The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-09-20
Personal. Local and General Notes.

disasters.
Personal. Local and General Notes.
VIM. r. MoKeen. president of the t. H.&
l., has gone East for q few days.
Thomas Courtney. passenger conductor
on the Panhandle lines. is seriously Ill of
pneumonia.
The Southwestern Traffic Association has
postponed the selection of q permanent
chairman until Oct. 10.
Several of the roads will, to-day. to-mOr-
row and Friday run special trains to &C.
oommOdate the State fair travel.
Dr. j. b. ShuktZ. of Logansport. has been
appointed one OF the surgeons of the Penn
sylvanIa Company for the Chicago di-
vision.
Charles KratZenberg has been appointed
district passenger agent OF the Cincinnati,
Hamilton ~ Dayton. with headquarters at
Cincinnati.
TIE Panhandle company yesterday put
on new solid vestibule trims between Gin
cinnati and Chicago via Richmond and
Logan sport.
The Chicago & Great Western is handling
at Chicago. for its several tenant lines.
from 1000 to l. 100 coaches per day. and thus
far without any friction or accident.
II. w. Matters has been appointed pur-
chasing agent of the Mackey lines. he
was removed when Captain Grammer was
elected president of the Z. ~ L. II. road.
W.. p. Jams. president of the Belt Road
and Stock Yards Com pany. hat
on Oct. II the preferred stockholders will
receive q quarterly dividend of liz per
cent.
The report of q Cincinnati paper that NJ.
f. Duncan. vice president, and John In
gram, purchasing agent OF the Ohio Falls
car works. have resigned, Is denied by the
Louisville papers.
have devised a railroad ticket which can
not be scalped. He is sangulne that were
railroad companies to adopt it scalpers
would be driven out of business.
There were handled at the Union Station
train sheds In Augugt 4.379 passenger
trains, averaging niue and one-half cars
TO IA train. against 1852 trains in August,
1892. averaging six cars TO a train.
w. H.. Mckee. superintendent of the
Chesapeake Ohio southwestern. has re-
signed, and his place Is filled by promo
ton OF T~rainmaster Richard Morgan, who
is succeeded as %trainmaster by 1. Is. Maher.
President Msckey, of the EvansviiIs d
Terre Haute. has alreads Issued orders
that forces be reduced, as far as practical
BILE. In all departments, and "A number of
men III different departments have been
dropped this week.
Commencing with Oct. l the Great North
ern will run sleeping cars between Chicago
and Seattle In connection with the Chioa-
&c. Milw aukee ~ ST. Paul. This road also
hauis sleeping cars for the Union Pacfic
and the Northern Pacific.
Sumner Collins. general superintendent
of the MonoD lines. Is IN the city for n cou-
pie OF days. looking after the movement of
trains In connection with tho State fair
and the worlds fair. as travel over the
Monon this week is very heavy.
The Ohio Il Mississippi yesterday opened
for business ito brancn from RiyervgIe to
the Bedford stone auarries. from which
traffic the company now expects TO derive
considerable revenue. The officials of the
Qnnan yasfarhQE want nVar fha hraVeh
on u special train.
j. A. Kelly has been appointed superIn-
tendent of the Chicago Il Great Western,
with jurisdiction over the DUBUQUE divi-
sion; }. j. Mclaughlin superintendent of
the 81. Paul division. AMI Is. t. Egan SUI
perintendent OF the Des Moines, ST. Joseph
~ Kansas City branch.
s3Engineers ID. w. West. O. p. Crum. WIN.
Pnrtlow and Edward Conn. all on the H.
dianapOlis division of the Cincinnati. Ham
llton ~ Dayton lines, have been running
ngIne Oh the c.. Ii. X ID. over twenty-five
years. o.. Crum being the oldest engineer,
in point of service. on the G.. Ill. IL d.. sys-
TEN.
The Louisville. New Albany IL Chicago
showsan increase in earnings the second
week in September OF Sl0,6! : over the cor
responding week of last year. AS the in
crease is all in passenger earnings. Frank
Reed, general passenger and ticket agent
of the Monon, is much elated. Mr.. Reed
oho tAO WI 0oahk AOO0
work the last few weeks.
The statement going the rounds of the
press that President Ingalls, dismissed the
ticket collectors on the demand OF the pas
senger conductors Is not true. but AN inius-
tice on that fraternity. rs on the Chicago
division travel has been so heavy the last
three months that ticket collectors were
really useful. On other divisions they were
dismissed some months ago.
There has never been a strike, OF one
threatened. on the Cincinnati, Hamilton *
Dayton lines by traiDmen. Engineers on
that road running passenger trains ere
paid 81 cents per mile run: freight en-
glneers on through freights. 3l2 cents, and
on local freights. 4 cents per mile. An en-
glneer of "a through freight, If out on the
road over ten hours. Dan draw pay for
overtime; on a local freight. II out over
thirteen hours.
The Mopon. anticipating p large stone
traffic this sum;ne from the Bedford quar-
ries. built last year one thousand flat
cars for this traffic. but tho hard times de-
feated their eXp ectatlons; now they are
converting these cars into coal cars, and
will, the coming fall ana winter. engage in
hauling coal from the mines OF Brazil on u
larger scale than IN any former period,
hauling the coal from Brazil to Greencas-
tie over the Nandalla. General SuperiH-
tendenf Collins has made arrangements for
handling the coal at Chicago expeditiOusly
and much more satisfactorily than ia for
mel years.
Inquirer: The bonded debt OF American
roads, as given by the last Poor's Manual.
which IL doubtless correct. Is 81. 800, QUO. 900.