The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-25
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.


The yardmasters meet this evening to elect
Delegates TO the annual meeting of the national
association.
T. L. Pomeroy succeeds J. A. Grier as general
manager of the West Shore and Hoosac Tunnel
Eastfreight lines June l.
Ia I. Scott, general manager, and S. B. Sweet
general freight agent, of the l., P. d @, are TO
Do IN the city to-day on official business
The Peoria, Decatur & Evansville railroad
earnings show gain of s.. 600 for the nrst TWO
weeks in May, although the road is not moving
car Of corn, and has 1000, 900 bushels In criDs
M its line.
TIE friends of d. NJ Kendrick, formerly gen.
8ral passenger agent of the l. & St L. road. now
bedding a similar position on the New Iork Cen
tral road will be grated to learn that his health
is fully restored and he is now able TO perform
kis various duties with his usual promptness and
ability
President Mackey, of the E. &T e. system,
ls bringing his methods of economy to bear on
The newly acquired p, ID. 81 e. division, and
has, il is said, already cut down the operating
expenses some So. 900 per month, and he has not
Tairly got matters in working order
IL is stated that upon the promotion Of W.
z Newman one of the vicepresidents of the
Missouri Pacific, Oscar G. Murray. now traffic
gaanager of the Missouri Pacific lines in
Texas, will be made general traffic manager
pf the Missouri Pacific system in place of Mr..
Newman.
steer
this week move up to $3S per ton. The capacity
NJ the steel -raif mills for the United States for
4his year is 100000 TONS and orders to almost
this amount have already been placed. The
baik of the rails manufactured this year have
Epne South.
With Northern manufacturers by Southern
roads The Pittsburg locomotive works, To-
rated In Manchester, Allegheny, are crowded
with orders for the South The Baldwin works.
IN Philadelphia have also got some big contracts
10 fill within the next few weeks
All double track on the Union railway and on
fhs Belt road is being adjusted to the Pennsyl-
VAnia standard of seven feet between the tracks.
On the Union tracks it would have been better
20 place the tracks ten feet apart, if 1t is to be
nsDd as a thoroughfare for pedestrians to the ex-
beat that it has for some years past.
Lucien Smith, chief clerk in the Office of the
assistant general freight agent of the New York
Eentral road, has been appointed assistant gen
nrAk freight agent OF the West Shore road, to
pneceed Theodore L. Pomeroy, general freight
agent, resigned. Mr.. Smith will have charge of
local business, Traffic Manager Musson looking
Rfter the through business.
The st. Louis correspondent Of the Chicago
Times says: 1.-THE contemplated changes 10 the
management of the Missouri Pacific are the sub
fees of more or less gossip in railway circles.
while the condition of Mr. Hoxie and his ill
hsalth have been greatly exaggerated still there
- no doubt that he is to be relieved of portion
81 bis onerous duties, and matters Of detail will
be left to othere."
Notice is gwen by the Wabash road that
freight agency has been established at LaPorte
Junction, Ind, on the Detroit and Indianapolis
division of this railway with NJ. A. Harbert as
Rgs1t. Freight shipments for this point may be
reesived without requiring prepayment in flu
knrc. All freight for G. e. w. III. railway points
pust be billed to LaPorte junction. Freight for
f. 8. & M. S. railway and LaPorte proper must
DO billed to LaPorte.
The report that j. A Perkins was to succeed
D. I. McCabe as division freight agent of the
Pennsylvania lines headquarters at Chicago is
IlthOut foundation. Mr.. Perkins's present posi-
lion Is equally important and pays the same
salary. Frank Wilkinson, who for years was
chief clerk Of f. Fl. Kingsbury. and who is
really an Indianapolis man, is to be the sue
gessor of DIR. McCabe, he being next in line of
promotion. That he will fill the position salts
Enctorily no one will question who has formed his
acquaintance.
The general passenger agents have received
The decision OF Commissioner Daniels on case of
emitting rates by roads in the central passenger
committed There were eleven complaints
against the Pennsylvania lines. in three the
Commissioner imposed fine of $50 each. There
were nine cases against the Bee line and /. 81 St.
Ia, and in three cases the usual fine, $50 was i'm
posed. Against the l., B. g. w. there were
thirteen cases. and they fined in FIVE cases.
Against the O., l., ST. L. q c. there was one
complaint, but it was proven that the agent had
no part in the transaction, 1t being the work of
bcSlper
Officials of Northern roads are much interested
In ehe change OF gauge of roads south Of the
Ohio river, which is to be made on Sunday next
This change of gauge in the South was necessi-
tated by the mountaineering interchange
ct commerce with the Northern States when the
lsrie was the last road to use the wide gauge
end changed to the standard in 1879 and 1880
1t Is estimated that the change will cost. in an
aggregate, about 100000. and would cost
much more but for the fact that most of the new
locomotives purchased in the last two years
have been made with axles upon which the
wheels could be driven up without any further
EAange
Taking effect this date, Mr. q. s. Fraser Is ap-
pointed general agent of B. & o. Kankakee-dis-
patch line, with headquarters No. l6 North Me-
fidlan street. this city. The friends of Mr.. Frazer
will be pleased to that his ability is recog-
mixed by giving him An important position with
this new and promising fast-freieht line. He is
pDo OF the best known railroad men in this sec
hon of counrry-commeEcing, in 1873 as agent
pf tho c.. l.. St L. & g. at this point He was
then appointed their general agent, and also,
was local agent of the Continental line. The
fact that the lines he represents invariably Sc
Eure their full share OF business is the best evil
hence of his competency to fill the positions he
ncU accepts.
On the French railways the employees DO not
average "a we'll physically as on American roads,
During an examination of over 1000 officials
employed on the railways of France, DR.. Worms
medical officer of the Northern railway. found
that no fewer than 1l8 guards, porters. and en-
CINE drivers hesitated in distinguishing the diff
terent colors, not being sure for few minutes
whether they were looking at a white light or a
red Over forty of these fellows were able to
spot the red but COMPOUNDED the green blue
and gray. Sixty three others could not preceve
any difference between gray, green, and red,
while four men absolutely and entirely
color blind, not being able to distinguish the
slightest difference between any of the seven
eolors of the rainbow. On the PENNSYLVANIA
lines where the examination was probably more
rigid than on the roads of France, but per cent
of the employees were deficient in eyesght or
hearing
No Strikes for Expressmen.
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