The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-22
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.


Personal and Local.
T. K Sibley, at present assistant TO the third
Fice-presdent of the Missouri Pacific Railway
Company, will, June l. assume theduties of gen
eral freight agent of the entire Missouri; Pacific
system.
S. b. Sweet, division freight agent of the Wa
bash road, is stopping in the city day or two
hooking after business. Mr.. Sweet is gaining
favor with indianapolis shippers as they become
better acquainted with him.
I'll c. Villas, the retiring manager of the Com
mercial Express freight line. gives notice that
on and after June / all matters of this line will
be looked after by John Porterus, general freight
agent of the Grand Trunk road.
w. S. jackson, receiver of the Denver & Rio
Grande railway, writes from Chicago to passen
ger agents IN this city concerning summer ex-
cursion rates to Colorado from Eastern points,
and gives his opinion that travel to Colorado and
California this season will far exceed all previous
years
Commissioner Fink has notified the committee
of Chicago managers, appointed last week to
confer with the trunk line officials regarding
settlement of the existing east-boufd freight
complications, that the trunk line representatives
viii be prepared to meet them in New York next
Tuesday.
The employees of the Havana. Rantoul 81 West
ern read, which was recently dropped by the
Wabash people, have formed syndicate, ana
viii bring suit against the Wabash management
for the money deducted from their wages Since
the hospitals on the Wabash system were es-
4ablished.
President Mackey on Monday began work on
the link of road which will connect the Evans
willie & indianapolis Straight-line with the Terre
Hautc Il Southeastern road. It'll proposed to have
trains running by December at the farthest
The distance between the two points is thirty
4wo miles
One Indianapolis road has demonstrated the
fact that an auditors department cannot be run
the plan of kindergarten. Ten men, one OF
the officers of the road says, at salaries OF $40
per month-$750-wil do mora work. and do 1t
correctly, than forty boys will at salaries OF $2o
"a total of $500 per month.
This section is being thoroughly worked by
freight solicitors of the Union Pacific, the Mis-
sour Pacific, the ST Louis & San Francisco,
and the Atchison. Topeka 81 Santa Fe roads.
Judging from the number of agents in the field
Ehere is for every carload of freight to be
forwarded to the Pacific slope.
Mac Mcdonald. general manager Of the Hava-
ma, Rantoul 81 Western road, was in the city
yesterday. Mr.. Mcdonald states that the equip
ments of this road are In better shape than has
been reported, the Wabash people having acted
very honorably in the matter in turning the
read over to the bondholders.
The management of the j., NJ & J. road have
instructed agents to beautify the grounds around
their stations by making grass plots flower beds,
painting up, etc. The assistant engineer who
is 90 look after the work, yesterday purchased
from Wegands several thousand geraniums and
other plants, which are to be sent TO the various
stations and placed in the flower beds
Chief Engineer Beach, of the Beeline system,
returned yesterday from an inspection trip over
the /. g. St T.. division, which was made to as
certain what improvements were most needed in
the way of side tracks and repairs to buildings.
The management propose to do great deal of
work in the way of painting up stations and in
creasing side-track.
v. T. Malott, general manager of the Union
Railway Company, has received from
r. Mansfield, of Dedham, Mass,
letter saying that it is quite
essential to the settlement of an estate to find
the whereabouts of Frank Stickney, man who
sometime ago came West to take the manage
ment of a stock-farm for Western railroad
official
The Wabash employees in the Fl Wayne and
Springfield ILL.,, shops, and their friends will hold
a grand picnic at Lafayette, on Tuesday next
Through the kindness of General Master Me-
chanic Barnes they have been rendered two spe
cial trains, gratis, one starting from Springfield
and the other from FIT Wayne. The employees
residing at Lafayette have made extensive ar
engagements to receive and give them grand en-
tertainment.
wv Elliott, of the Wabash offices at Peru,
was yesterday appointed auditor of the Havana,
Rontoul & Western road. Harry Fletcher Of
this city, has been offered and will probably
Aceept the position of secretary and treasurer of
9he road Mr.. Fletcher is an old express man,
fully competent to fill the position. j. J.
Fletcher, his brother, late general agent of the
T., b. & w. at Peoria on Monday assumed the
duties of general freight agent of this road.
HAST Trains Between New York and Kansas
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