The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-13
PersonaI, LocaI and General Notes.

doors are opened and all is excitement.
while at night the strain Of suspense is
less nerve-wringfng-
Personal, Local and General Notes.
Paul Raines. chief of the weighing and
inspection bureau, Is in the city.
The Nickel-plate is arranging to run
cheap excursions TO the worlds fair daily.
All efforts TO reorganiZe the Southwest
ern Traffic Association have proved futile.
The Indianapolis division of the Brother
has 227 members.
e. T. Mcconnell engineer of maintenance
OF way of the Peoria & Eastern, is in Chi
cago for a week.
The New York store on Oct "a will run
an excursion over the Big Four from La
fayette 10 Indianapolis
General Manager Hays, of the Wabash,
who has been spending a few days resting
IN New England, returned on wednesday.
c. c. Pierce, general agent of the MGR
chants Dispatch, has returned very much
improved in health and is at his post again.
Chief Engineer Kittredge, of the Big
-Four, has turned all Indianapolis terminal
matters over TO his assistant, Thomas Nor
riS.
j. Q. Van Wrinkle. general superintend-
Big -Four, returned last night from Chi
cago.
George Long has been elected president
Bridge Company, vice Dennis Long de-
ceased.
James Mills, for long series OF years
general freight agent of the Boston & AL
valid, is dead.
The Big Four's new roundhouse, which,
when completed, will have thirty-eight
stalls is under roof, and will be convenient
in every respect.
John M. Washburn, treasurer Of the Old
colony Steamboat Company. has resigned
after long service in that position, and is
succeeded by A. w. Adams.
Passenger men are satisfied that the
worlds fair travel in October will exceed
that or any previous month. Such was the
case with the Centennial at Philadelphia.
The consolidation of the Cleveland LOrain
& Wheeling and the Cleveland e. South
western Is being agitated. The Lake Shore
people supposed to be behind the plan.
Daniel Janowitz, who on Nov. 1 retires as
the representative of the Northern Pacific
In this territory, will probably after that
date represent the Great Northern road in
the same territory.
II. De Wolf, auditor of the Illinois Cen
trail, who died so suddenly a day or two
ago, begun service with that company as
cashier in the land department in 1870, and
had been with it since.
On Nov 5, with the taking effect of the
winter time table, the Big -Four, in con-
poets to put on solid vestibule train be-
tween ST. Louis and Washington.
An effort is making to get the affairs of
the indianapolis. Decatur & Western in
such shape that the Cincinnati, Hamilton
& Dayton may take control on Dec. 1. and
indications are that the efforts will be sue
cesSful
Managers of the California mdwinter ex-
position have asked the general passenger
agents of the Western lines to make q
Ehns rate not to exceed Fr SO from
June 80
Roads in this section are getting a good
deal of freight and passenger business
from the Ohio Southern. Almost daily
some of the Ohio Southern coaches are seen
in the Union Station, sent here filled with,
passengers.
The Chicago & Alton seems to have bro
one engine, twenty-one sleeping cars and
coaches into Chicago. containing LAB pas
before hauled in one regular train and by
one engine.
A Big Four freight official says it comes
with poor grace from H. w. Hubbard, gen.
charge that the Big Four is cutting rates,
something which the Vandalia has been do
ing for months out of Peoria and west
bound from indianapolis.
George Maxwell. who represents the Wa
bash road in this section, but who has for
some weeks past been I'm the Southwest
working up business, has returned, and
will look after his territory from this on.
He has made a very popular and efficient
representative of the road in this section
James Barker, general passenger agent
OF the Missouri, Kansas q Texas, made
proposition to the Western Passenger AS
sociation to become a member, providing
that Texas business was excluded. The
proposition has been refused and the NJ,
K. & T. is asked to join without reserva-
ton.
The Central Traffic Association lines met
at Chicago yesterday and took no action
whatever on worlds fair rates. rates
to the midwinter fair in California Com
for applying the coach excursion rates
upon its regular trains. No action was
taken however.
George Bender, su Superintendent, and
Thomas Morris 1SSiSta1 engineer o.
ing over the Chicago Vision of the Big
Four on hand car, five powerful section
made the run from indianapolis TO Lafay
cite, sixty-four miles, and made number
| of stops to examine work
The authorities of Salem, o., passed an
ordinance forbidding the Pennsylvania to
run its trains through the town at a
| higher rate of speed than four miles an
hour. The Pennsylvania retaliate by an
nulling the accommodation train which
| between Alliance and Cleveland, and the
| five fast trains which have stopped there
are to be run through without stopping.
Since Chicago has declined to build a per-
manent railway museum, Baltimore will
| build one. the nucleus of which will be the
| at the fair. The exhibit was offered to
| Chicago TO be placed in a museum of ex
museum having been determined on, Chi
| cago could not take it, and 1t will now so
TO Baltimore
Yesterday a number of people bound for
! New York, on train No. 20. could secure no
sleeping-car accommodations until they
reached Columbus. 1t is not very pleasant
for passengers to be obliged to wait until
they reach Columbus to get a berth.
| there is usually more or less anxiety as re-
CARDS securing il. A through sleeping
coach from Indianapolis to New York
| should be hauled on this train.
| Travelling men. through e. b. Russell.
| again urging the issuance by railroads of
| five-thousand-mi interchangeable mileage
| books. f. o. Mccormick, passenger traffic
| manager of the Big Four, o. p. McCarty,
general passenger agent of the r. & O.
Southwestern and the Ohio & Mississippi,
| and D. Edwards. general passenger agent
of the Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton, are
said to favor such book
The transportation department of the Big
| Four has never been in the excellent con-
dition that it is to-day Hand in hand il
| is working with the passenger department,
and as a result records between different
points on the system being smashed
| with weekly regularity. Some days ago the
| fastest time ever made by any railroad
! train between Cincinnati and indianapolis
was recorded by the Big Four. Tuesday
| this road had interesting race between
| Cincinnati and Columbus with the Pennsyl-
| vania. On that day each road took a
| knight Templar division to the Buckeye
capital, and there was quite an effort made
| by the respective roads officers to land
! their trains before their competitors got
In. The Big Four special made the run, 10
| miles in two hours and thirty minutes,
| getting in ahead of the Pennsylvania.