The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-13
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.

There viii be trunk line meeting JAN 16,
whsa an effort will Be made to restore rates and
live at peace.
made Sunday last clearing up day-handling
on the main line 10 loaded and 800 empty cars,
] Or atotel of l, III cars.
The Wagner Sleeping car Company have just
placed three elegant new coaches on the line be-
tween Boston and St Louis. via Albany, Buffalo,
Cleveland and Indianapolis.
n Ellis, agent of the G., St L. & P. at Ko-
komO. OF Feb takes the agency of the compa-
ny At Anderson, vice II. Cooper, resigned. s.
Reddish will succeed Mr. Ellis at Kokomo
The Bee-line pay-rolls show that one engineer
reesiEes for his last years work 1884 and
number receive from 81 $50 to s., 875 Engin-
OcEs on this road run on the mileage basis.
Thomas McMahan agent of the Bee Line and
Dayton IL Union road. at Union City, who is a
wHFTn friead of Governor Gray, WAS in the
city yesterday to witness the inaugural cere-
many.
Rumor has it that E. C. Murphy, formerly su-
psRIntendent of the l., p. & G. road, will succeed
O. w. Stevens superintendent of the Detroit
nsd Indianapolis divisions, and that Mr. Stevens
WI be given. another lucrative position.
A. FL. Evans, superintendent of the New York,
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day, in conferences withC. E. Henderson, general
manager of the l., B. & W.. which is one of the
Nickel Plates most important connections.
Edgar Hill, assistant general freight agent of
| the Beelne, and H. H. Poppleton general solie-
/ atoR, are in the city on official business Mr..
! Hill seems sanguine that we are on the eve of
/ bester times for railways, unless Congress and
| legislatures again demoralize matters.
! Arrangements have been made by which the
Midland line fastfreight will continue to work
| oyer the l., B. & w. road, and H. w. Davis,
| manager, gives notice of the appointment of
| N ]. Mcyonney as agent of the Midland line
as indianapolis, Ind, vice A. w. Hazelrigg re-
Tigaed, taking effect the 10th inst.
Some careless yard-ma Yesterday afternoon,
aet the target wrong in the l. IL St l.. yards.
West Side, and the accommodation train ran
onto side track. The engine struck train of
local cars. and was damaged several hundred dol
liars by the collision. An accident of much the
same character occurred on the Belt road earlier
In the day.
H. NJ Bronson, general passenger agent of the
/ L, b. a w. system, comes out strongly in favor
of abolishirg second-class tickets leaving only
first class limited and unlimited and round trip.
tickets in the field He expresses the opinion
that the tickets of the greatest
rate demoralizers. Two. thrds of the travel on
this class of tickets were furnished frst-class
cOmmodations.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, after
with the new patent establishing communica
tom between passenger cars and the locomotive
! by means Of ATTITUDES instead of bell cord, has
finally adopted the system permanently. It is
being used with satisfaction on many of the
/ trains. and it is not only more effective than
/ the bell-cord but is more convenient in number
J OF respects.
The ST. Paul Globe is confident that there will
! be a change In the management of the Chicago,
Milwaukee 81 st. Paul when the annual meeting
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president Alexander Mitchell accepted re
election only upon the promise that successor
should be chosen at the next meeting Owing
10 the continued illness of General Manager S. S.
Merrill, his resignation will undoubtedly be &C.
copied and a successor chosen"
) The Journal is under obligations to Geo. Boyd,
assistant general passenger agent of the Penn
tEylyania road for copy of the report to her
Galesty's government, on the Pennsylvania rail
road. The work was prepared by Charles Clip
perton, British consul at Philadelphia. The re-
port was presented to both houses of Parliament
by command of her Majesty. 1t is very hand
aOmey bound, and gives q complete
history of the Pennsylvania road proper, and, as
we'll of tho entire system of road controlled by
b She Pennsylvania people both east and west of
iPittsburg The description of the road the
points it reaches its improvements in the way
OF shops and other buildings is very eomplete.
the methods of operating each department. and
full financial statements are also very fully ex-
hibited.
Master Mechanic Patterson, of the c., T., ST L.,
Is O., has just put in service on some of the ex-
press trains patent fire-extinguisher tank
holding two barrels of water is placed in the
of each coach, to which tank is coupled small
piece of hose, which on the other end is attached
to the air-brake, and in such manner that the
force of the air-brake can be used for pressing
the water from the tank through hose which
can DO run out to any part of the car. The
force of the air brake is such that it wili'throw
a threequarters of an-inch stream seventy five to
a hundred feet, and in case the water in the tank
in the coach gives out it can be replenished by
q simple arrangement connecting the locomotive
tank with the car tank. Of course the devise is
intended to extinguish fire before it makes much
headway Often few buckets of water when
acoach chances to take fire when the train is
moving, would save serious damage