The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-10-09
Personal, Local and General Notes.

l.. will hold their annual meeting in Gin
.cinnati, Oct. 81.
In the week ending Oct. 6 the Big Four
on its system a daily average. of
5.170 loaded cars, making it the busiest
week OF the last two years.
C. N. Hammond, formerly agent Of the
San Diego, Cal, and holds a good position
with the Southern California railway.
The latest compiled statistics show that
in the world there are 40o,4l6 miles OF rail
way main line, and that 177,00 OF this
mileage is in the United States. or 42h per
cent.
Receiver Mcneil, OF the Oregon Railway
and Steamship Company. has perfected ar
of traffic with the Great Northern at Spo-
kane.
E. F. Hilhard has taken charge as as
sistant general freight and passenger
agent of the Cairo Short line, and is sue
ceeded by G. r.. Buttles as general agent
at East st. Louis.
c.. S. McManus, formerly trainmaster, on
Sunday asSuned the duties OF superintend-
ent of transportation on the Elgin, joliet
q. Eastern, with headquarters at Joliet.
Ill. The office of trainmaster has been
1t is reported at Panama that Ameri-
cans have regained control Of the Panama
railroad; that George j. Gould will be its
new president. and that Colonel Rives.
the present superintendent of the road,
will enter the service Of the canal company
as engineer.
Frank Stewart has been appointed agent
of the Lake Erie q Western at Saybrook,
I'LL, succeeding his father, NJ. NJ. Stewart.
The new agent is but eighteen years of
age, but very capable and well Informed
for such a position.
w. b. Poland, for some years past di-
vision engineer on the Big Four, with
headquarters in this city, has been trans
ferred to Cincinnati as assistant engineer
on the entire system. The transfer is a
recognition of merit.
Il. W.. Venneman, for some time local
ticket agent of the roads centering at
Evansville, was buried on Sunday. He had
been i'll for some months, dying of con-
sumption. He was much esteemed by pas
senger men and the travelling public.
TIL monthly statements show a consid-
cradle increase in transcontinental line
business. this year over last; for August,
S3.20 tons of through freight were carried,
against 1897 tons last year; for the eight
months OF the present year 30S,0o0 tons,
against 231 ,11 tons; increase this year., 49,
99 tons.
One day last week the Cincinnati, Ham
ilton & Dayton delivered the day express
nection with the Monon, late, and the
Monon made the run from indianapolis to
Mopon, ninety-five miles, in two hours and
fifteen minutes, making six stops at cross
ings and stations.
One of the finest trains run in this coun-
try is the fast train out OF Cincinnati for
leaving Cincinnati at noon and reaching
New York for early dinner next day. The
train is lighted with Pintsch gas and has
steam heat, and during the afternoon
hauls an observation car.
Isaac Baker died at his home in Com
stock, N. Y, last week, aged eighty-two.
Mr.. Baker was for years a prominent rail-
road man in New York., and when superin-
tendent of the Troy &c Boston made him
self noted by refusing to run trains on
Sunday, even where connections were
anxious for him to do so.
Perry Griffin, the newly appointed ticket
agent Of the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Day
ton, has taken charge at Cincinnati, and 1t
is conceded by all that General Passenger
Agent Edwards made an excellent selection.
Mr.. Griffin has been at Spokane for five
years. and prior to that time was with
the Chicago & Rock Island.
The Merchants Despatch Transportation
Company is i'm the market for 300 new cars.
The specifications on which these cars are
built call for the best in every respec:
cars the same sized truck is used as is
used under the Pullman cars, and often
their cars are run at passenger train
speed.
hood of Locomotive Engineers will meet in
Terre Haute, Nov. 10, to decide at what
point to locate its headquarters. There are
nine cities to select from. AT present, In
~dianapolis is looked upon as the most favor
able location for the associations head
quarters. Terre Haute has given UP the
idea of retaining the general offices.
An official of the Louisville & Nashville,
In speaking of the resignation OF Milton H.
Smith as one of the directors, said it had
no significance further than that the stock
holders had a good chance to get a good
railroad nan in Albert s. Fink and Sc
cured him by the only plan open to them.
The charter of the L. & N. does not re-
quire that the president must be a director.
Parties interested in the Atlanta & Flor
ida state that a twenty-mile link will be
built within a short time, connecting 1t
with the Marietta & North Georgia. The
Atlanta & Florida is now in the hands of
a receiver, but it is expected will soon be
taken out of the hands of the court, and
it is believed that eventually the two roads
named will be connected and then CONSOLE
dated.
About twenty miles Of new steel rails,
weighing seventy-five pounds to the yard,
have been distributed on the Indianapolis
division of the Monon. and yesterday thirty
six carloads or new rail arrived from Pitts
burg Wright says he will
are grading for the shops, and put them
at work laying the new steel. as he Is
anxious to get it down before cold weather.
A number of changes took place yester-
aay among the Pennsylvania railroad 9th
West Pennsylvania railroad, resigned; ID.
NJ. Watt, superintendent Of the Pittsburg,
Virginia & Charleston, takes Reeds place;
d. n. Lowell superintendent of the Cambria
and Clarion divisions, with headquarters at
Cresson. takes Watts position. while
Lowell. ~
The monthly statement of the Railroad
Gazette shows that. in August. this year,
there were a total of $50 railroad accidents
In this country. in which fifty persons were
killed and 1876 injured. OF the killed, ten
were passengers. twenty-five employees and
the others trespasSers. OF the injured.
twenty-three We're passengers and ninety
four employees. Eight of the passengers
killed We're in the distressing accident at
Lincoln, Neb.. Aug. 9.
An old-time Big Four railroader. in
speaking of the business that ompany
was now doing and the system upon which
the road is operated. said that there had
been quite a change since 1859. In that
year the employees had a picnic at Mid
dletown, now called Waldron, and both
freight and. passenger trains were aban-
doned for the day, except one train out
of Cincinnati to bring the employees from
east of Waldron, and another from In
dianapolis to bring the employees west OF
Waldron and return them home after the
picnic. To stop all trains on the east end
of the Chicago division now would so much
paralyZe business as TO have il felt ali
over the country through it's local bus
mess and its traffic with connections.
Two More Typhoid Cases.