The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-10
Personal, Local and General Notes.

Personal, Local and General Notes.
Major West, the veteran car-tracer of the Bal
tircoro & Ohio, Is in the city hunting stray cars.
The New York Central earned In October 81.
2s9.s77.52. an increase over October, 1891. OF
VT Malott left yesterday for New York to at
tend the meeting of the directors of the Chicago
& Western Indiana
The net earnings of the Louisville, New Albany
& Chicago for September were 500, 13s; an In
crease over the corresponding month OF 1891 OF
S5,6O6.
W. 81. Prouty late general passenger agent OF
the Newport News q Mississippi Valley; former
~ with the Indiana, Bloomington & western,
was in the city yesterday.
J. T. McConoha. general agent Of the Big Four
and Peoria a. Eastern at Peoria. was In the city
yesterday for conference with Assistant Gen.
eral Freight Agent Ford Wood.
L. ID. Hibbard. late passenger conductor of the
vandalia. carried So. 500 insurance in tho organ
izations with which he was connected. both OF
which were conductors associations.
o. G. spriggs. assistant to General Passenger
Agent Hancock OF the Philadelphia &~Reading.
died on Sunday. He had an extensive acquaint-
Ance and was a bright energetic passenger man.
G. w. Kaylor, chief clerk In the passenger de
partment of the Union Pacific system with head
quarters at Portland, Ore. is in the city Mr.
kaylor was for some years with the Lake Erie q
Western road.
Cyrus Dixon, formerly ticket agent of the Big
-Four at this point has secured position on the
Great Northern road His headuuerte-s will
probably be at Seattle. to which point the road
will soon be opened.
George Allen. who has had charge of the ad-
pany many years. and who has ;nade that de-
partment wonderfully effective, it is stated. is
soon TO be promoted.
Wilbur Lee. formerly general passenger agent
OF the Lake Erie a. Western, later with the Union
Pacific Is giving his attention to building a rail
road from Houston, Tex. 10 Deep Water. He
has In the last two years made considerable
money In real estate in Denver
The directors OF the Railway Officials' and EN-
ployes' Association have elected Chalmers
Brown acting president, vice l.. ID. Hubbard. de-
ceased No further action will be taken in the
matter until the return OF w. K Bells, secretary
md treasurer of the association.
IL has come to light that r. r. Cable and his
hackers OF the terminal road at PEORIA The
pudding or this five miles OF road gives the Rock
Island access to twelve OF the thirteen distilleries
u feora and the large sugar. works at that point
The track-layers on the Burlington, Cedar
Rapids * Northern road textension) are now
within twenty miles of Armstrong, and the CHI
eago, Fort Madison d Des Moines illinois Cen
fraD Is completed to Batavia. Trains are run
ming over IL. and by JAM will reach Ottumwa
The fast train put on by the Union Pacific BE-
tween Omaha and Denver has proven a great
run In this country. leaving Omaha at els p a.
and reaching Denver at A. NJ. The train con-
usts OF one express. three mail cars. one going
10 portland. the other two TO San Francisco, and
ene Pullman sleeping car.
The business or the roads cehtering at Peoria Ia
steadily increasing. The deliveries OF corn to
10000 head OF cattle are brought from Colorado
missouri and Indiana for fatrening. All are
ehipped out either TO Chicago or East Last year
out of the distillery yards.
"A circular announces q number OF changes on
the lntercoloniai road. George TAYLOR goes on
70 the retired list. and J. ]. Wallace succeeds
MIN as general freight agent. Arthur Busby
goes on to the retired list and John NJ Lyon sue
ceeds MIN as general passenger agent II. A.
Whitney goes on TO the retired lsr and f. r.
brown succeeds MIN as superintendent of mo-
tive power.
NJ E. Ingalls,. president Of the Big Four, re-
turned from New YORK on Monday evening, and
had been home but n few hours before he was
summoned to New York, owing to the serious
condition OF Mrs. Barnard. his daughter. He
left on the morning train for New York; conse-
quentiy. did not attend the banquet given by
Oscar Murray, second vice-president, on Tues
day evening.
The earnings OF the passenger departments of
all Indianapolis lines will be in excess OF those
of 1901. With the Cincinnati. Hamilton & Day.
ton. the Big Four and the Monon 1892 promises
TO be the best year on record. There has never
90 important an adjunct TO the railroad service
IN which they have done more efficient work.
and never have the results OF the work been
more noticeable
The 1900 cars which the Terre Haute car
works are delivering TO the vandaiia at the
rate or twelve day are unusually
very substantial pattern. and equipped with
automatic couplers. air-hrakes. the American
car-door and the continuous draw-bar. In addi-
ton 10 these cars the Nandala Is in rebuilding
Its equipment. providing IL with the same mod
ern improvements.
NJ. L. Ingalls,. president of the Big Four, has
this week contracted with the Schenectady To-
coinotve- works for ten heavy switching engines.
10 be delivered By Dee. Il. This company has.
within the last thirty days. received from the
Brooks iocomotive-wvrks ten switching engines.
Yesterday the first OF thirty freight locomotives,
which che Richmond ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS build
Tag. arrived. and three each week VIII be shipped
sntii the order Is filled. The schenectady loco