The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-07-13
Personal. Local and General Notes.

1850
j. G. Dierking has been appointed car 40
countant or the Louisville. Evansville IL
St. Louis
A. J. welch has been appointed general
passeng ger agent of the Paduosh. Tennessee
q Alabama road.
Harry May. passenger conductor on the
Panhandle lines. has been reinstated on his
old run out of LogansDort.
A. ID. Perry, district passenger agent of
the Chicago Il Alton. who has been quite
Ill for several days. Is I'm proving.
Pennsylvanla officials have issued an
order that hereafter any freight conductor
who carries tramps on his train will be dis
charged.
B. w. Wren. general passenger agent of
she East Tennessee. Virginia ~ Georgia.
passed through the city yesterday. en-
foute to Chicago.
On July 10 wool rates from ST. Louis and
oil MissourI-river points TO the sesboard
will be advanced ii cents per one hundred
pounds on the present cut rates.
On Monday morning four engines were
turnsd out OF the shops OF the Wabash
Company at Fort Wayne. Co go into service
on the ChtcagO-Detroit Short-line.
The car service and car accountants de-
psrtment of the Big Four. which employs
sixty people. Will next week be removed
from the Union Station TO the Big Four's
new buildings on south Delaw are street.
George Shedron. formerly with the Van
daIia. now train dispatcher on the Mis-
sour. Kansas IL Texas. 10 visiting his
brother, %. p. Shedron. conductor on the
Tsndalia.
The Lake Erie q Western has appointed
q. L. Brewer. one of it's train dispetchers,
agent at Frankfort. Ind, vice III. Miner,
who tomorrow goes into the service of the
Big Four as agent at Fowler.
The Erie yesterday brought into Chicago
an excursion of 277 people,. all from points
three hundred or more miles distant from
Chicago. This 10 the largest worlds fair
excursion yet run into that city.
The gross earnings of the Chicago, Mil
yankee q Sc. Paul for the year ending
June 80. 1893. increased ST. 9l $40 over the
corresponding Inonthsof the previous year.
OF the increase 81. 152. 427 was in freight.
George Bradbury. general manager. II. c.
Parker, tratic manager. and George Il.
Jarvis. assistant general superintendent.
yesterday started out on o trip over the
Lake Erie Il Western on a special train.
The executive committee OF the Interna-
tional Railway Ticket Agents Association
began q meeting In Chicago yesterday,
which will last the remainder of the week.
Nothing but matters OF interest to local
agents will be taken up.
T.. o. Hopkins. vice president of the
Louisville. Evansville " ST Louis. saws all
differences as to the consolidation of the
Peoria. Decatur * Evansville with the
Chicago az Ohio River have been adjusted.
and both are now under one management.
The Pitrsburg * Lake Erie and the Lake
Shore are SO pleased with the business
their trains recently put on between Pitts
burg RnG Chicago are doing that they pro-
pose TO make them more opula by put
ting on Darlor cars and vestibuled coaches.
The Jacksonville n southeastern road
has been crooked IN rate matters on Chi
cag0 business. and the Alton and Wabash
roads have dropped the rate from 1856 for
the round trip. Jacksonville. TO Chicago TO
$3.50. The controversy is now IN the atfi-
davit stage.
The Chicago x Indiana Coal Railroad
Company is making an effort TO increase Its
passenger business, putting on new trans
and scheduling them on better time. While
the real worth of the road Is In it's coal
traffic. 10 IL believed its passenger business
can be greatly increased if proper steps are
taken.
Seven of the ten new engines receive d
last week By the Lake Erie ~ Western ara
standing on q side track at Upton without
shelter. A Lafayette piper says there is
room enough In the l.. r. ~ w. round
house At LAFAYETTE TO shelter them. but
prejudice against the Star City prevented
the company housing the locomotives
there.
AS now operated. the Big Four pays 4C
DER cent of the ex penses OF the Union Sta
tion and Union track operations; the Penn
sylvanis. @5h Per cent. the Nandalis. IL