The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-11-29
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.

The l., d. & s. company are buildi ng an addi-
tional shop on the West Side for paint shop.
The building is 160 feet long by &c wide.
The Office Of the l., G. & S. railroad elevator
company has been removed to Room IL, Condits
building-the building in which are the general
Offices.
John Porteus, the general manager OF the
Grand Trunk railway, has resigned to accept the
general managership of the Great Eastern line,
with headquarters at Boston.
The FIVE direct Eastern lines last week for
warded from this point 3, $50 loaded cars. against
8 997 in tine week ending Nov. 20. and against3.
669 the corresponding week, 1883
The five Western lines last week brought into
this station from the West 4, IT'S loaded cars
against Abb in the week ending Nov. 90 and
against 4,250 the corresponding week, 1885,
ID. J. Mackey put in last week in looking over
the survey for his new road eastward, known as
the Richmond, Washington &S Evansville road.
President Mackey shows n determination to
build the road.
The Peninsuar car works delivered to the l..
i. IL {. company, last week. twenty box-cars on
an order for one hundred. These are thirty
four feet long and have carrying capacity of
forty thousand pounds.
Tho Cairo & Vncennes road earned in the
third week in November SIG, 053, an increase of
81 474 over earnings Of the corresponding week
in 1885 The road is delivering large quantity
Of cotton to the |. e. V. and the l., b. e. w.
roads.
The L., N. A. & c. will receive before the Ist of
January SIX new freight engines, mogul pattern;
the handsome increase in freight traffic over the
road lustifying the management in ordering
twelve new engines, six Of which will be dellv-
cred later.
The c., H. g. D. people are complaining again
that they Disseminated against at the gen.
era ticket Office liz the Union Depot. While
this seems hardly probable, as they claim to
have proof that such is the case, let the matter
be investigated.
Belt road engines last week handled 1693 car
loads of live stock against 1852 the correspond
ing week 1885, increase this year of 23l
The stockyards now doing the largest bust
ness in their history; more especially is the cat
tie market prosperous
Edward Sheldon, cashier of the Lake Shore
road, who died so suddenly on Friday last,
the father of e. G. Sheldon. paymaster the
Bee-line. He also leaves g daughter, who is the
wife Of E, ID Wheelock, auditor of the Cincin-
mai Wabash & Michigan road
The bit of trouble that affected the Southwest
ern Railway Association for several days has
happily been averted The Wabash road, which
made the same rates from Kansas City to Deca-
tnr nv Us long route, via St Louis, as it did by
its short line, via Springfield, has ceased that
practice.
The Pittsburg Evening Press states that in
consequence of the blockade on its Ohio division
on time contracts to the Pennsylvania. The
general manager of the Baltimore & Ohio is
held responsible for this state of affairs, and
will re allowed to resign.
The travelling passenger agents, who are among
the most useful men in the passenger service
providing they do their duty, are again on the
anxious seat over runors that all the principal
+, ads IN the country are to reduce the number of
men IN this branch of the service considerably
with the coming in of the new year.
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brushing up considerably. Last week they re-
eceived from the Bradley works. Weston,
A. ass. five fine passenger coaches, and from the
Providence, r. l., locomotive works, two first
class heavy engines 1t is understood that these
works will build several more locomotives for
khs road.
The next meeting of the Western Association
of General Passenger and Ticket Agents will be
-<heldraS the Southern Hotel, ST. Louis, On the
second~ Wednesday, of December, at Ii A. NJ By
an amendment to the constitution, adopted at
the Louisville meeting, in February this will be
the regular meeting of the association. The
election of officers and other important subjects
will come up at the meeting.
The Terre Haute & Indianapolis Railway
Comrany-Vandaia division-yesterday moved
their depot at Rockville to the new line of
road two squares east of town. The Rockville
hill, the highest grade on the road, will be used
no more, as the new grade brings trains into
town on level The company has expended
over GOO in this improvement and can pull
larger freight trains than heretofore.
Engine g. of the c., H. & D., which has been
rebuilt entire in the Lima shops, is this week to
be placed on the Indianapolis division to haul
the heavy night express. This engine weighs
$1,000 pounds and has 81 900 pounds weight on
the drivers. In its rebuilding several features
have been introduced. which, IL they work as ex-
pected, will make the engine fast and enable it
to pick up train quick, as railroad parlance
has it.
The demand for cars is far greater than the
supply There is reason for thinking that rail
roads all over the country, as well as in the
South short of cars that they appropriate
those of other lines and pay the usual mileage
rental This is said to be particularly the case
In New England. where thousands of through
cars received from the West. The real own
get the rental, but they lose freight for lack
of cars 1t Is an evil hard to contend with.
The Brotherhood Of Railway Section Foremen
of North America was organized at Council
Bluffs, Ia Friday last with NJ McInteer, of
Mount Auburn. Ia as first grand chief foreman.
Its objects are for the mutual benefit of the rail-
way section foremeD, embracing all foremen be-
tween the Atlantic and Pacific; Also to bring
more proficiency in the track department. for
1he better protection of the travelling community
at large and for the safety of employees on train
service.
Hy. T. Gallup, general freight agent of the
Boston q Albany Railroad Company, has been
appointed general superinteGdent vice Edward
Gallup, resigned. The new superintendent be-
gan his career In 1865 passenger brakeman
on the Boston and Worcester division of the
road DE was promoted successfully to the DO
dltons OF baggage master, conductor freight
agent, assistant general freight agent, and
finally, In 1856, to the position Just vacated to
assume the superintendency of the road
The ticket scalpers are feeling rather blue and
are disposed to condemn the railroad officials
VINO are pushing the reforms which are making
such serious inroads on their business Hereto.
fore almost every road paid liberal commissions
and helped the scalpers by dealing directly with
them, by giving them blocks of tickets to sell
Of late, however,. the commission payments
have stopped. and the roads are less inclined to
90 business with scalpers than ever before The
result of all this will be that ali the weaker
scalpers Will have to go out of the business.
The report of the congressional committee