The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-01-23
Personal. Local and General Notes.

Personal. Local and General Notes.
The directors of the Illinois Central have
declared two and one half per-eent. SEMI
annual cash dividend, payable March /.
1t 10 stated that J. j. Frey, general super
intendent of the Missouri. Kansas& Texas.
will retire on Feb. 1 and be succeeded by
A. Allen, of Seattle.
Trains on the Big Four's ST. LOUIS di-
vision. yesterday. were running on time.
using slde-track to get around the wreck
OF Saturday at Wann.
e.. L. Burge freight conductor on the
Cincinnati. Hamilton IL Dayton. Indian
apolis division. has been promoted to pas
senger conductorship.
G. c. Waite president of the Columbus
& Hooking Valley. says there would be no
danger of q coal famine If connecting roads
would return cars to the coal roads as they
should.
Mr.. Henry NJ. Waite, of the maintenance
of way department of the Big -Four. has re-
turned to his post. after long and severe
attack of typhoid fever. having been most
of the time with friends In Ohio.
An idea of the scarcity OF Goa, in north
the cold days last week John Newell, pros
ident of the Lake Shore road. ordered all
coal along the line confiscated for the use
of the road.
The management of the Chicago & Erie.
after taking all of It's passenger-train crews
to Chicago to instruct them as regards
handling the worlds fair business. Is now
putting its freight-trsin crews through the
same schooling.
The Railway station Employees Associa-
tjon. which put representatives, at work on
the Chicago Il Rock Island to secure MEM
bers, have been unsuccessful In enrolling
recruits. The action of the Santa Re was
wet blanket on this newly organized asso-
citation.
L. A. Peck, ex-superintendent of the Big
Four. and John +. Rose, who retires Feb.
1 as superintendent of transportation of
the Big Four. will spend a month hunting
In Mississippi. and on their return will re-
sumo railroadIng on an important West
ern system.
Webb Ross the engineer killed In the
wreck on the Big Four st. Louis divisiOnl
Saturday. was prominent member OF the
Division 81, of Nation. He carried $1,000
insurance with the brotherhood and
$1,000 accident policy.
Harry Miller. superintendent of the Lou
isviIle division of the Pennsylvania lines,
10 urging the management to put on q fast
VILE and Chicago, that the travelling pub
lilo may become aware that such train is
being run before the worlds fair business
sets in.
The st. Louis Belt-raiIway scheme is
taking definite shape, so far. at least, as
connecting the st. Louis Terminal railway
with the extension of the Merchants
Terminal railway lines which will result,
eventually. in the construction of a belt
road to connect all St Louis lines west of
the river.
The Wabash earned in the second week
OF January s229, $50, q decrease. compared
with the corresponding week of 1892.
of S2S.S The Chesapeake * Ohio
earned in the second week S149127, a de-
crease this year of S3O.S77. The Toledo. st.
Louis & Kansas City earned S35.639. O de-
crease this year of 81 SOP.
Since the narrow escape from serious dis
aeter on the Cincinnati. Hamilton * Day
ton through the drunkenness of an engineer.
all tr ainmen Oh the system are being ex-
amIned as tn their temperance principles
and II good record cannot be shown they
ore given their choice TO remain on the
road, Sign tho temperance pledge and
promise to live up to 1t. or quit the service
of the company.
Samuel Townsend. rate clerk in the Big
Four uptown freight Office, will, on the
first of February. retire. as will the man IN
charge OF telegraph at the Office of Ford
Wood. assistant general freight agent,
both being dropped as retrenchment
measure. After Fob. all rates will be
given at the Office of Fo:d Wood. assistant
general freight agent, and all frelghts
billed from the depots direct, instead of at
the office of Ii. NJ. Fraser.
The Big Four on Saturday received from
the Schenectady ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS two
more passenger engines, making six Of the
twelve contracted for; four are already in
service. These engines weigh 1900
pounds, with 1000 pounds resting on the
driving-wheels. have q five-and-a- half
foot driving wheel and 10 by 81 inch cy lin
ders. -Four moro freight engines were re-
ceived last week from the Richmond loco
motive works. making twelve OF the thirty
contracted for.
To-day engineer Charles Mench will open
his Office headquarters at MassillOn. o., and
| commence the survey for laying a second
| line of track on the Plttsburg ~ Fort
Wayne, between that city and Orrville.
When the work be has in hand is COM
| pleteted, the entire eastern division, ex-
| cepting one pine-mile stretch. will be
| double-tracked. with the road. bed In first
| class shape, from Pittsburg west The
| double tracking from the east into Massil-
| Ion. where the work of engineer Menoh
will be- taken up, will be completed by the
| 1st of March. and the whole line will be in
superb shape for the expected rush OF
| travel to the worlds fair. The division
4 from Pittsburg west, according to experts.
| Will compare well with the present condi.
| tion of the mainline division of the Penn
| sylvania railroad from Pittsburg eastward.