The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-10-24
RAILWAY GOSSIP.

Paymaster Crawford of the vandalia paid on the
Indianapolis division, for September service yes
terday.
Frank Palmer who represents the pasr niger depart
ment of the Wabash at Chicago spent yesterday in the
city calling on oldentime friends.
j. II. Woodland, who represents the Wabash on the
Pacific coast and who has been in this territory for
few days past, returns to San Francisco to-day.
General Manager Happen announces that Geo.
Brigham has been appointed travelling agent for the
Nickefpate line. with headquarters at Chicago.
The last issue of the Railroader contains repro
duction of photograph of engineer Golden and fire
man Kelly who made the recent fast run on the Little
Miami road.
The Boston Journal says the report that there are
to be number of official changes on the Atchison
to be well founded though they may not occur
before the first of tho new year.
Gen. Paul Vandervoort who managed the G.. A. r.
excursion to San Francisco for the Union Pacinc, is
engaged upon history of the trip, which will be pub
lished by the railroad company.
Paymaster Sheldon of the Bee-ine system s on his
monthly rounds and will tomorrow pay on tie Indi
annapolis division of the Decline proper and the
I. & ST. L. division Tuesday, for September service.
The Railroader says Russia, Germany and Austria
have shown such nesse in playing fast and loose on
the Bulgarian question, that it is suggested they
would make competent members of q trunk line pool
j. w. Sherwood, superintendent, and Thomas Nor
ris chief engineer of the c.. L. St l.. & c.. have been
Of seeing that everything in order for the official
inspection trip that begins tomorrow
An authoritative denial is given to the report that
the Pennsylvania railroad about to withdraw from
Pennsylvania official that the company has no inten-
tion at present Of going out of any pool
John R. Elder. president of the Shell Beach road
returned again to New Orleans last night. This time
he has with him the funds to commence and push to
completion the thirty mile extension of the road
which extension will make it one of the best paying
roads running into New Orleans.
Ex-senator David L. Yulee who died in New York
recently the principal builder of the old Jackson
vile, Pensacola 6 Memphis road, and was director
and president of several companies which were con-
soldated into the Florida Railway & Navigation Com
pany, in which Maj B. S. Henning is interested.
In spite of the recent change of many Southern
railroads to the standard gauge railway projectors in
that section still seem to have weakness for
gauge road Several enter prises involving considerable
capital foot in which it Is proposed to adopt
this style of construction. They to want to get
as many miles as possible for the money.
Said an architect who has been examining the plans
and specifications of the Union Depot Some
of those fellows who have been abusing V. T. Maott
so roundly the last few months will be ashamed OF
which he has labored hard to bring completed
it will be great credit to the State, the city and
the Union Railway Company.
Jay Gould has been going over his extensive railroad
system and assuring the citizens of the principal towns
what great things he is going to do for them. For
Kansas City he is going to do this, for Omaha that,
"A
paper warns the people of these outlying districts
not to place any confidence in Mr. Goulds buttered
words. 1t is only way the great railroad boss has
He was just as sweet on ST. Louis for awhile.
Ono of the earliest tasks of the next Governor of
Minnesota will be the appointment of full board of
Railroad Commissioners The Minneapolis Tribune
asks, do the people OF Minnesota want to have this
neapolis! An individual who is making himself Of
fensively prominent as manager OF the swtchmen's
strike and who is believed in quarters to have
| ,oet o+o1 10 MT of Raj
Commissioners in case of Ames's election.
M. NJ. Forney has purchased the American Rail
road Journal of New York and assumed it's editorial
charge. He announces that he has also arranged for
the purchase of Van Nostrands Engineering Maya.
zine and that at the end of this year these two publ
cations will be consolidated with the title of the Amer
lean Engineering Magazine and Railroad Journal
which will be devoted to the discussion of engineering
and mechanical subjects. 1t will be illustrated
monthly publication. having of the character
of magazine than atrade journal"
James Watson. engineer the O., T., ST. L. & G.
road last week commenced his thirty year of
service on the road. His first work as freman in
1864 he promoted to the position of engineer and
given of the express trains to and he centin-
ues to run practically the same train although at diff
ferent hours than when he first took engine Mr..
Watson is of the most fortunate engineers the
road having never in this twenty-five years that he
has run the road been in accident worth men
tioning, and the company has never lost dollar
through his carelessness.
The Chicago Times says: Commissioner Blaneh-
of sufficient force of character to bend those to his
will with whom he comes in contact. Clear logical
and concise in his statements, mentally equipped
grasp and penetrate the most intricate of railroad
problems with facility argument and faculty of
persuasion that is abnormal in its development he
can for the time, mold and sway such rugged
and forceful material as hardheaded railway man
ayers incning them to his beliefs and carrying them
off their feet with his enahusasms If the general
meetings of the Central Traffic Association could be
made continuous and the managers kept within the
circle of magnetism which Mr.. Blanchard exercises
there would be question of the successful progress
of the Central Traffic pools. The most hardened of
sinners out of the meetings almost persuaded to
abandon rate-cutting, and live cleanly it were"
Important Purchase by the Lehigh Valley
EAsToN, Pa, Oct. 23.-It is rumored here that the
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company has purchased the
franchise of the defunct Pennsylvania, Slatngton &
New England railroad, with view of completing it at
an early date. The right of way from Slasing.
ton along the Blue mountains to Pen Argyll and Port.
| land Northumberland county, thence crosses the
Delaware river at Portland. runs through
is being built the Hudson river and thence
through the New England States. The road has been
graded from Slatington to Point Phillips and track
laid from Pen Argyll to Portland. Reports regarding
the sale of the road have been the past two
years. When completed, the road will be of the
grandest trunk lines between the East and the West
reliable man at Pen Argyll says the report of the
| sale is positively true.
jay Gould at ST. Louis.
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 23.-Jay Gould and party consist.