The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-03
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.

Employees on the Indianapolis division of the
L., N. A. g. C. yesterday received their pay for
December service.
Charles Southland of Gresncastle has been
appointed cashier of the l.. p. & C. (Wabashl. In
the indianapolis freight Office
Stock of the L., N. A 6 c. has climbed up to
40l points. Six months ago it was hard to real
ize thirteen cents on the dollar for it.
Superintendent Nelson. of the c., FL. & d.
system. and Chief Engineer Ramsay spent yes
ferday in the city, looking over matters.
The Michigan Central last week, carried a
lighter east bound through tonnage out of CHI
cago, than did the l., 2. q Q. lWabash) out of
Indianapolis.
G. B. Squier has been appointed passenger
agent at Cleveland of the Cleveland, Akron 81
Columbus road, and Z. D. Fullerton has been APP
pointed travelling freight and passenger agent.
headquarters at Akron
II. w Hibhard general freight agent Of the
Fandalia, spent yesterday in the city. He
states that the Chesapeake & Ohio is cutting
rates out Of St Louis. but the direct eastern
lines are all maintaining rates.
It is said that the vacancy caused by the re-
tirement of Charles Paine. vice president of the
Erie will not be filled for some time. and mean
while the duties of the position will be dis
charged by Vice president FELTON,.
The high JOINTS of the trunk lines get together
In New York, tomorrow to see what can be
done to head off the Louisville, Evansville 81 st
Louis and Chesapeake & Ohio in their schemes
to demoralze rates east from st. Louis.
The Wabash people will commence to-day
moving into their Offices under the Bates
House. 1t will be a number of days, however,
before District Passenger agent Wade and Cen
eral Agent Lynn get their Offices in complete or
der.
M. E. ingalls,. president of the c., l., st. L. 81
c., and several other raroed men passed
through the city last night en- route for Chicago,
to attend the meeting of the committee of eight
cen, which convenes in Chicago to day. Mr.. In
gals is chairman OF this comm ittee.
There is strong circumstantial evidence CO.
ing to show that some of the Chicago roads are
cutting grain rates to the seaboard three to five
cents per 100 pounds. This is given pointer,
that Indianapolis freight agents will see to it
that il rates are cut. cas- bound Indianapolis
shippers shall have the benefit of it early as do
Chicago shippers.
S. F. Pierson, vice-pool commissioner of the
trunk line pool, is thought again to be solid in
his position. 1t is stated that Mr. Piersor was
much relieved when Il. b. Thomas left the Bee
line as he Mr.. Thomasl was looked upon as his
bitterest opponent. Doubtless the then unpleas
ant relations between Mr. Pierson and the Bee
line people had much tod with the matter.
Commissioner L. d. Richardson who has Wis
tied several prominent lumber centers in Ohio
and Michigan, has returned to Chicago. He
completed his inspection of ali the terminal fa-
cities of the railway lines interested in lum-
Der traffic at ell the north and south points. 1t
is expected that meeting will be called at an
early day to hear hisreport and settle pending
questions.
There is good authority for stating that Nor
man T. Beekley. general manager of the Gin
einnati, Wabash & Michigan road, will retire
from that position on March /, and it is under
stood that other official changes will follow. Mr..
Beekley will remain. however in the service of the
new company and give his attention to extern
sons which this company propose to build, Gu
cinnat and Louisville being the points the new
company will reach out for.
Postal-clerk Jennings. good and faithful pub
lie servant for over twenty-five years has been
somoved from the service without any charge or
-ftason whatever. The Rensselaer, Republican
says 'All the old residents of Monon will re-
member mr. Jennings. as he has been on the L.,
H. A. 81 O. railroad during his entire service,
Rnd to the writer's certain knowledge is one of
the bestposted in the service, having
given the best part of his life to the public serv-
Ice, and during the entire period never having
had single charge against him.
Said veteran Decline engineer last night:
81. b. Thomas, who established the Brightwood
Home for Railroad men, did good thing for us.
1t is home in which engineers, fremen and
train men get together, and, in the reading
room, after having partaken of a good meal,
talk over rules regulating the movement of
trains, etc. Matters now move along much
more smoothly than before the home was estab
iished. The Bee-line and /. & St. L. boys now
meet and have pleasant talks. and are on friend
iy terms, while formerly the Bee-line engineers
and train men could hardly say good word re-
garding the /. q st. L.. men, and vice versa"
The c.. l. st. L. & P. and Vandalia are now
running free chair cars between Columbus, O.,
and st. Louis. There are those who think run
ming free-chair cars is mistake. Chair-cars
were intended to make it more pleasant for
ladies to travel insurng them seat in which
wOulO ba y
emption from class of rouehs who stare them
out of countenance. or talk in a manner which
real gentlemen would not in where ladies
ride. Then they kept cleaner, the carpet is
not used for spitton as are floors of an ordi-
nary coach Most any lady or gentleman would
pr fer to pay for chair for the sake of such
ex 4mption.
Simon Phelps, an old-time Decline engineer
WIS buried Yesterday. He the engineer
whom Johnny Brough, then president of the
road, told when the train eft the Union Depot
owe an hour late that if he did not go into I'm
iol on time he, on his return to Indianapolis
could come in and get his time The schedule
then was faster than the Bee-line limited now
Mr. Phelps had been sick some weeks. During the
time he drew from the Beelne Insurance Asso-
citation money enough to pay his current expep-
ses, and his wife, after paying all funeral expen-
ses will have some 500 left Still there are
railroad men who think few dollars invested in
an insurance company is terrible burden to
carry.
The stockholders of the Indianapolis Belt
Railroad and Stock-yards Company held their
annual meeting yesterday. and elected the fol-
lowing directors: w. r. McKeen, Horace Scott
A. d. Lynch. w p. Iiams. John Thomas, r. S.
Mckee. D. w. Minshall, NJ. A. Downing and
John f. Miller. The directors afterward met
and reelected w. r. McKeeu, president; Horace
Scott. yice-president; A. ID. Lynch, secretary and
treasurer: and w P. fJams, manager General
manager Iiams's report showed that. notwith-
standing the depression in business of the year
1885, stock-yafds suffering thereby as we'll as
other business interests. the yards earned $32-
265 more than in 1884. AS the Belt road is
leased to the Union Railway Company the rev.
enue therefrom is the same from year to year.
The Skies Frightening.
The impression prevails with locomotive
builders that they have got pretty we'll over