The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-09-01
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.

e c. road have been discontinued.
The indianapolis Artillery Company. Captain
Curtis, 60 to Jacksonville, ILL.,, over the l., D. G.
g. road.
o. B. Skinner traffic manager of the Decline
system, has been given six-months' leave of
absence. and will spend the time on the Pacific
roast
H. II. Ford. general passenger agent of the
Pennsylvania lines west of Pittshurg, who spent
August on the White mountains returned to his
post yesterday.
1t is said that freight rates to all Ohio River
pool points and to points covered by the Middle
and Western States Freight Association, are
being we'll maintained.
It is stated officially that the receipts of the
Indianapolis freight Office of the Vandaila WILL
for August, 1885, exceed those of the correspond
aag month of 1884 fully 100000.
Miss Emma Conkling. telegraph operator IN
tho Bee-lne Office, and Miss Dora Conkling. OF
tho Western Union Office, returned from an
extended Western pleasure trip yesterday.
Andy O'Hara late tranmaster on the Bee
line. Indianapolis division. has accepted SINH
lar position on the St Louis e. San Francisco
road, his headquarters to be Springfield, Mo.
Geo. feathers, route agent of the American
Express Company has just returned from two
weeks pleasure trip. it being the only time he
mas lost from actual service in the last eleven
years.
the c., st. L. & P, Indianapolis is really bene-
flied, as the local sleeping coach between lndi-
annapolis and Pittsburg has been put on again.
running via Dayton.
r. G. J. Pendleton. who for nearly thirteen
years has represented the Canada Southern line
- h trnd fpnY a
service, turning the lines business over to his
SUCCESSOR, f. Ellsworth.
Passenger Agents Nichols of the Bee-line and
Shaw, of the c., FL. e. d., leaving no stone
unturned to make their Niagara Falls excur-
siOns big affairs. The c., Ell. & ID. comes off on
Sept. 3, the Beeline on Sept. 8.
The Wabash company is making arrangements
TO replace the gravel ballast on the main line
with crushed stone as rapidly as it may be re-
quired. Two or three stone erushers are now
engaged in preparing this material.
Andrew Carnegie has accepted Vanderbilt's
proposition in the South Pennsylvania road mat
ter, and the line will be abandoned to the Penn
sylyania people by the original syndicate The
Hostetter Bagalay interest can do nothing now.
r. Betty master mechanic Of the L., n. A. &
e, and a very genial gentleman, Is In the city.
He states that of their sixty-fve locomo olives
all but six in frst-cass condition. and that
tho six will in a few weeks come out of the shops
thoroughly repaired.
The following appointments are announced by
General Manager Terry. of the Wisconsin Cen
trail: A A. Allen, promoted to assistant general
manager; f. A. Merrill. to superintendent of the
Milwaukee, eastern and southern divisions, with
headquarters at Stevens Point.
Officials of the Pennsylvania Company declare
that there is no present intention of raising the
emigrant fare on their line. The company is
handling the traffic without Inconvenience. and
presumably without loss. it's interchange of bust
ness with Northwestern roads making the traffic
net it much more than the ostensible 81 rate.
Regarding the rumor that Superintendent
Woodland. of the H. n. A. g. c. system is to EN-
ploy in their train service number of men
oil of the Texas IL ST. Louis road, he states that
In his long experience as railroad man he has
never come in contact with more competent
set of men than there is in the train service on
the L. N. A. e. C., and he does not propose to
exchange these for those off of any other road as
long as they are satisfied with their jobs.
George W. Howard, yard-master of the
Evansville g. Terre Haute road at Terre Haute.
on Sunday was presented with handsome 5000
gold watch and chain by the members of the b.
pf E. and Order of Railway Conductors. Mr..
Howard had resigned his present position to be-
come train master of the L.. N. A. & G. railroad,
and the mesting was in the nature of fare
we'll to a gentleman of excellent standing among
railroad men and the people of Terre Haute. L.
NJ Harris, the present train master, will take
the conductorship of a passenger train.
The scheme to reorganze the Wabash, accord
ing to New York financial papers, has been per-
fected. The purchasing committee consists of
James F. Joy. of Detroit president of the com
pany; Edgar t. Welles, of Hartford son of the
former Secretary of the Navy; Thomas H. Hub
bard of the New York law firm of Butler Still
man & Hubbard and o. D. Ashley. secretary of
tho company Mr. Welles and General Hub
hard were appointed by the English committee.
which is represented by J. Morris. of London, a
solicitor of large experience in railroad reorgani
cations 1t is expected that the foreclosure de-
cree will be ready for presentation when the
court meets in September.