The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-30
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.


Il ~ lscWiS, ulanhger OF ING EFie IaSE-If6lEDJ
lines, returned from New York yesterday
w. P. Ijams, treasurer of the Union Railway
Company and Belt road, returned yesterday
from Colorado.
A full line of tickets over all Pennsylvania
lines is to be put on sale at the yandaia Office,
10 South Illinois street. Scalpers' Row.
The L. D& S. people have leased room la on
Ecalpers Row South Illinois street, for their
outside eflce and will open it at once for bust
mess.
The c., l.. St t. & C. yesterday shipped to
Los Angeles Cal, another of their light passen-
ger engines, No. I3. 1t had been thoroughly re-
built.
L. d. Richardson commissioner of the Chi
cagO and Ohio River pool, was in the city yes
ferday looking after some crooked transac-
fions.
cursionists who left Saturday afternoon over the
J.. B. & w. for Philadelphia, Pa, reached that
city in fine condition at 1890 Sunday night
L. A. Schrader. traffic manager of the Illinois
Midland road, spent yesterday in the city. MIR.
Schrader says the oats and crop their
line is very promising, but the wheat crop is
rather SLIM
d. Lyons, travelling freight agent of the
Canada Southern line, and well known in In
dianapols railroad cries. has resigned, to take
i.
seventeen years.
j. Craig. auditor of the Cincinnati Wabash
Is Michigan railway has resigned to take
similar position on the Louisville, New Albany
Is Chicago road. Edward Wheeler. of Cleve-
land, will fill the vacancy.
Colonel A. NJ Tucker, who for several years
has been assistant superintendent Of the Lake
Shore road, left Elkhart last night. for Gallon,
o., where he takes a position superintendent
on the New York. Pennsylvania & Ohio road.
G.. Fl. Worcester, of Cleveland, takes his place
mt Elkhart.
A railroad official who has within the last few
days met both Presidents Jewett, of the c., II.
"a d. and King, of the Erie, expresses the opin-
ion that unless some unlooked-for bitterness
develops, the traffic operations between the two
systems will continue in much the same manner
as they have for three years past
r. J. Jewett president of the c. H. & D. and
Chicago 81 Atlantic roads. is not allowing rail
road matters to annoy him. He, this week,
with his family, goes to White Sulphur Springs
for q two months tarry, and on his return
will remove lis family from New York to CO.
lumbus, o., for permanent res idence.
It is stated that a high official of the Pennsyl
yania road who attended the trunk line passen
ger meeting in New York, last week, remarked
at this meeting without any ifs or ands, that
the Pennsylvania lines would not advance pas
serger rates cent until the pool was fully
established, the per cents. fixed agreements
signed by all parties interested and penalties
fully provided for
1t is more than probable that E. B. Thomas,
general manager of the Bee-line SYSTEM will
retire from that position soon a man can
. be selected to perform the arduous and inn
portant duties of managing this property. The
father in law of Mr.. Thomas is largely identified
4 with important iron industries, and he is said to
be anxious that Mr.. Thomas should take the
general management OF them.
The best-feeling shippers in this section are
those located on the line of the l., d. & S. road.
They say trains are run with such regular
ity and with such dispatch that it is pleas
nre to ship over this road. They state that for
some time previous to the management
taking hold unless there were cars enough on
this line to make full train freight trains
were abandoned and it was really unsafe to ship
live stock perishable articles over the road.
Now it is not unusual to have two or three trains
n day into indianapolis. and Saturday last
five heavy trains passed eastward over the road.
Lime agents who have been out on the road state
that very kindly feeling is exhibited toward
the road and the new management
For weeks most disgraceful business has
been carried on by local passenger men to secure
what is known the theatrical business. Last
week one agent to secure ten persons. gave the
twocent per mile rate to theatrical troupes and
three passes Another passenger man found that
competing line had a fair prospect to
get half dozen persons, and to beat
his competitor gave them all passes 1t would
seem high time that the general managers take
this matter in hand. Theatrical troupes, with
their immense piles of baggage, are carried
cheaper than any other class of travel. 1t would
DO better to show favors to commercial men, as
through their good will read not only secures
the travelling salesman, but, through his nfu-
ence, p better paying class OF travel