The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-13
,gpaIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.

Personal aud Local
~ Miller. general superintendent of the
"..,vania lines west of Pittsburg, is in the
pTrsl.D Mayer has been appointed master
D.,ortation of the Cleveland & Canton
road u az ,.
icing the American Opera Company over
i. Aleghenies-
- ~. aced father of Perry Griffin. district pas
ooent of the G. & r. l., is in the city, the
10 Of Kankakee Martin.
Elliott, superintendent of transportation
n. y. vandalia is in Fort Scott looking after
y a ~. matters in which he is interested.
Jones is rebuilding in very substantial
the Railroad hotel at Charlottesville
g."s,;on. which was destroyed by fire last
vCu1;am K Vanderbilt will be absent in Europe
"askg He pays $4,000 for a residence In
- for the time he is away for the use Of
himself, wife and servants.
Tha G.. H. g. D. people report lively run on
ana main line day or two ago. The Mapleson
onera Company was hauled from CINCINNATI to
Tslsdo. 20S miles, In five hours.
A. meeting Of the employees Of the Bee-line
lay held at Cleveland, O., Tuesday evening,
s.anronriate resolutions were passed on the death
= william D. Hudson, late baggagemaster.
General Manager S. R. Galloway. of the
rrs;on pacific road arrived in Chicago yester-
S~ and will leave to-day for the East, to confer
s~;,S President Charles Francis Adams, jr.
The 7. B. g. W. earned in April $174. 483. an
s,s.sssa of 81 583 over April 1885. The road has
sarOed since January l. $7o3,378, an increase
r-s- earnings corresponding period 1885 of $780,,
Anil and May have been field months for the
~nress companies. The strikes at st. Louis
I'd Chicago threw an immense quantity of light
Srs;obt irto the hands of the express companies
~ eAry.
WP johnson, general passenger agent of the
Take Shore, surprised the passenger men at Chi
r.ro Tuesday by attending one of their meet
InSs For months past he has held himself aloof
from them.
NE. ingalls,, of the c., l., st. L. & c., is
opOsed as saying that the new president of the
fAicago & Atlantic, who controls nearly all the
stock and bonds, is DESTROYS of joining the east-
bonnd pool.
The Wrecking Frog and Railway Supply Com
pany hold their annual meeting june l. 1t il
proposed to elect board of directors who will
put new life into the institution and introduce
more generally this wrecking frog among the
railroads.
esntly contracted for steel rails find proviso in
syvry contract to the effect that the delivery
will be subject to strikes Rails, under any cir
rumstances, however to be delivered at the con-
naet prices.
Commissioner Blanchard, of the Central Traffic
Association, has not vet been able to reconcile
The diverse clements at Peoria which are op-
posing the reorganization OF the east-bound
pool at that point, aud the matter is causing
Soma anxiety.
Commissioner Doherty has returned from ST.
Lonis He states the indications are that there
Will be no trouble in getting the St Louis pool
into good healthy working order, and the reach
ing Of satisfactory basis Of per cents. to the five
roads interested.
The sudden rise in passenger rates on the over
land routes has left several hundred tourists,
who went west With more faith than money, in
very awkward position. Quite colony of
Eastern visitors are moneyless in San Francisco
awaiting relief from home.
The Milwaukee & ST. Paul road, on Tuesday,
sncceeded in purchasing, over ascalper's counter
In Minneapolis, two Minneapolis & st. Louis
Chicago tickets for $16 %. and holds affdavits to
tst effect. The result of this discovery is that
tickets bought over the regular counters of COM
peting roads can be had for So.
Superintendent Nelson, of the O., 81. e D..
vas in the city for few hours A number of
He told them If they ever had any grievances
10 make them known, and he would treat them
Eairy, but be did not want much to do with
ssrikers who never attempt to arbitrate first
A couple of the officials of the Indianapolis
rolling mills have been East for some days fgur-
ing on some new machinery for the steel-rail
mill which ilhas been about decided to convert
into mill to manufacture heavy structural iron
wOrk, railroad bridges, etc. An official of the
company seems quito sanguine that the mill
Sh be IN full operation with large number of
men before the summer is over.
Il. M Reed, vice president of the New York
New Haven & Hartford railroad, has resigned
his place as general superintendent of the road
% account of i'll health. o. NJ Shepard, the
present assistant to President Watrous, will sue
esd to the general superintendegcy. MIR. Shep-
ASa was Tor many years train-master on the Ohio
ana mississippi road, and afterwards was super
nfendent of the st. Louis & Southeastern.
The Wabash earned in April 81, lis, 339.
AGAINST 1861, SIT the corresponding month 1885;
increase this year $3.50, 1852. Since Jan l the
ROAD has earned S., 49, 985; increase In the four
months over corresponding period 1885 $58, 008.
me marked increase in April is in part due to
ss0 lacs that 1t has not the losses of some of
sn0it leased lines to compare statements with
several OF which were dropped in March 1885.
Davd b. Barnum, the well-known treasurer
:. me Adams Express Company. who died Tues
80 ~ new YORK, was born In 1884, in Newtown,
.cGn:, where he was educated He early OBJ
sAneu position in the Adams Express Com
paSy, and, as he was possessed of rare fidelity
aas excellent business capacity, he rapidly rose
anu oecame cashier. He held that position for
ss.slsy years. when he was unanimously elected
'sasuFer OF the company.
,. me L., N. A. & G. people have notified con-
1ssg roads that, in consequence Of repairs
n1S.esssry to be made on a tunnel between
tS.isalsonrg and Dresden, they cannot receive
asnss Tor points on the narrow gauge division
800 100 owensbure via Bedford, until further
S'ss ana freights for these points will have to
b S,. q via Switz City Freights for Owens
fa-.s,, bedford and intermediates points will be
sa'aed as usual via Airline division.
wn sSs Philadelphia Record suggests that it
pS; Su 90 grand thing for the manager of the
Il ea9 nd d Reading to offer three premiums
q. ssOVVV Sl5, 900 and $40. 000 respectively, for
.uree best plans of reconstruction that can be
q r sOS by themselves and by the committee
"a f Noo raj bondholders now in existence. The
49, s~ mus expended would not be 1.-THE of
Sa,Sa u charges otherwise to be incurred, and
-, 49, -. % Sufficient inducement to attract the