The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-08-23
Personal. Local and General Notes.

Personal, Local ana Generai Notes.
G. w. Kesselrig. agent of the Big Four at
HaZeIrigg. has resigned, and Is succeeded
by j. L. Blackmore.
Chalmers Brown. president of tho Rail-
way Officials INC Employee Association.
has returned from his vacation trip.
The Pennsy wanna Company Is still clos
ing the less important telegraph offices on
its line. and reducing the force retained In
those left open.
+. A. Peck. the newly appointed general
superintendent of the st. Louis d Iron
Mountain. is taking OFT trains and cutting
down expenses generally.
The Chesapeake 81 Ohio will this morn
ing turn over to the Big Four at Cinoin-
natl ten coaches loade with worlds fair
excursIonists from North Carolina.
The Union Pacific is now carrying q pas
senger from Kansas City to Portland. Ore.
2,O61 miles, for SIS. the lowest rate ever
touched by either OF the transcontinental
lines.
T. L. LsfreineIre. for several years the
has been appointed commercial agent of
the Southern Pacific. with headquarters at
st. Louis.
General Agent Baker, of the White line.
states that freight traffic Is improving and
that his line is now forwarding more bus
mess eastward than at any time In the last
twelve weeks.
g. w. III. Travers, assistant master mechanic
of the Santa Fe. has been appointed super
intendent of motive power of the Kansas
City. P%ittsburg ~ Gull. with headquarters
&C Kansas City.
crease it's capital stock 81. 800. 900. and for
that purpose q meeting has been called
Sept. 8. for the stockholders to vote
on the question.
f. o. Mccormick. passenger traffic man.
ager of the Big Four. has appointed War
ZEN j. Lynch as his chief clerk. Mr.. Lynch
was formerly chief clerk of the general pas
senger office OF the Big Four.
Assistant General Freight Agents Gibbs,
of the Vandalia, Holiday. of the Big Four.
and Broekenbrough. OF the Chicago 81
Eastern Illinois. were in the city yes.er-
day. adjusting Terre Haute rates.
The Chicago * Rock Island, the Kanka-
kee * Senaca. the Big Four and the Chesa-
peake * Ohio have put on q fast freight
train between Kansas City and Newport
News which Is making exceptionally good
time.
the Lake Erie ~ Western has hit on q
novel plan for holding bis men and ad-
hitting of their earning enough to supply
their daily needs One half OF the shop
men work the three first days of the week.
the other half the last three days OF the
week.
A Pennsylvania official remarked yester.
day. when speaking of the large decrease
In freight earnings, that II must not be for
gotten that comparisons of earnings are
made with an exceptional period, as In the
last half OF 1892 the east and west lines
made remarkably handsome exhibits of
earnings.
H.. &. Parker. traffic manage of the Lake
Erie * Western. has returned from Chi
cago. Last evening be remarked that In
his years OF ra~ilroading no had never
known freight traffic as light. but among
freight men whom he met in Chicago en-
opinion prevailed that next month would
show some Improvement.
Articles of consolidation of the Peoria.
Decatur ~ Evansville Rs,lway Company
and the Chicago * Ohio RIVER Railroad
Company were filed at Springfield. ILL.,.
yesterday. The consolidated road is TO DO
known as the Peoria. Decatur * Evans
willie Railway Company. The principal
business office Is at Peoria. The capital
stock is s. 5CO.00O.
IL is stated that the business men from
Indianapolis TO Cleveland are up In arms
that tie Big -Four has taken oil the fast
Tran - between Indianapolis and Glove
land, over the Bee-line. It greatly ineon-
yenlenclng travel and greatly delay ing the
delivery of mail matter. This train left
Indianapolis at 4 a. NJ. and had been run
ning so many years that IL has greatly dis