The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-04-12
Personal. Local and state Notes.

J. G. Manlove, who represents the Pennsyl-
vnniA lines at Springfield. H., is spending day
or two in the city.
Cars Of the Canadian Pacific road as we'll as
of the 500 line. are appearing in considerable
numbers on Indianapolis lines.
The fifth annual meeting of the American
Train -dispatchers' Association will be held at
Louisville. KY, Tuesday, June II.
Two days of each month until July oil lines
will sell tickets fare for the round trip to
any points in the Southwest, the West, or the
Northwest
Joseph Bsebe, for several years on The j.. M.
G. l. road. has taken the position of train-lis-
patcher on the N Y, P. q o. road, with head
quarters as Gallon, O.
The passenger earnings of the Louisville. New
Albany s. Chicago road, for the three months
ending March 81, show an increase over the cor
responding period Of 1887 of s.. 204.
P. @. Pennington haze hsen appointed. freight
and ticket agent of the Jeffersonvile. Madison
& Indanapolis road at Greenwood, Ind. Vice
Harry Wood The appointment takes effect to-
day.
The Chicago & Grand Trunk road, last week,
carrisd 80 per cent. of the east-bonnd business
out of Chicago, and trouble is brewing over the
matter. The C. /. ST. l.. 81 c. shows no ton
mage carried.
L. G. Cannon. OF this city. has been appointed
auditor of the Iranscontinental Lines Associa-
ton, with headquarters at St Louis, vice C. Fl.
Phillips, who takes the position OF travelling
agent Of the association.
o. s. Lyford. vice president and general man
AE6r OF Tue NuACaEo anu IsanbofQ lilluol9 ROAD,
passed through the city, yesterday, en- route
home from Florida. where he has been spending
G few weeks. His health is much improved
Two hundred OF the livestock cars Of the Bee
line nave been equipped with the air-brake and
Jenney coupler. VIM. Turif general master
mechanic has asked the engineers to report to
him the advantages gained BY the use Of these
improvements.
Wilbur Lee. general passenger agent OF the
Lake Erie 6 Western road. says that after care
full inquiry he is onvinced that initial lines out
of Indianapolis getting full tarih on The tick
cts they sell, the cutting being done BY the con-
nection west or northwest, as the case may oe.
The practice of using initial letters to indicate
the of roads 10 correspondence IL becom-
ing more and more of an annoyance as The num-
Der of roads increases Ii is suggested that there
would be 20 trouble were the name of the road
spelled out IN full on letter heads advertising
matter.
During the months Of May and June there are
ten important conventions. which will make
Traffic association heavy. The reduced rate on
Jueh occasions is open for all persons. In the
number are included the three national political
conventions
The Decline has just turned out Of their shops
st Cleveland. O.. hfty double-deek stock cars,
which are OF superior build, being more con-
wsnient for loading than the usual double-deck
car Several other improvements are intro
ducsd These cars equipped with the air
brake and Jenney coupler.
Col Charles Scranton, who died on Friday
last a. Oxford. n. j., was OF the pioneer
railroad men OF this country. He associated
with bis brothers, q. W. and s. T. Scranton, in
founding the sity Of ScranSsu. Pa, and ia the