The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-31
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.


II. p ingalls,, president of the c., l., st. L. &
lC, is to be in the city to-day
- car factory at Michigan City is working
Snontract Of 400 aox and twenty-five beef cars
af the L., n. A & c. road.
M n. Rodgers was appointed purchasing
ngtnt and FL. FL. Hamersee cashier of the Nckle-
plate road
Station agents of the Wabash railroad will be
compelled to appear in a regular uniform after
April /, and are required to buy two suits "a year
J. w. Fnfrock, late chief train dispatcher OF
the c.. ii. & ID. lines, was in the city yesterday,
m route We6S where lie has been offered posi-
Sion
Regal Robinson has accepted the position of
chief clerk liz the Office of John s. Lazarus gen
oral freight aud passenger agent of the l., ID. &
i =. road.
Chalmers Brown. for a couple of months past
local tcket agent Of the O., J., St l.. & G. road,
to-day takes his old train between Indianapolis
and Chicago
Mr. F. o. Field has been appointed city ticket
y agent Fer the Pennsylvania companies, at Co
: slnfnbus O.. vice c. r. Mandel resigned APP
peintment takes effect April 18th, proximo
The interchange of freight traffic between the
e, l.. St L. & G. road and the c. & r. |. roads
1t Seneca in the week ending March %. reached
Ears
William 7. Foster recently appointed receiver
of the Chicago q Great Southern road, was,
some years since. superintendent of the L., n.
Z "a & c. road, and is very competent railroad
man.
Jeffersonville Madison g. Indianapolis road, was
yesterday notified of the death of his mother,
md last evening left over the Decline for the
East
+. NJ Burgess, district passenger agent of the
~ Union Pacific headquarters indianapolis. is
aying very low at the family residence on East
Michigan street. No hopes entertained of
his recovery.
Colonel Joseph Hil superintendent, E. R.
Marrow, his private secretary, N *. Elliott.
1naster Of transportation, and John +. Miller,
superintendent, of the c., st. L. & P, are in the
city on official business
The Northern Pacific people are to have rep
q resentatiye at Columbus, o., and have APP
Tainted A. Rodelheimer to the position. Mr..
As0delheimer agent OF the Kansas Pacific
for some years at Kansas City.
= On Sunday the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Indian
Apolis sent east from Indianapolis eight freight
brains. hanling 16T loaded cars, which was the
argest east-bound movement of any day in the
history of the road it is officially stated.
%1o-morrow, April l. the new time schedule on
the Indianapolis, Decatur e Springfield road
takes effect one train leaving Indianapolis at
A. NJ, a scond train at $50 P. NJ The answering
trains arrive at Indianapolis at IL o'clock noon,
and 6l5 p NJ.
The general freight and passenger agent of the
Detroit, Lansing d Northern road sends out a
circular stating that number of letters purport-
ing to be signed by him. requesting passes, have
been presented to different roads, which same are
unauthorized, and requests thatthey be not hon
ored.
George Russell, one of the oldest and most ca
pable yardmasters at this point, has decided to
accept the position of general yardmaster of
the Wabash, at Detroit, Mich., which are the
! most important yards on the Wabash system
sdr. Russell will receive much handsomer sala-
Fy tan he has been paid at Indianapolis.
TIE ticketsscapers are good deal disheart-
ene4 The Chicago Il Alton people, whom they
Lave looked upon as their best friends have no.
fed each scalper at this point that they will
=, OF pay them commission on any tickets sold in
y arch or any sold in the future, but will pay all
commissions to regular passenger agents.
III. b. Hammond, receiver of the l.. ID. & S.
eoad. under date of March,31, issues the follow
ing notice "On and after April l, 1885, the
officers of the Indianapolis Decatur g. Spring
Geld railway will be follows g. w. Bender,
superintendent; j. S. Lazarus, general freight
and passenger agent; j. V. McNeal, auditor; r.
d. f. Peirce, general solicitor
Commissioner Fink yesterday teegraphed NJ
Il. Doherty, commissioner of the Indianapolis
4 east-bound pool asking him to be present at the
meetings to be held in Chicago this week. 1t is
Stated that AIR. Doherty stands high rail
road man in the estimation of Commissioner
Fink, his best Characteristic being that he is a
strong advocate for maintaining rates on a pay
ing basis.
H. X. Dering, assistant general passenger
agent of the Pennsylvania lines west of Pitts
y burg. yesterday received letter from w. B.
Wright, the alleged defauting ticket agent at
Shelbyville, Ind, in which he said he would re-
turn in short time and straighten his affairs ali
mp The letter was written from Double Springs,
TEX. and dated March %. Had he not returned,
the railroad company would have lost nothing,
as his bondsmen were good for his shortage.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen since
ats organization, has increased in membership at
arapid rate. According to statement made on
Feb. /, 1885, the average monthly increase in
membership is 407. At that date the member
ship was IL, 957, and withthe new lodges organ
szed by Mr.. Stephens, now in the West, the num-
Der is increased beyond IL, GOO. The membership
Aug. /, 1884, was r. 46, which shows an in
crease to date of about 2,o0O, and probably more
An easy method of facilitating the removal of
lime scale from the fireb boxes and hues of loco
lives has been discovered by b. Warren, mas
ter mechanic of the indianapolis, Bloomington
81 Western railroad. He painted them with pc
4roleum paint for the purpose OF preventing the
formation of this scale. While it did not pre-
vent it. the paint rendered its removal easy, a
tap of a hammer being sufficient to clear fue
of scale that would ordinarily require two or
Shree hours to remove.
Assuming an Ugly Phase.
- Matters are not running along so smoothly
between the Union Pacific and the Central Pa
sciie as would seem desirable where the inter
asts are so mutual The Union Pacific people
have always complained of the dictatorial ways
Of their Central Pacific friends Holding the
end of the line, Huntington and his partners
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