The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-04
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.

Tho Boston q Albany management on June
4 advanced the pay of all day laborers Is per
esnt
In tho month of May 49, ZIG pieces of baggage
we're handled at the Union Depot OF this num-
'ber S.429 were checked out
The O., St L. & p. people are again consider
ang the erection of a new PASSENGER depot at
1sogansport Plans have been drawn.
On June all the conductors on the New York
central s. Hudson River railroad donned new
white caps, and they now are said to have the
appearance of natty yschtmen.
I ". Fl. Trego, general manager of the Balti-
more 81 Ohio Express Company. has sent in his
resignation and will accept the same position
with the new Erie Express Company.
p. H Monks has been appointed travelling
agent for the Blue aud Canada Southern lines.
with headquarters at Detroit Mich, in place of
A 4. Perry, transferred to St Louis. Mo.
Colonel Creighton. president of the Louisville
Car-works Company. was ia the city yesterday,
and with Robert Geiger, general freight agent
OF thu j.. NJ. & l.. left for the North last even
ing on fishing expedition.
There is good authority for saying that nego-
tiatioDs are pending looking to throwing the
Baltimore & Ohio Express Company of of the
Ohio 81 Mississippi road and replacing it with the
new Etlt IIApfeSS company.
Major McFaiin will deliver an address at the
Locomotive Engineers picnic at Lake Maxim
kuckee, June %. The committee on arrange
ments will spare no pains TO make the affair a
grand success in all respects.
John Muir has been appointed general traffic
manager OF the Chesapeake & Ohio system, en-
bracing the Huntington lines between the At
tantic seaboard and the Mississippi river. His
headquarters will be in New York.
The changes in the freight department. of the
G.. St L. d. p. road, it is stated, is matter of
e1sttng down expenses At indianapolis the ex-
penses are reduced by the move s., 700. Colonel
Gray acting as division and Union line freight
agent
Az H. one of the local outside Office ticket
agents yesterday opened his ticket case ard an
nounced that he was now ready for business.
Up to that hour he said he had put in the
Bntire time of the day studying Commissioner
DaDielss circular on rates. and Parsons on con
tracts.
Officials of the c., St L. g. p have employed de.
kectives to arrest the drunken fellows VINO caused
she accident at Windfall Tuesday night and
bring them to justice. Engineer Charles Luse
saw the obstruction but his air-brake refused to
work satisfactorily, and the collision came with
y crash
Commissioner Blanchard held conference
with General Manager E. BroughtcG, of the Chi
cago b Atlantic road, yesterday, with view of
securing the admission of that road into the
pool The matter has now dwindled down to
hmah details, and the arrangements are almost
complete.
For six months there have been four of the
American electric headlights in service between
Columbus and Akron, O. and in no case has
either failed to perform satisfactorily, and it has
been no more expense or trouble to keep them
In order than the. Westinghouse air-brakes in
service on the same trains.
At the meeting OF the passenger department. OF
the Central Traffic Association, to be held in Chi
cage next week, In accordance with resolution
OF the executive committee the passenger com
mittee will De asked to suggest five names from
which TO select arbitrators to whom may Do re-.
ferred matters OF difference in the passenger COM
mittee.
Mumford s. Mckenzie. it is stated, are mem
bers OF both ticket brokers' associations and pro-
pose to open one Office here if the American
Ticket-brokers' Association will admit of it
Under the auspices of that organization. and
another Office further I'D town under the mem
bership In the new Guaranteed Ticket-brokers'
Association.
Juna the railway companies Of this country
disbursed $l7, 000 900 in interest and dividends
On that date interest fell due STA 49, l3 of
railroad bonds. of which $50. 293, 900 are in de-
fault The defaults not ones but in
clude those of the Wabash, Reading and Nickel
llate. The payments for interest on June are
always the highest of the year
1t was definitely settled Yesterday that ]. A.
Perkins. division freight agent of the c., St L.
81 T. at this point should take the agency of the
Union line at Milwaukee, vice j. B. HILL He is
also to be agent of the Green line at that point
which gives him $500 wear more than j. b
Hill received, and 5000 year more than he now
receives In his new position he Is paid So 300
per amman.
The Union Pacific will establish an Office in
London. Eng President Adams is daily in re-
ceipt OF inquiries from foreign stockholders. and
1t has been thought that the establishment of an
ar ~ IN don cf
mutual convenience to the corporation and to Its
European stockholders who are now the owners
of between 100 900 and $50 900 shares of its stock
Bay about 130, 000
The annual meeting OF the stockholders of the
Chicago q Northwestern railroad was held in
Chicago yesterday Messrs D. O. Mills, John
~. Burke. Marvin Hughitt, ~ X. Fairbank and
Horace Williams whose terms as directors had
expired, were reelected. Perry r. Pine was
chosen as a director vice c. j. Osborne, de-
ceased. The board Of directors re elected the
old officers
II. w. Gays, late general freight agent of the
]. 81 st. l.. road. is working toward the top
round Ia railroad service On June l. he was ap-
pointed general manager of the Virgins Ferry
Company. which operates the East St Louis
Connecting railway, the Virgins car transfer,
the Venica 81 Carondelet Belt railway. the Madi-
son County car transfer, the Illinois e. ST. Louis
railway terminal and the Illinois 81 St. Louis car
transfer.
The gainesville & Youngstown railroad was
sold yesterday at gainesville, o., by Master
Commissioner Ralph K. Paige. for $500 000
The property was bid in by j. B. Burrows. of
Faiaesville, for Lewis IL Gunther. of New York.
yhs property was appraised at $3.50, 600. The
gauge OF the road will be widened to standard
width and operated by new company as the
Pittsburg. gainesville s. Fairport railroad.
Matters are not moving smoothly between the
American Ticket brokers' Association and the
Guaranteed Ticket-brokers Association, recently
organized The members of the former have
christened the latter scab association.
and have issued notice to it's
membership that on and after July l, 1885,
they-the American Ticket-brokers' Association
will cease TO deal with outside brokers' and no
rebates drawn BY them will be honored
The president OF the st. Louis & San Fran
cisco road By circular gives notice that Charles
w. Rogers has been re elected first vice -presi-