The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-20
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.


G. E. Henderson. general manager Of the L,
b e. W. system, is in New York.
81. @. Diehl, general freight agent q the l.,
B. 6. W., is in Chicago on official business.
NJ L. Doherty, commissioner of the Indian APP
oils East bound Pool, has gone to Cincinnati He
will be absent until Monday.
All crews on passenger trains on the Bee-line
system appear in new uniforms April l. They
are q neater and more comfortable pattern OF
uniform than those now worn.
There is little trouble among the trunk lines,
and the Lackawanna is accused of cutting west
bound rates. The joint executive committee has
appointed committee to investigate the mat
ter.
G. P. Huntington says 1.-THE end of the trans
continental war is not vet in sight, although we
are approaching it A very pleasant correspond
ence is going on about the matter, but nothing
has been consummated yet"
The contract for the building of the St Paul's
Kansas City extension has been awarded to Her
man Clark IL Co., of New York. The work
must be completed before Aug. l. 1887, and the
contract has been signed by the directors.
Rumor has it that Edgar Hills is to be made
traffic manager Of the Bee line system and Albert
S. White is to be promoted to the general freight
agency. Circumstances were such last evening
that we were unable to learn the truthfulness of
the report
The G., l., st. L. e. c. people are placing
steam shovel in position at Kankakee. and will
in few days put on two gravel trains and begin
the work of crawling the road between kanka-
kee and Templeton, a depth of eighteen inches
which will make this portion of the road in as
good shape physically as any division of the sys-
tenn.
Wager Swavne is expected home from Mex
leo next week. General Manager Scott, of the
l., P. & c. who is in the city, states that soon
practicable after his returnsthe proposition to
make the L., P. & G. independent of the Wabash
will come up for consideration, and, doubtless,
will be effected
The Chicago & Atlantic is at last counted out
from the trunk lines pool. and east-b bound ship
ments by its line are not reported. What meth
DDS may be adopted by the trunk lines for disci-
plining it will perhaps depend upon the success
of Erie in getting its man appointed as receiver
of the Chicago 81 Atlantic
Freight men interested in the Chicago and
Ohio River pool are rather anxious that Judge
Gresham should appoint receiver for the Chi
cago e. Atlantic road. AS the matter now
c. g. A. is a disturbing element in the pool, and
it is believed were the latter in the hands of a
receiver the trouble could be remedied.
Gaylord Beach, who for few months has
filled the position of general manager of the Bee
line, is making an excellent record, even sur
displays in settling important questions brought
to his attention regarding finance and transpor-
tation matters. That he has no superior in look
ing after the physical conditions of railroad
property no one for moment would question.
The general passenger agent of one sof the
through lines yesterday telegraphed his district
passenger agent at this point as follows: 1.-THE
Central Passenger Committee gave the screw
another turn yesterday, and resolved that all
rates, except to seaboard points, must be ad-
vanced to tariff ard absolutely maintained.
Please see that our branch Office is instructed,
and that no reductions on west-bOund rates are
allowed"
Two extra sleeping coaches were sent cut on
the Cleveland night express over the Decline, to
accommodate persons who wished to attend j.
H. Devereux's funeral Superintendent John
Evan, Master-mechanic Garstang j. @. Van
Wrinkle, agent at this point and some fifty Of the
employees at the Brightwood shops availed them
selves of the opportunity pay the last sad rites
to the honored dead. John It. Dye and A. G.
Harris, of tthis city, accompanied the funeral
party.
L. j. Baker succeeds E. c. Finney in the
office of j. G. VanWinkle, general agent of the
Bee-line, which, under the civil service reform
on the Bee-line, promotes the men at
the desks. At the city freight depot
Fl. L. Peck succeeds Mr.. Baker as
rate clerk Bert Cox comes up to the position
of car tracer clerk, and so on. Charles Calkins,
SON of Hon. VIM. FL. Calkins, falls into line asmes
senger boy, position from which some of the
best railroad men in the country have arisen.
M. Zook chief engineer of the Union Railway
Company, and his assistants yesterday after
noon began making surveys of the ground ly-
ing between Pennsylvania and Delaware streets,
north OF the Union tracks, preparatory to draw
ing plans for the erection there of the new
Union Depot, should the managers decide to
build there. The first square north of the
Union tracks between the two streets named,
md Niaf, anti hov hoov, ,raI ho
purchased at about ne-half the sum for which
the desired portion of either square on Illinois
street. north of the Union tracks, can be pur-
chased, and the temptation is great for the Union
Railway Company to locate there.
Massachusetts, has a case on hand similar to
that of the Cincinnati, Van Vert & Michigan pur-
chasing the c., H. & D. lines, or the tail wagging
the dog. The Central Massachusetts wants to
purchase the Hoosac Tunnel. Before the legs-
lative committee Counselor Torrey, for the Fitch
burg, said If the Central Massachusetts could
make a better offer for the tunnel than the
Fitchburg the iatter were very willing the State
should accept this All the Fitchburg road
pressed was the danger Of delay. This act would
put off consolidation, and be exceedingly injuri-
Gus to the interests of such an arrangement
Stock in the Fitchburg is worth 159, and invari-
ably pays dividends. while stock of the Central
is not worth a continental and the stockholders
never expect dividend
There is another ''rumpus" among the passen-
ger men. Some of the through lines are again
running free chair-cars The withdrawal of the
Pennsylvania from the Central passenger COM
mittee has revived the chair question in all It's
phases. E. A. Ford alleges that the Pennsylva-
MIA was compelled by it's indignant competitors to
put price upon the use of its chair-cars between
Columbus and ST Louis, which had been free to
irst-cass passengers and now it seems that the
lines which were 50 anxious to deprive the trav-
cling public of the advantage of legitimate i'm
provement in rolling stock, at once industriously
set about cutting rates to secure business, ard
Mr.. Ford naturally became disguised at policy
which deprived him of the right of using chair
cars without extra charges, on the grounds that
it was unfair to competitors, and those roads,
thinking it perfectly legitimate to cut rates. led
him to give notice of withdrawal.
Where Paying Rebates Is JustifiabIe.
E. b. Stahlman, third vice-president of the