The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-31
personar. Local and General Notes.

Personal. Local ana General Notes
d. w. Cooke has been appointed assist
ant genera! passenger agent ofthe Chicago
x Great Western.
G. L. Lansing has been elected secretary
of the Southern Pacific Company. vice E.
IL. Miller, jr., deceased.
A. W. Ecclestone has been appointed
Eastern passenger agent of the Toledo, st.
Louis & Kansas CITY road.
T. Ii. Stokes. former train-dispatcher on
the Big Four system. has retired and en-
barked in business for himself at 143 West
Washington street.
The Wabash has gotten out the time card
for It's new Detroit Chicago division. and
il provides for four trains daily between
Detroit and Chicago each way.
The Monon's contract with the Ohio Falls
car-works calls for ten vestlbuled coaches.
two combined parlor and dining cars. and
two combined mail. express and baggage
cars.
A. Beecher has been appointed district
passenger agent of the Ohio & Mississippi.
with headquarters at Vincennes. Ind. vice
c. G. Jones, resigned. TO 60 into other busi-
ness.
F. G. Bryan has been appointed Western
freight agent of the Norfolk IL Western,
with headquarters ut Chicago. Indianapo-
lis territory will also be under his super
vision.
F.M. Conlan has been appointed super
lcnQC VI klC NtoluH VI Iu6
Chicago X Rock leland. vice W.. NJ. Hobbs.
promoted. Both appointments take effect
Jar. l.
T. s. Simpson. who for years represented
the Decline as its Eastern agent. with
Headquarters at New York city. will on
Jan. l take q good position with the Lake
Shore road.
Col. w. r. GODDARD will remain with the
Kentucky and Indiana Bridge Terminal
Company until March /. He will then go on
to an important Eastern road as it's general
superintendent.
Central for the last half of 1892 were. gross.
ga. 1885, 1z.62; net earnings. s.. 14S.069 80.
The operating OK penses of the six months
were Sl6,004. 94S.62.
The Wabash is building box-cars at it's
own shops ut the rate of ten n day. The
repair work is well mp, and this method is
taken TO keep the various shops In opera
ton. The cars are badly needed.
Another meeting of the heads of the de-
partments of the Northwestern hines has
been called for Jan. Q. In st. Paul. to en-
deavor to organize the rate association
whichdissolved q few months ago.
II. s. Grant Hough will, on the first of
January, transfer his headquarters as
travelling passenger agent for the Chicago
4 Rock Island from Chicago To pittsburg.
Western Pennsylvania Is to be added TO his
territory.
II. B. L. Peirce. trustee and general man.
ager of the Indianapolis. Decatur & West
ern. and party, were in Chicago yesterday
on their way home from the Pacific coast.
and will arrive In indianapolis over the
Pennsylvania line this morning.
J. ". Faithorn. formerly chairman of the
Western Freight Association and later
commissioner of the South western Rail-
way and Steamship Association. has been
appointed general manager of Streets
Stsble-car Company. taking effect Jan. ].
George Ehrenfeld. supervisor of the Pitts
burg division OF the Pennsylvania lines,
has received from the company the first
prize of 500 for having the hest super
visor's division physicatly. WA also
awarded the general managers prize of $50.
The Terre Haute Car-mnnufacturing
Company has purchased additional ground.