The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-13
RAILWAY GOSSIP.

department..
The c., l.. St. L. & C. earned the FIRST week
Ia June SAC 253 50. an increase over the earnings
0f the corresponding week of 1885 Of "A, 1913 81.
When the work aud the responsibility of the
train dispatcher is fully appreciated, there VIII
b = more decided jingle of the change In bis
pockets.
wv Sloane, superintendent of the American
Expxess Company Indiana division, who has
bssa at Turkey Lake for ten days, pleasure
wesking. Is expected home to-day
Perry Griffin, district passenger agent of the
CAicago 81 Rock Island, is spending the Sab
bath in the city, He is accompanied by his
wtfs, and they are the guests OF hankakee Mar
4ia and wife.
e. g. Sleight car accountant Of the Vandaiia,
passed through the city last evening, route for
Philadelphia, and will there take the Lehigh
Valley road for Buffalo. to attend the annual
investing of the car accountants.
RAe employees about the Erie depot at Eimra,
n r., ars kept well supplied with cigars by q
ysnng man who comes forth each month with a
ngw suit OF clothes and parades about in patent
NssxAer toothpick shoes, and is, in fact, what is
prsperly styled dude
G IL. Henderson. general manager of the l.. B.
Il w.. who has been in Europe for few weeks,
WI reach home Tuesday or Wednesday. The
Bsfsamer on which he returned arrived at New
Yrsx yesterday. Mr. Henderson will remain in
Esw York two or three days.
The station agents who were in session here
three days of the last week, in their bylaws
and constitution take high moral grounds. They
e41eountenance the use OF intoxicating liquors,
ssna will not take into their membership q man
who be in the habit of getting on drunken sprees.
me speculative cliques who are engaged in
Casyying the prices of railway stocks upward are
zasssriaIly aided by such natural causes as the
ctfapness Of money, the prevalent June rains.
<he prospect OF abundant crops from Texas to
1fzaaesota and consequent increase of tonnage
Imna earnings.
III II. Spellman, superintendent of the She'll
BsAch road. arrived from New Orleans yester-
dHF, anu. accompanied by j. r. Elder. president
Of sAe road. will leave this evening for New
Ynzk city. They go there on financial matters.
Thar scheme to extend the road Is taking
eieEaite shape.
Tao Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, Lo-
gasspert division, will give festival on Friday
aud Saturday evening, June IL and IL, at 1t. A.
R. Hall, Logansport They have engaged Magee's
Wa8 where there will be dancing at the same
&smM Delegates from the Indianapolis division
VIII be IN attendance.
Geo. r. Blanchard, pool commissioner went
10 Richmond, Ind, to spend Sunday with old
xfns friends. Mr.. Blanchard. while in the CITY,
,cazled upon the widow of the late 7. A. Lewis,
ssDA extended to her his sympathies. The de-
sSassed and Mr.. Blanchard were warm personal
1riends. Mr.. Blanchard, this evening, goes from
JseAmond to Chicago.
Row that the mania for striking is past the
Ra1roader says: While we would counsel rail
Way employees to earnestly and manfully main
r&ae sheir rights let them at the same time
BtEsagthen their cause and win the respect of
Kim companies by moderation and dignity. Aud
horsnfter most Of all let them beware Of placing
rhsmseives under the leadership of worthless.
ctnracterless and windy demagogues in their
ssBa and other professions.
George e. Blanchard, commissioner of the
essntrsl Traffic Association, and l.. D. Richard
BOZ commissioner of the Chicago and Ohio River
F.Dd. yesterday met the general freight agents
ct sho indianapolis lines. to talk over per cents
IN ehe east bound pool. From these freight men
tia commissioners gathered information which
wal aid them in fixing per cents. Commissioner
Baa0chard gave no intimation of what they were
be, but said they would probably be announced
sHsxk week.
Grand Secretary Debs and Grand Master Sar-
I&seat, of the B. of L. F.. accompanied by their
wives left Terre Haute on Thursday last, on an
extended tour through the extreme West. Union
1zestings twill be held in all the States along
she Pacific coast. The object of the meetings Is
~ give the order boom in the West. The
growth in the past year in the West. and In fact
every place, has been wonderful This evening
=, meeting will be held in the opera house. at
sTsnyer Col.
The Railway Reporter says: "We believe
> hAt every railway company will materially
Eerengthen itself, not only by kind and fair treat
9nsnt of all in its service, but also by generous
provision of o scheme whereby habits of thrift
feas be fostered in employees. and they can be
s.nstaed, by small monthly payments, to secure
flIfs insurance sick benefits and a superannuated
fnAemnity. Whether these can be best given
fhEough the company's organization or by re-
slcsring membership in a mutual aid society is
Esss 10 be decided"
VIM. r. McKeen, president of the Vandalia,
WAS IN the city yesterday He is much puzzled to
,u8Asrstand the opposition which has sprung up
TO yacating certain streets and alleys petitoned
for ~ the Union Railway Company. The latter
mas done everything open-handed and above board
and IS now ready to move in earnest unless the
cssy authorities throw obstacles in the way Mr..
xacAeen says he has not come to Indianapolis
lsszsca in the last five years that he not ap-
xresehed by one or more business men and urged
10 0ash the enterprise
Z The surest and most effective plan for cleans
Jag the railway service of bad men. says the
KAlfrOader, is to make 1t attractive for good
1ns2- And it Is not the matter of high salaries
nl@Bs that gives attraction to the service of this
yDr kAat company. The assurance that faithful
Rna intelligent devotion to duty rather than
fayoritism Of officers. will have weight in secur-
ing promotion: the further assurance that dur
ing good behavior the employe will hold his po-
s;tSon; the policy of arranging rs nearly as pos
lsibis the runs of train men 80 they may have a
kTermsnent location and the privilege of estab-
fishing homes the selection of officers VINO, by
,4heir ability, intelligence and devotion to the
Antsrests Of the companies, can inspire the re
@pecs of their subordinates
Dat few railroad men have more rapidly risen
20 prominence than George Stevens, the superin-
tendent of the Wabash eastern division. Mr.,
Stevens is only thirty years Of age. He entered
railroad service in 1864 as messenger-boy. on
fhs Baltimore & Ohio road. In 1872 he
ihn4 80 well learned telegraphing that he
accepted position under Joseph Hill then
superintendent of the Loaansport division of
fhs &, st. l.. 81 p, first as operator, then as
train dispatcher. In 1873 he LETT the c., ST L. &
T., and went on to the Wabash as train
dispatcher. He held that position few
ability that he was appointed division superin-
1endsnt Of the Indiana and Ohio divisions.
WAen A. A. Talmage took the general manager
ship of the Wabash he made Mr.. Stevens super
inEcndent of the eastern division, which position