The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-05
RAILWAY GOSSIP.

! General Manager Mclaughlin, of the Globe line,
was in the city yesterday prospecting.
H. w. Hubbard, general freight agent of the Van
dalia, is spending the Sabbath in the city.
E. B. Thomas, general manager of the Richmond IS
Danville system is taking weeks rest and is spend.
/ ing the time visiting friends in Cleveland o.
William White general superintendent of the east.
division of the Canadian Pacific road has been APP
| pointed successor to Mr. Egan and not Mr.. A. Nc
| kinnon. as heretofore announced.
Eugene Zimmerman, president of the Cincinnati
Hamilton & indianapolis Railroad Company, spent
yesterday in the city. He came up from Hamilton to
I give matters a general looking over.
Col. f. g. Butler until recently division superin-
| tendent of the Wabash, st. Louis & Pacific road at
Moberly No. has been presented. by number of his
| many friends, with valuable diamond pin.
Mr. H p Tobias wellknown civil engineer in the
employ of the Illinois Central railroad, with head
quarters New Orleans died last week al Louisville
1 KY, where he had gone for medical treatment.
The statement that President Garrett. of the Balti-
more & Ohio, his way home from Europe
seems to have been premature. 1t is stated at the
general Office that he will not be home until about
Oct 1.
A. j. Sanborn. who for some ten years was master
mechanic of the Indianapolis St Louis railroad is
now superintendent of the waterworks at Mattoon,
and is filling the position very acceptably to the city
authorities.
| The Railway News of Omaha is publishing series
of welwritten and interesting papers the early
history of the Union Pacific railway. by Hon. George
| w. Frost, who was long connected with the road
| in official capacity.
The higher officials of the Pennsylvania lines sneak
| in complimentary terms of the manner J. A. Perkins
is handling the affairs of the Unon-line aud the Green
line at Milwaukee In the few weeks he has been there
| there has been handsome increase in business
William Adair, master mechanic Louisville s. Nash
vile recently transferred the Short.ne shops at
Louisville, has been presented with handsome silver
service of forty pieces and diamond ring by the
| under his supervision at Mobile, Ala His wife
also presented with diamond mounted brooch and
4 solitaire earrings.
The Telegrapher denies the intimation that the Or
der of Railway Telegraphers has joined the Knights
| of Labor. The order is independent benevolent
institution seeking raise the standard of the pro-
fession increase the proficiency. and extend broth
cry hand to felloiaborers at the key The order of
Railway Telegraphers is striking institution and
does not countenance them in any manner.
| Dan Kendrick general passenger agent of the New
! York Central road is making grand record in his
present position The passenger earnings Of July
ceeded those of the corresponding month SS5
$24S 600 in round numbers. His health is better
than it few years ago. yet his voice is somehat
defective AS Daa is Western educated man his
upward is watched with inter by his friends
veteran railroader suggests that there lie grand
reunion at indianapolis OF the pioneer railroad of
this State, Illinois and Ohio He would ncuie the
old time presidents superintendens chief engineers
and locomotive engineers He thinks they would
| have grand time talking the priyations, the
sacrifices they made, and the develonments which
have been made since they at the head of affairs
and which they really set in motion.
A. C. Sheldon formerly assistant general passenger
agent of the Chicago, Burlington Quncy railroad.
| will leave Chicago Tuesday night for the Pacific
slope He has been appointed to the Office of general
Western passenger and freight agent of the Chicago
Burlington 81 Northern railroad, and will make his
headquarters at Portland, Ore. Nr. Sheldon's last
experience that of general passenger agent of the
| "Paramore" Texas & st. Louis road.
An old-time raroader says the people of this city
should give Thomas Morris the credit of bringing the
G.. L. st. l.. & @. to indianapolis. The parties who
originated the enterprise build road west from
Cincinnati proposed to call it the Lawrenceburg 81
Upper Mississippi and it was to run through Column
III a in an IN Mr.
Morris and few other of influence went Gin
cnnati at his suggestion and manipulated matters in
this city.
T. J. Helm agent of the Bee-ne at this point has
made number of changes in his Office force in tho
last day two through which changes several of his
West Side is promoted to city yardmaser in place of
+ E. vestal resigned. G A. Davis car =. tallyman,
I'd Thomas. night talyman. promoted to day bill
clerk at Brightwood NJ. Henderson. from yard clerk
to position in city Office. e. H. Reuseh (new mani
| takes position as night tallyman at Brightwood.
| Since July Vicegrand Master John w. Drury of
the Switchmens Aid Association of the United States
has organized nine lodges. On his Western trip
ids Ia; Quincy, H., and Savannah, Ill. And his
Eastern trip he organized Indianapolis Ind; Column
bus o. Cleveland. o., and East Saginaw, Mich. The
switchmen all the country anxious to organ
ze and the vice grand master has more than he
do to calls for his services In his travels
he has been treated courteousy by the officials of all
| roads.
| The Railroad Mems Christian Association of Rut
land VT, is said to be the model association of this
character in this country. Their rooms cons st Of
reading room. parlor. game room. two bath rooms.
| diningroom for men who bring meals with them and
| gymnasium educational. Evening classes in pen
manshp, arithmetic shorthand and mechanical draw
| ing omen to the and course of entertain
! ments is given during the winter months Men are
visited whNn sick injured and watchers furnished
when needed A mems social prayer meeting and q
Sunday afternoon gospel meeting are maintained.
The work of the association is strongly Endorsed by
the superintendent of all railroads running into Rut-
| land.
| l.. ID. Closson has been a brakeman the Pennsyl
vania railroad for the last years He
the fast train which leaves the Broad street.
Philadelphia. station every morning at 7:30 He
knows what every mans business is who travels
his train and how much they worth, and how old
| they are and how they made their money. During
his twenty four years service he has travelled O0O
| 600 miles The distance between Philadelphia and
| New York over the New York division of the Penn
| sylvania railroad is ninety-two miles. Brakeman
| Crossen hasn't missed making this journey twenty
four DAYS in twertvfour years. The round trip daily
| is "a miles. Made daily for twenty four years the
number OF miles would be 16Il $40. Besides this
long brakeman Clossen estimates that he nag
made 400 600 extra miles in the twenty -four years.
Young Culley Dies from His Wound
| Daniel Culley. the young man who was shot