The Indianapolis journal., 1890-07-23

other set from Lafayette to Chicago. 1t
having proved to be bad change. to-day
the old order of things will be restored.
There will be four divisions. one set OF men
running between New Albany and Bloom
ington, another between Bloomington and
Lafayette. a third between Lafayette and
MonOn and the fourth between Monon and
Chicago.
p The coroner's jury in the Long Creek dis
aster. on the Indianapolis, Decatur IL West
ern road. In which two persons were killed,
has exonerated the company from all blame.
AT the time the accident occurred there
was very severe thunderstorm and high
winds, which prevented the engineer on
the rear train seeing the train which had
been losing time on account of the storm
until right upon it. A trainman was sent
back with danger signals, but was not seen
by the engineer of the following train, who
supposed that the preceding train was fifty
minutes ahead.
the Louisville. New Albany & Chicago
road, returned from Chicago last night.
He says that while the officials regret ex-
ceediDgly that the recent accidents have
themselves that the road was to be moro
exempt from accidents in the future. they
do not propose to waste any time mourning
over the losses, but will apply themselves
with additional vigor to putting the road
bed and equipments in good ply sical con-
dition. In neither OF the recent accidents
was the road-bed or the equipments In
fault.
General passenger agents are complain
ing of the abuse which newspaper men are
making of transportation furnished them.
general passenger agent said Yesterday
that. unless this abuse was stopped. 1T
would end In the roads Withdrawing trans
portatlon In any form to newspaper men,
some of whom, he said, hawked the mile
age books or passes furnished them about
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some going so far as to make business OF
securing all the transportation they can
over any road in the country. and then
turning the transportation over to the
scalpers to sell and divide up.
G.. Z. Hustled, the Lake Shores new
freight man at Toledo, has made new de-
parture as regards the employment of plat
form men. one which, it is thought Will
obviate future labor troubles. He has in
structed all foremen and heads of depart
ments that they will be expected to handle
their own men, and will have authority to
hire OF discharge them as they deem proper
for the good of their respective branches of
service. In short, the agent, who Is chief.
Will hold only subordinate heads of various
departments responsible and have nothing
to do with MEN directly under them.'
train which exceeded in value any
train ever sent over the transcontinental
lines. running over the Atchison, Topeka Il
| Santa Fe. last week, narrowly escaped be-
| ing reduced to ashes. The train consisted
of thirty eight cars laden with silk. wine,
| oil. sealskins and tea, the value of which
| was estimated at $5O0.OO0. On the way
across the Mojave desert one of the cars
| was derailed at the foot of heavy grade.
| There we're then two sections of the train.
| A fire broke out and the entire train was
| saved from destruction by breaking open
| casks of wine ana dashing the contents on
| the flames. while bales of silk were opened
| and the rich fabric thrown across the burn
| ing wood, smothering the flames in short
time.