The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-09-07
Personal. Local and General Notes.

Station handled 51.14S pieces OF baggage.
n wabash earned in August, S.273,-
sss. 80. an increase over August. 1894, of $46.-
0l3.4.
Z; d.; Kenna, the newly, appointed gen
five years old.
Last month eight Class r. freight en-
gInes were turned out OF the Pennsylvania
shops at Altoona.
The Cleveland Car Service Association
handled in August ABS cars. with an ay-
erage detention Of LII days.
C. C. Waite, president OF the Columbus &
Hooking Valley. is much better and will be
on duty again In a day or two.
The Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton will
build a new depot at Oxford. on the In
~dianapols division. to cost $500.
L. s. Thorne, vice president and general
manage Of the Texas & Pacific. was in
the city yesterday en- route east
w. r. Busenbark. ex-traffic manager. who
has been in Europe some weeks, is to re-
turn on the 18th Of this month.
Oscar Murray, vice president and freight
traffic manager or the Big Four. has gone
to Montreal on a two weeks vacation
+. A. Ford. general passenger agent OF
the Pennsylvania lines west OF Pittsburg.
is on a trip among the Western offices.
Robert Gillian has been appointed chief
engineer of the Kansas City. Pittsburg &
Gulf, vice Richard G.. Gentry, resigned.
J. J. Turner. superintendent OF the Pitts
burg division of the Panhandle lines. has
gone North to seek relief from hay fever.
The Lake Michigan and Lake Superior
line Of steamers announces that the pas
senger traffic for the season will close with
Sept. IA.
h towns Of Wauseon and Delta, o.,
are bidding against each other TO secure
Brice's Lima Northern extension through
their townships.
The Pittsburg. Fort Wayne & Chicago
is testing a new end block. the invention
of an Alliance. o., man. II is constructed
of heavy steel rails.
In August seventy-seven carloads OF
apples and one hundred carloads OF pota-
toes and onions were shipped TO Northern
markets from New Albany, Ind.
Aside from all regular travel, G. A. r.
men have already chartered from the Big
Four ninety-seven coaches to carry their
posts to Louisville next week.
The funeral of Edward Gambaux will be
held two and one-half miles northeast OF
Brightwood to-day, at 40 a; m. brotherhood
In the last few weeks sixty refrigerator
cars for the Chicago Refrigerator Company
have been thoroughly rebuilt at the shops
OF the Lake Erie & Western, at Peru, Ind.
III. o. Dunkle, trainmaster of the Ohio d.
vision OF the Baltimore & Ohio. has been
appointed superintendent of the Pittsburg
& Western, with headquarters at Pitts
burg.
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, who have.
the last two weeks. been inspecting the
property, reached Chicago on their return
yesterday.
travelling auditor of the Toledo & Ann
Arbor, vice w. T.. Park, who, after years
OF hard service, retires on account of fail
ing health.
NJ. T. scudder, chairman of the bond
holders committee of the Columbus &c
Hooking Valley Coal and Iron Company.
announces hat 1t has received almost a
majority Of deposits under the r~eorganiza-
ton plan.
F.. G. Darlington, superintendent of the
Indianapolis division OF the pennsylvania
lines, who has been onfine to the house
FOR several weeks with rheumatic troubles,
left for springs in West Virginia yesterday
afternoon
1t is definitely settled that in the near
future the Chicago & Rock Island will
build from Fort Worth to Waco. and
eventually TO Galveston. Tex. This COM
pany now has but ninety-three miles of
road in Texas.
Stealing tools from boxes on locomotives
on the Pennsylvania road HIS been carried
on engines are to be provided with pad
locks and the engineer is expected TO Keep
the box locked.
Express train 81. over the Cincinnati.
at s a m, and running TO Cincinnati in
three hours. has been on FIVE months and
has become one of the best-paying trains
run over the c., II. & ID.
III IOduS WEST OI tiitCd6O nave uulttu III
a request to the roads east OF that point
that they restore the through rates and
divisions on west-bound transcontinental
line freisits to those which were in effect
previous 20 April 10, 1893.
Central Traffic Association roads have de-
cided to make a rate of one fare for the
round trip to Louisville, Sept. "a and .. on
Rrotherhood 'a Of ST. Andrew. Tickets viii
be good to return until Oct. l.
The citizens of Greenfield, Ind, are agi-
tating the building of a link Of road to
and the Panhandle. the link to extend from
Fountaintown to Maxwell The promoters
argue that Ii would result in giving Green
field lower freight rates.
For some months the Pennsylvania It is
stated. has been testing the Gildie tie plate
on It's middle division. The results are
not SO satisfactory that. the company will
of a tie IL is said they cause a passing
train to make more noise.
The mortgage bondholders of the New
York. Pennsylvania 81 Ohio Railroad Com
pany have decided to authorize foreclosure
proceedings and accept the proposition con-
tanned in the Erie reorganization plan re-
Gently formulated by j. p. Morgan & Co.,
of New York and London.
The Atlanta Exposition Is expected to
greatly increase the tide Of Southern travel
this autumn and winter. and, beginning
Sept. 15. the Atlantic Coast line will begin
a through Pullman car service between
Jersey City and Atlanta. via Washington,
Richmond, and Augusta. Ga.
The Indianapolis division Of the Cincin-
natl, Hamilton & Dayton Is being put IN
excellent condition for fall and winter
traffic. A number of extra section men are
employed, 5000 cross ties have recently
been put In and a good deal is being done
in widening cuts and entertainments.
Passenger agents representing the Penn
Baltimore < Ohio. Delaware,
L~ackawana & Western and other roads
held a meeting In New York yesterday. the
greater part of which was devoted to a
discussion of rates to the Atlanta EXPOSE
ton. II was determined that a reasonable
rate would be fixed to Atlanta. otherwise IL
would be impossible to get much travel
to II.
Through the promotion of Sidney Gates
TO be general agent of the Big Four at
Louisville followed fourteen promotions in
the passenger department. Passenger Traf-
fc Manage Mccormick and General Pas
senger Agent Martin are determined that
all Vacancies shall be filled by promotions,
IL there Is a man In the passenger Depart
ment competent to NIL the vacated posi-
ton.
A railway official who has been travel
ing extensively on Mexican roads states
that money Is being expended literally on
these lines and their arrangements are
giving much attention TO equipment. pur-
chasing only the best locomotives. passen-
ger and freight cars. The Official Travelled
over the same lines two years ago, and
says the improvements are a great sur
prise; also, the increase in the speed Of
trains.
Last year the Pennsylvania lines failed
to secure what they thought was their
share of the theatrical business. but this
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