The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-04
RAILWAY GOSSIP.

RAILWAY GOSSIP.
The earnings of the c., l., St. L. & G. for
March were $685. 1868 o.. against 1921, 186 "a for
the corresponding month of 1885; increase this
year, $15, 1890.
John EVAN, superintendent Of the Indianapolis
division Of the Bee-line system, has postponed
his health-seeking trip until the strike troubles
are more settled.
The House committee of Iowa on railroads
has reported favorably bill providing that
members of the State Legislature and State Off
GERS shall not receive mileage when travelling on
| passes.
The switchmen's ball, at Lyra Hall, Wednes-
| day night for the benefit Of Thomas Collier. q
crippled switchman, was grand success. netting
| 1924, which was yesterday turned over to "Tom"
| by the committee.
The passenger department of the Southern Pa
| ciic company, northern division has just issued
very neat Souvenir Guide to Monterey and
| Vicinity" descriptive of the famous Hote! del
Monte and its delightful surroundings.
| B. F. Coates receiver Of the Cincinnati & East
ern road, on April l thoroughly recognized the
different departments and has published, in neat
book FORM the duties which devolve on each de-
partment in conducting the business of the road.
| The Railway Conductors Monthly takes strong
and sensible grounds against strikes. position,
| in fact, which the Brotherhood of Conductors
| have taken and consistently adhered to from the
start to its great credit and also to the peace of
mind and profit in every way Of its members.
| William Fuller who recently resigned as mas
| ter mechanic Of the New York, Pennsylvania &
Ohio road, was rendered banquet by the en-
| gineers of the road at Kent, O., on the same
occasion Mr.. Fuller was presented with q
handsome $500 diamond pin by the men who had
served under him.
| Mr.. Theodore N. Ely, superintendent of mo-
| tive power of the Pennsylvania railroad, was
| married last week to Miss Susan Wierman, Of
| Harrisburg, the daughter of Mr.. r. w. Wier-
man, president of the Pennsylvania Canal Com
pany. Mr.. and Mrs. Ely have gone to Florida
for wedding trip.
At the recent annual meeting of the Boston g
| Albany Railroad Mutual Relief Association, in
| Springfield, Mass, it was voted to disband the
organization and to divide the $1,000 on hand
| among the 800 members. The association has
| been In existence fifteen years, and In that time
has paid about $3.50, 900 in benefits.
| Mr.. Alfred Beers, who died in Bridgeport,
Conn, March IL, aged sixty eight years, was a
conductor on the Naugatuck railroad for thirty
| four years. entering the service of the company
| in 1851. He continued to run a train until
about two years ago, when he retired on &C.
count of age and infrmity, and the company
| granted him pension.
John Browning, passenger conductor on the
| L.. N. A. & c.. has received a three-weeks lay
| off, and will put in his time working to secure
the nomination OF county recorder, which means
| his election to that position, if nominated; and
not only will the railroad fraternity rally to his
| support but all along the line he will draw the
| full vote.
| D. H. Rhodes. engineer of the Atchison, To
| peka & Santa Fe railroad, is to be made chief
| engineer of the Kingman, Pratt Il Western
| railroad, and will have charge Of the construc-
| ton of that line. Seven years since Mr.. Rhodes
| entered the service of the Santa Fe company,
and has been continuously in their employ up
| to the present.
The New England roads are having all the
frogs and guard rails on the road fill with wooden
| packing, to prevent switchmen and yardmen
| from getting their feet caught. This is very
simple and inexpensive safeguard against trap
| that yearly catches many victims. and it is most
dlscredltabie that so many railway corporations
still decline to introduce this element Of safety.
| The Railway Benevolent Institution Of Great
| Britain is supported by payments from about
eighty-six thousand of the employees of the rail-
way companies. in addition to the large contri-
| buttons received from benevolent individuals
During the year last reported it aided 2, 303 men,
| bers who were accidentally injured. and 282 who
died OF sickness, and assisted relatives of l49 ac
| cidentally killed in the service.
| The argument of e. B. Stahlman, third vice
| president of the Louisville & Nashville road,
| before the State commerce committee, has
| attracted much attention, thorough and
| comprehensive was it, that sketch of his rail
| road life will be OF interest. Mr.. Stahlman was
| born in Germany, Sept. q l843; entered railroad
service October, 1858; to 1859 in the construction
| department of the Parkersburg branch of the
| Baltimore & Ohio railroad; 1859 to 1862, clerk
| for agents. same road; 1862 to 1865, clerk and
assistant to superintendent of tunnel and other
construction and repairs, Louisville 81 Nashville
railroad: 1860 to 1870, agent and cashier Adams
Express Company, Chattanooga and Nashville,
Tenn; 1870 to 1882. Louisville & Nashville rail
road contracting agent five years. general agent
three years, general freight agent two years. and
| traffic manager two years. April, 1882, to Febru-
| airy. 1883, assistant to president and general
/ traffic manager Louisville. New Albany & Chi
| cago 1883 to 1884, second vice president same
| company
| But few general passenger, agents are better
| known than Geo. w. Smith of the Lake Erie &
Western, from the fact that it has been his for
| tune to be associated with a road which has a
| constant struggle to secure even small share of
| the business, so sharp has been competition.
| But few If any passenger men work as lard as
| has Mr. Smith, and he deserves great credit for
| what he has accomplished Mr. Smith is forty
| six years of age. and entered railroad service
June l, 1871 to Sept l, 1871, clerk in the gener
| al passenger and ticket department of the Tole-
| do, Peoria q Warsaw railroad; Sept. /, 1871, to
Nov. l, 1875, chief clerk in the same department,
same road; Nov. l. 1875, to Dec. !. 1875 Eastern
| travelling agent same road; Feb. l, 1873, to May
| /. 1878, chief ticket clerk of the Lafayette,
Muncie & Bloomington railroad; May 1, 1873, to
Jan. l, 1880, general passenger agent OF the La
| fayette Muncie q Bloomington, and Lafayette,
| Bloomington 81 Muncie railroads; Jan. /, 1885,
to date, general passenger agent of the Lake
| Erie u Western railway.
The Weeks Building Permits.
Building permits of ST. 900 and more ware ia