The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-20
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.

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lines, returned FROM New York yesterday.
The earnings of the c., l., St l.. & c. road the
second week in August were $43. 429 49, against
Sc 334 60 the corresponding week of 1884
Paymaster Sullivan will pay to-day on the
eastern division of thee, T., St. L. s. C. for July
service, and on the western division to morrow
Auditor Gabeman, of the Wabash road was
in she city yesterday to check up A. H. johnson,
cashier, and transfer the books to F. D. Leeds,
aEc. Johnson's successor.
another effort is to be made to induce Mr.
Nsite to move his through business over the
Bs4s road after Sept l. so crowded are the Union
tracks with local business.
Is is said that General Anderson chief engin
1er of the Northern Pacific will shortly retire
from the service of that company, as
the work Of construction Is about completed
C J. Hepburn, late superintendent OF the q.
H & ID. lines, is in Chicago. en- route from
Minnesota TO CoryGon, Pa He has received no
relief from his paralytic troubles by his soJourn
OF soma weeks in Minnesota.
The fast express over the Baltimore e. Ohio
rnsd yesterday collided with the pay train or the
Wabash road at WalkertOn. No person was in
iYred The engine hauling the Wabash pay car,
however was damaged some s., 900, it is esti-
mated.
William Garstang, the new master mechanic
Of tne Bee line shops at Brightwood, has already
nn6e himself solid with the shopmen by his
pleasant ways and systematic method of doing
ihs0gs. AS a result more work is being turned
sns, and the shopmen feel that they are under
al Official who appreciates good work
The c., ST. i. & P. company is rebuilding at
It's indianapolis shops engine 301. to be run
specially on the limited express train. The en-
g1Se will have under her a fve-foot nine inch
dzIwing wheel, II by "a inch cylinder.
and all modern improvements In the way of steel
iige-box extension boiler, steam gauges, etc.
Daniel McCool, general superintendent and
ci5ef engineer Of the Detroit Mackinac & Mar
Qpette road has resigned his position to accept
that of general manager of the St. Joseph &
Western, with headquarters at St Joseph, No
Ar. McCool was formerly assistant supernten-
3eat OF the western division of the New York
D*Etral.
notwithstanding the reports that have been in
circulation about the movements of Robert Gar
xefs. President of the Baltimore & Ohio rail-
road it is said on reliable authority that he is
noa yet on his way home from Europe, has
ne made preparation for his departure. He is
Bos expected here until about the middle of
September.
II would be well for the Union Railway Com
Fnny to invest $40 in a couple of Pamertons
wTecking frogs Yesterday one of the Union
tracks and Delaware and Pennsylvania street
crossings blockaded for three fourths of
hour placing on the track which could have
BEEN put on in five minutes with Palinerton
wreeking frog.
Yhe misfortunes of the New York Central
road were fortunate for the Indianapolis ship
aers of poultry. thirty carloads of which
delayed this side of the breaks in the road by
the washouts three or four days. They were kept
well iced by the company and reached the market
alter the glut in the market had been cleared,
and good prices were realized.
D. r. Spellman, of New Orleans, superntend-
eBt of the Shell Beach road is in the city, the
guest of John r. Elder Mr.. Spellman states
tAal Southern roads, almost without exception,
are highly prosperous, and prospects all sides
are that they will do heavy passenger business
and freight traffic for months to come. Money
IS plenty, crops immense and every body feeling
good
General Freight Agent Geiger, of the j., NJ e
4. road. is in the city He reports freight bust
ness steadily improving on this road. The ship
ments of provisions and wheat are quite large,
and, although the South has a fair corn crop, it
will cut small figure in supplying the South
srn markets. With heavy cotton crop to move
sOrthward, and large quantities of grain south
ward, he predicts heavy winter traffic
Representatives of one of the fast-frei ght lines
evidently have not learned that rates east bound
were ordered restored Monday last to the tariff
OF July - The plea that the Pennsylvania
people discriminating in rates to Hancock &
90, will no longer answer General Freight
Agent Wilson, of the Pennsylvania road,
Is ready to make an affidavit that
said party is not in any manner, direct or ind
recs, favored in cut rates.
The employees at the c.. st. l.. & P. shops,
have fixed upon Aug. % the day for their first
annual picnic The train will leave Noble
street for Glen Miller Park, Richmond, at Gao
M. tits expected that fully 300 persons will go
from Indianapolis 500 or more from Jefferson
vile and several hundred from Bradford. A
band of music goes with the indianapolis dele
CATION. Surerintendents Miller. McKenna and
Turner are all taking much interest in the mat
ter, and grand time is in prospect.
Superintendenrs Woodland, of the L N. A &
C., and Starke. of the c.. Fl. Il D.. have confer
eHGe here to morrow. The former are dissatisfied
with the manner the Wabash people are doing
their business at this terminus, and 1t is said to
DO quite probable that arrangements will he
made by which the c., H. & D. people will furnish
yard room. freight depot facilities. and do the
switching for the L., n. A. & G. people. The
fact is that such has been the increase in bust
ness of late of the Wabash at this point that
they have hardly room to accommodate both
reads
II the Union Depot force will pay more
attention to imparting information to strangers
who arc hunting the train, out Of dozen
more, which they wish to gosout on, and less to
seeing that engineers do not allow their engines
to smoke inside the Union Depot and blacken
the newly whitewashed walls of the old structure,
she travelling public would certainly appreciate
it. It's disgrace to the wealthy Union Railway
Company that they do not have three or four
train directors at the Union Depot, so uniformed
mat they could be readily distinguished and IN
81 pleasant manner give any information that
the hundreds of iuquiring passengers may desire
Ups and Downs of the Stock Market.
FOR some weeks past the New York Stock Ex-
change has been watched with interest, so
beArish have been railroad stocks one day and
GD bullish the following day. The Boston Ad-
vertiser says: The dawn of period of prosperity
IS invariably characterized by this sort of ex-
perience in the stock market The bea RS are all