The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1890-12-20
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Yesterdays Meeting Of the Chicago and Ohio
River Traffic Association

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Yesterdays Meeting Of the Chicago ana OHIO
River Traffic Association
The freight traffic managers and general
freight agents of the roads In the Chicago
and Ohio River Traffic Association held their
regular monthly meeting yesterday at the
Bates House. Every road In the association.
with one exception. wss represented Eleven
different matters came up to be acted upon.
several of which were tabled after discus
sion or handed over TO committee TO
further consider and report The PROPOSE
sion to advance the rates on cattle on Dec.
81 was va ted down. The matter of adopt
ing the uniform classification was referred
TO q committee. The Vandalfa's request
that st. Joseph. Mich, be included with
South Bend. Ind. and printed on the Green
line tariffs and division sheets as applying
TO and from Ohio river and above points on
Green line business, was granted. Secre-
tary Fulton stated that Thomas Moore,
commissioners OF the indianapolis Freight
Bureau. had requested that this association
send him the tariffs of all roads in the asso-
citation. This led to quite adiscussion, and
terminated in voting that only the tariff of
Indiana polls lines be furnished him, as the
freight bureau was an Indianapolis iustitu-
tion and dealt only with Indianapolis roads.
Other matters of minor Importance were
dis cussed and the meeting adjourned I'M
I'll the second Tuesday in January. Here
after all meetings of this association are to
be held at Indianapolis.
Busy Life Of . General Passenger Agent
George H. Daniels. general passenger
agent of the New York Central road, re-
sponded 10 toast at the banquet of gen.
eraI passenger agents in Denver. in which
response be is said to have drawn aside the
curtain and revealed in his own inimitable
way some of the works of passenger men
which came to light during the eight years
be was chairman of the passenger depart
ment of the Central Traffic Association
His description offs some Of the tits between
E. A. Ford, of the Pennsylvania, and HI.
N. Bronson, then general passenger agent
of the Ohio. Indiana & Western, are said
to have been especially interesting. In
closing his response, Mr.. Daniels said:
The duties OF the general passenger agent are
rs varied and arduous as there are days in the
month. On Sunday he must attend church TO
prove that the railroads set good example to
the community. Monday night he must take a
party OF ticket agents to the theater and show
them about town in order that they may be i'm
pressed with the hberality OF the company. and
In the hope that they viii send their business
over bis line. At an early hour on the following
morning he must meet the general manager at
the Office TO discuss plans for the reduction Of
expenses Wednesday he must convince the
advertising agent OF eeoh OF the daily papers
that he Is paying him more money for time
tables and reading notices than any other paper
IN the country Thursday he devotes to trying
10 get lot of reading notices into the paper free
upon the plea that they are really items or
news Friday be spends in making map that
shows his line the shortest and most direct to
every important point in the United States.
saturday he makes out time table that no one
but the maker can read.
PERSONAL Local and General Notes.
W. +. Black. general manager of the L..
n. 4. & C., was In the city yesterday for a
short time and left on the evening train for
Louisville.
The Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton for
! rates tickets over its own lines and eight
ZEN of its immediate connections or lines
e crosses.
The shipments of stone from the Bedford
quarries tbs last year over the Louisville,
New Albany * Chicago road have been 20
par cent. heavier, Traffic Manager DcDOel
says, than In 1889.
III. w. Bush has been appointed assistant
general manager of the Kansas City. Fort
smith q Southern road and p. ID. Peters
auditor, vice j. w. Bush. promoted.
All but q few shares of the Cincinnati,
Sandusky & Cleveland stock have been ex-
changed for Big Four stock and will come
The Western lines are sending ont notices
TO the effect that after Jan. they will
cease paying freight commissions Similar
action is looked for in the near future as
regards paying commissions on passenger
business
The Missouri. Kansas & Texas road has
decided TO locate extensive shops at Gaines
Vile, Tex. Receiver Cross and Superin-
tendent Frey were this week in that city
taking the preliminary steps for the i'm
provement.
Traffic Manager McDoel. of the Louis
Vile, New Albany q Chicago, who was in
the city yesterday. remarked that. with all
It's misfortunes. the L.. N. A. d Z. would this
year earn, gross. $50, 900 more than it did on
the same mileage in 1889.
The Big Four company has purchased
TIE old Catholic Church in Cambridge,
senger station. Harry .voss has been ap-
pointed agent and telegraph operator OF
the company at that point.
The Tippecanoe Lodge of the Brotherhood
OF Locomotive Firemen. at Lafayette. will
give a grand ball on the evening of Dee. 25.
vision. Indianapolis. have received invita-
tions and several Of them will accept and
be present.
Traffic Manager Grammer. of the Mackey
lines. states that the gross earnings of the
Evansvilie g. Terre Haute road will this
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the year 1859. road 100 miles long which
will earn over one million dollars year he
looks upon as being good property.
Superintendent Mansfield. of the Indian
apolis & Vincennes road, states that this
year 600 carloads of stone have been
shipped from quarries on that line. For
sixyears past there has been an increase N
Ibis business from year TO year of 1000 tC
1900 cars, this year showing the largest In
crease.
The Baltimore e. Ohio has just com
pleted. near Washington, ID. c., a yard f0r
passenger coaches which wall hold three
hundred coaches. The new yards at Cum
berland. in which trains from the west will
be divided and made up for Baltimore
PhiladelDhia and New York. will be ready
for use next month.
lt is stated that the net earnings of the
Toledo St Louis & Kansas City road viii
not show a proportionately large increase
with TIE gross earnings, from the fact that
q considerable Gum Of money has been ex
pended IN Improvement to the road bed anC
increasing the equipment, which has beer
charged up to operating expenses
Thursday evening the manufacturers ant
shippers at Hamilton, o.. called on George
&. Smith. who has been agent of the Gin
ciunati, Hamilton * Dayton road at thai
point for some years. and presented him al
elegant gold watch and chain. Mr.. Smith
next week comes to Indianapolis to assume
the duties Of commercial agent OF the T..
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