The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-16
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.


paid on the c., IL s. l. yesterday for March
Service.
The Bee-line yesterday cleared their yards of
Delayed west bound freights, sending out six
heavy trains over the I. 81 St L.
T: A. Lynn, agent of the Lehigh Valley &
Wabash Dispatch. a new fast-freight line, yester-
nay forwarded East his initial car
Chicago roads will again establish ticket offices
nj Chicagos leading hotels. The Pennsylvania
people yesterday put in full lines of tickets.
Commissioners Fink states that the question of
allowing the Baltimore g. Ohio a percentage in
Khe New York passenger pool was still under
@oDsideration.
ks lying at the point of death at Knoxville, Tenn.
His last service was with the East Tennessee,
Virginia & Georgia
President Mackey says official changes on the
Peoria, Decatur & Evansville road will not be an
nounced before May l, when he comes into full
control of the property.
A g. Barker, general agent OF the Chicago e.
Northwestern, is in the city. Mr.. Barker has
beon South some weeks for the benefit Of his
health, which Is much improved.
The Financial Record notes that 'the land
Baies of Union Pacific continue to show steady
deerease." Certainly; the company could not
Bsll its lands and still retain them. They are
mostly sold.
w. +. Brunner formerly OF the Bee-line, but
more recently chief clerk of the passenger de-
partment, New York. Chicago & St Louis rail-
road, who resigned to accept a like position with
me general passenger department Of the Van
daiia line at St Louis, took hold yesterday
Some surprise is expressed that the Atchison,
Topeka 81 Santa Fe should be the first road to
advance rates. but the reason is quite apparent.
Travel was so heavy it was impossible to pro-
vide sleeping Car service. Berths in Pullman or
sven in emigrant cars have been at a premium.
SO unfortunate have the L.. N. A. & G. people
been with their bridges in times past that with
I'm the last few months every old bridge on the
road has been replaced with new one, so
thoroughly rebuilt that on no road in the coun-
try are the bridges safer to ride over than are
Hhoseof the L., N. A. & c.
ii. r. Dering assistant general passenger
Pgent of the Pennsylvania lines west of Pitts
burg, will. after May l. count himself as an In
Metropolitan, as at that date he will remove his
family from Louisville to this city. He has taken
rooms at the Denison House. which promises to
again become the headquarters of railroad men,
Passenger travel is again heavy. The strike
scare having passed largely off, some Of the
through trains, in the last day or two, have
hauled seven to eleven heavily-laden coaches.
The fact is that at no time since the labor
troubles took on ugly proportions have passen-
gsr trains been stopped even by the Missouri
Pacific.
The Railroader says promotion from the ranks
should be the rule of the railway arrangements
on the American continent This rule of pro-
motion secures good employees. men who feel
shat they have personal interest in the growth
and prosperity of the line employing them, and,
as matter of course, work zealously and faith
fully for their employers.
G. O. Scull. late with the Pennsylvania lines
has accepted the position of chief clerk of Geo.
n Daniels. passenger pool commissioner Mr.
Daniels could not we'll have made better Sc
lection In the details of passenger service he
ke an expert, and competent to fill any position
Ehis branch of railroad service can offer.
There those who think the Pennsylvania
people made mistake when they accepted his
resignation.
Marion Hughitt, general manager of the Chi
cago 81 Northwestern, who Is now in New York,
tells the friends of the property that the "cut-
ting" that is now going is of such utter in
significance as to be almost unworthy of mention
-s'of no more importance than scratch on a
mans hand" To show how little the North
western was affected by it last week. the earn
kngs decreased only $4,000 out of a total of $685.
zs86.- while Omaha's earnings increased 81, 800
Thomas Barry, one of the best known passen-
ger in this section, has been appointed trav
cling passenger agent of the Baltimore q Ohio,
With headquarters at St Louis He succeeds
Andy Atkins. deceased. Mr. BarryS many
which have hung over him for few months
have cleared away, and he begins anew with the
B. s. o., with clean record for honesty and
faithful service He has few if any superiors.
Agents of theatrical troupes are "all torn up "
as the expression goes over the twist the gem
eFal passenger agents have given rates, and let
ters of protest are already coming in; but the
passenger agents have their sseyes sot." There
is TO be no more hauling theatrical troupes car
leads of baggage, base ball clubs, ETC., at nom
paying rates, and, as one passenger agent puts
q, they must take their medicine like little men.
rs local agents are no more to fix the rates, and
scatter passes broadcast
Ex-Secretary Van Armer, of Arizona, was in
Pittsburg day Or two ago, and remarked to a
reporter OF the Dispatch that the cut IN railroad
yates has done more to bring people to California
than anything in years. 1t has been worth I00-
900 people to us il it has been worth one It
will open up the State and finally bring us into
the broadcast kind of prominence The cut in
freight rates hurt our merchants who had bought
goods East and brought them in at the high
rates. Altogether the cuts have done as great
good"
It makes but little difference what syndicate
or road controls the Cincinnati Hamilton &
Dayton through Albert METERS purchases. but
there should be no change in its management
A general manager who can make as favorable
an exhibit as does G. @. Waite in his annual re-
port for the year ending March 81 under circum-
stances as unfavorable as roads were operated
under in the last twelve months cannot be i'm
proved upon. A road which now pays fixed
charges, operating expenses and per cent divi-
dend per annum must be well managed in every
respect
The general passenger COMMITTEES of nineteen
of the Central Traffic Association have been IL
session IN Chicago for two days past Wednes-
day they received the report of the sub-commit-
eee of eleven. The latter committee had pre-
pared percentages based on some 400 junction
paints tributary to Chicago The whole day
was devoted to careful examination of the per-
eentage of the Chicago rate allowed each point
and number of differences of opinion were
speedily shown to exist. 1t was not surprising
where many conflicting interests are at stake,
and where SO many views of the geographical
Importance OF any point existed, that the report
was not in all instances satisfactory.
The Bee-line Gazette for April contains an ex.
tended obituary notice of Gen. j. III. Devereux.
Eheir late president. and also q supplement-
which contains handsome full-paged portrait
of the deceased He was man of polished
address. elegant in physique, great in
the goodness of his heart and the resources of
hia mind; and. as the Gazette says, the outward