The Indianapolis journal., 1889-09-09
Personal. Local and General Notes.

The c., c., C. & st. l.. big Four earned,
In the month of August, 81, ,123, $40.
j. s. Patterson. formerly superintendent
of motive power of the Big Four, has estab-
lished an oil house in Cincinnati.
Seven fast-freight lines are already
Kansas City road, and others are figuring
to get on 1t.
Cars of the Northern Pacific are coming
into this territory In large numbers, giving
evidence that 1T is competing briskly for
freight out of this territory.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, in
connection with its Southern lines, is to put
on fruit train which will land oranges in
New York in sixty-two hours from Jackson
vile. Fla. The train will be put on Nov. 1.
The friction between the Ohio, Indi ara
& Western and the Cincinnati. Sandu sky
d Cleveland is lessenlng; and within the
last few days there has been considerable
interchange of traffic between the two
lines.
The Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton
Company has increased the side-track ca
paeity of the c., III. & /. division within
the last sixty days. 1900 feet. A switch
$50 feet in length is nearing completion at
Arlington, Ind.
c. A. Parker, general freight agent of the
Atchison, Topeka d Santa Fe railway, has
handed in his resignation, to take effect
Oct 1. He has accepted a similar position
with the Missouri Pacific, with headquar-
ters at st. Louis.
The stock of lines owned by the Pennsyl-
yania Company is quoted the highest of
any roads west of Pittsburg. The Pitts
burg. Fort Wayne & Chicago sells at Sl5S
per share and that of the Clev veland d Pitts
burg at Sl49 per share
Geo. s. Sipp. assistant car accountant of
the u, u, Z. ~ st. L., has been appointed car
accountant of the Chesapeake g. Ohio road.
before leaving his Office. on Saturday last,
the clerks under him made hlm very hand
some and appropriate presents.
William Turreff. superintendent of mo-
tive power of the C., C., c. a. ST. L., is urg-
ing President Ingalls, to increase the shop
capacity at Brightwood. He wants to
work at least TWO hundred more men than
he can with the present accommodations.
The appointment of L. w. Burrows, FORM
erly superintendent of the Indianapolis IL
st. Louis road. as assistant superintendent
on the western division of the New York
Central road, was surprise. as it had been
understood that he was TO go on the Erie.
A number of roadmasters left last night
for Denver, COL, TO attend the annual con-
vension which begins there on Wednesday.
OF the number was John Sloan, of the
Ohio, Indiana N Western. and j. F. Ram
say, of the Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton
The Ohio & Mississippi Railroad Compa-
nv is working 10 men at it's new shops
in Washington. Ind. sufficient number
OF houses have been erected to acc0mmo-
date the men as boarders but some two
hundred of them would move their fami-
lies there were there houses for them to re-
side in.
A railroad official <who is well posted as
to the financial standing of the Western
roads. states that the Big Four syndicate
will never take in the Chicago & Eastern
Illinois road. because 1T is loaded down
with debts. OF the two he said he would
prefer to take hold OF the Ohio, Indiana &
Western.
Charles Nelson. superintendent of the
CINCINNATI, Hamilton Il Dayton system. is
credited with doing the business of the
system on the most economical basis in the
history of the road. In all departments ev-
erything moves along like clock-wo and,
notwithstanding the large improvement
net earnings steadily improve. But for the
unfortunate lyes-Staynor deal the c., H. a.
ID. would to-day be one of the best railroad
properties in the West. Fortunately, il is