The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-17
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.


Railway travel ought to be specially safe just
now, so many of the magnates are taking little
inspection trips over their roads.
The Louisville g. Nashville management are
equipping several hundred of their cars with the
Brown self-car- coupler. ia which Col Horace
Scott is interested.
Western dealers are coming to believe that
she roads which bring anthracite Goals West will
Be short of cars until the advance in rates or
aered for Nov takes effect
The United States mail tonnage carried on the
Beelne limited trains has reached such an
amount that the company are considering the
running of mail car especially for such service
on THIS train.
H. j. Page, general freight agent of the c.. L,
St l.. g. G. spent yesterday in the city. He
speaks of their local business as being highly
satisfactory, but in through traffic they drop be-
hind heavily.
George c. Watrous is appointed superlntend-
Gnk of motive power and roliing-stock or the
Chicago 81 West Michigan, with office at Muske-
gon, Mich. taking effect at once. The position
OF master mechanic is abolished.
The principal efforts of the trunk line execu-
tive committee so far seems to have been direct
ed toward perfecting the passenger pool, and
very little has been done toward arranging the
freight pool beyond outlining its general feat
nres.
Experimental cars for carrying live stock for
long distances are plentiful just now train
Of these arrived at the Chicago Stockyards
recently that furnished with springs equal
10 those under a passenger COACH air-brakes and
bumpers.
The c., Ell. g. d. management continues to en-
plOy train agents. a genteel name for spoilers"
Conductors have become so accustomed to them
that they care little about them, but 1t is annoy
sne to passengers and indirectly brands conduct
Drs as being dishonest men.
]. s. Farlow president and j. L. Morse. Sec
lSetary of the Cleveland, Sandusky & Cincin-
sati, and General Manager G. E. Henderson and
General Counsel c. w. Fairbanks. of the l., B.
& W. road, are in Cleveland, o., on business
connected with the Decline lease of the O., S. &
G. road.
Robert B. Roosevelt, of New York Augustus
E Merriman, of North Carolina and William
Stevenson, of Pennsylvania have been appoint
sd a commission to examine and report upon
twenty-five miles of the Northern Pacific rail
road lying between Eagle Gorge, w. IT,, and the
south bank of the Puyallun river.
Trains Nos and 9, over the Decline proper
which were abandoned'a few weeks ago on Sun
day night both directions, it is said will be put
on again, with the taking effect of the winter S
timetable. Taking them off has greatly incon-
veDienced travel as these trains had been run
some thirty years without change.
VIM. S. Baldwin. general ticket and passenger
agent of the l., N. A. g. G. road. has COM
Ynenced publishing a paper to be issued monthly,
to be known the Ballast" 1t is much of the
character of the Decline Gazette. Beside being
good advertising medium there is much reading
matter that is newsy and interesting
Il. NJ Hawley, former master of transporta-
tion of the l., p. & G. division of the Wabash
system, now on the Humeston g. Shenandoah
road, in the city yesterday. Mr. Hawey
says the g., B. @. people have not yet Sc
cured control of this road as has been stated
here bain a N
1t looks as IL double-deck cars will be entirely
swept out of existence. They have not only
been banished from the roads between Chicago
and the Missouri river, but the roads west of the
river are also doing away with them. Circulars
have been issued abolishng double deck cars
from the roads in Dakota. Montana and Idaho.
An indianapolis railroad man. who few days
since passed portion of the Richmond &
Danville road states that the subordinate Off
cials all along the line are anxious to learn the
character of e. B. Thomas, their new general
manager, and seem anxious lest he import some
of the men on the Decline system onto the r.
81 d. road to fill their places.
The annual inspection of the lines of the Penn
Bylvania railroad by the chief executive officers
will begin on Monday next and continue two
weeks, during which time the party will travel
2, SAT miles. The first weeks run will land the
party in Chicago. and the second take it through
indianapolis, Vincennes Louisville, Cincinnati,
Columbus and Pittsburg and thence home,
Commissioner Richardson, of the Chicago and
Ohio river pool will call a meeting, the first
week in November, of the presidents and general
managers of the roads in the pool to consider the
future of the pool, which expires by limitation
Dec. 81. Doubtless 1t will he continued and an
other effort is to be made to bring the Illinois
Central, the Wabash and the E. 81 H. III. road
into this pool
Receiver McNulta, of the Toledo Cincinnati
IL st. Louis road. has served notice upon the
editors committee that he proposes to go to the
courts. and ask authority to issue receivers GER
tifcates TO the amount of 800 900. $3.50, 900 for
the Toledo division, and $3.50. 900 for the st.
Louis division. He wants this amount for lay
ing ITO miles of steel rail, to build four bridges
TO purchase ties, etc.
On the Atlantic & Pacific, N. A. Drake chief
engineer, and j. Moyan. assistant engineer
have resigned and their positions abolished
II. e. Nelson is appointed superintendent of road
department. Geo. +. Calender assistant super
intendent of motive power and machinery. has
resigned and his Office is abolished. James G.
McCuen is appointed superintendent of motive
power and machinery.
General Traffic Manager Smith, General
Freight Agent KNIGHT and Division Freight
Agent Sweet, of the Wabash system, were in the
city yesterday. Mr.. Smith says now that rates
have been restored he sees no reason why the Wa
bash should not do as much east-bound business
out OF indianapolis as their competitors He in
timated that in the near future he should ask
for an increased per cent. in the east bound
pool
S. w. Ashmead an old Decline man. who is
now with j. K. Lape, former master mechanic
of the Decline. now on the western division of
the Wabash. states that Mr.. Lape is very pleas
antly located. having been steadily promoted
since he went onto the Southwestern system.
Recently Mrs Lape received from the employees
of one of the shops of which her husband had
charge silver tea set and Mr.. Lape an elegant
gold chain, with Masonic emblem attached.
The j.. M. g. l. and /. e. V. long freight trains
continue to come in over the Union tracks, as in
olden times, instead OF over the Belt road, to the
c.. ST. L. a. p yards 1t is seventeen months
since the new deal was to take effect, and this
seems to have been ample time to get in all the
''Y's" 'Q's." etc needed to connect the /. & V.
and j., NJ & ]. with the Belt road The matter
is the more worthy of note. as the c., II. g. l.