The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-30

city. to the Grand Central Depot, in Fortysecond
street An enormous station is TO be erected IN Jer
sey City at which trains from ali parts of the country
will receive and discharge passengers 50 that the en-
tire passenger traffic to and from New York will PASS
through Jersey City The land and titles necessary to
the project have been secured and ali that is required
for the actual commencement of the work is cessa-
ton of the present labor toubles
Thomas A. Wilson who, for thirty-six years, has
been agent of the Bee-line at Cleveland. died on
Wednesday last and was buried on Friday afternoon
For several years the infrmities of approaching old
age had made active service impossible. Still his
name was kept the pay rolls of the Bee-ne tor the
good work he had done in the past Although he bad
been an invalid for several years he attended to scme
business all the while, and down to the Office an
Monday, just two days before his death from parey
sis.
The Cleveland Leader Is much distressed over the
light passenger business and assigns for reason that
the pools have advanced and maintaining
rates, and people will not travel. We notice that
roads which are in pool and are not bound by any
agreement are, as well showing decreased earnings
of the travelling public have been or less timid
about starting on trip This feeling is gradually
dying out. however, and an unusually heavy fall bust
is in prospect unless the strike troubles should
again come to the 'front.'
O. p. McCarty. assistant general ticket agent of the
Union Pacific, recently offered more important
whers he no Sn is Mr.
indianapolis roads, He entered railroad service
june l. 1864; to May 1866, clerk in general ticket
1866, to July 1866 city ticket agent Chicago q
Great Eastern railroad, Chicago; July, 1855, to
spring of 1869 clerk in general ticket Office Columbus
s. indianapolis Central railroad; spring of 500 to
January, 1870, clerk in general ticket Office and audi
tors Office Pittsburg Cincinnati & st. Louis railway;
January, 1870 to January, 1850. chief clerk in gen.
eral ticket Office Indianapolis Bloomington q Western
railway; January 1880 to April /, 1880 division
clerk general ticket office, Union Pacific railway;
April 1, 1880 to May 1881 chief clerk in the ticket
department of the same road; May /, 1884, to date
assistant general ticket agent.
The Boston Herald is responsible for the following
which is another version of the phantom train re-
ported at intervals from all parts of the country BE
fore the Boston g. Maine railroad extended to
Portland visitors reached Old Orchard by branch of
the Eastern road Since the building of the former
roads extension, the branch has been abandoned and
trains have it for years. The rails up,
and in many places the road bed destroyed Last sum-
mer, party of Canadian gentlemen, three in mum
Der, were walking along this deserted road,
they heard distinctly the rumble of an
approaching train. 1t nearer and nearer and
yet nothing AS it came close to them they
al involuntarily jumped from the track and the In
visible train passed Them going toward the beach the
sound growing fainter it went The gen tlemen
much frightened and one was quite overcome by
sion that had been left and declared that he knew
something terrible was going to happen. That very
afternoon he received dispatch from friends in Mon
treal telling him that his wife and only child had been
killed by railroad accident that very forenoon"