The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-28
RAILWAY GOSSIP.

b. 81 W., has gone to New York.
The c., L. St L. & G. earned, in the third
week of June, $4l, 3SH73 against $A, 462 62 for
the corresponding week of 1884
President Robert Harris of the Northern Pa
cifc, has started on a tour of inspection of that
line, to be absent several weeks.
III. c. Diehl, general freight agent of the l., B.
6 W.. and J. HI. Steiner, Western superintendent
of the White line, returned from New York yes
terday.
The widow of A. s. Burgess late district pas
senger agent of the Union Pacific. ldquarters
Indianapolis, has, with her son, removed to
Chicago
w. P. Ijams, treasurer of the Union Railway
Company and Belt road. who has been in the far
West for a couple of months, is expected home On
Monday next
The warden of the southern prison has ap-
pointed conductor Jack Shea, of the j., NJ. & l.
railroad guard at the prison, and he will at
once enter upon his duties
Sir Henry Tyler, president of the Grand
Trunk railway of Canada. has gone to Winni-
peg, intending to make a thorough inspection of
the Canadian Pacific properties.
The Wabash railway will sell tickets from the
Sd of July until the 9th, inclusive to all points
within $50 miles. at one fare for the round trip.
On all roads in this State low rates are given,
ana AeiAVy uraSel 10 looked ZOE the preSent
week.
j. B. Jones, of Auburn, Me-, formerly a prom
inent business man of that city, died on Sunday
morning after a long illness, at the age of
seventy. He was born in Newport vt. Mr.
Jones was in early days a railroad contractor,
and built the first mile of railroad constructed in
Maine.
The Cincinnati Northern railroad, running
from Cincinnati to Waynesvilie, O., was sold
yesterday by order of the United States Court,
to A. S. Winslow, for $4,000 Mr., Winslow
bought the property On behalf of the first mort
gage bOndholders, who will proceed to organize a
company and operate the road.
Commencing to-day all the express trains of
the Pennsylvania railroad, except the New York
and Chicago limited, will stop at Cresson, and
continue to do so during the summer season.
Observation cars win be attached to Pacific
press west and day express east, between Altoona
and Cresson, thus affording an excellent oppor-
| tunity of viewing the grandest scenery of the
| Alleghenies
| OF 442 engineers and firemen on the Delaware
| q Hudson examined for color blindness, only
| ten failed to pass satisfactorily. These will be
subjected to further test, after which, if still
| unsatisfactory, they will be examined by a com
| petent physician. If any of the number are
deemed unreliable after the final test they will
be placed in positions in the employ of the com
pany where their defects will not endanger life.
Ex-Governor Begole of Michigan, who was
| elected on general anti-railway and reform
| platform, and who began to beg the roads for
| annual passes before he was fairly warm in his
| seat, is now. the Railway Age says, the general
| manager of a milk route in one of the cities in
| that State A committee of investigation has
| just reported that as Governor, he grossly,
wantonly and inexeusably exceeded all statutory
| and discretionary powers"
| Ex-Alderman VIM. A. Foster. of Fitchburg,
| for about thirty years connected with the Yer
mont and Massachusetts, and Fitchburg rail-
roads as locomotive engineer master machinist
or assistant superintendent of motive power, has
accepted the position of general superintendent
of motive power on the Fall Brook Coal Compa-
ny's railways in New York, with headquarters
at Corning N. Y. This company has about 225
miles of track in New York and Pennsylvania,
| running into a country noted for it's mines of
semi bituminous coal and forests of timber.
Cameron, Amberg & Co. have just published
| Revenue Without Loss. The Railway Officers
| Hand book and Travelling Auditors Manual. By
| Marshall M. Kirkham." A leading difference
| between this work and others cognate sub.
| jects, hitherto written by the same skillful and
experienced writer arises from the fact that tits
| specially devoted to detailed consideration of
the difficulties involved in the collection of rail
| way revenue without loss, and an explanation of
methods which have been found effective in
dealing with defaulters and negligent or reckless
| employees. The author also states that 1.-THE
| book is not only intended to describe the theory
| and practice attending the collection and hand
hing of corporate funds, but may also be used as
a manual, to be followed literally by those who
have charge of the revenues of railroads" 1t is
! really valuable work
| The death of j. FL. Rutter, president of the
| New York Central road is bringing to lightinei
| dents of interest regarding his early life. Mr..
Rutter might almost be said to have been born
| for railroad man. His father was for many
| years the superintendent of the Old Colony Rail
road Company, and was very enthusiastic in his
profession. James FL. Rutter was born at Lowell
| on the Sd of February, 1886. His father at that
| time was experimenting the construction of the
| Boston & Lowell railroad, and the first loco
| motive whistle ever imported into this country
| was attached to an engine on this road shortly
| before his birth. His father ordered the loco
motive to be run down near the house in which
he lived so that if his expected child were boy
| it might be saluted with the first steam whistle
| heard in this country 1t is said the good people
of Lowell were frightened nearly out of their
senses by the screechlng which greeted the ad-
vent of the future president of the New York
Central.
general reorganization of the freight de-
partment of the Pennsylvania road proper is in
progress. Mention was made yesterday morn
ing of the promotion of John S. Wilson 1t is
expected that the number of tons of freight car
ried over the road this year will exceed 40 000,
600. 2, 000, 900 more than last year. Hereto
fore the general freight agent of the company,
John s Wilson, has had full charge of the bust
ness, but under the new instructions new de-
partments for general freight, through freight
and coal and coke are created, over
! which Mr.. Wilson will have general super
vision while his three assistants, all of whom
have had long experience, will at
tend to the details The result will, no
doubt, be greater perfection in handling the
bulky business of railroad than has yet been
attained in this country. In this connection a
brief history of Mr. Wilson's railroad career will
be in place. Mr.. Wilson was born in Washing
ton county, Pennsylvania May 20, 1892 entered
| railway service in 1861 as solicitor Of the Balti
more & Ohio, which position he held until 1866.
From 1866 to 1882 he was general freight agent
of the Philadelphia Wilmington 81 Baltimore
road; from 1882 to the time of his present promo
ton general freight agent of the Pennsylvania
road.
III. B. Hammond, of New York has been so