The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-03-29
Personal. Local and state Not . 8.

G.. w. Fairbanks, solicitor of the Ohio. Indiana
& Western road, left last evening for New York.
II. r. Dsring. assistant general passenger
agent of the Pennsylvania lines. who has been
in Florida for couple of weeks, returned yes
terday
The Louisville, Evansville g. st. Louis road
has reduced the number OF freight brakemen to
each train to two, which order affects fifteen
train crews
John Evan. superintendent of the Indianapr
oils division of the Decline, is expected homo,
from Hot Springs tomorrow. He is much i'm
proved in health.
they would restore rates to tariff, April 4. is
void until further notice, which has rather
settled freight matters again. =
It is intimated that the Pennsylvania Compa-
ny will make no further reduction of men in
their numerous shops but will etl further cut
down expenses by cutting down the number Of
hours of work.
Traffic with the coal roads has dropped off so
per cent within the last ten DAYS Dealers and
manufacturers are we'll stocked uo for this
season of the year and business with the roads
with this class of freight is likely TO be dull for
some months.
railroad circles, has assumed the duties of gem
eral passenger agent of the Baltimore 65 Ohio
road. temporarily, and should Mr.. Abbott de-
cline TO accent the position, it is understood that
Mr.. Scull will permanently occupy the place.
Bucyrus machine shops building two of
the largest and most powerful steam shovels
of them will be put in service at Rome. Ind. 1t
Is expected that they will handle 5000 cubic
yards of dirt or gravel in ten hours.
Col Harry Crawford was in the city yesterday
Q. strike, he said that the company had not only.
had the engineers and fremens strike TO con-
tend with, but also the action of the cowardly
roads running out of Chicago
RI. Moowe. general manager of the Indiana
Midland road. was in the city Yesterday. He
states that there is decent weather
for laying track the construction men will push.
on to Rockville The rails are on the ground
and the other necessary material.
Grand Master Sargent, of tho locomotive fire.
men, and I. S. IuRrafnm of the locomotive
gineers. are going over the c.. & @. system
paying the engineers and striking fremen as
they were paid by the c., B. & O., taking the
money from fund laid by for that purpose.
The Mexican National road has contracted
with the St Charles carwnrks to build 300 cars.
and Ia in the market tor 400 more, which the
Indianapolis car-works will likely secure. The
cars to be thirty-four feet long, equipped
with all modern improvements, such as the
Wagner car-door and air-brakes.
A feeling prevails in railroad circles that the
Missouri Pacific system is going to pieces much
after the fashion that the Wabash did few
years ago. While the annual report of the Mis-
roads attached to it 10 be in bad way.
The Iron Mountain shows a deficit Of $44s 555 in
1887 against surplus of 81. 03s sn5 in 1856. The
NJ, &. & T. has deficit of 81, 298, 705.
It is stated that some of the local passenger
agents ara still receiving commi ssons from
Western roads tickets sold and their general
passenger agents wink at the matter, although
having agreed to discharge any agent who re-
ceived commissions. The general passenger
agents permit the thing to go on, the local
agent gives usually his entire commission to the
passenger purchasing ticket as rebate.
E. B. Thomas who recently retired from the
general managership of the Richmond &c Dan
vile system, has been presented with a set of
very complimentary resolutions passed BY the
executive committee of the board of directors of
that system. The engrossed copy is said to be
a work of art. It is morocco bound, satin lined
and each of the preambles and resolutions is
printed bv hand in exquisite design upon sepa-
rate sheets of fine parchment
The uniform classification which it is pro-
posed to adopt by all roads between the Attain
tic and Pacific coast is practically comnleted,
and will soon be presented to the general mana
gers for their approval. It is well settled that
all lines east of the Missouri river will adopt it,
and probably the Southern roads but there is
good deal of doubt regarding what action the
transcontinental lines will take in the matter
Should the interstate commission take hold of
the subject it highly probable that the uni
form classification viii become general
Although the coupon com mittee was unable to
report at the annual meeting of general passen-
ger and ticket agents held in Florida several of
the Northern roads will at once take stems to
adopt it their respective lines. There will he
a separate color for each kind of ticket; green
for frst-ciass. canary color for second class sal
mon for third-class and stone gray for round
trip tickets. This scheme was first suggested in
the journal. Robert Starbuek, chief train dis
patcher of the T. d. & s. road. being the orig
inator of the idea. He at that time was . pas
senger conductor on rhe Decline.
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