The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-10-03

Personal, Local and State Notes
Edward Cost, who represents the Bee-line at
Kansas City, is spending q day or Two with
friends in this city.
n. II. Cheney, agent Of the Lake Erie &
Western road ct Frankfort, Ind, is this week to
be married 10 Miss Mary Bennett, OF Boswell,
Ind.
The Michigan Car Company is building three
hundred box cars for the Toledo, 81. Louis a.
Kansas City road, turning them out ct the rate
OF six cars per day.
The annual meeting OF the Lake Erie & West
ern stockholders will be held to-day. and also
that Of the stockholders OF the Cincinnati,
Jackson & Mackinaw.
j. II. Setchel, lately superintendent of the
Brooks LOCOMOTIVES works. has accepted the posi-
ton OF superintendent OF the Martin Anti-fre
Car-heating Company.
West-bound travel Is so heavy over the Van
6aliA that the noon train, almost daily, 10 run
Louis is hauling extra coaches to accomodats
their business.
Fl. g. Barker, general agent of the Chicago &
Northwestern road, was in the city yesterday on
official business. He states that the Northwest
ern roads are now behaving quite respectfully as
regards rate matters.
Superintendent Bennett. of the Pennsylvania
lines. and bic force take nine rooms on the east
side OF the Union Station. In the second story,
for their Offices, and will remove from Richmond
to indianapolis early In November.
In the thirty-six hours ending at 6 A. NJ. Mon
day there were delivered at Chicago / ,954 car
loade of wheat to help the shorts bridge over.
The several ST. Louis lines were busy, as
we'll as the lines running into
Chicago.
The Railroad Clerks Association is arranging
to give a series Of musical entertainments.
There are some fine musicians among them, and
under the direction of Ora Pearson they expect
in an0nf FIVE Waaka To O,va a var craHftab1a
musical entertainment
G. H. Graham, one of the Oldest m essengers
Of the American Express Company. who has
been running between Cincinnati and Chicago
over the Big Four road for many years, has
been appointed agent Of the company at James
town, n. Y. Daniel Hoseland takes his run be-
tween Cincinnati and Chicago.
The Cincinnati. Indianapolis, St Louis e Chi
cago Company is still making extensive i'm
provements IN the waysof raising track, rsballast-
ing, etc. Thew have some 225 more men than
usual employed at their gravel banks aud along
the line, and are working two steam shovels aud
running we construction trains.
The cost of arbitratine the suit of the Hook
ing Valley Railroad Company agar INST Judge
Stevenson Burke was $40. 900. The arbi-
traitors raled that the railroad company should
pay one-half the cost and Judge Burke the other
half. 1t was a fortunate arbitration for the lat
ter, as the company sued for an immense sum.
The Western Freight Association is to have q
new feature in the way of q statistical bureau.
The en- ire territory will be embraced in the
compilation of statistics of earnings, tonnage,
etc. Each road will then know what its COM
petitor is really doing; that is, if the earnings
and tonnage are reported correctly.
Anthony Thomas and several other persons
who are largely interested in the Cairo. Vinceunes
81 Chicago road, last week spent two days in
looking over the Toledo, st. Louis & Kansas
City road. This has given rise to rumors that
this syndicate is negotiating to get control of the
r., ST. l.. ~ X c. road, which they intersect at
Ridge Farm.
The Graydon Steam Car-heatsr Company will.
next week, open branch Offices IN Chicago and
in New York. Parties have taken hold with Mr..
Graydon, Of this city, who have the capital to
push the device to the front. The Vandalia will
equip several of their trains with the Graydon
heater. SO satisfactorily has it performed since
placed on two OF them.
Tracklayiug has been completed on the ex-
tension of the Chicago & Indiana Coal road
from GoodlAnd, Ind. to Momence. where con-
nection is made with the Chicago d Eastern IL
linois road. The line will be opened for traffic
in a few days. 1t is expected that fniiy 300 car
loads of block coal will be shipped north daily
over this line as soon as it liz fairly opened.