The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-10
RAILWAY GOSSIP.

the recent railway inventions.
Tho December earnings of the Ohio Southern
road were $50 os3, an increase Of S.. 76s
An Improvement in railroading is the heated
freight car for carrying sensitive fruits.
A Putnam. Conn. man has invented con-
trivance obsiating the use Of sand by locomo-
tives on slippery rails.
BaItimore's grain receipts by rail last year
were $50, 063 barrels of -four a. Ala, ia bushels
of wheat and 10 94s, s3s bushels of corn
Fl. c. Dishl, general freight agent of the L,
3. s. W., and H. W. Hubbard. general freight
agent of the Vandalia, will return from the East
to-day.
The Indiana, Bloomington & Western road
earned $57 62i for the fourth week in December.
gain of $16 1877; and 1924, 25S for the month, an
increase OF $66315
The New York Central officials are said to be
preparing statement showing the bene6cent es-
feet on earnings OF the advanced rates, which
went into effect In October
e. W. McKenna, late superintendent Of the
J. M. 81 l. road, is with his family in Tyrone
Pa, spending few weeks with his mother. who
IS somewhat advanced in years
Mr. A. j. Harlow. the retiring New England
passenger agent of the Michigan Central road.
was recently the recipient of beautiful gold
headed ebony cane from a number OF friends
and associates at Boston.
From Duluth to Denver by way of Huron, D.
T., is projected road, with headquarters and q
secretary, who s certain that the line will be
built in the near future Just what crying want
5t will fill is not visible on the surface.
President Ingalls,, of the Cincinnati, Indian
npoiis. ST. Louis & Chicago to whom rsnor
gave the added position of general manager of
the Chesapeake d Ohio, squelches the statement
by the remark that he knows nothing of it
The Lake Erie g. Western directors have
elected Mr. e. FL. r. Lyman president. Mr.
IT, Sehwen secretary and treasurer. Messrs
Briee, Hollins and Carey were appointed COM
mittee on the reorganization of the property.
The relative merits Of chilled-i iron and steel.
tired wheels are to be made the subject of q test
on the Boston e. Providence. A car will be fitted
one truck with iron and the other with steel
tired wheels. The car will run lao miles and
make thirty stops a day. The wear is to be
carefully noted and accurately recorded.
When the Wabash is reorganized. James f.
Joy will be at the head of the new as he was Of
the old organization, making his headquarters
an New York. where he will look after the fnan-
ycial interests OF the company, and A. A. Tai
mage will be the first ce-presdent. with full
charge OF the physical, operating and traffic de-
partments.
The Georgia railroad has now been in opera
/. ton since 1S33-ffty-two years-and the claim is
made that in all that time not single person
has been injured In passenger of the road.
Accidents have occurred, of course, and three
persons have been killed, but in each case the
person was on the platform Of the car. Proba-
bly, no ether railroad in the United States can
show such a record.
T. A. Lewis seems to be highly appreciated by
the Erie people, as the thirteen directors of the
Erie Dispatch. made up of the six fast-freight
lines recently consolidated, have elected him
chairman. which is really q more important
hut less laborious position than that of which he
was relieved, general manager of the Erie &
Pacific Dispatch, the Great Western Dispatch
and South Shore line.
e. o. Hill, superintendent of the eastern
division Of the New York Lake Erie & Western.
whose resignation takes effect Jan. q, has been
In railway service since 1848, and had held the
Office named for thirteen years. From 1860 to
1917 ne was general master mechanic OF the
Erie railway and previously held similar posi-
sion on the Atlantic % Great Western. Mr.. Hill
will remain at his home in Matamoras Pa. dur
ing the winter.
There are three frst-class excursions now on
the way to the Pacific coast from the East The
present season has witnessed the heaviest over
land excursion travel OF any thus far Over
1000 first class excursionists have arrived ia
California during the past two months. and the
railroad men say that the business is only fairly
under way The Missouri Pacific and Southern
Pacific have been most energetic in the matter
of organizing west bound excurs ions. The reve-
nue. accruing to the several transcontinental
lines by the transportation of first-class excur-
sion parties to California for the present season
amounts to nearly $3.50, 600. while from third
class. or emigrant parties it may be estimated at
$780, 600
portation to be known as 1.-THE Waybill," is re-
ceived. 1t is published in New York, and will
appear weekly. On the first page appears an
accurate portrait of Chauncey M. Depew. presi-
- NJ. Il a. VI
bill says MIR Depew is possessed of rare
knowledge Of business affairs, and has shown
mnvarying skill in dealing with the tangled and
never-ending problems of transportation; and,
besides being master of the in
tricacies of railroad administration generally,
the details of the affairs of the great corporation
of which he is the recognized head His pro-
gressve. yet conservative, policy has received
the approval of both the old and new elements in
superior management is seen in the now steadily
increasing business of the Central, which is the
best possible proof of the rare ability OF its hon
cred president"
Percival Lowell general ticket and passenger
fagent of the Chicago. Burlington & Quincy road,
lis looked upon in railroad circles as one of the
BRIGHTEST and most honorable men holding as
Important position as he does The decided
stand he has taken the last few
months in the maintenance of rates
has raised him in the esteem of
railroad men who wish to see some revenue or
business carried more than any other step he
could have taken. OF course he has lost favor
with the ticket agents scattered over the country
who never sell ticket without cutting rate
but the friendship of this class of leeches upon
railways is daily becoming of less value.
What railroad men in authority now
want. is representatives who can get
business at paying rates. Mr.. Lowell is but
fhirty-six years OF age; he entered railroad
sarvice August, $780, TO 1871, successfully master
rschanic's CLERK and clerk in general auditor
Office Burlington & Missouri River road. Bur-
lington. Ia; 1872 to 1873, secretary to general
superintendent Chicago s. Paducah and
Chicago Pekin & Southwestern railroads;
subsequently chief clerk general freight Office;
1873 70 1874, general ticket agent and auditor
Chicago Pekin & Southwestern; 1874 to 1876.
auditor. secretary, and general freight and tick
ct agent Quincy Alton e st. Louis railroad;
1876 to 1877, assistant general freight agent and
general ticket agent Burlington & Missouri Riv-