident Association, and A. S.
Catherwood, of the L.. N. A. g. c. who has been
laid up for repairs, has been paid by this associ-
alton $170.22
In regard to a Georgia railway project, dis
patch announces that 1T is Endorsed by all the
State officials and the members of the supreme
bench" The Railway Age says: Now let 9th
er people furnish the money. and build the road
and these gentlemen will give it liberal patron
age-with their free passes"
Every once in while the railroads will make
war upon the scalpers. But just as soon as there
is little trouble between any of the roads they
will fill the scalpers Offices with tickets and set
them upon their feet again, At present very
active warfare is under way against the scalpers,
and the come-out of the movement is watched
with more than ordinary interest
All the railway companies Of Holland have
adopted metallic ties for their railroads After
thorough trial these ties have been found to be
better and cheaper than wooden ones They will
last longer. the expense of maintenance is less
safety of gauge is better guaranteed and, finally,
when the me tallc tie is no longer useful as such,
can be worked over into new iron. The metallic
tie system is said to be gaining favor in Eu-
rope
Railway companies do more in charity than all
other individuals and companies combined.
They give freely of their transportation to those
who are too poor to pay their way. and to all
men engaged in charitable and religious work.
Not day passes but every railway Office is in
receipt of applications for free transportation
which are asked only on charitable ground
Seldom, If ever. are these requests refused, but
tickets are either given them outright at re-
duced prices.
The Railway Age of Dec "a, contains a fine
cut OF E. A. Ford, general passenger agent of
the Pennsylvania lines west of Pittsburg, and
sketch of his lire. The Age says: ''As the
portrait suggests, Mr.. Ford is a man of com
handing presence and great energy and determi-
nation of character. He has tho military quail
ties OF promptness and method. and infuses into
every branch of is service thorough discipline.
while at the same time he is not only respected
but greatly liked by his suoordinates as well as
by all who come in contact with him.
The Supreme Court of Missouri has decided
that railroad company cannot be held respon-
sible for damage to cars of another company
while in its possession, unless guilty of negli-
gence or want of proper care. 1t was believed
by the Missouri Pacific people that this decis-
ion would deter companies from allowing their
cars to leave their own roads without taking
a special guarantee of indemnity. and, accord
ingly, General Superintendent Kerrgan has
issued circular which binds his company to
return foreign cars in substantially as good
order as they were in when received. and re-
quires the same treatment at the hands of con-
Meeting lines
Speaking of the report that ex. Governor Eos
ter. Samuel Thomas and G. S. Brice are to ad-
vance the money with which the bondhoders of
the Toledo, Cincinnati u St. Louis are to buy
that road at auction sale Dec. 80, the Wall Street
News says: The Dondholders are the people
who have been fighting the Brice and Thomas
crowd for eighteen months, and it is their money
which will buy the road, if any one buys it. We
suppose that the Brice party, seeing themselves
hopelessly beaten, are now retreating under
cover Of the story that they are putting up
money to help the bondhoders. The bondhold-
ers would be in sadder plight than they are if
they had to depend on help from that crowd"
The address delivered recently before the In
ternational Congress OF Educators, at the worlds
exposition, at New Orleans by Prof. Alexander
Hogg. NJ. D., superintendent of the public
schools at Fort Worth, Tex, was highly inter
estng. for the reason that he takes for his text
1.-THE Railroad as Element in Education
Usually, when railroads are made the subject of
an address, it is to point out the grasping dis
position of the companies, criticise their methods
and denounce their combinations and their
rates The speculator, the merchant and the
granger have all much to say against railroads
and their management The good that they ac-
complish in increasing trade and facilitating the
spread of population is not unfrequently for
gotten.
The New Years number of the Railway Ian,
tern for January is ont. 1t contains an excel
lent portrait of NJ. e. Ingalls,. president of the
c., l.. St L. & c., and publishes the following
sketch of one of the ablest railroad men in the
country: Hon. NJ. E. ingalls,, the subject of
the above sketch, was born in Harrison, Ne, in
1872 His early life was passed farm and
in the public schools Desiring firstclass ed
ucation. he graduated from Bridgeton Academy
and entered Bowdoin College, but, preferring
to enter his chosen profession as soon
as possible, he left Bowdoin and
entered the Harvard Law School, from whence
he graduated in 1863. Returning to Maine, he
nnened law Office bur coon dacded 10 re rnova To