The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-23
Personal. Local and General Notes.

appointed cnle1 OF the construction depart
Personal. Local and General Notes.
General Manager Bradbury and Traffic
Manager Parker. of the Lake Erie g. West
ern road, left last night for Chicago on
their new private car.
Passenger trains from Philadelphia to
New England points are soon to be put on
to run over the Philadelphia 81 Reading,
via the P~0ughkeepsie bridge.
The Louisville, New Albany g. Chicago
road earned, in til second week of Octo-
Der, SIS, $50. an increase over earnings for
the corresponding week, 1888, of S6,0S9.
Orders have been given by President
Ingalls, that all side-tracks on the Big Four,
between Cincinnati and Kankakee. which
are, most of them, 1900 long, be heightened
TO 1900 feet.
w. j. Lewis, treasurer of the Mackey sys-
tenn of roads, is in the city. He is also In
established here, and comes to confer with
the directors.
The managers of the fast freight lines
will hold q meeting to-day and tomorrow
at Chicago. This is the first meeting the
lines have held west Of Buffalo in the last
eighteen months.
Alexander Duncan, whose death was an
ounce q few days ago by cable from
Europe, was the first president of the Prov
idence & Worcester road, one of the first
built in this country.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company is
making experiments with q fire-pr0Of rail-
way car. made entirely of iron and steel.
The designer claims that it will not burn,
and will not telescope or break up In a col
lision.
The Jacksonville, Madison g. Indianapo-
lis will next week receive, from Altoona. q
large passenger engine, which is to haul
their fast express trains. 1t will weigh
10 90 pounds, and has .five-foot-eight-inch
driving wheels.
Engineer Bennett. of the st. Louis di-
vision of the Big Four, says that he has
been on some portion of that road as an
known such speed attained thereon as is
made daily by the Southwestern limited
trains.
j. E. Porter, engineer of maintenance of
way on the Cincinnati. Hamilton d Day.
ton, was in the city yesterday for the pur-
ments to the yards. The business of the
road is SD heavy that more side-track room
is necessary here.
Henry Creager, of the auditors depart
ment of the Vandalia, died on Monday,
from disease contracted when with the
Haute, in Washington. ID. e: He was a
young man of unusually genial ways and o
faithful man to the company.
Freight men say that heavy rains and bad
roads will not seriously affect the business
of the roads so far as grain traffic is con-
cerned, as the elevators all over the coun-
try are filed to their utmost capacity with
grain, which will begin to move as soon as
the farmers cannot bring in grain to the
stations.
G.. ID. Springer, who on November 1 takes
the position OF assistant to President Man
road, Is an old army officer. For two years
past he has been the legal adviser of one
of the St. Louis roads. Since retiring from
the army he has been engaged thirteen
years In the practice of law.
Charles H. Robinson, q veteran engineer.
is lying at the point of death. in Columbus,
the result of a recent paralytic stroke. Mr..
Robinson has served as an engineer for over
thirty years. Thirty-four years ago he be-
gan an apprenticeship in the railway shops
of the Lafayette ~ Indianapolis, now the
Big Four road, in Lafayette.
The Chesapeake & Ohio stockholders
elected the following directors: w. p. An
derson, C%incinnati; NJ. 4. Ingalls,, Cincin-
natl; George L. Bliss, New York; G.. Ii. Cos
ter, New York; C.. ID. Dickey, ir., New York;
New York; George s.. Scott, New York;
Samuel Spencer, New. York; A. j. Thomas,
New York; H. N. Wyckham, Virginia.
c. A. Parker. who has just retired from
the position of general freight agent of the
Missouri Pacific road. made a brilliant rec
Il Ou tuaV IOdu, anu Oh ACCOUNT Oh us
fidelity. was presented, on Saturday last.
with a handsome silver service, the officials
of the company being the donors. 1t is
stated that during his service with the
company he was never Oft duty one day.
Peter Noonan. recently appointed in
| spectOr OF engines on the Big Four system.
has seen as long service on the f0otboard
as any engineer in this State. When a lad
| he commenced firing an engine on the
Lafayette q Indianapolis road, at the sug-
gestion OF the late J. d: Lilly. who at that
time was superintendent of the road,
which is now part of the Chicago division
of the Big Four.
A superintendent who stood in the Union
Station yesterday, when one Of the passen.
ger trains came IN. and noticed that the
conductor was one of the first to 60 out
through the gate. remarked that it was not
n good recommendation for q conductor
that he was the first to get away from his
train after reaching n terminal. The pass
engers, be said were entitled to some at.
tention until the train was cleared.
w. G. Saunders, superintendent of trans
portation on the Colorado Midland road,
has resigned. He is one of the Oldest Off.
Gals holding such a responsible position
in the service. While very e~xactine
with those under him. he commands then
respect and wins their friendship by his
thoughtfulness for their best welfare. al
ways promoting worthy men and showing
no favoritism.. On his retirement from the
road his associate employees presented hin
with an elegant silver tea set.
The Wabash people announce that, il
connection with the Iowa Central and the
Chicago. ST. Paul a. Kansas City roads
they have established a new line between
st. Louis and ST. Paul. and in ~arrangins
the tariff will ignore the long and shor
haul clause of the Observation-Disclosures act
The reason assigned by the Wabash peopl,
for taking this bold stand is that the West
ern Freight Association will not agree tt
fha anplseatinp nf fhoRforn1ar hoo;s ~ in.