The Indianapolis journal., 1890-05-15
Personal. Local and Gen eral Notes.

c. ID. Law. superintendent of the Pitts
burg. Fort Wayne & Chicago road, was in
the city yesterday.
Ex-conductor Mcclellan, of the Jeffer-
J sonville. Madison 81 Indianapolis road. has
gone into business on South Illinois street.
The Indianapolis Railway Superintend-
ents' Association held its regular monthly
meeting yesterday. Little was done. except
to adjust and audit accounts
Z. .McKeon. who has been ticket agent of
the Chicago & Alton at Kansas City, has
resigned TO 60 into the ticket-scalping busi-
ness with l.. A. Mulford az Chicago.
The rate ON packing house products from
the Missouri river to Southwestern points
will be restored next week to the rate in
effect April %, when cutsof cents per 100
pounds was made.
The Cleveland * Canton road is to issue
twenty-dolla thousand-mile tickets, good
over several roads, the Cincinnati Hamil-
ton * Dayton and the Chicago 81 Atlantic
being of the number.
ID. NJ Calkins. general baggage agent of
Oh tne Dig our is Ia the CITY on oncial
business. lt is quite possible that in the
near future. his headquarters will be re-
moved to indianapolis.
Tomorrow the VandaEa will place on
sale hrst-class tickets to Kansas City, ST.
Joe and Atchison at S7.55. the regular rate
being $14. and 1t Is highly probable that on
Monday next rate of IS, Indianapolis to
st. Paul, will be given.
The rate on oats from Chicago to New
York was reduced to % cents per 100
pounds. not 20 cents. and this makes the
York and other Eastern points, i'm the usual
proportion, 20i2 cents per 1O0 pounds.
j. S. Hetherington, formerly with the
Western Freight Association, Eas been APP
pointed Western contracting agent of the
Hoosac Tunnel and West Shore lines. with
headquarters at Kansas City, vice H. NJ.
Vail, resigned. The appointment takes
effect to-day.
The Big Four people find that they have
young elephant on their hands in the
Whitewater road, now that it is cut off at
Four would gladly have the Fort Wayne,
Cincinnati & Louisville road work over
the Whitewater and the Big Four into
Cincinnati, but the Lake Erie. X Western
objects.
Geo. Mooney & Son, extensive stock rails
ers IN Green county. Indiana, have ordered
nifty cars to be placed at Marco station. on
the indianapolis x Vincennes road. next
week. to be loaded with cattle for export.
Every year this firm makes large export
Tie to be shio. d - 1850 pounds Mooney
o. Son OWN Green county 3. 200 acres of
land and tsrn sh, attention chiefly to
raising line leei cattle.
The procraslnation of Mackey in build
Ing the north end of the Evansville ~
Richmond line. from Rushville to Rich
mond. had created the belief that
he did not intend to reach Richmond
by July /, the time fixed in fhe prop-
ositlon for his subsidy. and that belief
Is confirmed by the sub-contractor:, who has
been slowly working about eleven miles
from Richmond. being ordered to take all
hands to Anderson TO work Oh the c., w. *
M. extension.
General superintendent Peck. of the Big
Four lines, yesterday issued 4 notice 20 the
effect that ticket collectors would begin
service on the Big Four line to-day. be-
tween Cincinnati aud Chicago and the
duties of the conductor would be to look
after the train. The train crew. as hereto
fore. will be subject TO the conductors
orders. ia this connection il would not be
ont of place 10 say that placing ticket col
lectors on tho bne just as travel begins to
improve is hardy fair for conductors who
hsye made UNI svorabie exhibits Travel