The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-20
AFFATn + THE RAILWAYS.
personal and Local.

i year tribe over 81, 600 per day to
sunk-line head pool in running order
aonthly fast,freght line meetings are to
COM nissioner Finks Office on Jan. 70 and
n. = Upham formerly chief clerk of
2. & Ohio freight department has been
"a agent of the Globe line at Chicago.
passenger and FIVE freight conductors on
J., l., st. L. & q. are good telegraph opera
IS, and often their ability In this direction
comes into good play.
All j., NJ. g /. passenger trains are now made
up in the c., ST. L. & p. outer yards and are
then run over the c., St l.. & P. tracks to con-
nection with the Union tracks
The Pennsylvania road proper, in 1884 carried
ii, l63,92O tons of anthracite coal. The Penn
sylvania company carried L. 97 945 tons; total
tonnage carried, IL, 66l, 865 tons.
The stationary department. of the Monon
route was last week moved from Louisville to
Chicago. and Chief Engineer j. II. Pearson yes
terday followed suit with the plant of his de-
partment.
H. B. Weatherby, formerly agent for the L..
N. A. & c.. at Greencastle, has been transferred
to Monon, where he occupies like position on
the same road
John Muir Feb l. is to become general traffic
manager of the Oregon Navigation d Railway
Company. Mr.. Muir was formerly general
freight agent of the Kansas Pacific and after
wards superintendent of traffic on the Northern
Pacific.
Commissioner Richardson, of the Ohio River
pool, has called meeting of the executive com
mittee, TO be held at Indianapolis next Friday,
at which the passenger committee will submit its
recommendations regarding a revision OF the
agreement.
The Railroader, published at Toledo, copies an
article recently published in the Journal relative
to paving conductors better salaries, and In com
menting upon it says: When railroad companies
pay reasonable salary to conductors there Will
be necessity of setting thief to catch a
thief"
nj fast-freight lines yesterday were offering an
10 cent per 100 pound rate fiat on grain from
Jew York to the seaboard. Rumors that 10
5ent rate was offered could not be confirmed, and
the rate will not go lower, say freight officials
in a position to know the situation, unless the
West Shore and Lackawanna go below that rate.
Commissioner Doherty, of the Indianapolis
poll, Til now have an opportunity to establish
his weighing association, and carry out sew
erai other schemes he has on hand, as the East
bound pool is practically non operative. Yester-
day none of the indianapolis roads reported ton
mare to the pool Office, neither did they on Sat
urday.
1t is stated that the committee appointed to
fix up an agreement to be entered into blythe mem
bers of the Chicago and Ohio River pool regard
Ing throigh passenger service Will recommend
that all lines running between Indianapolis and
Chicago and Cincinnati and Chicago shall haul a
sleeping car and chair car and charge for
berths and chairs uniform price.
Agents of the roads in the indianapolis East
bound Freight Association, met yesterday after
noon at Commissioner 'Donerty's Office. The
real object of the meeting was to perfect the
Weighing Association but the committee ap-
pointed to report a plan of organization were
not prepared fully, and the matter was laid
over TO the next meeting. Rate matters then
came up for discussion and occupied the re-
mainder of the hour they were in session.
General Manager Henderson, of the Dayton g.
Irohton road, yesterday contracted for ten miles
additional of steel rails, weighing sixty pounds
laid since the present purchasers took hold of the
property. The business of the road is develop
ing beyond the highest expectations of those in
terested in the property. and when contemplated
improvements are completed it will doubtless
become handsome paying investment to the
purchasers.
There are ten daily trains each way between
H,eton and Chicago. four of them carrying
through cars, and eight between Boston and ST.
-55prIffs four hauling through cars; four between
Boston and Cincinnati, two hauling through
ears. The Pennsylvania people, in connection
with the New York 81 New England road have
practically through line between Boston and
81 Louis, which is not included above, change
from one sleeping car to another only being ne
cessary at Philadelphia.