The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-01
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.

general freight and passenger agent Of the Rich
Sncnd & Danville road at Richmond
w. I. Cox. attorney of the c., l., ST. L. & c.,
returned yesterday from Block Island. r. L.,
where he had been spending three weeks in pleas
ure.
Col. H. o. Mutt, president of the Atlantic &
Pacific road, arrived in Chicago yesterday, after
a lengthy trip to the far Northwest, which great
~ benefited his recently impaired health.
Will the Central Iowa. which, in connection
with the T.. B. 8 W., has been so demoralizing
rates to tina Northwest of late, restore rates, as
promised to-day, is a question which the North
western lines anxious about. as we'll as the
roads doing business between Indianapolis and
the Northwest via Chicago.
The ticket scalpers take kindly to the PROPOSE
ton to pool all passenger business OF the roads
in all directions They say if the pools bring
about maintenance of rates it will be their
harvest time For some time past the low ticket
agents have worried the scapers by placing rates
below what the scalpers could sell at
The United States Railway Passenger Con-
ductors' Accident Association headquarters In
diaaapolIs, seems to be doing a good work. 1t
yesterday paid $ll0 IL to A. 5. Knapp on time
lost from an accident W. F. Cunningham got
853 81 for time lost while suffering from a
cinder in his eye and $25 was forwarded to s.
w. Shurm, conductor injured on the Cincinnati
Southern.
Sept the Central Traffic Association passen-
ger committee meet in Chicago; Sept the
Master Car and Locomotive Painters Associa-
ton holds its annual meeting In Chicago; Sept.
10 the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen hold
their annual convention in Minneapolis; Sept Il
the National Association of General Ticket and
Passenger Agents meet at Hotel Brunswick,
New York.
passenger and ticket agent of the Memphis &
Charleston railway that l.. j. Ellis has been
appointed assistant general passenger agent of
the Georgia division of the East Tennessee,
Virginia S Georgia Railway Company, and
Ihas. N. Right has been appointed general
Western passenger agent, with headquarters at
Little Rock, Ark.
Nov. 3 the contract between the Indianapolis.
Peru d Chicago road and the Woodruff Sleep
5ng-car Company expires. Under this contract
the Pennsylvania people have been obliged to run
Woodruff sleeping coaches between Louisville
and Chicago. On the above date the Pullman
cars will be substituted for the Woodruff The
Pullman Car Company is fitting up two elegant
sleeping cara for this special run.
The St Louis exposition, Knights Templars
Tade, trades display and other attractions will
form seven weeks of continued enjoyment at ST.
Louis and, that all may participate. the Indian
epolis q St Louis railway will sell tickets to ST.
Louis and return at special low rates. commenc-
Ing Sept. and closing Oct. %. A special reurn
train will leave St. Louis Union Depot about
l1:3O P. NJ. of Tuesday, Oct 8, after the Yelled
Prophets parade, and run through TO Indianapo-
lis, stopping at all stations. enabling all vino
may desire to return home same night
Amusing incidents occur at the Union Depot
aince the green corps of postal clerks took bold.
Yesterday one of the new men was running about
the depot between trains, under trains. over
trains, bunting the Wabash mail car. Finally
he threw his two mail sacks into the l. 81 st. l..
mail car. Fortunately the mail agent in the car
noticed the mistake The day before, it is stated,
the c., l., st. l.. & e. mail pouches, which should
20 west, were thrown into the east bound mail
car. This time one of the express men told the
postal clerk of his blunder and he had just time
10 rectify the mistake before the train pulled out
In the last few months the private sdings in
And about Indianapolis have been increased to
lSA, and the siding capacity to 3 $40 cars. There
is no other city In the Union which can show so
good accommodations of this character.
There is hardly manufacturing es establishment
in or about the city which has not the convent
enee of loading or unloading cars off of any road
stunning in here right st its doors at the small
cost of placing the cars, and, while these ac-
Commodations are hardly appreciated, the
switching is done at lower rates than at any
point in the Union This statement is made
after careful inquiry.
Captain Ed Raschig who for twenty years
past has been chief clerk of E. w Sloane, di-
vision superintendent of the American Express
Company, takes the position Of travelling auditor
of ths company to-day. He makes the change
thinking that his new position will be less con-
fning and his health will be improved. The
Captain has been faithful servant to the COM
pany's interests, and General Superintendent
Juler says his prompt and honorable methods of
doing business have been fully appreciated by
the superior officers of the company. By the
by. the Captain ranks among InGiana's oldest
citizens, having resided here thirty three years.
The Champaign s. Havana road is to be sold
tomorrow The belief is that the Illinois Cen
trail will purchase the property In December
last the majority of the first mortgage bonds
were sold. Who were the purchasers has been
kept secret but it is thought they were bought
In the interest of the Illinois Central. The
property would be valuable acquisition for
the l., B. & W. or the Wabash, but neither is in
position, financially, to gather 1t in. The day
before the present holders of the bonds secured
them Austin Corbin pressed to purchase
them. but he diily dallied until the next day
and when he went to purchase them they had
been disposed of.
The Pittsburg Dispatch says: "The'Batimore
s. Ohio has been infringing on the Pennsylvania
railroads darling monopoly in the East. and the
Pennsylvania railroad has retaliated by cutting
of some OF the Baltimore q Ohio's connections
The Baltimore & Ohio hits back by cutting rates
and intimating that it will soon be in shape tc
demand percentage in the New York pool
The Pennsylvania railroad replies with the threat
AhRt 1t will inaugurate a railway war and infiic
suro the present pool relations, just as it did in
she last light solely for the purpose of upholding
the combination that suits it,"
The general managers of the lines doing bust
mess between Chicago and ST. Paul held a meet
ing In Chicago yesterday preliminary to one &c
be held Sept. 10, when effort will be made to
form pool TO cover all business between St
Paul, Minneapolis. Chicago ST. Louis and Kan
sas City. What the outcome of the final meet
ing will be cannot now be told There ara &C
many disor1ered elements that it may be impos
'nole to harmonize them all. New roads are
also to be taken in. and it is questionable if per
;entages that will be satisfactory to all can be
greed upon. The Burlington & Northern, Min
Resota q Northwestern and Wisconsin Central
will ask larger per cents. than they are likely te
get There is some talk of reviving the old
trafic association. but she majority of the Of
fcials of the several lines to favor the
formation of pool. and have the matter Of per