The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-29
OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.

1asfSlon or the WaOaSn system, HAS oSeh ciooeu'
The vandalia pay car is making its usual
rnonthly rounds, regardless of the cold weather
and snow blockades.
". b. Chiffon has been appointed joint agent
Of The l., b. & W.. and the N. 7. G. g. St L.
rcsds at Green Springs crossing.
The earnings of the L, B. 81 w. for the third
week in January were $40. 1ol So Freight earn
fngs, 500. 30 IS; passenger earnings, $l2, 1863, So;
naAl. express, etc, 50, 722. 40.
The west end of the Illinois Midland from De-
esiar to Peoria has been abandoned on account
OF the deep snow. Between Terre Haute and
Decatur trains are running.
James Bartel, formerly chief clerk Of the
freight department of the C.. B. & O., Chicago,
has been promoted to the position of third as
sistant general freight agent.
n. a.. Foster, who for some years past has
been the agent'of the l., B. 81 w. at Covington.
Ind, has been transferred to Troy, 0. w. b.
Eegar succeeds Mr.. Foster at Covington.
x +. Downing e. Co. have been appointed
wnxtbound foreign freight agents of the New
York, West Shore 81 Buffalo railway and its
fast freight lines. with office at No. 20 Exchange
Plsce, New York city.
James N. Sawyer, travelling freight agent Of
The Erie, has been promoted to the position of
assistant general freight agent, to fill the vacancy
csnsed by the death Of r.. Z. Low. His head
quarters will be in New York.
The Pennsylvania people are taking no New
England business at less than full tariff rates.
Ii Is said the New York and New England man
agvments decline to prorate with them on the
recent reduction in rates.
Captain w. NJ. Lewis, formerly paymaster of
the L., n. A. & c. railway, has been appointed
stcsckeeper, with headquarters at New Albany.
The Office of paymaster has been abolished,
the employees being paid by checks.
Faymaster Shepherd, of the Wabash, who
WAS due with the p~ay-train at 8 P. M. Tuesday,
did rot reach Indianapolis until "A. NJ. yesterday
morning. In the years he has held this position
this is the toughest time he has ever hit upon.
The c., T. ST. L.. & G. now have in service
seTenty-nine frst-ciass engines. Eight Nc
Queen build and nineteen Brooks build are
practically new engines. The other ffty-two are
Rogers and Burnside build, or the Richardson
build. All of the latter class, however, have
been rebuilt in the last four years at the com
pasy's shops.
Tie Pennsylvania Company notifies Western
agents as follows: "We are advised that on and
after Jan. rs the operation of the G.. Q. q I'll. V.
railroad will cease. We must, therefore. decline
70 receive or forward freight to local stations on
thu. line on and after this date until further no.
fice" This is one of the results of the Hooking
valley miners coal strike.
West bound passenger rates, which have been
for a month past well maintained for Indlanapo-
LIS agents, for the last day or two have been con-
siasrably demoralized even with the light travel.
III is alleged that the T., B. G. w. brought on the
racket by selling a round trip ticket to a Kansas
p0int at a cut of 81. The l., B. s. w. people
deny that such a rate was given.
Speaking of the train agents in service on the
Wabash road, the Fort Wayne Gazette says:
$40 the managers of this road it may seem a
brilliant stroke of policy to run these nuisances
on their trains, bat the travelling public don't
take to them kindly, and will show their appre-
cation by taking another route whenever it is
possible. The road agent must 60"
Judgments continue to pile in on the L., N.
A q c. In the Jackson Circuit Court, on Satur-
day, Judge Collins rendered. three judgments
against the road-one for $1,000 in favor of
Isane ColclaZeT; one for $1,G00 in favor of Wash
iRgtOn j. Doak. administrator, and one for So, 600
Ia favor of William H. Thompson, administrator
al for. injuries sustained at a wreck on said
posd at Blue river bridge, near Salem, Dec. "a,
IGgl
George Rech, indianapolis ticket and passen-
ger agent of the Cincinnati, Indianapolis, st.
Louis e. Chicago road, has rendered his resigna-
tio1, to take effect Feb. /. Mr.. Rech on that
Gate will take a position in the ticket Office of the
Pennsylvania company and Vandalia line at this
psSnt. These companies are very fortunate in
Sfcuring his services, as Mr.. Rech is one of the
xgoStl competent, best posted and. highly-re-
Speeted young men in the passenger service.
A mortgage of 81, 700, 900 is being placed on
record at county seats on the line of the Dayton
s. IFonton road. II is from the Dayton 81 Iron
ton railroad to the Trust Company of Boston,
and is made 20 secure the bonds issued by that
road, which are payable at 5 per cent. interest
thirty-fve years from date. The mortgage is
on the roadway, rolling-stock, and everything of
value belonging to the company. Manager
Henderson expects that within the present year
the entire line will be converted into a standard
gauge road, and as well equipped as any road in
that territory.
Probably there is not a city in the Union
where there exists such a mutual feeling between
the capitalists and the laborers as in Terre Haute.
For instance when the Vandalia reduced the
number of working hours in their shops, the
landlords reduced their rental. President Nc
Keen gave orders that their coal and wood should
be hauled at actual cost. The Car Works Com
pany as well treats Its employees as far as pos
Bible for them so to do. with the greatest kind
ness; indeed, the same remark will apply to
nearly all other industries in that city. This has
done much toward giving Terre Haute the good
name 1T enjoys.
In speaking of the recent strike Of brakemen
on the Pittsburg. Fort Wayne & Chicago, at
Fort Wayne, enc of the officials SAYS: The rail
way company had specially strong reasons for es-
tablishing the double header" system, inasmuch
as it possesses a considerable number of lightloco-
motives, which cannot proitabiy haul freight at
thu low rates prevailing, in competition with
larger locomotives; and the peculiar circum-
stances which oblige it to transact an unusually
large amount Of business on a single track, re-
cuire, as an adjunct of the economical neces-
sites of the period, that the number of trains
should be reduced as far as possible.
Passenger men on the Western slope disagree.
aH well as on Eastern lines. AT a meeting held
afbw days since, in San Francisco, a resolution
vas introduced by Mr.. Stubs, of the Central
Pacific, that the roads abandon their separate
titket offices in that city, and that a general
Enion office be established. To this proposition
AIR. Ristine, of the Atlantic q Pacific. in a short
but emphatic speech said that he should yota
no" Mr. Stubs replied, rather warmly, that
the Central Pacific didn't care a 1t the
Atlantic & Pacific opened an Office here to-
morrow" The resolution had been offered as q
measure of economy, and in the interest of har-
nony and peace.
Rough Times for Railroading.
Passenger trains on the Northern and eastern
roads are still more or less troubled with snow
drifting and the severe cold. and are arriving at