The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-30
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.



his room.
The Wabash road earned the third week in
December 1863, 7O3; decrease as compared with
corresponding week, 1885. s., 205.
The Order of Railway Conductors gave a
grand bail at LOgansport night before last. In
aianapolis roads were we'll represented on the
occasion.
Gustavus Kicker, who, with Moses Fowler and
Adams Earl. of Lafayette. built the O., /. &C.
sivision of the Big Four, died at Washington a
2ew days ago.
Henry Atkins has resigned as vice-president
of the Peoria, Decatur & Evansville road, ana
VIM. Holman, of Evansville, has been elected
to fill the position.
Geo. Osborn. formerly agent of the Bee-line
at Alton Junction. now with the pennsylvania
lines at Pittsburg, is spending a few days with
friends In this city.
Geo. A. Newton, formerly agent of the 1. &
st. L. at this point, is in the city. He repre-
SCENTS the Headlight, q new railroad paper pub
lished at Cincinnati
Capt. r. T. Defrees. a general agent of the
Baltimore e. Ohio railroad, has been appointed
assistant general superintendent or the trans
ohio divisions. with headquarters at Newark. q.
The Pennsylvania Company is building 500
box cars with the Eastman heating appliance.
These cars are TO be used in the winter months
for transporting perishable freight. Each agent
has a key and access to box cars.
Z. G. Bradley, superintendent of telegraph of
Che Pennsylvania lines west of Pittsburg, was in
3he city yesterday arranging for s%sringing an ad-
AitionaI telegraph wire along the j., M. 81 l. be-
tween indianapolis and Louisville. KY.
District Passenger Agent Martin, of the c., l.,
St L.. sc; General Manager Noonan. of the
B. 81 O. Kankakee Dispatch. and Frank Bird
yesterday commenced moving into their new
quarters, the rooms recently occupied by the
First National Bank.
District Passenger Agent Nichols. of the Bee
line, is looking for an office on ~scalpers' row, south
of Meridian and Louisiana streets too isolated.
The c., l., St l.. & C. will also, on the first of
che month. move out of that room.
Charley Rhodefer. an old Wabash conductor,
who went to California about two years ago. is
back on a visit among relatives in this city and
at Wllliamsport. Ind. He does not like Califor-
mia, and is again holding a run on the Wabash
between Moberly and Kansas City.
j. B. Eckman, weighmaster of the Indianap-
oils roads, spent yesterday in Cincinnati for the
purpose Of ascertaining what methods Cincin-
natl roads adopted for the weighing of platform
freight, which the Indianapolis roads will, on
the LIST Of the month, commence doing.
Walter Elliott. son of Russell Elliott, who but
a few years ago was a clerk in the /. q st. Il.
Offices at this point, has been appointed assistant
Superintendent of one of the roads running out
of Kansas City. He is reported to be a very
competent and rising young railroad man.
Paymaster Shepherd, of the Wabash, was
over the l., F. & g. division yesterday, paying
3or November service. He will come again
some time next month to pay for December
service, then his trips over this division will
cease, the l., P. & c. paymaster thereafter
paving the men on this road.
W. FL. Stevenson, whom rumor has assigned
60 the position of general manager of the New
York q New England, has been presented with
an address by his subordinates on the New York,
MaxU HaunQ e HoTtfOP1 nvnPogCinO tho hnnQ
that the relations between them are not to be
severed, and rendering him the best of wishes.
The Manchester locomotive works have re-
sumed operations with some two hundred men.
Twenty-Five years ago these works were noted
for the superior quality of their work. There
are two of their engines now in service on the
Bee-line which were built thirty-two years ago.
One is doing the hauling of the passenger trains
between Brightwood and this city.
The extension of our railway system and the
necessities of our Western farmers and planters
has led to the marketing of an unusual quantity
Of cotton and grain. This has so far kept down
prices. There will he more wheat and corn in
sight on january than ever before in the his
tory of the country. For this season a good grain
movement is looked for next month.
General Freight Agent Hubbard, of the Van
dalia, has instructed agents of the road to con-
tinue to accept the old form of bills of lading
until all the other roads wheel into line. It is
quite apparent that the agents of some of the
a . 0nQ06NOTiuk W uIhh0 CdpltdI "
of the proposed change in the form of bill of
lading. yet these same roads were the first to
vote for the proposition and to urge its adoption
generally.
A meeting of the Southern Passenger Com
nittee has been called in Louisville, Ky, Jan. a.
It Is probable the sessions will be held at the
Gault House. When the association represented
by this committee vas formed, it was agreed
that the annual meeting should be held the sec
ond Tuesday in December. The place for the
@n nokto0 &hic wro A {1,G~a h-k ~ $685.
was SO heavy in the South at the time fixed that
aquorum did nos succeed in getting together.
The old receivers of the Wabash system,
whom Judge Gresham recently ousted. have pre-
pared a reportin which they show the bankrupt
condition of the property when they took hold
of 1t, how they gradually improved and built it
up, and the bright future there was for the
whole system when the shadow of their removal
fell upon the property" This shadow does not
seem to be preceptible to anybody but Jaw
Gould, the deposed receivers and a few others
who were sharing in their fraudulent practices.
Colonel Joseph Hill will. introduce the same
1tyle of heater which is in use on the c., st. L.
&P. passenger coaches, or at least on twelve of
Shem, on the Vandalia line. All the coaches on
the lines of the Pennsylvauia Company will be
provided with this heater, so much satisfaction
is 1t giving. The heater is placed beneath the
center of the car and when q train starts the
cylinder is filed with hard coal and it feeds it
self. The temperature of the coaches is much
more satisfactorily equalized than where the
ordinary stoves are used for heating.
Representatives of all the Ohio River Pool
lines interested in business from Chicago met.
Tuesday, at the pool Office, and passed the follow
ing:
Resolved, That the rates on grain and its products
ia full carloads be made from Chicago to indianapolis
2 cents a hundred told rate 6 cents); to Cincinnati,
Brighton, New Albany, Jacksonville. 10 cents a hun
dred Told rate 8 centsl and to Louisville. II cents a
hundred told rate 10 cents). provided that rates from
Seneca. Peoria, Ashland. Beardstown, and East st.
Louis be made ON the same basis. except the Louis
vile rate from East st. Louis, which shall be 10 cents
a hundred.
Commissioner Blanchard has called for a vote
from the general managers on the proposition
given below:
The following resolution, adopted by the trunk.line
executive committee. Dec. Ia, 1855, is submitted for
adoption ov the joint committees:
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