The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-29
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.

ceased, has been abolished.
Frank Pierce, of the freight department Of the
IL, N. A. g. c. who has been seriously i'll of late,
Iis now at Thomasville Ca, and much improved.
The next meeting of the central passenger
committee will be held at Louisville Jan 13, and
George NJ Daniels, the new commissioner will
preside
M C. Markham, faithful and competent at
tacbe of the Illinois Central in various positions
has been appointed assistant to General Manager
IE. Il. Jeffrey.
Roadmaster Eastman, of the Indianapolis Gi-
vision of the Bee-line reports that thirty nine
miles of new steel rail has been laid on this di-
vision alone since Nov j.
z. Harver, assistant trainmaster of the Wa
bash, has resigned, to take effect March l, to
Ebecome superin tendent of construction of the
sAtchison. Topeka &c Santa Fe road.
The Bee-line people putting in additional
side tracks at Anderson, Ind. that they may be
able to better accommodate the c.. w. IL VI. and
make the interchange of traffic with more dis
patch.
w. s. Hancock has been appointed car &C
countant of the L., n A. & c.. vice Walter S.
Rogers, with headquarters at Chicago. After
Jan l. Mr.. Rogers will assume the duties OF
bfraveling lost-car agent.
Oscar Vanderbilt district passenger agent Of
the Northern Pacific las returned from head
quarters aud announces that on Jan. l, if his
resignation is accepted, he will retire from the
sarvice Of the company.
The Lake Shore management have instructed
their agents who are receiving commissions from
other roads to hereafter turn the commissions
they receive in 20 tho treasurer of the company.
This is rather bitter dose to take, the passen-
ger men say
The Nickel-plate management seem to have
decided to abandon this field for live stock ship
ments. Their agent Oscar Severance. retires
on Ian Ia is abolished,
erance, with the odds he had against him, has
made good record the last year.
There is official authority for stating that J.
H Barrett, superintendent Of the Dayton u
Union road. who retires Jan. ], is to become
division superintendent on the Erie road proper.
It is said that Robert Bee, of the Beeline, is as
well TO have the SUPPLEMENTARY of the ID. 81 U.
The live stock agents assign as reason for
the sharp falling off in live stock shipments the
last ten days that shippers are waiting for bet
ter prices, the markets East now being over
stocked and demoraliZed Then the shipments
of dressed meats are steadily increasing, which
NATURALLY lessons shipments on the hoof.
Sunday night the Pennsylvania Company
carried a theatrical party from Louisville, KY,
to Chicago on lively time. The train left Louis
vile at 11:30 P. NJ the j., NJ e. l., and ar
rived at $50 A. NJ. in Chicago. the c., St. L..
! & p, or in other words. the run from Louisville
to Chicago, via Indianapolis, was made IN niue
hours
E.
commissioner, will do little good detective work
Inc will find Ii of the most important roads
that is a member of the trunk-lne passenger
committee. has, in quiet yet effective way, no.
tilted its agents that they should continue to
work for the road as heretofore, and have no
sleepless nights, their commissions would be
Forthcoming at the proper time.
Vice-president Waite, of the c., H. & d. sys-
tenn, states that the Erie management have
given him to understand that regardless of the
new deal through which the Erie people will
operate over the Decline instead of the c., Fl. 81
d. between Dayton and Cincinnati. the Erie
people will continue their present relations re-
gardng freight traffic, except that one line, in
lstead of half-dozen, will run over the road.
Wa!cott G. Wright, of this city, who furnish
more Southern pine TO car works than any other
firm in the country report great Improvement
an their business. Quite recently they have sold
some two million feet of dry pine to the Pull
men Car Company. They are shipping through
here now to the Pullman works 125 sticks Of
timber for sleeping-car stills sixty six feet in
length. eight and half inches by twelve and a
Ehalf inches.
Among the notable gifts of the Christmas sea-
son one which was presented to the general
superintendent of the Boston 81 Lowell railroad
by the patrons of that !ine Gin appreciation" as
the letter accompanying the medal reads, "of
his noble efforts in providing them with an
abundance of extra trains the same being
upon such admirable time The medal is in
the form Of maltese cross, and is very artist
cally constructed.
An idea of the business the Pennsylvania lines
are now doing may be formed from the fact that
it requires $500 cars every day to take the
freight out of Pittsburg. In addition, between
500 and 800 cars pass through daily from the
East To haul this amount of freight from the
city abouttifty engines are required. exclusive of
the yard engines employed in shifting in the
various yards. These 1900 cars will carry
about q, 500 tons of freight
Vice president Waite the new general super-
Hntendent. Charles Nelson. Division Superin-
aendent Stark and Chief Engineer Ramsay, of
the c.. II. d. D., spent few hours av this ter
minus yesterday. Mr. Nelson expressed sur
prise at the excellent physical condition of the
O., H. * ID. system, even the Indianapolis di-
vision. which they inspected yesterday. He
remarked that but few Eastern lines were in
better shape than the several divisions of the c.,
II. g. d. system.
The usual rumors are afoat concerning
changes among St Louis railway officials,
especially i'm the list of the Gould lines heads of
departments George Odds leaves St Louis in
few days to take charge of the traffic department.
of the Canadian Pacific road, and w. H. New
Mau, his successor as general traffic manager OF
the Missouri Pacific, is already there. and will
take full charge next Friday The rumored
changes IL the passenger and machinery depart
ment are unfounded.
President A. E. Touzalin, of the Chicago. Bur
lington 81 Northern, has prepared circular
announcing the organization for the opera
ton of tho company. 1t is as follows:
general superintendent, W. II. Holcomb La
Crosse; chief engineer, c. c. Upham. St Paul;
assistant chief engineer, w. b. Lawson, La
Crosse; auditor. N. B. Hinckley. St Paul;
cashier. g. w. Traer, St Paul; purchasing
agent, George Hargreaves, Chicago.
West-Buund Business.
The official statement of the trunk line pool