The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-26
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Person al and Local.

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The express companies ara complaining that
.ho;r business is lighter than it has been at any
.ime in twelve months past.
The L, D. & S. is experiencing quite boom
n business. Every freight and passenger en-
v;pe the company owns was yesterday in actual
service.
VIM. r. McKeen, president of the Vandalia,
nassed through the city last evening, en- route
to Louisville KY. where there is to be sale of
fine horses this week.
Lodge No. z, of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
F;remen, gives grand bali at Gallon, o., on the
avaning of the 18th. indianapolis Eureka Lodge
will be well represented.
The earnings Of the east and west lines the
a.et week in January promise TO largely make
S-r the deficit in earnings the fifteen days of the
6Tst half of the month"; should the country roads
remain solid.
The holders of the traffic debentures resting on
shat was known as the Evansville & Indianapo-
Ais Straight-line are looking about to see if they
cannot enforce the payment of the same by the
parties now owning the property
At meeting of the directors of the Cleveland,
Columbus. Cincinnati 81 Indianapolis railroad
n New York last week, Hamilton Mex. Twom-
hlv was elected member to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of W. H. Vanderbilt.
movement is on foot among employees on the
e. ST I, division of the Bee line TO organize
mntual benefit association, similar to that of the
Bee-line proper, which is one of the oldest and
most successful associations of this character.
n. Brown, who brought suit jointly against
4be G. St l.. Sc P. and Pullman Car Company
for $40 600 damages for leaving a corpse over at
Tndianauolis one train, was on Saturday last
awarded before the court in which the case was
tried, $13O
Robert Jennings, one of the Oldest mail agents
on the L., N. A. q c. railroad, has been re-
vnOyed. and W. a. Thompson, OF Salem, appoint
ed to fill the place. Mr. Jennings has been on
She road since 1862 and is perfect encyclopedia
of mail routes.
The engineers on the T. B. & w. road and G.
E. Henderson, general manager, have adjusted
their differences MIR. Henderson acting very
honorably in the matter eonceding to the engin-
GERS committee all points Of Importance they
claimed were their rights
The unpeasantness regarding terminal facili-
ties between the l., P. & c., Wabash, and L., N.
A. & C., which were harmonized a few days ago,
have worked good for the L., N. A. e. c., the
switching service now being done much more
promptly than prior to the fracas.
New York apples are now coming onto this
market at the rate of ten car loads per day The
rate from nearly all points in that State to In
danapolis is down to % cents per barrel. The
apples are now shipped in Cars which are heat
ed, most of them Merchants Dispatch cars.
The Decline people are getting their passenger
engines in fine condition. This week No. 102
comes out Of the shop thoroughly rebuilt, with
all modern improvements of worth, making the
fourth passenger engine turned out Of the
Brightwood shops in sixty days, practically as
good as now.
For many years Indianapolitans have been
growing that there was no through sleeping
coach between Indianapolis and Washington
ID. 9. Now that the O., l., st. l.. 81 c. and Bal
tlmore % Ohio have put on a sleeping coach, to
leave here at 355 P. NJ, the railroad manage
ments expect it will be appreciated.
The grand union meeting of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Firemen in New York. which was
60 have been held on the 2lst of February, has
been postponed until the 28th of February The
delegates will assemble in Tammany Hail. 1t
Is expected 1000 will be present The Indian
Rpolis lodge will send two delegates.
The only railroad project that is now being
pushed to completion in Indiana is the Chicago
& Great Southern. Not shovelful of dirt is
being thrown on any of the others, although it is
quit. likely that work will soon be resumed on
4he Midland The friends of the indianapolis,
Eel River q Western, it is said. will soon COM
mence throwing dirt again. They claim that
they now have the money to proceed with the
enterprise
If the railroads were paid for actual tonnage
of mail matter carried they would now be doing
. Handsome business, so much mail is
carried over the road two or three times. For
instance, yesterday the mail gathered at Union
and points east of there, to go through to Cleve-
land and other Eastern points, was transferred
60 the mail train coming west at the meeting
point and brought to indianapolis. This morn
ing ii will be forwarded eastward again.
The freight agents of Indianapolis roads have
this year, shown more good sense than ordi-
narily In waiting until at other commercial CEN
fers the tariff and classification had been fixed
and published. Usually Indianapolis roads
were first to get out their rates for the year and
A al, H.
would manage to establish rates which dscrim-
&nated against Indianapolis. This year Indian
apolis will not be placed at such disadvantage
j. L. Hannegan, of Cedar Rapids formerly
chief clerk of the passenger department of the
D.. T. h. q N. railway, since advanced to the
prominent and responsible position of general
passenger and ticket agent is being showered
with wellmerited compliments from his con-
tempofaries and the press. Mr.. Hannegan is q
self-made young man, and owes his unusual ele-
walton for one of his years to his definite and in
dustrlous traits of character He began railroad
life on a firstclass road-the c.. l., ST. l.. & G.
The New York Mail and Express says Judge
Stevenson Burke. vice president of the c., G.. c.
So l. road, is familiar figure at the Fifth
avenue Hotel. He comes often stays long and
departs reluctantly. His hair is snow white
aud his form just little bent with age He is
not tall nor large man ply sically; but mentally
he towers upward considerably. His eyes are
clear blue and shaded by extraordinarily long eye
brows. They are shaggy and jutting, and pre-
sent strange contrast to the rest OF his feat
ures. OF late years the Judge has devoted his
time great deal to the three or four railroads
that he is connected with, either as vice-presi-
dent or shareholder
The Eureka Lodge, No. Ia, Brotherhood of
Locomotive Firemen has issued notice warn
ing all members Of the order against j. A.
Tweedie of Indianapolis charging him with "de-
frauding brothers and violating obligations "
The order says: HE deserted his wife and
family, and used more than $500 of a trust which
was placed in his keeping by a disabled member
In addition TO this, he defrauded the lodge of
more than $780, which he collected while maya
zine agent He left Indianapolis Oct. 20. Moth
ing has been heard of him." The Journal has
information, which is reliable, that MIR. Tweedie
is at work in a barber-shop at Kansas City, In
Olden times he a tonsorial artist of consider
able ability