The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-10-27
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.


the system.
1t is now stated that the important official
changes recently limited at on the c., H. s. D.
Rystem will probably not be made until January,
1887
H. H. Poppleton, general solicitor of the Bee
line, accompanies the inspect ion party, this be-
Ing his first trip from home since he was
fortunate as to break mis- leg
Will Reynolds, of the l., B, & ". offices, has
accepted the position of chief clerk of Colonel
Gray division freight agent of the PENNSYLVANIA
Company, vice Walter Nichols, resigned.
The Philadelphia Record SAYS: '"Tnree hand
some faces those of John Wanamaker, Alfred
Sully, of New York, and Franklin B. Gowen, all
of whom are beardless and are engaged in unity
ing the Reading knots.
There is no longer any question as to e. O.
Mccormick being appointed general passenger
agent of the L., \. A & &. road on Nov l.
when W. s. Baldwin retires to take position
with the Pullman Car Company.
The c.. H. & l. is doing the heaviest business
In the history of the road. On last Monday this
road took Al 610 per cent of the east bound ton
mage out of Indianapolis. forwarding from here
1000 tons Of grain and $50 tons of lumber
President ingalls, says that Of the pleas
ATTEST and most profitable traffic agreements the
Big Four has is between the c., l., st. l.. d q.
and the Vandalia. He adds that the results
from putting solid trains between Cincinnati
and ST. Lonis could hardly be more gratifying.
Cars of Northern roads are driftineon to South
ern roads since the gauge of these roads
changed to standard gauge in large numbers.
Northern cars are so much superior to those IN
Southern roads that the latter not
disposed to return them as promptly as it would
be honorable for them to.
A director OF the c., l., st. L. & c. road yes
Esrday remarked that the less said about the
prosperity of the road the better, impress
sion was ont that the friends of the valuable
property were disposed to bull the stock, when
directly the reverse was the case: the stockhold-
ers of the Big Four were all buyers, not sellers,
of the stock.
1t is now quite probable that the early plan of
converting the Sherman House into eXoress Of
fees below and railroad offices above will be car
ried out The express companies begin to think
better Of the proposition. as the Union Railway
Company will reconstruct the building as to
make 1t conmodious and convenient for the
depot Offices of the express companies.
Judge Burke acting president of the Beelne.
says that his most important work at the pres
ent time is to see that rates are we'll maintained
and that in this matter he is we'll backed by the
general officers of each department. By the by,
the Judge is surprising those who thought they
knew him best in the able manner he is per-
forming the duties that fall upon him as success
sor to j. II. Devereux, practically.
The improvements to the new steel rail mill
are being pushed rapidly and Manager Morgan
Says there is no doubt that the company will be
ready to commence operations, giving employ
ment to some 250 men, by the coming in of the
new year. AS soon as the rail mill is fairly in
operation the work of converting the old iro
rail mill into merchat iron rolling mill will be
commenced, and when both mills are In full op-
Grafton fully 500 men will be employed.
The Chicago Havana & Western railroad was
organized At Urbana, Ill, Oct %, for the pur-
poso of taking control of the Champaign d Ha-
vana line, formerly the Havana division of the
Wabash railway The board of directors is
composed OF Anthony ]. Thomas, New York;
Llewellyn Thomas Cairo, ILL.,; NJ. A. McDonara,
Urbana, ILL.,; j. Caldwell. Urbana. H.; j. j.
Fletcher Cairo. III. The board elected
Anthony J. Thomas, president; NJ. A. McDon-
ara, vice-president; Llewellyn Thomas secre-
tary.
j. w. Midgley on Monday celebrated the tenth
anniversary of his commissionership of the
Southwestern Railway Association. Ten years
ago the organization was formed, and While
every road in the association has changed its
staff of officers, he remains, without ever having
resigned or changed his position IN anyway. In
those DAYS Mr.. Mideley had no assistant. Two
wears later he was assisted in the Office by j. r.
Wheeler and boy Now he employs twenty
two clerks in the Office in Chicago, besides gen
eral agent at Kansas City and clerks in New
York and Boston.
A railroad official who spends much of his time
in New York and is quite intimate with the Van
derbilts, remarked yesterday before number OF
prominent railroad men. when questioned as to
the presidency of the Bee-line, that when any
thing done IN the matter, one or the an
derbt family would be made president, and the
official roster below that Of the president would
not be disturbed, the controlling powers of
the property were more than pleased with the
manner the property was handled and the excel
lentresults shown from week to week. OF General
Manager Beach, especially, do the New York
Central people speak in complimentary terms.
A real ear famine is reported, and it is serious
" interfering with business. and much of the
trouble arises from the failure Of consignees TO
unload cars promptly. Especially will the above
remarks apply &c coal cars An official who has
made extended inquiry states that one-third OF
the coal-car equipment In THIS country is stand
ing on side-tracks waiting for the dealers to I'M
load them, and If one word Is said about charg-
ing for the of the cars for storage the dealer
will brighten the road owning the cars into sub
mission to this outrage by threatening to arrange
with competitor to do their business AS the
matter now stands there Will be suffering from
cold should the winter be at all severe, stocks
of coal of all kinds have never been so small In
the West at the opening of winter as this year,
at least since hard and soft Goals came into such
general use.
j. c. Paul. Of New York city. general manager
of the Woodruff Sleeping-car Company was In
she city yesterday, prospecting. Mr.. Paul
speaks very encouragingly of the growth OF the
business of the company. Five years ago they
were running tIirty-two cars. They now have
108 in the service. and their mileage has in
creased 300 per cent since 1882 At the next
meeting of the board of directors Manager
Paul will ask for leave to build twenty more
sleeping cars to equip lines which would like
their service. Eight old have been placed
in the shops where the company have their work
done to be thoroughly rebuilt He says the best
evidence that the company is commanding more
respect is the fact that managementsof railroads
who propose to make any contract ask the Wood
ruff Sleeping-car Company as to the accom- moda-
tions they can furnish, and had the company
more cars the mileage of their cars would have
shown even a larger increase.
Is the Advance Healthy One?
The sharp advance of the stocks of Indiana
roads the last few weeks is attracting good
deal of attention, and the question is asked, is
the upward movement healthy one9 That the
roads of Indiana at no distant day are to be val
liable properties no one who has given the mat