The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-04-21
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.

AFEAIRO UF HE RA1LW 1Ds
Personal. Local and State Notes.
Passenger agents here were yesterday notified
| that the Pacific railway in Nebraska would be
| opened for business on Monday next, to Pros
ser, Neb.
! The Lafayette Courier states that John W.
Stark, of that city. has refused offer of $l2.
600 for his interest in car brake recently
| patented
The Grand Rapids & Indiana is to convert
its passenger depot at Rome City into a
freight depot and build new modern-styled
passenger depot
Wildcat township, Howard county has voted
an appropriation of $ll, 900 for the Atlantic &
Mississippi railroad, contem plated line from
Cleveland to St Louis.
The Chicago e. Great Western and the Wis
consin Central. it is stated. are to combine and
build fine union depot at Chicago at an esti-
mated cost of 50. 100, 900.
Charlottesville, By 305 majority. voted against
making an approximation to aid in the construc-
ton of the Atlantic & Mississippi road, instead
of for 1t, as at first reported.
President Sprague, of the Ohio Falls car
works. reports the prospects for carworks to be
Frightening. This week they have received con-
tracts to build l. 900 freight
The Jefersonville News Eays that this week
fifteen employees at the Ohio Falls car-works
with their families have removed to Indianapo-
lis. where they have secured better jobs.
The CHICAGO e Atlantic is the only road doing
business east out of Chicago which shows an
increase in earnings over the corresponding
period of 1887. In the second week of April
the increase was Sc. 553.
Frank W. Morse formerly master mechanic
on the Lake Erie & Western road. has been ap-
pointed superintendent of motive power of the
Des Moines & Northwestern and the st. Louis.
Des Moines q Northern roads.
The American Express Company has estab-
lishsd agencies at the following points on the
Bedford 8 Bloomfield division of the L., N. A.
& c.: Spriugvills. Owensbure, Rock wood, Min
eral City, Bloomfield and Swiss City.
olIa qop% TIVE
ticket agent of the Bee-iine uptown Office, has
resigned and gone into scalper Webbs Office.
Frank Craig, son OF conductor Craig. on the
Bse-line succeeds Mr.. Hellsnbeck in the Bee
line Office.
j. g. Everest, general agent Of the passenger
department. of the Chicago. Milwaukee GE st.
Paul road, was in tho city yesterday. He re-
ports travel as increasing again the c.. II. 6
St. p, and the business of the road generally
quite satisfactory.
The mania for putting through coaches be-
such point that probably with the taking Of
feet OF the spring time tables both the Vandslia
and the Indianapolis g. st. Louis will establis b
through lines to that point.
On Monday next coke rates from Pittsburg to
western points will be- re6nced another per
cent, making the reduction in the last sixty
days 10 per cent. putting them back to what
they wore in February, 1887 st. Louis and
Chicago will both be benefited by the reduction.
Competitors of the Pennsylvania lines are
feeling sore over the % per cent of the east
pennsylvania
been carrying out of this territory and they do
not hesitate in expressing the belief that this
large increase has been secured through rate
cutting.
Decline. is in the West In company with
General Manager Beach and other officials of
the read, he is expected to arrive in the city
this evening and remain over Sunday and on
Monday go west over the Indianapolis s. ST.
Louis road.
The excavation work in the cut on the Peoria
extension of the Lake Erie Sc Western. which
has delayed matters 80 much. will be completed
this evening. and the track-layers will Law on
Monday, the mile and one half of track which
completes the line of the road from Sandusky and
indianapolis 60 Peoria.
Edward Hill, who has just been appointed
engineer of maintenance of way OF the Indian
apolis g Vincennes road, but eight years ago
commenced on the c.. ST. L. e P road as stake
driver in the engineers corps He soon got to
be one of the Supervisors, and in that position
made an excellent record.
Last month tested the grit of the members of
the National Switchmen's Mutual Benefit Asso-
citation the assessments of the month reaching
$19 This includes assessments on deaths of
members. on benefits 20 members who were in
jured and untitled for duty, and the assessment
to aid the strikers on the c.. B. & @. road.
Instead of bnildine extensions, the Lake
Shore people are this year i'm proving the physic-
al condition of their present mileage In this
State and in Ohio good deal is being done in
cutting down grades and regraveing 1t is pro-
posed to make sixteen feet to the mla the maxi
mum grACe on the line IN OnIo ana Indiana
Railroad policeman Fort has been instructed
to arrest every or boy who jumps on TO
moving trains over the Union tracks. The
practice of man and boys boarding passenger
trans and then cody walking through the
coaches, staring people out % countsnance. has
become entirely TOO common. and Mayor Denny
has decided TO put stop to it and will take
excuse hereafter.
At the Cleveland aud Nation shops the work
of rebuilding the passenger squ ipments of the
Bee-line. is being pushed, well at Bright
wood. This week q passenger train rebuilt
tire, haa been turned ont OF the shops At BRIGHT
wood. and at Cleveland six coaches which have
been thoroughly overhauled will De turned out
next week At Brightwood As many more will
be run out before the month closes.
The managing editor of one of the weekly
PAPERS VINO was favored by the Bee-line with .
mileage book. 60 be usad by persons con nected
With the paper. placed Il ir scaiper's Office.
Thursday lnmberman wan ted TO 60 TO Ander-
son and got this mileage book from the scalper.
As the Bre-line conductors had bAen Instructed
to take the book up when presented conductor
Heath did so. and the lumbsrnAn paid 3 cents
per mile for his trip.
The railroad managers of the country are
showing their appreciation OF the stand that the
conductors have taken strikes by Offering
the mem bers of the Order of ilway Conduct
ors and thsir families free Transportation to
to be held in Toronto All the important
lines in the country show more than an ordina-
~ interest that the conductors should have a
pleasant time and that their expenses shall be
trihing
Now that the Decline seems to be IN earnest
Ia the putting ON Of O vestibue train between
ST. Louis aud New York, in connection with the