The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-04
Personal. Local and Stat. Notes.

W. c. Irwin, chief engineer of the Bee-line.
10 dangerously i'll with pneumonia, at his home
in Cleveland.
The Indianapolis car-works yesterday COM
menced the contract to buid 200 coal cars
for the Bee-line. 80, 900 pounds capacity.
The shops of the Pennsylvania Company at
Fort Wayne last year built thirty-fve heavy To-
comotives, beside keeping up the repair work.
L. Williams. for some years ono of the Decline
train dispatchers has accepted a similar posi-
tion the Cincinnati, Hamilton 81 Indianapolis
road.
Ford Wood, assistant general freight agent OF
the Ohio, Indiana & Western road, has obtained
n months leave of absence, and will spend the
time In Florida. His wife accompanies him.
The Wabash road is said to have more veteran
agents on it's line than anv other Western road.
There agents which have held the position
since 1854, I'd a large number who have been
agents twenty to twenty-fv years.
NJ E. Ward has been appointed general man
ager OF the Wickes Refrigerator Car Company.
Mr.. Ward was for several years agent of the
Allen Paper-wbeel Company. The Wickes Re-
frigerator Car Company has over three
thousand cars in service.
The receipts from sales OF tickets at the Penn
Pittsburg in the year 1887, reached 81 1893. 005 g.
August was the heaviest months business the
receipts IN that month reaching sl48 5Sl, an in
crease over August, 1856. of s26, 900. 80.
The Pennsylvania Company have commenced
doubling their tracks between the Michigan
road east. and the intersection of the Union
tracks at East street This done they will have
double track from the Union Depot to within
quarter OF a mile of Irvington.
J. T. Ripley, chairman of the Chicago Railway
Exchange. is about to resign. and it is under
stood that s. p. Brown will be appointed to the
position. He now is chairman Of the St Louis
& Chicago bureau, but the duties are SO light
that he thinks he can fill both positions.
The Ohio. Indiana & Western Railroad Com
pany, on Thursday, at Springfield. O.. undertook
10 Law track which would connect their road with
the Ohio Southern. The movement was prompt
ly checked by other roads interested in the right
of way over which IL was proposed to lay the
track.
The Vandalia and the Indianapolis & st.
Louis will to-day meet the cut in rates made
from Chicago to Missouri river points. which
reduces the rate on frst-class freight from Indi-
annapolis To Missouri river points 35 cents hum
dred pounds and on other classes. in the usual
proportion.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engin ears will
give their second annual bali in Tominsol
Hall. on the evening of Feb. IA Members OF
other divisions in different parts of the State
have sienfied their intention of being present
in considerable numbers. and grand time ~
anticipated.
VIM. Turih, general superintendent of motive
power OF the Bee-line. was in the city yesterday
lie states that the company has contracted with
the Schenectady ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS to build six
engines. four of them heavy passenger engines
which w'n be placed on the Indianapolis divis-
ion OF the Bee-lins and on the l. e. ST. L. di-
vision.
committee of one clerk from each road GEN.
terirg here has issued call for meeting of the
railroad clerks OF Indianapolis at the Y. NJ. c.
A building. third floor. Wednesday evening
next az o'clock for purpose of establishing
tho clerical force of any railroad represented in
this city; for the social and moral benefits that
will accrue TO it's memb ers; assistants in finding
the unemployed employment the encourage