The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-31
RAILWAY GOSSIP.


+. w. Davis has been appointed auditor Of the
ST. Paul & Duluth road
j. Robinson has been appointed receiver of the
Sciota Valley Railway Company.
Z. A. Lewis, manager of the Erie fast-freight
lines. returned last evening from Chicago
J. L. Blair has been appointed district passen-
ger agent of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe,
with Office in Minneapolis.
A. P. Harrison, formerly agent of the l. &
ST. L. road at Greencastle, was yesterday ap-
pointed travelling freight agent of the J., D. & s.
road.
N K. Elliott, superintendent of transporta-
ton of The Vandalia lines, has gone to New York
to be absent several days. Harry Drew accom-
panied him.
j. W. Connaty, chief clerk in the Kentucky
Central railroad shops, was last week presented
with solid silver inkstand and fine, solid
gold pen by his friends in the shops at Coving'
ton, KY
At Moberly, No. recently, the locomotive en-
eineers of the Wabash road presented W. I'll.
Selby, master mechanic, with a handsome gold
watch and CHAIN and Mrs. Selby with Solid
silver water set.
The statement that George H. Valient Is to
assume control of the freight traffic OF the Erie
successor to r. g. Villas has yet been appointed,
but the position he occupied has been offered to
an experienced railroad man, who has it's accept
ance under consideration.
The Terre Haute Gazette says the latest ru-
NOR in railroad circles is that the owners of the
/. III. q S. E., Messrs. Mackey, Collett, McKeen
q Co, will buy the Illinois Midland at the COM
ing SALE and thus, when the gap is complete
between Washington and Warrington, have a
short line (being E. e T. III. from Evansville to
Peoria.
Chief Train Dispatcher Corners, of the O., Fl.
q /. road, last Thursday received a letter from
G. j. Hepburn, late superintendent of the c., H.
& D., in which he writes that he was much dis
couraged over his physical condition during his
stay at a Buffalo medical institute. He not
summer at the springs in the Northwest, the
use of which waters, it is said is beneficial to
persons who have paralytic ailments.
Pittsburg paper calls attention to the fact
that it is possible to go from Pittsburg to Chica-
go or to Boston entirely over roads that are in
the hands of receivers. Yes, party can travel
from Kansas City to Boston roads which
are in the hands of receivers, and unless the
rate-cutting and paying exorbitant commissions
70 passenger agents is soon stopped, any point
IN the United States touched by competing lines
will be reached over roads in hands of receivers
The New Orleans Picayune says: 'The man
agement of the Mississippi Valley railroad have
concluded that man addicted to the use of
intoxicating liquors can properly attend to his
duties in the transportation department of the
service, and they have given employees to
derstand While the rule will, in measure, be
applied to other departments, and men who
totally abstain will have preference in the ap
poiHtments made, yet the rule will not be so
stringently enforced"
The stockholders of the Mitchell Orleans
Paoli, West Baden & French Lick Railroad Com
pany Friday elected as directors, j. w. Kennedy
James NJ. Andrew, Amos Stout Hiram E. Wells
Geo w. Burton Andrew j. Rhodes, Jno G.
Albert, Geo. w. Campbell. AMI L. Munson
Ben d; Riley James j. F. Sucker, w. F. Osborn
and j. r. Simpson. A meeting of the directors was
called and the following officers were elected:
j. W. Kennedy, PRESIDENT John " Stout vice
president; James nj. Andrew, treasurer; John r.
Simpson, secretary.
7. e. Setchel to-day retires from the position
aster mechanic ofthe Ohio & Mississippi road
u will become superintendent of the Brooks
locomotive works, at Dunkirk, N. Y. Mr..
Setchel is secretary of the American Railway
Master Mechanics Association, a position which
10 has held since 1870 He has been general
master mechanic of the Ohio & Mississippi for
that road In 1857 as machinst and engineer.
Later he was for twenty one years connected
with the Little Miami road, holding the position
Of master mechanic over thirteen years.
Among the oldest and most competent freight
men in this section are A. III. Mcleod and III.
J. Page, the headquarters of both officials being
Cincinnati. Alexander FL. Mcleod, general
freight agent Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton
railroad, was born at Point de Butte, New Bruins
wick, July s. 1885, entered the railway service
IN 1861; to May. 1871 clerk in the general
freight department Baltimore & Ohio railroad.
Baltimore; May. 1871 to 1873 assistant general
freight agent Pittsburg, Washington e Balti-
more railroad; January, 1873, to September 1874,
confidential clerk general freight department
Erie railway; September, 1874 to October, 1875,
general manager Diamond fastfreight line;
October. 1875, to date, general freight agent of
G., 81. & D. lines.
HeprysJ. Page. general freight agent Cincin-
matt, Indianapolis, St. Louis & Chicago railway
was born in New York city; entered railway
service 1888; to May l, 1861. clerk in Office gen
eral freight agent of Columbus, Piaua 81
Indiana railway, Columbus, o.; May l.
1861. to May 1, 1868. chief clerk to general
freight agent Cincinnati e Chicago Air line rail
road, Chicago; May ], 1868, to August. 1865,
general freight agent same road; August 1865,
70 Jan. l, 1868 general agent Cincinnati, Ham
ilton Sc Dayton and Cincinnati e. Chicago Air
line railroad, and Diamond fast freight line;
Jan. 1868 to date, general freight agent In
dianapolis, Cincinnati a. lafayette railroad and
its successor, the Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St
Louis & Chicago railway.
The local and travelling passenger agents whose
headquarters are at Indianapolis met yesterday
and passed appropriate and sympathetic resou-
tons on the death of their comrade, a. O. Bur
CESS, and made arrangements to attend the
funeral, at Christ Church, this afternoon, in a
body. The Union Pacific people We're very kind to
MIR Burgess, and during his months of illness they
continued his pay and detailed other men to
look after his duties from adjoining territory and
now pay his funeral expenses, including trans
portation of his remains and the members of his
family to Batavia, N. Y. The passenger agents
ut this point yesterday appointed a committee
to solicit money for the benefit
Of the family of the deceased. The expenses
during his illness were large and as he carried
no insurance, it seemed an appropriate thing to
do Railroad men were called upon yesterday
for contributions and they. as usual, responded
literally.
TIE CHURCHES TO-DAY.