The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-12
RAILWAY GOSSIP.


trip tickets 10 St Louis at $40 good to return ten
days after date OF issue.
The Brotherhood Of Locomotive Firemen hold their
annual convention in Minneapolis, Mimi, Sept. 10.
Alarge attendance is expected.
O W. Fairbanks. attorney for the l., B. 8 W., left
last night for the East 10 take further testimony
the Cleveland & Canton railroad case.
Harry Carleton, chief train-dispatcher for the
Union Pacific was formerly an assistant under Il.
b. Woofsey, while the latter with the ]. q ST. L.
Roy Allen for long time travelling passenger agent
OF the Grand Trunk railroad has been licensed to
preach and viii go to India q missionary In Oc-
tober.
s. B. Kramer, train dispatcher of the O., H. & L.
viii soon resign his present position in favor of SIM
liar one with the Union Pacific with headquarters in
Kansas
Alfred Sully Is said to have become F. B. Gowen's
right bower, and if the can scrape together only
$42,OOO.O 600. they of the opinion that they
lift the Philadelphia & Reading out of the mire
j. II. Steiner has been appointed agent of the Erie
fastfreight lines at Philadelphia Pa His successor
at Memphis. Tenn, will be David Wallace, we'll
known indianapolis man. The appointment takes eff
feet Oct. 1.
A. jackson assistant mechanical engineer of the
Wabash, ST. Louis & Pacific was recently the recip
eut of gold watch and chain from the employees
der him. Mr.. Jackson has been with the Wabash for
twelve years.
1t must be admitted that jaw Gould has become
good deal of trttheller of late years Since his
tirement from the street has able to dis
prove the truth Of his utterances in public and they
are beginning to believe that he means what he
says.
It is stated that Mr. GrnneTl Burt president of the
Lehigh & Hudson Railroad Company. has consented
to accept the presidency of the New England South
western Railroad Company, which proposes TO
build the Storm King bridge across the Hudson at
Cornwall,
1t was recently reported from ST. Louis that Mr. HI.
NJ Hoxe would retire from the charge of the Missouri
Pacific SyGfo of huf nov
stated from the that he will return to his
post early this fall 1t is to be hoped that the latter
statement is correct.
@. A. Rockwell general passenger agent of the O.,
II. 81 d. system is proving to be q very efficient man
in that position. Already the earnings begin to show
handsome gains and it is stated, are larger than
at any time since the O., ii. u d. had sharp compe
tition in all directions
Inquirer: J. 8. Patterson is master mechanic of
the c. l., st. L. & c. There several excellent
railroad papers. The Railroad Gazette published in
New York is one of the oldest and best edited. The
Railway Age and Railway Review both published in
Chicago, publications which highly creditable
to the publishers.
Will Prindell, formerly connected with the Belt
railway appointed general roadmaster of the In
dianapois 81 Vncennes railroad last week. to take eff
feet on Wednesday, the 18th. Mr. Prindell is one of
the wellknown young men of the South Side, and his
highly satisfactory work while in the employ of the
Belt has won him deserved promotion.
Charles Marshall who succeeds .. M. Dunn as
perintendent of the New Orleans 8 Mobile division
of that road at New Orleans since 1880. Mr.. Mar
shall is only thirty years of age but has been in
railway work since 1865, when he commenced as
station agent the Nashville IL Decatur road at
Fraklin Tenn.
General Superintendent Robert Blee of the Bee
line. has addressed letter to the Columbus division
conductors engineers and Others in which he says:
please allow me to thank you, one and all, for the
able and successful manner in which the multtudes
of people who attended the fair were handled. You
certainly deserve good credit and you have the sim
cere thanks of the officers of this line"
Harry Wetsell, general agent of the Vandalia at
this point to-day begins his seventeenth year OF serv
ice with this company. He has been hard working
and faithful man to the company and is highly
teemed by his superior officers and to say that he is
one of Indianapos's most popular freight len is
exaggeratioh. His business methods correct,
and this has made him solid with the business men of
this city
r. II. Briggs for three years past superintendent of
motive power Of the Chesapeake, Ohio & Southwest
ern road, resigned that position Aug: 81. At the
in very poor condition, and chiefly through his exer
tions it has been placed in excellent order. Mr..
Briggs is second president of the Master Mechan
les Association having been elected to that position
at the last convention
During negotiations between the Atchison people
and Mr.. Huntington in regard to trauscontinental
matters, Mr.. Huntington said he would consult the
boys" in San Francisco and if they were willing he
would consent to the proposed terms. The boys,
knowing what expected of them, refused to con-
sent AS Mr.. Huntington has now started for the
confer with 1.-The boys" on the spot.
William Colecamp resigned his position as superif.
tendent of the Memphis division of the Louisville q
Nashville road on Sept. l. He has been on the road
twenty years, beginning conductor of
struction train. He worked his way up gradually
til he appointed roadmaster. about 1870. After
holding that position ten years he appointed
perntendent of the Memphis division in 1880 Mr..
Colecamp now retres from business altogether.
1t would be well for the shippers at this point to at
once put in training one of their number who in
some manner cope with General Freight Agent Diehl,
of the l. b. & W., speech maker. At the confer
ence Thursday shipper seemed able to meet
him in argument, notwithstanding the fact that they
thought, claimed that the action OF the l., B. & w.
arbitrary and should be promptly met by some
marked disapproval on the part of the shippers.
1t stated in Chicago yesterday that Mr. Perci-
val Lowell. for number of years past general pas
senger and ticket agent of the Chicago, Burlington
& Quincy railroad had resigned the position to take
effect Oct. l, on account of impaired health. Mr..
Paul Morton the wel-known assistant general freight
agent of the Burlington will it is said succeed Mr..
Lowell Mr.. George P. Ross assistant general
freight agent of the Burlington succeeds Mr. Morton
first assistant general freight agent, and Mr. j. S.
Bartle will take the place made vacant by the promo
tinn of Mr. Ross