The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-28
Personal, Local and General Notes.

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Personal, Local and General Notes.
A. w. Noyes. travelling passenger agent
of the Chicago Great Western, is in the
city.
Employees Of the yandalia are study
ing the code of rules which govern employees
on the Pennsylvania lines
General Manager Rogers. of the Hicks
Stock Car Company. has rendered his resig-
nation to take effect April /.
The Graham & Morton Transportation
Company win begin passenger and freight
service between Benton Harbor and Chi
cago next Monday.
John Mckee. a vandalia fireman. has
will visit the old country. On his return
he will be promoted to be an engineer.
Scott Henry, passenger conductor on the
Madison branch Of the Louisville division of
the Pennsylvania lines. has been appointed
trainmaster of that division for the time
being
struggle between the Southern Railway
Company and the Plant syndicate to secure
control of the Mobile & Birmingham when
the property is sold.
The passenger travel OF the Louisville,
Evansville & st. Louis between Louisville
and st. Louis. it is stated, has doubled since
the time between the two terminals was
shortened two hours.
III. l.. Denis, chief clerk in the passenger
department of the Chicago & Rock Island,
was on Tuesday married to Miss e. Trask,
of Chicago and Yesterday the bridal party
started on a trip to California
Mcintosh Brothers have renewed their
ie th agaS nte sae safss fols
Drake says there is not the least ground
for the claims the suit represents.
The Wabash earned in the third week of
spending week of 1894 of s14551. The Balti-
more Ohio Southwestern, in the third
week, earned $122, 452, an increase of $2,32o.
William f. Widgeon has been appointed
travelling engineer of the Michigan division
of the Vandalia, with headquarters at
Logansport; salary, 81, 500 year. Mr.. Wild
geon has been on the Vandalia twenty
years.
The Management of the Seaboard Airline
has made vigorous attack on the South
ern Railway and Steamship Association, al
leging that it is illegal association of
railroads for the purpose of pooling rates
In the dark.
Express Company at Elkhart, Ind. has re-
signed to engage in commercial pursuits
Superintendent Mitchell sent him a letter
looked after the company's business.
Thomas Folien. agent of the Wabash and
the Lake Erie & Western at Peru, is in
the city, He says each year shows steady
increase in business at that point. New
industries are coming in, the population IN
creaSing, and with this new business comes
to both roads.
The Grand Division of the Order of Rail-
way Conductors will hold its annual meet
ing at Atlanta Ca, May IA. 1t Is to be,
says one of their number, unusually inn
portant session. Doubtless Grand Chief
Clark will be reelected as he has proven
an unusually competent man.
C. Walker, superintendent of motive
power of the Toledo, st. Louis & Kansas
City, states that the shops OF the company
at Frankfort. Ind, are working more hours
and steadier than at any time in the last
two years, and he expects soon to have
every department working in full force.
The citizens of Benton Harbor have pc
titioned the Big Four and the Chicago q
West Michigan to build union station at
that point P6 promising b financial aid II w
probably comply with the request, as such
an Improvement is much needed at that
point
sylvania Railroad Company east of Pitts
burg and Erie for February, 1925, as COM
pared with the same month last year. which
shows: An increase in gross earnings OF
$417,314.74; an increase in expenses of 1884,
133. IS, and an increase in net earnings of
$23, 1.39.
The Nickel-plate the West Shore and
the Lackawanna lines. all alleged rate-cut-
ting lines, are the first roads to announce
IN acceptance with an agreemenl OF the
trunk lines to abolish differentiais and
other roads will, of course, follow the
course of these three.
On April 1 the resignation of Il. Clark,
jr.. general freight agent of the New York
Central railroad, will take place. His as
sistant. w. l.. Kingman, is promoted to the
vacancy. George T.. Terry, freight agent of
the Buffalo division. will take Kingman's
Chauncey NJ Depew, president of the road,
will be promoted to Terry's place.
H. f. FELTON,, general freight agent of
city, He says that the Chicago & Eastern
Illinois shows an increase in gross earn
ings the first three weeks of March Of
s193o9 over the corresponding weeks of 1894.
This improvement. he says, is largely in
local traffic special pains having been
taken to encourage local industries on the
line.
lodge of the Switchmen's Union of
North America has been organized at Terre
Haute, the first in this State. A railway
official said if the members of this organ
ization abide, by its present bylaws and
rules it will be of benefit to tnem and to
the roads, as. under it's constitution, strikes
are discountenanced, and from the switch
men more strike troubles have originated
than any other class of railway employees
Within the last thirty days forty thousand
new ties have been distributed on the In
dianapolis division of the Monon, and will
at once be placed under the track. Next
month new heavy steel rail TO complete the
heavy rail between Monon and Indianapo-
lis win begin to- arri to BY April ,, It Is
Chicago will be laid with rail weighing
seventy pounds to the yard. Then said
Doel, I'VE can begin to talk about shorten
ing the time still further between Indianapo-
lis and Chicago"
clearing house of Western roads says that
foreign immigration to the United States
promises to be heavier this year than for
immigrants arrived from Europe and of
the number 1856 were ticketed to points on
lines west of Chicago. Mr.. Pratt says these
figures represent only those who are Sc
cured by the roads he represents, and
cover not more than one-tenth of the ar
rivals. The immigrant clearing house as
sociation has now been in existence eleven
months and is proving success.
Said a general passenger agent yesterday:
zone of the most remarkable things in the
passenger situation is the heavy travel
South, and it is steadily increasing. He
thought that for the next five years the
exodus to the South would equal that of the
most noted times of immigration to the
West and Northwest He said this was
largely attributable TO the fact that the
Southern roads are now practlcing the tao
tics of the Western and Northwestern lines
to secure the settlement OF people on their
respective lines. The Southern roads have
of late been securing the services of men
who have made great successes on the
Northwestern roads and placing them at
the head of passenger departments with
instructions to be aggressive and lay out
such schemes as they did when the
Northwestern lines to get the country set
tied, and these Southern road officials are
going about the matter systematically and
with much vim.
A. ID. Perry, district passenger agent of
the Chicago & Alton, returned from two
weeks trip through Colorado Wyoming,