The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-06
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.


The Pacific Express Company is to open an
office at Terrs Haute. Charles Seeley will act
as their agent.
1t is said to be highly probable that a. W.
fHibbard, general freight agent of the andalia
system will remove his headquarters from st.
Louis to Terre Haute.
III. J. Page. general freight agest of the c., l.,
st. l.. & c., Master Mechanic Patterson, and
Travelling Agent Ewing were in the city yester-
day on official business.
a. G. Wicker, traffic manager of the Chicago
81 Northwestern road, has been offered the posi-
rtion of commissioner OF the Southern pool 1t
is said he will not accept.
The heavy mail trains run over the Pennsyl-
vania lines in tho year 1885 made the best time
record for years. more especially in the months
Ethe fast mail train was run in two sections.
In the year 1885 there were 1.476 vandalia pas
.senger trains run into the Union Depot, and of
this number only sixty-four were late, and of
the siKty-four only twelve were over twenty
minutes late.
AS soon as the Pennsylvania people get their
monster Class d freight engines in service they
will largely increase the number of cars in their
frsight trains. and wholly abandon the double
header system.
On account of i'll health J. w. Carey.
general ticket agent OF the Lake Shore
IS Michigan Southern Railroad Company.
has resigned, and E. G. Luce has been ap-
pointed to his place.
The l., d. & s. passenger department announ-
ces on the B. & 0. telephone book that they are
the only line running cars to Peoria via Keokuk.
This would seem TO be a roundabout route to
Peoria. Directly the reverse would read better.
The Pennsylvania people will make extensive
improvements on their union depot at Pttsburg
the coming season. Among other things it is
proposed to raise the lengthy platforms ten
inches They are now on level with the
tracks
Hereafter the Fort Wayne special sleeping
coach which leaves indianapolis at ll:3O P. NJ,
will be found on the spur track, west of the
Union Depot, after P. NJ Parties wishing to
retire early can avail themselves Of this con-
yeneuce.
The directors of the IT., Fl. & l. have declared
dividend of per cent, payable Feb. l. making
a dividend of per cent in the last twelve
But few railroad properties are handled as well
as the T., FL. e. /.
A country agent who in the year 1885 sold $64
worth of tickets for prominent road. yester
day applied for pass over this line and one of
IFS connections for himself wife and six children
only The rate on that number of tickets would
be $2O7 between the points named in the request.
Paymaster Shepherd, of the Wabash system
paid on the L.. P. & c. division yesterday for
November service. In the last five months he
has gained fifteen days on the back-pay rolls.
AT this rate in another year the Wabash en-
ployes will be paid as promptly as employees on
most other roads.
Within the next few months number of roads
now in the hands of receivers will be turned
over to the stockholders. Of this number are
the J., ID. Il S.. the Chicago Sc Great Southern,
the Denver & Rio Grande, Philadelphia & Read
ing. Jersey Central, Nickle- plate. Wabash. Tole-
do Cincinnati & St Louis, Houston & Texas
Central.
The c. B. & O. management announce the
following appointments NJ E. Fairweather,
nnfa Nd nhe nf ntrI,k cta ,,~ ~
Chicago; Ell. G. Orr. agent at Kansas in charge
of passenger business at that point and Mr..
Firth in charge of passenger business west of
Kansas City, in the States of Kansas and
Colorado.
Some of the Indianapolis roads seem to have
4orgotten that there is an agreement that they
all signed few months since to dispense with
sub passenger agents who roam over the
try in search of parties going West or South, and
furnish them tickets at cut rates. The lines in
question would better withdraw from the agree
ment if they do not propose to live up to it.
AS the Wabash and G., H. 6 D. have agreed
hereafter to weigh all freghts forwarded which
pool business would it not be well to clean
The slate of all past irregularities and restore
harmony again between the east bound roads2
No one seems to have profted by the underbill-
ing, as the trunk lines weighed the property at
their Western termin and set the weight up to
the actual figures.
After all the complaints of light travel in the
month of December the receipts at the outside
Offices of the c. H. 70 d. were double those of
FDecember, 1884, which was the result of having
Ia live passenger to look after their business
The receipts of the c., L. st. Z. & G. were $54G
ahead of those of December 1884, and of the
Wabash 1912. The l., B. & w. people. as we'll,
report an increase.
The representatives of three of the leading
indianapolis roads in their outside Offices receive
mo salary from the roads, and must make their
salaries out of commissions. Such being the
case. it is not surprising that where the commits
bion is So, they will cut the rate 81, and in the
same proportion where the commission is larger.
This method of supporting outside Offices makes
them practically scalping Offices
j. +. McCatchie was yesterday appointed
master mechanic of the L., N. A. & G. road. He
comes off of the Ohio e. Mississippi road.
Josiah Betty. who retires, was appointed mas
ter mechanic at the request of the Rogers loco
motive works. which sold the L., N A. & C.
some thirty locomotives on time payments.
now that they are paid for the L., N. A. g. c.
appoints of its choice
So few general freight agents were in attend
ance at the meeting Of the Middle and Western
States Freight Association that, after transact
ing a little business of minor Importance the
meeting adjourned to Jan. 90, to be held at
Cleveland, where several committee meetings
to be held that date. The slim attend
ance was due to the fact that important meet
ings were held at both Chicago and New York
yesterday.
Col. h. G. Mutt. president. and D. B. Robin
son. general manager of the Atlantic & Pacific
road are in Chicago. W. A. Bissell has been ap-
pointed general freight and passenger agent of
this road, with headquarters at Albuquerque to
succeed Mr.. w. c. Dennison, resigned Mr. Bis
sell was formerly Pacific coast agent at San
Francisco lie has also been appointed manager
Of the Atlant & Pacific fastfreight line. with
headquarters at San Francisco. SO that he is
favored with two Offices
Chicago papers set afioat rumors that Frank
Harriott is to be appointed traffic manager of the
Baltimore e. Ohio and that c. S. White would
succeed him general freight agent; that Ell.
Coupe. of Cincinnati. would be appointed COM
missioner of the Colorado railway, Colorado,
Utah, and other associations, made vacant by
the resignation of George w. Daniels, and that
w r. Mcmillan would be the successor of p. P.