The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-10
AFFAIRS OF TIE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.

Personal and Local.
JR Hibbits recently with the Kentucky
Central road, has been appointed yardmaster OF
the L, D. & S. road in the indianapolis yards.
Superintendent Whitcomb. of the Belt road,
has prepared time table on which trains over
this road shall be run, basing it fifteen miles
per hour.
The /. B & w. people, on Friday and Satur-
day Of each week during the summer months,
VIII self round-trip tickets from indianapolis to
Putin Bay at s., good to return until Tuesday
of ths next week
Emmett II. Scott, OF the firm of Niles & Scott
wf1ssl manufacturers. of LaPorte has been
appointed general manager of the old l. j. q O.
railway. from Peru TO Michigan City, by the old
stockholders He will enter actively upon his
duties on July 81
The night express coming east over the Indi-
annapolis Decatur q Springfield road on Wednes'
day night covered the last seventy nine miles
IN i94 minutes. Railroad men WHO nave recently
ridden over the eastern end OF the line state
that Ghere are but few better roads IN the coun-
try.
The Chicago rapers have no faith IL. the eff
cney or even the sincerity, of the restoration of
the trunk line pool fixed mp at Niagara Falls
last week. The Chicago press is right in the
ulz1ter if the Chicago roads propose to act as
diEhonoTablv heretofore when an attempt Is
made to brace up rates.
The Vandalia people have commenced the
plaEiuG of the iron bridge over White river with
a FIRST class steel and iron bridge. Although the
present bridge has been erected but a few years,
there is possibility that, with the heavy traffic
over 1t, it may be unsafe. and more substantial
structure is to be put IN its place
Arbitrator John C. Gault will be in Chicago
Sunday next and will remain some three or four
dags-long enough to dispose of arbitration mat
ters connected with the Western Freight Asso-
citation He is at present attending meeting
at Atlanta, Ga. in mis- capacity of general man
ager Of the Queen and Crescent lines
General Manager John B. Carson, of the Louis
vile, New Albany & Chicago road has sent out
the following notice: 1.-The Offices of auditor and
Purchasing agent are hereby dissolved j. III
Craig is appointed auditor. All communications
relating to the accounting department should be
addressed to bin at Chicago. H. O. NOurse re-
1aiBs the position of purchasing agent, having
charge of all supplies, including stationery"
Ssr Henry Tyler, who has just returned from
q trip over the Canadian Pacific road. travelled
TO the end of the track, ,050 miles beyond Win
nlpeg and thence rode on horseback to a pass at
the summit of the Selkirk range. In making the
trip he me rely wanted to examine the road for
himself, and to look into the mineral and agrl-
cultural resources of the country. He declined
to give any opinion as to the practicablhty OF
the route selected.
The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy has been
investigating, and finds that over j 600 shippers
ON its lines have been fraudulently billing goods
In wrong classes. One was saving 80 per cent
on freight charges by shipping drugs iron
bolts Office stools went as CASTINGS, fine paper
as wrapping PAPER picture frames as wooden
ware etc. This move made by the o., Il. d e.
people mas set some of the agents of indianapolis
roads 20 looking into the matter, and they too
discover that this method of doing business Is
pr&cticed more or less, but they find that ship
pers are more dishonorable in the matter Of
weight than in any other thing.
The statement that the bridge over the Wa
bash on the L., N. A & G.. which went down
last week one of the Crawford & Co.
bridges, an official states is incorrect. The
bridges which Crawford q Co have built on the
Airline have all been overhauled thoroughly,
the most of them being taken down entirely, and
which went down built by the Delaware
Bridge Company of Trenton N. J. The bridge
was completed in Noveu ber 1883, and put
Up under the personal supervision of =. ii. Pier
son, chief engineer of the L., N. A. e. c., and
John w. Mcleod, who was then general super
intendent.
One of the forty -eieht-ton consol engines
hauled passenger train over the L., b. q w.
railroad recently at speed of thirty-five miles
per hour. One of these consols was called into
service to haul of the passenger trains
where the regular passenger engine broke
down. Superintendent Wilson says when
these consols were placed on the road he
fearful that if one of the monster fellows
left the track it would be II difficult matter to
ges it-On again, but they easily
managed than ordinary eight wheel engine.
So evenly loaded are they on the five pairs of
driving wheels and so powerful they that
they roll back on to the track without the help
of other locomotives