The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-29
Personal, Local and General Notes.

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NJ. w. Mansfield, superintendent of the
Indianapolis & Vincennes road, returned
from his vacation yesterday.
NJ. E. ingalls,. president of the Big Four.
was In the city for a short time yesterday
while on his way to Chicago.
E. o. Mccormick, passenger traffic man
ager of the Big Four, who was in the city
yesterday, went TO Chicago last night.
On Sept. 1 the ticket offices of the Illinois
Central and the Big Four at Nation, Ill,
will be consolidated on account OF encono-
my.
Peter Crane. who was in the early days
of the Bee-line an engineer on that road,
but who is now we'll advanced in years, is
visiting relatives in this city.
The shops of the Wabash road are closed
this week, the appropriation for shop ex-
penses of August being exhausted. Work
will be resumed on Monday next.
Peaches from Michigan are being shipped
south over the Michigan division of the
Big Four by the train load. In no former
year have the shipments from that State
been SO heavy.
The Indianapolis & Vincennes road. dur
ing the week the camp meeting was in
progress at Bethany, carried u,54S people
to the park, an increase of s per cent. over
the number carried last year.
The Wabash system. in the third week of
August. earned $2G0.19 an Increase over the
corresponding week of 1893 of $22,320. The
Chesapeake & Ohio, in the third week,
earned $2l0, 952. an increase this year of $l2,-
O29.
Inc Nlckel-Dldle company, WHICH last
week ran a Niagara Falls excursion. sent
passes to every postmaster on the line, and
also TO those near by, in northern Indiana
and Ohio. Many took advantage of the
courtesy.
Superintendent of Motive Power Gar
stang. of the Big Four, announces the APP
pointment OF James A. Keegan as master
mechanic of the Cincinnati * Sandusky di-
vision, with Office at Delaware, .. He sue
ceedS j. H. Berry.
For years the Pennsylvania Railroad
and has practically driven them out of
Pennsylvania. In fact, in the East the
scalpers have by no means as strong a hold
as in the Western States.
The Jacksonville News states that the
Ohio Falls car works now have contracts
which will keep them busy for some weeks.
The officials of the works say they hope
now to run through the fall and winter
without further loss of time.
d. F. Whitcomb. formerly superintendent
of the Union Railway Company and Belt
road, who has been East several months
on account OF poor health, returned yes
terday in excellent trim. He is undecided
as to what he Will do in the future.
1t is stated that the ten east-bound lines
out of Chicago are this week fully main
tanning rates as a result of the meeting
last week in New York. Passenger rates
east-bound, however, are a little sha&y, and
the matter Will be taken up in Chicago this
week.
The meeting to have been held at the
office of the Western Passenger Associa-
ton in Chicago, yesterday, on the question
of a reduction in rates from East St. Louis
to Kansas City, as announced by the Chica-
go * Alton road, has been postponed to a
future date.
A majority of the bondholders of the Ev-
ansville & Richmond Railroad Company
have assented TO the plan prepared for the
reimbursement of the company'S indebted
ness. The time within which nonassenting
bondholders may accept will expire at 3 p.
m, Aug. 81
1t is stated that c. l.. Wellington. assist
ant general freight agent of the Wisconsin
Central road. is to be made traffic manager,
and that j. c. Mckinnon, general manager
of the Merchants Association, of Milwau-
kee. is TO be appointed general freight
agent Of the Wisconsin Central.
The Pennsylvania companies have never
yet issued passes to the officials of any
Of the railway labor organizations, and
there are a number of other important
lines which have strictly observed that
rule. The ground taken by such roads is
that the officials of these organizations are
not railway employees.
on Sept. /, c.. L. Allsberry. agent of the
Big Four at Clark's Hill, Ind, will be
transferred TO Addyston, o., vice G. +
Ward, resigned. On the same day r. Dob
bins. agent at Mitchell. H.. will be trans,
ferred to Granite City, a newly-created
station. which bids fair to be an important
station on the Big Four system.
IL is stated that when Vice President
Thompson. Of the Pennsylvania railroad
learned that the original intention to senC
a detail of regular troops to attend the di
visional encampment of the National Guar
of Pennsylvania. held this year at Gettys
burg, was not possible because of the seri
Gus inroadS upon the transportation fund!
he Immediately informed Governor Patter
son that ii the troops were sent he would
take care of the transportation. The orig
inal programme was carried out as a re