The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-27
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.


President Strong, of the Atchison road, says
hat no efforts are being made TO bring the
lranseontinental war to an end.
The c., St L. 6 P. engines are draped, in re-
beet to the memory of Hank McMinn. the vet
brln engineer who died day or two ago.
The Pennsylvania Company Thursday night
put on local Pullman sleeping coaches to run
nightly between Cincinnati and Pittsburg.
Passenger business to the Pacific Coast Is
showing falling of. notwithstanding the low
Fares, as people are afraid to travel on account
of the strikes
Mr.. w. j. Rogers has been appointed master
mechanic of the Missouri Pacific, in charge Of
Che shops at Kansas City, NO., in place OF Mr..
w. I. New resigned.
George Lee, formerly agent Of the Decline at
this point, is spending day or two with friends
Ia this city. His health is such that he has
abandoned railroad life.
Neither the Vandala nor the ]. & st. l.. would
yesterday take freight for ST. Louis proper
Agents Wetsel and Van Wrinkle expect the order
will be revoked this morning.
Cornelius Vanderbilt sailed for Europe Thurs
Day, On the 'Ems.h and will return in about a
month on the ''Seryia" Strike matters do not
worry him. it is said, in the least.
A Pennsylvania Railroad official says that
without question the company will be running
Its own sleeping coaches on it's entire system be-
fOr0 eighteen months rolls around.
IL " EarrIS, master mechanic or the central
branch of the Union Pacific, has resigned. Mr..
FAIRIES was formerly master mechanic of the
c.. l., ST. L. 81 G. shops at this point.
William A. Given has been appointed travel
ing freight and passenger agent of the Des
MONIES & Fort Dodge road, with Office at Des
1ioines. vice James F. jennings resigned.
The Vandalia has made arrangements to send
Pts Kansas City and Southwestern business
Hia Decatur, Hannibal and st. joe By this the
Door Illinois Midland is benefited for the time
being
T. r. Darlow, assistant superintendent Of the
Vandalia. was in the city last evening He says
She problem he is now working on is what
method railroad men can adopt to prevent
strikes
Superintendent Charles A. Coombs, of the
Knox & Lincoln railroad, will begin his duties as
superintendent and general manager of the
Hoosac Tunnel g. Western railroad on the LIST Of
Eext month.
Offical notice has been issued of the appoint
9nent of w. +. Simonds, superintendent OF the
Uoushern division of the Boston g. Lowell rail-
Eoad. to succeed j. F. Crockett resigned. The
appointment takes effect April l, 1886.
The question which railroad projectors are
8rying to answer or get answered is what
win steel rails cost next September? Nearly all
Df the rail-makers have sold their rail product
mp 70 and some beyond midsummer.
Superintendent Turner has organized a fire
brigade at the G.. St l.. & P. shops in the east
ern part of the city. They are supplied with a
liberal amount of hose reels, etc, and have al
ready practiced SO much that they are experts in
the business.
The question whether the Baltimore & Ohio
railroad would bridge the kill or the New Jersey
Legislature would kill the bridge, has prac-
ideally been decided by the lower branch of the
Natter body passing its original "kill' measure
over the Governors veto.
In accordance with the recent decision of the
United States Supreme Court the Ohio & Mis-
nsu has GaA fho IT,
press Company to discontinue business on that
portion of its line between Pana and Springfield,
Ill, on and after April l.
There is need of reform in the transportation
OF mails. Faster mail service is demanded-a re-
vival Of the limited experiment made few
years ago. The government is niggardly In its
dealings with the railroad companies. ard too ex
acting IL it would pay what the service is
worth, the companies would provide the facili-
ties and the business community would indorse
the departure readily.
The City Council is piliug up expenses on the
railroad companies in the way of requiring flag
men At street-crossings, rather heavily. There
ere row thirty nine men employed in the city
limits as 1agmen and three more will be added,
probably, at the next meeting of the City Coun-
Gil. This matter has one bright side, however.
It gives employment to men who have been Grip
Piled. who can do no other work on the roads.
The Regular meeting of the presidents Of the
Vanderbilt system of roads, which was to have
been held yesterday, was postponed for one
week. when it Is believed the successor of J. III.
Devereux, late president of the Bee-line, will be
elected The Cleveland Leader says: The Van
derbils have a well-established reputation of not
rushing into decision rashly. but on the con-
trary. seeking advice and information from their
lieutenants before taking an important STEP
Crcwfoot appreciates pass favors Never was
railroad pass acknowledged 30 grandly as tbat
forwarded by the Canadian Pacific to Crowfoot,
che Blackfeet chief. This was the way he
matched Homer: ''Great Chief of the Railway.
w. c. Van Horn-I salute you, o Chief, o
great. / am pleased with railway key, opening
road free to rne The chains and RICH covering
Of your name writing, its wonderful power to
open the road show the greatness Of your chieft-
ness. have done. CRowFooT."
Receiver Kimbail, of the Chicago g. Great
Southern, is in the city He states that the
Erack-layers within mile OF Brazil last
evening, and the road has been baasted as fast
as the track was laid The road is laid with
steel sail, weighing sixty pounds to the yard,
resting on three thousand cross ties TO the mile.
OF the new equipments, four passenger engines
have arrived. and twelve freight engines are
housed at Philadelphia, awaiting orders to ship
them. The Lafayette car works are delivering
Ten per day, building the four hundred coal
cars first.
few days viii decide whose authority has the
preferences with the directors of the Ohio g. Mis-
vissiPpi road AS stated a short time ago the gen.
erai superintendent notified Division Superin-
Bendent Cole that his resignation would be &C
cepted MIR. Cole referred the matter to Presi-
dent Peabody, who told him to perform his usual
duties until such time as he, the President noti-
fed him that he no longer wanted. Mr. Cole
has been with the road some twenty years
There is good authority for stating that this mat
Ger VIII be settled between now and April /, when
q number official changes will probably take
place.
The Cleveland Leader says: at is known
faet that some months ago the question of con-
bolidating the Decline with some other one of the
Vanderbilt properties was discussed, but wheth-
pr it was proposed that the Lake Shore and Bee
Zine be united. that the Decline be leased to the
New York Central, or that the discussion took
eome other form. has not yet leaked out. 1t is
not unlikely that this same subject may be con-
Bidered now, and that the next meeting of the
Vanderbilt presidents may take it up, the