The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-09-30
Personal, Local and General Notes.

master of the Lake Shore road. Toledo d.
vision. with headquarters at Toledo.
This month the Nlckel-p plate road has re-
reived ten new heavy t~en-wheel engines
from the Baldwin ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
1t is stated that grading will be begun on
the Indianapolis, Logansport ~ Chicago
road at several points on Monday next.
George Sipp, superintendent of the car
service of the Chesapeake * Ohio. is in
the city for q day or two. visiting relatives.
A railway commerce congress. which bids
fair to he of lncalculable value to railroad
interests. will be held in Chicago June 10.
1888.
Oscar Murray, traffic manager of the Big
Four lines. has returned from his South
western pleasure trip and gone to New
York.
George T. Gunnlp. who represents the
tory, returned yesterday from his ANIMAL
vacation.
The Wabash road is receiving from the
Rhode Island ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS twelve new
engines of the ten-wheel build. Three ar
rlyed this week.
A large railroad Republican club has been
organized at Fort WAYNE. with G.. ID. Law.
superintendent of the Pittsburg, Fort
Wayne x Chicago, as its president.
It Is reported thai james ID. Hawks. chief
engineer of the Michigan Central road
will resign his position TO accept the man.
agement of the Detroit Citizens street
railway.
The Northern Pacific will this week COM
plete ITS new and extensive terminal sys-
tenn at Chicago, heretofore outlined. 1t
will soon have numerous su burban trains
A. w. Street, general manager OF the
Hoosao Tunnel fast-freight line. was In
w. H.. Parmalee. who represents the line
in this territory.
Col X. c. Clowry and a party of West
ern Union men are making q trip over a
number of Western lines. The party travels
in the car Electric" and Will probably be
In Indianapolis some day next week.
The business of the Indianapolis lines is
now so heavy that some of the traffic man.
ayers have given instructions that the IN
dustries on their lines be first looked after
and then the best paying freight selected
20 load cars.
Mr.. Hannsford has retired from the en-
gineer corps of the Grand Trunk railway
n Joseph Hobson. engineer of the cello
brated Detroit river tunnel, has been ap-
pointed in mis- stead. Mr.. HobsoD, was su-
perintendent of the western division.
T. NJ. Benning. trainmaster of the Jack.
sonvIlle Southeastern. has resigne ed and
the Office has been abolished. its d upies &C
be looked after By +. L. Tompkins, master
of transportation. and T.. Z. Hildreth has
been appointed assistant master of trans
portation.
The Wagner and the Pullman car com
panies are each building model trains Tor
exhibition at the worlds fair. No ex pense
is to be spared in their construction. After
the worlds fair the New York Central will
take the Wagner train of palace cars. and
the Pennsylvania the Pullman train.
The question Is asked, why does not the
Pennsylvania Company secure control o.
the Toledo. Peoria * Western roadf Prob.
ably the reason Is that IL now gets the bus
mesa of the road and is better off than II
would be if 1t had to maintain the prop
erty. bringing II IN 10 the Pennsylvania
standard.
President Leonard. of the Toledo. Peoria
& Western, has issued his annual report
for the year ending June 80. 1892. showing
gross earning of SLOT. 79l; net earning s
t2Sl. GAG; surplus. S5l. 1888. Extensive i'm.
provements were made 20 the road and itt
equipments. all of which was charged C
operating expenses.
A statement of all the lines of the Penn
sylvania railroad east of Pittsburg and
Erie for August. 1902. as compared with tn,
same month in 1891. shows an increase II
gross earnings of Sli, 80; an increase In ex
penses of SEQ. 749; q decrease in net earn.
iDgs OF S225. 542. II. All lines west of Pitts
burg and Erie for August. 1892 90 oom.