The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-03-09
Personal, Local and General Notes.


Cincinnati ticket brokers have raised their
boycott on the Pennsylvania lines.
The MOnon is doing large south-bound
grain traffic and transporting large quanti-
ties OF ice southwark.
Ford Wood, general freight agent of the
Peoria d Eastern, is on an Eastern trip
and was yesterday in Buffalo.
General Western Passenger Agent Hitch
cock, Of the Delaware, Lackawanna &,
Western. was in the city yesterday.
George T. Gunnip, of the Santa Fe. and
Townsend, of the Baltimore & Ohio passen-
ger department, are in the city on official
Commencing with Sunday next soma
phore train orders will be put in service
on the VandaIia main line between Indian
apoliS and St Louis.
Sunday, March 4, was the forty-third an
niversary of the opening of the Terre Haute
& indianapolis, from which has grown the
extensive Nandalia system.
A telegram from Terre Haute last even
ing, stated that William X. McKeen, presi-
dent of the Vandalia, was much better
and was thought to be out of danger.
After April the train ddspatchers on the
western division Of the Baltimore & Ohio
Southwestern will have their headquarters
at Washington, Ind, instead of Seymour.
The officials and receivers of the Santa Fe
system are this week I'm conference in Bos-
ton. The freight as well as the passenger
officials were summoned TO the conference.
G. w Crazy, many years dispatcher on
the Panhandle lines, viii graduate from
the Ohio Medical University, Columbus on
March Is, full-fedged physician and sur
geon.
The Lake Erie & Western earned in Feb
ruary S236,312, decrease as compared with
February 1893, of $53 7O4. Thus far this
s5 I 1t mas uFOppeu Oenina IN earnings
H. C. Townsend. general passenger agent
OF the Missouri Pacific who has been at
Hot Springs for some weeks. returned on
Wednesday. His health has not been good
for some time.
on leaving the New York & New England,
will become president of the Lehigh Val
ley. succeeding President Wilbur. who is
anxious To retire.
number of railway officials passed
through the. city last night en- route to
Chicago To attend the meeting of general
managers and superintendent, to be held
IN that city to-day.
The Veteran Association of the Pennsyl-
yania lines will hold their annual reunion
the last Thursday of next month at Pitts
burg. There are usually about two hun
nred in attendance.
H II. Porter, chairman of the executive
committee of the Chicago & Eastern I'LL
nois, will pass through here this morning
over the Big -Four, en- route TO Florida with
a party Of friends.
The annual meeting Of the Peoria &
Pekin Union will be held on Tuesday next
1t is stated that c; T. Schaf will be elect
ed president of the company, succeeding
Joseph Ramsey. jg.
The Brotherhood Of Locomotive Engin-
GERS will hold its biennial convention at st.
Paul May 10. The old question of electing
another man than z. NJ. Arthur for grand
chief will come up.
d. b. Martin, general passenger agent Of
the Big Four. was in 81. Louis yesterday.
Report has IL again that in the near future
his headquarters viii be changed from Gin
cinnau 10 St Louis.
Major Mauk, a well-known passenger
conductor on the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne *
Chicago. is so i'll again TO be Obliged TO
remain at home. He had but just recovered
from q. three months illness.
Passenger men connected with the St
Louis San Francisco state that there
never was a tiTue when travel To southern
Kansas and oklahoma was as heavy as il
has been for the last thirty days.
Emigrant business westbOund is improv-
ms. For ten days past the Panhandle
lines have been taking West an average Of
one hundred emigrants day. turned over
To them at Pittsburg by the Pennsylvania.
J. Il. barnes superintendent of motive
power OF the Wabash lines has gone 10 Hot
Springs TO remain month. He is still ex-
pe-ienCiug a good deal of trouble with the
limb which was broken twice by accident
IN the last year.
The general manager of the Chicago Great
Western gave notice Of a 10 per cent re-
Guction in wages Of trainmen, dating from
March J. In the same circular saying II
there is 20 be any arbitration ii must fol
low the reduction
The Pennsylvania Company sent experts
20 New Albany 10 examine a smoke con
sumner, the invention of Harry Delaney
master mechanic Of the Monon. and were