The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-08-25
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.


S. W. Eccles. for some time past general
freight and passenger agent of the Denver &
Rio Grande Western road, has resigned that po-
sition because of ill-health.
United States Railroad Commissioner Joseph
70. Johnston. who is on tour of inspection over
The Union Pacific road. has been detained at
North Platte. Neb. on account of sickness.
Parties contemplating visit to Bay
should bear in mind that this is the last week of
the So rate. Tickets are good going Friday and
Saturday and returning until Tuesday next.
1t Is announced that w. K. Vanderbilt has
sailed for home The vacancy in the presidency
of the Beeline will now be invested with more
interest, probably some action will soon De
taken in the matter
Freight business with the Pennsylvania lines
west of Pttsburg Is now limited only by the ears
that can be commanded What is better still is
hhe fact that 80 per cent or the business they
are handling is of q local character.
Superintendent Whitcomb reports fifty-fonr
coaches out of the Union Depot yesterday laden
with excurslonists to Niagara Falls. The Bee
1ihe and the l.. b. e w. each out three sec
lions, and the coaches were we'll filled.
Car works are reported to be quite busy at
Rll points. The Litchfield I'LL car works are
building two hundred cars for the Mobile &
Ohio; the St Charles four hundred cars for the
A., L. & 5. f. road; all to be equipped with the
Wagner car door,
The Pennsylvania people are introducing a
new style of shoe on their locomotive air brakes.
The bearing is upon the outer edge and flange of
the wheel, instead of the center. where the driv-
ing wheels become or less By this
arrangement the power of the brakes to check
D train is greatly increased
The passenger men are demoralizing rates bad
~ with what are known as harvest excursion
tickets Some of the agents pay no attention to
the cate they, by agreement, were to go on sale
or to The time they are to be taken off sale 1t
rs surprising to see how little excuse an Indian
pPolis passenger agent needs to, without regard
10 any agreement, put the knife to rates.
The order of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers that members Of that brotherhood
iBhail not belong to similar organizations has
caused strong protest from the Locomotive
Firemep's Magazine in the name of the mem
Sition of engineers. With such excellent
Officers both organizations have it is to be ex
peeted that o better understanding will be-
reached
w. Fl. Brown. late agent of the American ex
press, will be buried at Terre Haute this after
poon. A number of his associates. when he was
tn indianapolis, will go from here to attend the
Funeral. But few men had more warm personal
friends than had the deceased. He was always
genial, and active, and prompt in his business
methods. Mr. Brown entered the express serv-
Ice in 1866, and was with the American most of
the time.
An ex railroad man, who has done good deal
of travelling of late and who has visited the var
tous stockyards in this country, says none
so well handled the Indianapolis yards.
And further, they are the most convenient yards
tor feeding and resting cattle he had found any
where. Matters are well systematized at the
indianapolis yards, he remarked, they
with the best operated divisions of the Pennsyl-
vania lines
The automatic frog, the invention of Mr..
Brewer, supervisor of the Indianapolis division
of the c.. St. L. 81 p, has been tested in the
yards at this point three months, and performs
perfectly. The Pennsylvania people well
pleased with it that they will put in three more
at other points on trial The impression pre-.
walls that this is to be the frog for all the roads
an this country when it becomes we'll known, as
1t is impossible to throw a train off the main
track where the frog is in use, as the main track
remains in tact.
The general managers of the roads in the
Southwestern Passenger Association held
meeting at Chicago yesterday for the purpose of
discussing the proposed scheme to organize
gross money passenger pool. After inter
schange of opinion. it was resolved that all COM
petitive passenger business, both through and
local, should be pooled. A committee of four
was then appointed to formulate plan for or
ganIzasion. The report of this committee is ex
pected to be presented the managers at another
xneeting to be held to-day.
The Michigan Central road recently performed
come very quick work, with the assistance of
Justice. One of the tracks near Kalamazoo was
Ubstructed with some ties, the purpose of the
wrecker being to derail the train. This hap
pened on Monday evening. The attempt was
discovered in time to remove the obstruction.
The next morning detective was sent to Kala-
mazoo the would be wrecker was discovered, ar
rested and tried that day. and before evening the
guilty man was in the penitentiary at Jackson.
sentenced to serve twenty years This is one of
the quickest cases on record
The new monster passenger engines the g.. ST.
H. q 2. have just received are said to be the
most perfect and completely equipped of any
engines ever turned out at the Altoona shops
The have a 20x24-inch cylinder, with relief
valve in the steam chest. The tank journals are
ax6. Under the tank and fore truck are paper
wheels, thirty three inches in diameter Within
the cab several new features in the way of
gauges injectors. ETC.. introduced and it
will require competent engineer to handle them
to good advantage. Said one of the old engineers
s'They furnish study for any mechanic, as in
nre-b0x, in size and build of boiler, and, in fact
An every particular it would seem there is no
room for further improvement"
d. B. Martin, general Western passenger
agent OF the Decline, headquarters at St Louis,
was In the city yesterday prospecting for bnsi-
ness Mr. Martin feels somewhat sore that the
Bee-line management is holding the passenger
men at ST Louis and Indianapolis strictly to
rates while competitors are slaughterng rates
on all sides of them. Without question the Bee
line mas made an excellent record in the way of
AhoAntaAutus IdtcS the last lew months and 1t Is
undoubtedly true that they have lost business
by so doing. yet their exhibit of earnings from
week to week shows that the maintenance of
rates swells earnings and keeps roads out of the
hands of receivers, and while few local agents
may be more or less disturbed to see business
taken away from them by rate-cutting lines, in
the long run the road which gets something for
carrying its business is the best off,
The affairs of the Union Railway Company.
= more especially in relation to the new Union
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which have underground general revision, and
by which the building will be larger and much
more imposing, have practically been accepted,
and it is expected that by the middle of next
: nonth the titles to all the property will be so
well cleared up that the work of tearing down
old buildings to make room for the new can
safely be commenced. OF the fourteen pieces
OF property the court was asked to condemn.