The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-15
Personal, Loca, and State Notes.


An adjourned meeting Of the passenger de-
partment Of the Central Traffic Association will
be held in st. Louis to-day.
John s. Wilson, late with the Pennsylvania
road, has accepted the presidency Of the Pough-
keepsie Bridge Company, succeeding w. w.
Gibbs.
Freight men report that but very little new
corn is yet moving, although it should be going
forward briskly now. The long spell of wet
weather units it for shipment.
The Philadelphia & Reading road has given
notice that all grain in bulk for Philadelphia
must be billed to Philadelphia and not to any
particular delivery, ana that bills of lading must
be issued accordingly.
S. F. Pierson. vice chairman OF the Trunk line
AS ociation, was in the city yesterday. He said
the first intimation be had that new Union
Station had been built at Indiana polls was when
the Bee-line train run into the train sheds.
II is stated that traffic manager Murray, of
the Chesapeake Ohio and of the c., l., st. L. &
C., will place wide-awake representative of the
first named line at this point. The line will
work earnestly for both ssaboard and export
business.
The proposed changes in the Pennsylvania
railroads staff OF officials have been deferred for
Office Of fourth vice-president would be created
again and that General Manager Pugh would be
elected to fill it.
The roads in the Central Traffic Association
have agreed to make the ratss for the holidays
one and third OF the regular round.trip rate
On Doc. "a, % and 81 and JAM /, good to return
up to and including Jan. 3, 1880
General Manager Green, of the c., l., ST. L.
u G., spent portion Of yesterday in the city
and then went on to Chicago Mr.. Green says
that their business would be so per cent. heavier
IL the company was able to secure the cars
needed to move the freight offered
Trainv,oeta- P,iroseo ~ xh. Cb;..~. r,..A
ern Illinois. aud Chief Train Dispatcher Drew,
Of the Same road, will remove their offices to-
day, taking their entire force from Chicago to
Danville. ILL., The train-dispatchers at Terre
Haute will be removed to the same point.
President McKeeu has ordered the en- pine
which the Terre Hauts Harrison ana Morton
club hauled around in their procession housed in
the r. H. & /. round house at Terre Haute
The Indianapolis Harrison and Morton club has
not yet decided what they viii do with their en-
CINE.
Engines I06 l6S and 2Os on the Bee line
proper are making some remarkably fast runs,
hauling trains 5 and 10 between indianapolis
and Gallon. For some portions of the distance
the time is scheduled ut mile q minute, and
these engines often. when hauling nine cara,
improve on it. ="
It is understood that the Deisyille. New AL.
bauy & Chicago Railroad Company is to become
member % the Union Railway Company, on
the same basis that the Ohio Indiana e. West
ern and the indianapolis. Decatur e. Western
are members, having n voice only in the man
agement OF tho property
The plan OF putting in service one engine on
the east end Of the Union Station, and another
on the west end to do ell the switching has
boen dropped for the present, and, heretofore,
half-dozen engines OF the different roads will
be running over the Union tracks whenever
passenger business is heavy.
When the Union Pacific and the Central
N trai VIII To- a
known as the Golden Gate Special" the run
from indianapolis to San Francisco will be m ade
in eiehty-feur hours-twsnty- four hours from
Indianapolis to Council Bluffs and sixty hours
from Council Bluffs to San Francisco.
President Dowd and Vice president Carson. of
the Louisville, New Albany IL Chicago road,
were 10 the city the greater part of yesterday,
and with Superintendent Woodland looked over
the proposed improvement in terminal facilities
President Dowd expressed himself rs we'll salts
fed with what the management had done in that
direction.
Engine 227 on the Michigan Central road 10
doing its work SO we'll that the company will or
der several more like It This engine rests on
three pairs of driviuc-wheels, with a four
wheeled truck In front. The weight on the
drivers is $4,000 pounds. aud tho driving wheels
are i've feet and eight inches 10 diameter. They
haul the heavy express trains at q speed OF a
mile minute whenever such speed IL needed.
On Monday Superintendent Evan, of the In-
dianapols division Of the Bee-iine, will establish
| forenoon and afternoon schools fer the purpose
| OF instrueting the train men Of the passenger
service in the use OF heating cars by steam taken
| from tho locomotive. The entire passenger
| equipment OF the road 10 now being fitted mp at
the several shops rapidly possible for heat
| ing by steam from the locomotive. The device
used is simple and very effective heating trains
to an extent that would be difficult by any other
| method.
The impression prevails among general freight
| agents In the West that the trunk lines are
punching cars In the East, and will continue to
| do so until east bound rates are advanced The
| only way to get returned after IL gets on q
| trunk line 10 to load II. Not an empty car is
| coming West As proof that such is the case il
vania now have plenty of cars to handle their
local busfnt q, while they profess to be short OF
ears 70 haul the east-bound trafic. IL 10 the old