The Indianapolis journal., 1890-01-11

every indianapolis line men who belong on
the frei ght crews have been put in service
In passenger-train crews 10 take the places
of sick men.
Every claim which Z. III. Scott, repre-
senting the trustees of the Indianapolis,
Peru * Chicago road, brought against the
Wabash Railroad Company has been con-
frmed by the court before which the claim
was presented.
w. A. Maxwell formerly on the Indian
apolis. Decatur 81 Western road has taken
the agency of the Cincinnati. Hamilton ~
Indianapolis road, at Connersville. vice w.
III. Harvey, who has gone to the White
water Valley road.
The election for $1,000 subsidy in Yer
held Tuesday. resulted in the defeat of the
subsidy by 1S7 majority. Whether this will
stop the construction of the T.. u. & &. X. X.
is matter of conjecture.
The Wabash Railroad Company owns
$4,000 of the stock of the Peoria Terminal
company. and as the Wabash now has no
road into Peoria it is highly probable that
a deal will be made by which it will become
the property of the Lake Erie IL Western.
The Lake Erie & Western Railroad Com
pany is making surveys on the Union
tracks and in the eastern part of the city
to fully ascertain what ground belongs to
1t. This company Is negotiating for
additional ground near its city freight
depot.
On nearly all roads the passenger con-
ductors have received iron-clad instructions
regarding mileage tickets, and on most OF
the lines it is difficult for a person TO travel
over the road on ticket purchased from
scalper, so closely are mileage tickets now
scanned,
Next week several townships through
which the projected Rochester, Rensselaer,
81 ST. Louis road will pass will vote on the
question of giving subsidies to the enter
prise. The road begins at Goshen. Ind,
and passes through Bremen, Rochester, and
Monticello. to Decatur, ILL.,
The management of the Whitewater Val
ley road has decided 10 make considerable
Improvement to it's property at Conners-
vile. rebuilding the depots and putting in
additional side-tracks: Since the present
management took hold of the Whitewater
Valley Its earnings are increasing.
The engineers of the Big Four engines
which haul the through trains. and which
are heated by steam taken from the loco
motive, state that they do not notice any
steam. AS yet. however, they have had no
severe weather to test the matter fully.
J. Il. Johnson, late superintendent of the
Pittsburg 81 Western has been offered the
position of general superintendent of the
Valley road under the Baltimore & Ohio
reorganization of the official force, which
will probably not take place before Feb. l.
1t is not known yet whether he will ac-
cept.
Gondola cars of the Milwaukee & North
ern road are becoming quite numerous on
the Union tracks. They are sent here
loaded with iron ore for the new mill, and
are run down to the mill over the track on
South Tennessee street 1t seems business
like to switching over those tracks
once more.
At the last meeting of the Indiana Car
service Association the number of points
covered by the association was increased
from hfty-tbree 10 sixty, and at the next
meeting they will be increased to over one
hundred points, covering all junction
points in Indiana and several contiguous
points in Ohio and Illinois.
s. +. Judy, formerly yardmaster of the
Pennsylvania Company at Richmond, is
now holding an important position on the
Texas Paclfic road, and y. IL: Bacon. who
was dropped as passenger conductor on the
Pennsylvania lines In the 1888 decapitation
of conductors, Is running one of the through
passenger trains on that road
The 30th of this month will decide prob
ably the fate of the indianapolis Decatur
& Western road as regards extending 1t
westward from Decatur. The friends of
the property are very sanguine that IA
vorable result will be reached. 1T is said
that parties are ready to take the bonds at
good price as soon as they are issued.
High waters are giving the Indianapolis
& Vincennes some trouble and delaying
work on the bridge over White river on
the new Gosport branch. 1t was the in
tention to have opened this branch for
business yesterday, but the bridge lacks
about three days work of completion, and
it cannot be done until the waters subsde.
The blue envelope has again made its ap-
pearance on the Erie road. Conductor
Brooks. of the Hornellsville division, Is one
of the victims; also Conductor John Gavin.
of the Bradford division. Two freight con-
ductors have also been discharged. No
reason is furnished by the officials for these
discharges and the men are given little
satisfaction when they apply at the Office
for redress.
The east-bound movement of corn turned
over to the Vandalia by the Chicago. Bur-
lingtOn " Quincy road has been going for
ward much more slowly than it was in
tended it should. Not more than 1900 of
the 10000 carloads has been shipped. The
trouble seems to be to get cars. After all
the talk to the effect that the c.. B. * q.
and the Vandalia were carrying this busi
ness on cut rate, 1t turns out that every
pound of 1t Is carried at tariff rates.
The arrangements of the Big Four, the
Pennsylvania. the Louisville, New Albany
81 Chicago and the Cincinnati, Hamilton &
Dayton road will meet here next week to
take steps to lengthen the running time of
their trains between CINCINNATI and Chi
cagO, and Louisville and Chicago. Inquiry
develops the fact that all have got enough
of fast running in the winter season. The
probability is that the running time will be
lengtueueu one nOur as u result Oh the meet
ing.
If the Philadelphia & Reading gets
through without strike over the recent
order requiring certain classes of employees
to hereafter report for duty with clean
shaven faces it will be surprise. A few
| of the Reading men who are noted for their
| fine boards have already entered formal
protest with the authorities against the
| contemplated sacrifice. and use as an ar
| gument that to rob them suddenly of this
| protection would be to court visitation of
| la grippe. They claim that mans whiskers
| are his own to do as he likes with.
| President Ingalls, and General Manager
| Greene, of the Big Four lines, have been
| the entire week making a careful inspec-
| tion of the terminal facilities of the COM
| pany, spending yesterday at this point.
| They want TO fully understand what the
condition of things is; then they can act
| advisedly. That as a result of this trip
| the headquarters of some of the general
| offices will be changed to indianapolis does
| not admit of doubt, as both officials have
| intimated that Indianapolis is the proper
| place for the general superintendent. the
superintendent of telegraph, and the sup
| erintendent of equipment.
NJ. T.. ingalls,. president of the Chesapeake
| IL Ohio road, as well as OF the Big Four
| lines, says that the c. 6 o. is to be made
| one of the most important systems in the
| country. A number of extensions are con-
| templated in Virginia. On Thursday a bill
| was introduced in the legislative body of
| that State to incorporate the Piedmont 81