The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-27
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.

Personal and Local.
The Globe fast-freight line is appropriately
named Every point it touches is reached by
The most circuitous route.
w. Il Holabrd. who represents the A, T. G.
s. f. at Peoria, H., is in the city. He has
Just returned from Mexico and gives an inter
esting account of his trip
The revised classification of the Middle and
Western States Association went into effect
Feb. % AS result there is still further
reduction in rates mum Der of leading articles
of freight.
The suit of Jesse Bugg of cambridge. Ind ;,
against the L., n. A. & C. railroad for damages
on account Of injuries sustained at the Blue
river disaster, year ago. has been compromised,
the company paying Mr.. Bugg $l0Co
Travel to the New Orleans exposition has
f=ilen off sharpy the last few days. 1t is
thought after the excitement attending the
inauguration of President Cleveland is over
there will be an Improvement in New Orleans
travel
General Passenger Agent ST John, of the
Chicago & Rock Island road is to be in the city
, to-day. He proposes to visit Cincinnati before
he returns, aud effect some arrangement with
the c., l., St L. 6 c. people for better service
between the Northwest and Southeast.
Chief Engineer Beach. of the Bee-line system,
EaiQ. Yesterday, Jnal ne D3Q Deen on the Dee
line thirty three years, and this had been the
most trying winter on road beds in that period.
1t was almost impossible to keep track In
shape to make high speed over it safe
Engines Cpl, 622 and 630 the Oldest on the j.,
NJ & l. road are to go into the scrap heap when
they again need general repairs and heavier
new engines will take Cheir numbers These
engines have only fourteen by twenty two inch
cylinders, five feet driving wheels, and are the
oldest locomotives the road
Officials of the J., NJ & l. road state that their
earnings for February, 1885. will run $40, 900
lore ahead of February. 1882, 1883 or 1884.
y Oh water troubled them in the three last years
entioned. IN 1884. for sixteen days their bust
SIS was unfayorably affected. For six days no
trains were run TO Louisville. KY.
A railroad man who was on board one of the
trains which was in the disaster Tuesday night,
on the Illinois Central road, says had not the
coaches been equipped with the Miller platform
and coupler the loss of life would have been ter
rible as the freight train would have crashed
through the six coaches on the train, rather than
the one rear coach.
Agents, employees, and all hands at the Wa
ash freight Offices and passenger office were
much ratified Yesterday when the telephone
paireFs came in and took their three telephone
Instruments out. Some three hours after the
misunderstanding between the telephone people
and the IT. lroad company were adjusted, and
the instruments again put IN position.
Pittsburg is to have union depot. the Balti-
more 81 Ohio people having decided to build
new passenger and freight depot at cost of
$500, GOO, Independent of other roads. They will
also greatly increase their terminal facilities in
the way of coal yards. elevators, ETC., at that
point The b. 81 o. has already built up heavy
coal traffic, west bound from Pittsburg and
several Indianapolis coal dealers have profited
through the competition the 3. 81 O. gives the
Pennsylvania lines.
A. e. Touzain Vice president of the Atchi-
son, Topeka 81 Santa Fe railroad, has rendered
his resignation, to take effect on the 1st of
April A circular from the office of j. F. God
daFd. traffic manager. announces the removal of
Captain n. T. Spoon from St. Louis to Kansas
City. The Utah agency is abolished and the bus
mess of that Territory turned over to w. B
Hamblin. general agent at Denver, while F. j.
Flynn the tab agent, goes TO Cincinnati to
take the place of A. E, Lippincott, resigned. N
A. Dane, passenger agent at Buffalo, N. Y. will
hereafter have charge of the freight, business,
e&sh the title of freight and passenger agent.
President Mackey seems to have determined
upon vigorous policy with the Terre Haute and
Southeastern. In the first place, the officials of
the L. II. d 5. Il. were removed from office and
their work divided among f. e. L. II. officers.
Discharges We're ordered lower down the scale.
AS a railreader expressed it Yesterday every
was discharged, frome~the superintendent
down to the Office cat Conductors Johnson
I'D Kit both residentstof Worthington, were
removed. uffdeT the order of affairs,
conductor Ogden has taken charge of the only
ran the line. The fremen of both the T. Fl.
e s. f.. engines were relieved, and of the
engineers became the others fireman. One of
the engines has been sent TO Evansville for re-
pairs, The remaining discharges were the mem
Oers of one train crew. The T. III. & S. f. will
reduce its fare to three cents a mile soon as the
new issue of tickets are got out.