The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-08-30
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and LOCAL.

of live stock, against 552 the corresponding week
of 1885.
G w. Smith, general manager of the Atchi-
son. Topeka 4 Santa Fe, passed through the city
yesterday
There were transferred over the Belt road last
week 1857 cars, against 93ls the corresponding
week of 1885.
D. f. Whitcomb. superintendent of the Union
Railway, has been called East by the serious i'll
hess of his mother
The five Western lines last week brought into
this station 1879 loaded cars against 442 in the
week ending Aug. 81, 1856
The Cairo, Vincennes & Chicago road has
been admitted to the White Line Transit Com
pany, taking effect Sept
The FIVE more direct Eastern lines forwarded
last week from this point 1888 loaded cars,
against 3. l45 in the week preceding.
W. H. Cogswsll has resigned his position as
contracting freight agent in st Louis for the
Hoosac Tunnel line, to accept position IN the
freight department. of the Gulf, Colorado Il
Santa Fe
T. w. Frederick. recently on the West Shore
road, has accepted "a position with the Westing
house Air brake Company and will represent
that company in Brazil and ether countries of
South America
Secretary William Orr has called a meeting of
the Lumber Association of the Middle and West
err States Freight Association. to be held at
Commissioner Richardson's Office in Chicago.
Wednesday, Sept. l.
p Y. Griggs, for some time past agent of the
Burlington, Cedar Rapids g. Northern and Chi
cago, Burlington 81 Quincy railroads at Clinton.
La, has been promoted to contracting freight
agent of the Chicago. Burlington & Northern
railroad.
The Cleveland Leader says: 1.-THE passing
whim of Western railroad presidents now is to
get pass and take trip over the Canadian Pa
ei6e 1t affords something novel in the way of
scenery, opening up to view very picturesque
mountain region"
The steel rail market is reported firm. It is
claimed that in the way of good sense the man
ufactures have not yet advanced the price of
rails, notwithstanding that trade has been good
enough. But they think they know when they
have good thing. and they do not wish to
lose 1t.
r. H. Moody, whom the Republicans of Boone
sounty nominated for Recorder. on Saturday
East has been in the employ of the c., L ST. L. e.
g. eighteen years, and the last ten years has been
their agent at Whitestown Ind. The officials of
the road speak Of him as being one of the most
faithful and honest men in the company's serv-
ice.
James Reed, the welknown travelling passen-
ger agent of the c., B. & c., was the happy
holder of 100 shares of the Haverly Mining Com
pany. Last week he sent his stock TO of the
passenger agents here, TO be exchanged for
stock in the Haverly Consolidated Mining Com
pany, and he gets just two shares for his 100
shares in the old company. He has not yet re-
ported his opinion of the transaction.
If the Bee-line and l., B. 6 W. are to keep up
these Niagara Falls excursions some arrange
ment should be made with the super1n tendents
of the two roads to run excursion trains in when
the present contracted Union Depot is not crowd
ed with regular trains Saturday last trains of
both roads run in on to the Union tracks at just
the hour thirteen regular trains were arriving
That half dozen people were not killed is due
to the watchfulness of the depot officials.
There is good deal of complaint of dishonest
telegraph operators at railway stations
Jumps from a train leaves a message, pays for it
hastily, the operator pockets the money and the
message goes into the waste basket This dis
honorable method of doing business is more prac-
ficed on strangers than one would suppose it
well could be without detection and punishment.
The practice is INDUCED in when parties tele-
graph ahead for berths in sleeping coaches, and
ehe sleepingcar companies it is stated,
quietly looking into the matter.
Fl. j. Hayden, second vice-president of the
New York Central road, keeps an accurate ac-
count of the tonnage forwarded at all Western
points where pool returns are made and of the
hate at which property is carried. And he made
the statement publicly that, in proportion to the
homage for warded in the last twelve months.
the roads had realized larger earnings on
freights from Indianapolis than on freight for
warded from any other point where state
lnents of tonnage handled and the rates on which
statement, coming from a man who makes
transportation matters study, is highly compli-
mentary to the freight officials of the Eastern
lines out OF indianapolis. and, WELL to Com
missioner Doherty, who handles the pool mat
ters at this point with so much common sense
ability.
Commissioner Doherty. of the Indianapolis
EAST bound pool, and also joint agent of the pas
Benger department of the Central Traffic Associ-
alton, proposes to make one more attempt to
RaTin fho lOaa mac - Into tha
maintaining method of doing business. and has
nailed meeting for to-day blocking to such an
end. About month ago he called meeting at
his Office to talk over this matter and the pas
Benger agents promised to go to their respective
offices, turn over new leaf, and thus swell the
revenue of this department Before twenty-four
hours had passed, each agent was accusing the
pther ofcutting rates and the last week rates have
been more demoralized than at any time for
months. Harvest home excursion rates to
Western points and Niagara Falls excursion
rates have been so manipulated to carry
man to most any point he desired to reach, and
give him all the time he wanted to stay Wheth-
or Mr.. Doherty whip the boys into the
traces is q to-be-solved problem.
Charley Hendrix, one OF the best passenger
conductors In the country, and one of the most
popular on the Cincinnati Wabash e. Michigan,
has on several occasions, through his vigilance
rendered abortive the schemes of wicked rascals
His latest piece of detective and missionary
work combined, Is described as follows by a late
plumber OF the Anderson Bulletin: 1.-THE
Dornet band of Sunmitville gave an excursion
TO Benton Harber. At Marion the fifteen
Searold daughter of the proprietor of the bus
line there accompanied by another girl of about
the same age, got on the train and went to Ben
ton Harbor to spend the day and have a good
time the father of the girl went with them as
general overseer. At ST. Joseph the girls con.
cluded they had not had enough FUN and ac-
Bordingly gave the old man the slip and went
back to Benton Harbor, most unwise act on
their part Charlie Hendrix, of the c., w. g.
known gambler from Warsaw and a saloon
keeper of Benton Harbor conducting the two
girls into saloon by way of the back door, and
when he saw the two wolverines leading the two