The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-04-07
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early a date as that above named.
Personal, Local and General Notes.


would be carried through. but not at so
early a date as that above named.
Personal, Local and General Notes.
The Toledo. st. Louis & Kansas City road
earned In March Sl72,2GO; increase over
March. 1891, S23. 600.
A bid deal is on which ifcarried out. Will
affect one of the Indianapolis lines in an
advantageous manner.
The TRANSPORTATION officials of tho Penn
sylvania lines will meet IN Toledo April 20
for general conference.
The earnings of the L.. n. A. & c. in the
fourth week of March were sic, J23 in ex-
cess of those of the corresponding week of
1891.
The date of the annual meeting and ban
quot of the Pennsylvania Railway Voter
ans Association is April 81. It having been
changed from April u.
Charles Merrill. who represents the New
York Central In this territory. with head
quarters at Chicago is in the city III the in
terests Of the company.
John s. Patterson. formerly superintend-
emit of motive power of the Big Four. has
taken a position with the Scheon Manu-
featuring Company. Chicago.
The Pennsylvania Company has decided
to make extensive Improvements to Its
shops at Columbus. o., IN the way of paint,
planing-mili and blacksmith shops.
John Lazarus, traffic manager OF the Indi-
turned from his Pacific coast trip. and yes
terday again settled down for business.
The Pullman company to-day puts in
service two elegant ten-section sleeping
cars. 10 run alternately between Indiansp-
oils and Chicago. nightly, over the Penn
sylvania lines.
II. Il. +. PIERCE, trustee of the Indian
apolis Decatur * Western road, who has
been confined at home since FRIDAY last
with an attack of quInsy. was much bet
ter last evening.
On the 18th OF this month Theodore
Gaasch. who has been In the Big Four
ticket Office at Lafayette. will succeed
Ward stockton as agent of the Monon In
the Lahr House Office.
Harry Crawford. ST.. left yesterday after
noon for New York In answer 10 a telegram
from III. b. Hammond. president of the
INDIANAPOLIS. Decatur ~ Western road. re-
questing him 70 come ut once.
The Railway Officials and EmployeS
Association. on Tuesday. paid ont Sl6OO0
in death benefits being the largest dis
bursements IN any one day since the organ
ization was established in this city.
w. VI. Quarter has been appointed pur-
chasing agent of the Newort News n Mis-
slssippi Valley road. with headquarters at
louisville. n.y.. vice III. +. Huntington, re-
signed. the appointment taking effect yes
terdsy.
The question of adding insurance as q
feature of the Order of Railway Teleg-
raphers will be discussed at tho next meet
ing OF the indianapolis divisions. Among
all divisions there is an agitation of the
question.
With the taking effect of the summer
timetable the Big Four will place dining
cars on Trains and IL which will then he
run via Anderson. Munole and Union to
Gallon. ana on Trains IL and Is. between
Cincinnati and Chicago.
Charles T.. Pugh. general manager of the
PQnnsV 4 began
his twenty sixth year IN n high Official ca
pacity. This year he Is giving his personal
attention to the great system of improve
ments the company Is carrying on.
O. Is. Hall. chief NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. on the
Cincinnati division OF the Big Four. died
yesterday In Springfield, q. Hs COM
menced service as telegraph operator on
the Bee-line fifteen years ago. and was an
unusually competent train-dispatcher.
A surveying CORPS is locating a new line
through Starke county, and although they
decline to state who is paying for their
services an impression prevails that 1t is
the parties who are agitating the building
of an airline road from New York TO san
Francisco.
An excursion from ConnersvilIe and
points this side was run TO the city ycster-
day over the CINCINNATI, Hamilton " Day
ton road under the auspices of the New
York store; another will DE run on Friday
over the Big -Four from Greensburg and
The appointments of John Russell Young,
the well-known journalist, as fourth vice
president of the Philsdelphia ~ Reading
railroad was officially announced yester-
day. Ii Is understood that his particular
field of labor will be TO look after the
newspaper interests of the company.
The dining cars which are run between
Cincinnati and Chicago over the CineIn-
natl. Hamilton N Dayton and the Louis
Vile, New Albany y Chicago roads are sand
to have become self-suppoTting. For
months the two companies were obliged,
under their contract with George Dinner
operating the cars. to put mp 500 TO $50
each month 10 make good the deficiency.
The annual report of the Central Traffic
Association and JOint-rate InsDectio
Bureau. showing tonnage ana revenue ac-
eruing from its operations for tho year 1891.
places the revenue derived from corrections
IN weight at SSS5.60. from corrections in
classification. s3l1.4i0, n total of s, 297. 100.
The cost OF maintaining this bureau at the
various railroad eenters was Sl75. 633; profit
TO the railroads. Al. 12l 49,.
The trainmen on the Pittsburg division
of the Baltimore * Ohio road made 10
q grievance that two baggagemasters were
promoted TO be passenger conduc tors. and