The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-04-18
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.

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g. w. Sharp has been appointed agent of the
Indianapolis & Vincsnnes, vice D. w. Ray,
/ transferred to Bushro3
| F. h. Ensworth has been appointed contract
| ing agent of the Cincinnati. Hamilton 81 Day
| ton, with headquarters at indianapolis.
| III. NJ Kern. formerly of the Cincinnati Ham
| ilton & Indianapolis road. has accepted the po-
sition of CONDUCTOR on the L, D. q w. road.
S. w. Knapp has been appointed superintsnd
/ emit of the Salt Lake division of the Central
/ Pacific road. His headquarters will be Ogden.
| Myron Wood. freight agent of the N. Y. P. g.
o., at Youngstown, has resigned to take the
| general agency of the Pittsburg Lake Erie
railroad
The Southern Pacific is projecting line from
| FL Paso to White Oaks, ths Atlantic s. Pa
| cihc, opening new country and another trans
continental line.
| Sunday next the new fast train over the L.,
Depot until A. NJ, the time having been
| shortened one-hAf an hour.
| Decatur, ILL.,, ia to have 100000 union de-
| pot. the several companies running in there
joining hands in building it. work viii be com
menced on the structure next n onth.
| @. F. Richardson. who for some years has
been private secretary of A. II. Towne of the
| Central Pacific, has been appointed assistant
| superintendent of the Pacific system
| The c., St l.. & P. people contemplate doing
/ good deal this season in the way OF improving
| their yards at the more important points and
/ increasing their track capacity.
| Competitors of the Pennsylvania lines are at
/ their wits end to understand how it is that this
/ line can name cents lower rate on export bust
| nees to any European point than they can.
The general passenger and freight agents of
| the roads in the Central Trafsc Association met
yesterday in Chicago to prepare work for the
| general managers who convene .here to-day.
| There has been q handsome increase in the
grain movement in the last few days, aud the
numerous inquiries for cars, yesterday. indi-
| cate that there is to be . general revival In
freight traffic.
j. w. Study of Rushville. who has been nom
mated judge OF the Eighth judicial Circuit
Court by the Republicans. has been the attorney
of the Cincinnati Hamilton e Indianapolis road
for sixteen years.
has elected F. G. Donald, OF the Chicago s. At
lantic, president; A. v. Carpenter of the c.. nj.
& St P, vice-president, and T. G. McMilen
secretary and treasurer
The Cincinnati, WABASH & Mishigan is to ex-
pend 5000, 0e9 in extensions AUD increasing it's
equipments the present season. and should tho
extension to Rushville be constructed, even a
larger amount will be required.
j. W. Midgely, commissioners of the South,
western Traffic Association, Is on the Pacific
coast, where he will remain about thirty days
for the benefit of his health. which has become
somewhat undermined by hard work
R. J. Williams. late division freight agent on
the Ohio & Mississippi road, has accepted the
position of general Northwestern freight agent
of the Illinois Central road, with headquarters
at st. Paul. He takes his new position May !.
The Lake Shore people will put on another
passenger train between Chicago and New York
May ID. and the Bee-line will probably make
| shorten the time between St Louis and tho
| East
| A. j. Thomas president Of the Cairo e. Vim
cennss road, was in the city yesterday. en- route
| to Cairo, over the Indianapolis & Vincennes
road. There ars good grounds for the belief
| that at no distant day the & V. will be the
eastern division of the Cairo & Vincennes.
Freight men are of the opinion that shipments
hnf and
| through TO be the heaviest in many years.
There was more cut last year than usual and
| all over the country there is more building GO
| ing on than last year Furniture manufactures
are all busy, and they work up large quantity
| of lumber.
The Terrs Haute car-works resumed opera
tons Monday, commencing on ]. 900 box cars for
the Chicago e. North western road When the
c., B. g. O. strike on, the c. g. N. w. peo-
pie offered the Terre Hauts car-works S., 900 il
they would release the company on the contract;
but the outlook is now brighter and the COM
pany will take the cars.
The roads centeriug at Evansville should be
commended for the effort they make to help the
city in the Pocket. They run trains to throw
business into that city and put additional
trains when necessary. The l.. E. & st. l.. has
inst put a train which enables the people of
Southern Indiana to run into Evansville and
remain few hours, and reach home at season
| able hour the same night.
| 1.-THE following named gentlemen have been
elected members of the board of directors of the
| Ohio Southern railroad for the ensuing year:
| Alfred Sully. Austin Corbin, j. r. Maxwell
Henry Graves: Dumont Clark. f. K. Dow. of
and II. L. Chapman. of Springfield: q. S. Hill
lard, of Wellston; Isaac Brown. of jackson,
and Fl. Ii. Weakley. of New Calisele.
The death assessments of the Mutual Benefit
Association, of the Cincinnati Hamilton g. Day.
ton, thus far this year number four. it having
been an unusually fatal time in their ranks
up to date there have been seventy-two assess
ments. which is good record az whole. TIL
association pays benefit of S. a week in case
of sickness or accident which prevents mem
Der from work, and IN case OF death the heirs re-
eeive $500.
movement is foot among the local rail-
road men to make the closing up OF Saturday at
p. general As the matter now stands the
hour OF closing is very irregular and places the
roads which strictly adhere to the agresmeent
to close at P. NJ at disadvantage. some
agents using this fact to induce shippers to for
ward business over their lines. AS most of the
roads acting very cleverly in the matter of re-
receiving freiehts on the other FIVE DAYS of the
week 1t would seem no more than right that the
shippers should encourage the 4 o'clock closing
on Saturdays.
E. b. Thomas. vice-president OF the New York
Pennsylvania & Ohio road seems to have been
appreciated the Richmond 8 Danville eys-
tenn. of which he To- three years general
manager On Monday last he received an ex-
press package which con tanned elegant gold
watch, with a heavy gold chain and pendant
compass Accompanying the package a
note, signed, "Pevton Randolph. for the boys
requesting Mr.. Thomas to receivs the Gift as
slight token of the esteem he was held in by the
employees on the Richmond & Danville road
A large railrosd contractor does not take
rosy view of the railroad construction of the
year as does tho Railway Age. He says good
deal of the work of the first quarter of this year
was nothing more than the completion of what
remained over from what was begun last year.
lt 10 we'll known that few new railroad projects
have been undertaken recently, and the mcder-
ate demand which prevails for steel rails does
not promise great activity in railroad building
for the next nine months When the unfinished
roads are completed. there is likely to be con-
siderable falling of in mileage.
miscellaneous Notes
The Northern Pacific is enlargiug the shops at
Como and other points. preparatory to building
considerable per cent of new equipment
IL Ia stated that the New YORK Central com
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