The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-04-03

has appointed ID. ID. Mayo general manager
OF the express company, vice George w.
Kramer. resigned.
Business with the Sunday train of she
Indianapolis q Vincennes road IS steadily
increasing and all talk of TAX ing the train
oil has been dropped.
The business of the Sandusky division OF
she Big -Four is said to have increased so
per cent. since the property came under the
control of the Big Four.
William Garstang. uperintendent of mo-
tive power of the Big Four. left yesterday
afternoon for Richmond. Va, to arrange to
remove his family to indianapolis.
c. &. Reynolds. formerly train dis
pateher on the Indianapolis Il ST. Lonis.
now assistant superintendent of the Chi
cago d Erie, spent sunday III the city.
Is. K. Yoakum. formerly general manager
OF the San Antonio ~ Arkansas Pass. 1t Is
stated. is to succeed C.. O.. Wheeler as gen.
eral manager of the Gulf. Colorado ~
Santa Fe.
j. u. Williams, general manager OF the
sandaiIa lines. was in the city saturday
afternoon to see what could be done 10
give more room for handling the company's
freight traffic at this point.
Train - out of indianapolis over the
Louisville division of the pennsylvania
lines earned S1.S7 per mile run in the year
1892, and the lowest paying train run over
the road paid 31.25 per mile.
IiDAAy SIs. uOW III TO- IOIhs
writes that III. b. Hammond, president of
the l.. ID. 81 w. road, has so far recovered
from his paralytic trouble as to walk about
again and is improving steadily.
w. II. McDoel. general manager of the
Monon. met Charles Nelson. general su-
perintendent of the Cincinnati, Hamilton
Il Dayton, Eere. to talk over summer time
table matters. Mr.. Nelson accompanied
dr. McDoel on his return to Chicago Sat-
urday night.
The Cincinnati, Hamilton 81 Dayton is
putting into service some new furniture
cars of the same pattern as those built in
the last year by the Pennsylvania, being
Immense in size and resting low on the
trucks, SO as to give ample room for them
to pass through tunnels.
On Saturday morning o special made the
run over the MonOn from Chicago TO In
dIanapolis in three hours and fitty-eight
minutes. W. III. McDoel. general manager,
was on the train, which is taken as evil
dence that he considers 1t safe TO run at
such speed over the road.
s. r. Kramer, formerly telegraph operator
on the Bee line. and more recently train
master on the Nickel-plate. on Wednesday
takes the position of trainmaster on the
Lake Erie IL Western road. with head
quarters at Muncie, Ind. The division
from Fort Wayne to Connersville and the
yards will be under bis charge.
Aionzo Robbins. superintendent of the
columbus ~ Hooking Valley, spent Sun
day with relatives here. He states that
to-day the new coal rates go into effect,
and the company expects to handle $50 to
400 carloads per day. It expects TO carry
to Toledo, for Northern lake point this sea-
son. one million bushels of coal from mines
on the G. & II. v.
Charles NJ. Wheeler. city ticket agent of
the Vandalia's uptown ticket office at
passeng ger agent to succeed Charles Mixer,
resigned. 1t is said that q Vandalia man
at Indianapolis will succeed Wheeler. The
latter was formerly In the depot ticket
office at Terre Haute. and afterwsrd was
i!A II passenger agent for the E. a
J.B: Haster. general superintendent OF
the Chicago Il Southeastern, and III.
Moore. general utility man of the company,
were In the city yesterday. Mr.. Moore
states that the western extension of the
road to Brazil will be completed, SO far as
the grading and bridging is concerned,
within two weeks. and extending the road
from Anderson to Muncie will next be un-
dertaken.
Vice President Murray. General Superin-
tepdent Van Wrinkle and Superintendent
of Motive Power Garstang spent three
hours at the Brightwo0d shops on Satur-
day. and. AS q result. orders were given to
work a full complement of men ten hours
aday, and extra men will be employed in
the coach Department.. as it is the intention
to get every coach In good condition by tn
| middle of May.
The passenger department. of the Penn
sylvania lines claims that the late rate
W ar. which continued for over q year, in
the Chicago and Ohio River Traffic Asso-
citation territory, proved a financial bless
ing to the Pennsylvania people. doing much
to advertise the line. and that now between
Cincinnati and Chicago and Louisville
and Chicago. and more especially between
Indianapolis and Chicago there has been
q great increase in their business.