The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-06
Name of Road.
Local ard State Notes

r H. Hudeins was on Saturday last appointed
agent of the Cincinnati Hamilton 81 Indianap-
oils road at Morristown. vice j. N Tynor, re-
signed.
chanic of the Boston 81 Providence road, has
been appointed one of the railway commission
ers of Rhode Island
C. S. Pennington, formerly general freight
agent of the Cairo & Vincennes road, has taken
a similar position with the Florida Railway and
Navigation Company.
There were transferred over the Belt road, in
the week ending Feb. 4. total of IL. 900 cars
against 10, 299 cars in the corresponding week IN
1887 increase this year, 2 631 cars.
The last few days there has been an increased
movement OF livestock. Belt-road engine last
week handled 701 carloads. against Cos carloads
in the corresponding week of 1887.
j. Lowrie Bell, Traffic Manager Of the Phila
delphia e. Reading road, has resigned. He is
one of the last relics of the Gowen rule and had
been with the road thirty-one years.
The Lake Erie e. Western people anxious
to get their Peoria extension completed. to
begin to run trains over 1t by the 15ta of next
month, and az several points are working day
and night forces on excavations.
After dligent inquiry Commissioner Blanch-
ard, of the Central Traffic Association, has come
70 the clusion that there is truth in the
reports that some of the roads in connection
with the trunk lines cutting either east
west bound rates.
Thomas A Biddle. who at the head Of
the financial house connected with the fnan-
cial department. of the Pennsylvania Company.
died on Saturday IL is said that it was not an
uncommon occurrence in him to spend two days
In signing vouchers for dividends.
General Manager Galloway, of the Toledo. ST.
Louis & Kansas City road. has leased several OF
their heavy freight engines to the Chicago g.
Atlantic road, which is overtaxed with business
The Erie is unable TO lend them any of N. Y,
p. e. o. engines, so many of them in bad
shape from numerous collisions of late, conse-
quenty the G. & A. goes TO outside parties.
Judge Gresham Saturday entered the final
decree for the foreclosure sale of the Central
Iowa road. The road s four hundred and forty
miles long, and has been the North western out
let for the Indiana, Bloomington 81 Western
road for some time past and it is believed will
be bought in in the interest of this road. Alfred
Sully is one Of the largest holders OF the bonds
Eastern financial papers are speaking in highly
complimentary terms of the ability NJ E. ingalls,
has displayed in bringing the Chesapeake 81 Ohio
road out of its financial troubles. The plan
which he has worked out involves a consolidation
of the properties into new trunk line extend
ing from Cincinnati, to tide water and the extin-
guish m emit of all the liens now upon the properly
and the issue of entirely securities
The Ohio & Mississippi company will to-day
commence to run their through freight trains
via Watson, then over the Kentucky and Indi-
ana bridge into Louisville. The o. q Nj people
expect to largely increase the business of the
Louisville division by this arrangement. claim
ing that the Pennsylvania Company, which did
their business between Jeffersenville and Louis.
vile. often retarded their freight traffic over the
bridge.
Young Allhand. who was fireman on the train
wrecked at Urbana, few days ago. was stepson
of John Pontius ex- foreman of engines on the
Pennsylvania lines The father of Allhand was
killed on the same switch engine four years ago.
A large delegation of the Indianapolis Division
OF the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
9esterday went to Urbana attend the funeral
Of engineer Brown, who was killed in the same
collision mt Urbana.
The Passenger Agents Association of the
State of Michigan will meet to-day at Detroit
consider the question of issuing 5,000-mile inter-
cbangeable mileage tickets at cents per
mile General Passenger Agents Of several of
the Indiana roads have been invited to attend
the meeting to confer regarding tho matter, as
some Of the Indiana roads are interested. The
Decline. the Cincinnati, Wabash s. Michigan,
and the Wabash proper are of the number.
The Master Mechanics' Association, which ia
an organization of high mechanical standing, is
largely increasing its usefulness by taking in
members some of the more important West
ern lines. f. B. Wall, approximations of motive
power of the Pennsylvania lines west of Pitts
burg: g. w. Rhodes. formerly with the Penn
Rylvania, now with the Chicago. Burlington 81
Quincy, and N. w. Sample, OF the Denver 81
Rio Grande, holding similar positions as that of
Mr.. Walls, have become active members
There were received and forwarded over the
fifteen Indianapolis lines in January total of
so, 923 cars, OF which number 60. 934 were loaded
cars, against n total of 93, 308 in 1887, of which
number n, 906 were loaded cars, and against
total OF 81, $50 in 1886. of which number 81, 5Sf
were loaded cars. 1t should be borne in mind
that the traffic of January, 1887, was the largest
In any January in the history of the roads. As
compared with the same month in any year but
1887 the exhibit Of January, 1888, is very large
ly in excess of the average movement.
The Bee-line people will. the first OF next
month. make several changes which will greatly
improve their passenger train service. both in
time of trains and the making of connections.
Train No. 10. which is now too heavy for n
CINE to haul between Indians polis and st. Louis.
will De run IN two sections, and a com tination
sleeping and chair car will be put on to run
nightly each way between the two points; and
train No. 4, now via Dayton, will be- run
east over the Decline direct, catching the FIRST
section of the fast line over the Lake Shore road
PoIlack's Mysterious Absence.