The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-06-09
Personal. Local and General Notes.

PersOD2f.
The Indiana Car.service Association
handled in May 2S.771 loaded cars.
The National Railway Claim Agents AS
sociation will hold its annual convention
In Chicago on July ii.
The Columbus IL Hooking Valley has de-
clared q semi-annual dividend on It's pre-
ferred stock f2la per cent. payable July l.
J. A. Barnard. general manager of the
Peoria & Eastern. who went East to attend
the funeral of his brother. returned yes
ssrdey.
IL the weather is pleasant the Lake Erie
* Western expects to carry five hundred
people on their part rail and part water ex-
euTsion TO Chicago tomorrow night.
The Wabash has put on fast trains and
east bound live stock traffic. It's stock
trains are run at q speed Of twenty five
miles an hour.
e.. E. Fulton has called meeting in this
city. on June Ii. of the officials In the
freight departments of the roads which are
members of the Chicago and Ohio River
Traffic Association.
From some portions OF the system the Big
Fonr is getting good deal of Chicago
travel by Benton HarbOr and boat to the
worlds fair. The freight earnings of the
MIchIgan division are also showing up very
satisfactorily.
The Lake Shore and Lehigh Valley Dis
patch will establish an Office at Indian
apolis and has appointed w. H. Boyd, late
of Kansas City. agent. The line will send
its business over the old Bee-line division
OF the Big Four.
The engineering corps OF the Ohio
Southern expects TO have the line located
from Lima to Toledo by the middle OF this
month. and the work of constructing the
road is to then be pushed, the money being
provided needed.
In it's fiscal year ending juno 30 the
Louisville az Nashville will make the
largest earnings of any year in it's history.
The tirst eleven months it has earned S20,-
6Si.223. an increase over the corresponding
eleven months OF 1892 of 81, 1f669S.
The Chicago Il Eastern Illinois will. in
Its fiscal year ending with June 80. earn
nearly four and one-quarter million dollars
At the end of the eleventh month of it's
fiscal year the earnings were S604.9i6 ahead
OF the corresponding period OF 1892
DIR. II. O.Wells. of North Manchester, has
been appointed house surgeon of the Wa
bash railroad hospital. at Peru. to take
the place of DR.. Mslsbury, resigned. DR..
Wells 9 q graduate of the Kentucky School
OF Medicine. He will take charge July !.
Thomas Cronin. general roadmaster of
the International 81 Great Northern, has
been appointed general superintendent OF
the Houston, East * West Texas road.
This property is TO be greatly Improved
and converted from q narrow TO q standard
gauge.
The indianapolis. Decatur & Western IS
the only road running out of here which 10 in
shape TO handle the picnics and excursions
which Indianapolis will get up this sum-
mer. All the other lines are crowded
with buslness that they cannot spare
coaches.
A railroad official. who watches earnings
closely, says he fears that some of the
arrangements will be disappointed if they
expect the earnings this month will exceed
those of June. 1892, last year the earn
fngs of June. with most lines, were phe-
nomenally large.
j. l.. Brown master mechanic of the
Pittsburg ~ Western. has been appointed
superintendent of the water works at AL
Iegheny, Pa. It is understood that Mas
ter Mechanic Colbaugh. of the Baltimore
x Ohio lines. Will be the successor of Mr..
Brown on the L. ~ w.
The Big Four company has completed
the distri bution of ballast on the division
between Indianapolis and Kankakee and
yesterday removed one of It's steam SHOW
els 20 Hillsboro. ILL.,. and another TO st.
Paul. Ind. to commence distribution OF
gravel on other divisions. hlling trestles.
etc.
meeting of the subcommittee of the
Chicago and Ohio River Traffic Association
and of the Central Traffic Association met
here yesterday TO consider the basis of
rates from and TO trunk line points. the In
eention being to make them CORRESPOND
with the srbitrsries demanded via Chicago.
Peoria and -. Louis.
The improv ed train service on the Erie,
the Wabash. the Missouri. K-nsas ~
Texas. the north and south lines aud
new limo northwArd from Atlanta shows
that great progress 10 now making IN trans
portation matters which will result in the
not distant future IN lower passenger
Rates. so sharp Is competition.
Since William Ii. Shattuc became COM
missioner of the Cincinnati and -. Louis
Passenger Association matters have moved
along smoothly and rates have been strict
ly adhered 60. Now the general passenger
agents are pulling their brains whether