The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-10-10
RAILWAY GOSSIP.

M; s. Corners master of transportation of the c.,
ID. q L., has to northern PENNSYLVANIA, his boy
hood home, for a couple of weeks rest.
James Scott in charge of the Wabash round house,
at Toledo has held his position for twenyone years
| to the entire satisfaction of his superiors.
It is stated that there are twelve applicants for the
| position of commissioner of the tobe-organized
Northwest, Southwest and Western pool.
Conductor George Wright. of the c., St. L. & P,
has returned from very pleasant vacation, spent
mostly in Harrisburg Philadelphia and Washington,
d. q.
George w. Howard master of transportation of the
L., n. A. & o. in the city yesterday official
business. He reports traffic their line limited only
| by the cars they command.
| Col Joseph Hill, general superintendent of the
Vandaia, is expected in the city to day. He comes
to attend the funeral of his sister, Mrs j. Hill
SPOTS, which occurs tomorrow.
The car of President Hammond of the l., d. e. S.,
was sent East last night over the Pennsylvania lines
bring Mr. Hammond and several of the directors of
| the road West to inspect the property.
| The Railroad Young Mems Christian Association
| New York branch, now reports membership of six
hundred at the Grand Central Depot, and three hun
dred and fifty at Thirteth- street Station.
John Evan. superintendent of the indianapolis d.
vision of the Decline. who went East yesterday
ing will be absent until the 10Th of the month He
proposes to visit Der of the New England pleas
| ure resorts.
T. c. Smith, of Jonesboro has been appointed
agent for the o. W. s. NJ Railway Company, at North
Manchester. vice D. O. Harter who resigned to &C.
Bank at that place.
Owen Rice general passenger agent of the Cincin-
natl Wabash & Michigan road has obtained months
leave of absence and will make an extended Western
and Southern trip for his health, which is somewhat
impaired by hard work.
1t is intimated that there is to be change in the
joint agent of the east bound lines out of Chicago
T. c. Moore ii is stated has incurred the displeaspre
of three of the high officials of the roads run.
ming east out Of Chicago.
The railway branch Of the Y. M c. A. at Buffalo
celebrated it's sixth anniversary Oct g. The total
SCI 81. and the expenditures $5,77o.34 leaving
balance OH m3iid III pJI.3I.
FL. NJ Hoxe. of the Missouri Pacific Railroad Cen
any lying seriously i'll at hotel in th%e city. Mr.
Hoxie about ten days ago. underwent very critical
surgical operation It is believed he will regain his
strength and health, but slowly.
The old and faithful veteran, Capt. ]. p Powars.
for a long time travelling passenger agent for the
Wabash still Keeps firm upon his pins, and though he
must now be away up in the seventies is still much
younger man than many of forty.
Columbus, o. has one of the most prosperous
branches of the Young Mems Ra lway Christian AS
ISOLATION in the country. The association has large
library and has its exchange list some sixty of
| the leading newspapers of the country.
| Sir Edward Watkins of ondon England formerly
president of the Great Western railway, of Canada
and still prominent shareh Jlder of tho Grand Trunk
arrived in this country few days ago, and is making
tour the Grand Trunk system, including the
| Chicago s. Crank Trunk
Railway Science SAYS: ''You can bet your bottom
dollar that the Lake Shore passenger conductors
fully alive the fact that The official sword is sus-
pended their heads by hair. Ii is said that
they go through the without looking either to the
right the left, and never in this duty smile upon
passenger
| The Record saws Philadelphia would gain in more
ways than one by the residence there of Mr. Austin
Corbin, who is expected to straighten out Readings
| tangled fate, for Mr.. Corbin has daughter whose
presence would be decided gain to society. She is
an accomplished and very bright girl. She is pretty
also, being fair. with dark eyes
The new officers of the Louisville, Evansville & st.
Louis Airline have all entered their positions
as follows: William T. Hart of Boston, president;
George F. Evans. Louisville, general manager: r. S.
Miner, New Albany, general superintendent; Otis
Kimbal of Boston, secretary; A. P. Humphrey. of
Louisville general soicitor J. j. Collier Louisville
auditor.
| Mr.. Reuben Wells, for some time past second as
sistant to the president of the Louisville e. Nashville
superintendent of machinery for that road the position
which he formerly held for many years. and Mr. Har-
capacity his former position of assistant s
perintendent of machinery.
| General Manager Noonan, of the B. & O. Kankakee
Dispatch retained yesterday from Chicago where he
spent several days taking soundings and comes back
we'll convinced that several of the eastbound fast
freight lines out of Chicago shading rates If this
| be true, Commissioner Doherty of the INDIANAPOLIS
East-bound pool should be posted the matter and
see that Indianapolis shippers are given rates in the
prayer proportion of the rates made by the Chicago
/ roads.
Inc locomotive EIremen 8 Magazine mas vigorous
and able article upon letter in the Age of Steel in
which what the correspondent calls locomotive run
ners !" are lampooned The correspondent denies that
the average locomotive engineer fireman possesses
| intelligence. bravery enthusiasm in his work The
Magaz quotes with telling effect the accident record
The fact that only passenger in 100 900 is killed
is eloquent proof of the very best qualities men could
| possess.
| Two hundred trains run into Boston every Sunday
and all of them are well patronlzed This is fact to
1 set against the Renaissance tht in l847 the
Sunday nail train one of the Massachusetts roads
was discontinued for lack of patronage its last trip
being made with rot single person aboard bu. the
| trainmen while recently as 1861 Sunday travel
between Boston and Salem so light that passenger
| coaches were abandoned. The innovation of Sunday
traffic began, told. with milk trains" which
| soon consisted of many passenger aud are now
trains for suburt,n worshippers. who desire to wor
ship at OCULAR city sanctuares described as law
ing had important part in popularizing Massachu-
| sets Sunday train.