The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-14

connected with the Alton road, and for some fif
teen years with the Illinois Central and the Van
dalia roads. He was about fifty years old.
Mr.. E. R. Wadsworth, Chicago agent Of the
Northern Pacific road. has been appointed Chi
caeo representative of the Northern Pacific Ex-
press Company. recent decision of the United
States Supreme Court win, it is claimed, take
the Wells Fargo express from the Northern Pa
cife and put the road in position to do its own
express business, as it has long been anxious to
do.
The new railway route to Norfolk, down the
eastern shore Of the Chesapeake, requires long
ferriage across the lower part of the bay. Some
| time ago half dozen loaded freight cars were
lost from barge in rough weather and. though
| wrecking expedition has been making diligent
search. no trace whatever has been found of
either cars or freight, which were, perhaps,
drifted out to sea by the tide.
The Chicago Eastern lines will take part in
| the Transcontinental line fights At a meeting
| of this committee it was resolved that the roads
represented in the same will exact on all trathc
| from the Pacific coast, destined to the Western
| termni Of the trunk lines, and all points east
thereof their full proportions of the tariff rates,
| as per Transcontinental Association tariff No.
l01, taking effect on January l, 1886.
Harry Drew, who spends most of his time in
| St Louis is spending the Sabbath In this city.
Harry" as he is Familiarity known, has sud
denly come into prominence not only in st.
| Louis, but on Wall street, as well, through the
marked executive ability he has displayed In res
directing what was supposed to be dead railway
enterprise, and which is to make the short-line
| between St Louis and Kansas City.
| The argument of e. B. Stahlman, third vice.
president of the Louisville & Nashville, before
| the interstate commerce committee of the
| United States House of Representatives, at
| Washington, on Feb. 8, has been published in
pamphlet form, and il shows that Mr.. Stahlman
has given the transportation problem careful
| study, and many points he makes will be of
- AN~s-
| ton.
| A night or two ago some mscreants placed an
| ole rail across the track OF the j., NJ 81 l. rail
road near Cementville Switch, for the purpose of
| wrecking the fast express. Fortunately the OBJ
struction was discovered before the train ran
upon it, but only when it was near, so near, in
fact that the train was stopped with great diff
Guilty. 1t Is believed that tramps placed the rail
on the track out of revenge for being put off a
train on which they were attempting to steal
ride. The road will leave no effort untrisd to
discover the scoundrels.
John Hartupee, river engineer formerly of
| New Albany, died at bis home, in st. Louis, on
Wednesday. He was brother-in-law of James
Murray, Adams Express messenger between
Louisville, Indianapolis and Chicago The de-
ceased was for many years an engineer on the
Ohio and Mississippi rivers At the commence
ment of the war he was engineer of the gunboat
| Lexington, and was on her when she was blown
up by torpedo in the Mississippi river. He
was then ordered to New Albany, and took out
| the heavy gunbost Tuscumbia, continuing on her
| as chief engineer till the close of the war.
The Big Four road seems to be an excellent
educator of railroad men, number of whom;
general superintendent Of the Boston & Albany.
and who is filing the position with marked
| ability, was one of the number Mr. Gallup is
| now forty three years of age. He entered rail
way service in April, 1869 To Oct /, 1872, he
was passenger agent of the Ohio & Mississippi
railway, Cincinnati; from Oct. ], 1872, to Sep
tember, 1873, general agent of the pas
senger department Of the Kankakee
December. 1873, joint passenger agent
of the Pittsburg, Cincinnati q ST. Louis and
Kankakee line pool, Chicago; December, 1878, to
| December, 1882 general passenger agent Of the
Boston & Albany railroad; December, 1882, to
Jan. l. 1885. assistant general superintendent;
January. 1885, to date, general superintendent.
Charles K Lord, the general passenger agent of
| the Baltimore q Ohio railroad lines, one of the
best known Of railroad men, is another. He is a
native of Hoosac Falls, N. Y, and is in his
thrty-eighth year. He began his successful
| career in the railway service in 1865, clerk
| in the office of the general ticket agent of
| the Cincinnati & Lafayette railroad at
| indianapolis, and remained in that position for
| five years, when he was elevated to the genera
| ticket agency OF that road In 1873 he became
| assistant general passenger agent OF the St
Louis, Kansas City q Northern railway. and
! year later he assumed the entire management of
its passenger business. In 1879 he was appointed
| general ticket agent of the Wabash, ST. Louis &
! Pacific road and continued with it until 1880,
when he accepted his present position During
last year his duties, which were very responsible
| as general passenger agent Of the B. g. O., were
further increased by the addition of the handling
Of the passenger affairs of the c., w. & B. rail-
way, practically continuation of the former.
Thetown of Charlton, Worcester county, Massa-
| chusetts, which contains about 300 inhabitants,
has been very prolific of railroad men. In the last
| thirty five years some thirty young men of that
town have entered railway service and in most
cases reached positions of Importance. From
oral manager of the Central railroad
and affiliated lines, with Office at San
Francisco. CAL, was born at Charlton,
entered railroad service in 1855 as brakeman on
the Chicago. Burlington & Quincy railroad n.
| A. Towne. of Minneapolis Mimi, was born at
| Charlton, Mass, July H. 1885. He entered the
railroad service in October, 1854 Until June
| 1855 he was a fireman on the Chicago, Burling-
| superintendent of the Kansas City FIT Scott e.
1 Gulf and the Kansas City. Springfield & Mem
/ phis railroads, with his Office at Kansas City,
Mo-, was born at Charlton, Mass, Sept. 4, 1888
| 1852 Up to October, 1855, he was locomotive
engineer on South Carolina railroad. From
October, 1855, to 1858 he was loco
motive engineer on the Co.. B. & @. ~ M.
| Towne, superintendent eating houses, dining
and lunch rooms. Union Pacific Railway Office,
| Laramie w. IT,. was born at Charlton, Mass.
May %, 1884. entered railroad service July 1852;
to 1865 telegraph operator Chicago. Burlington
| & Quincy railroad M. D. Towne address
Quincy, Ill, was born at Charlton. Mass, Aug
Is, 1881; entered railroad service May. 1861; to
| winter of 1864 locomotive fireman and dispatcher
| 1864 to 1872 locomotive engineer; 1872 to 1879,
| successfully foreman round house and engines
! yardmaster and train master, all on Chicago,
| Burlington e Quincy.
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