The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-05
Personal, Local and General Notes.

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Personal. Local and General Notes.
Conductor Mercer, of the Panhandle, is
taking vacation and visiting friends in
the East.
J. w. r. Thurber, formerly with the Bee
line. now general Eastern freight agent Of
the Mexican National. is in the city.
Conductor Rol Lister, of the Monon has
gone to French Lick Springs for a weeks
stay. He has been in poor health for two
appointed supervisor of signals on the
Mr.. Webb. resigned.
There were hardled at the Union Station
in March 81, 455 pieces of baggage, 1853
more than in February, and 1,259 more than
III the corresponding week of 1894.
The Big Four made a great run yesterday
morning with the Theodore Thomas troupe,
carrying them from Dayton, O., to jack
sonville, Ill. There were four cars in the
train.
c. j. Broughton has been appointed dis
trfct passenger agent of the Wisconsin Gen.
trail, with headquarters at Pittsburg, vice
health.
The Vandalia people are preparing to do
good deal of work on the Peoria d.
vision this season in the way of ballasting
something which this division is sorely in
need of.
Yesterday the Chicago division of the
Fig -Four turned over to the Chesapeake
q Ohio at Cincinnati 1876 passengers, most of
them persons emigrating from the North
west to Virginia.
The Grand Rapids & Indiana is one of the
unusual for the former to turn over to the
Nickel-plate daily twenty-five carloads of
Hour shipped from Minneapolis
w. III. McDoel, vice president and general
manager of the Monon lines, George Lowell
general superintendent, and Chief Engineer
Ia Hal are this week inspecting the property.
of Iefn
w. d. Ewing, general superintendent of
the Fftchburg road formerly with the
Mackey lines, writes that the road is in
creasing its business. In February this year
an increase in earnings of So, Si8 is shown.
The Eureka division Qndianapolis) of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen will
w. Lynch. deceased, who was in the en-
pioy OF the Vandalia, $1,000 insurance he
carried with this association.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen.
lit is stated, is rapidly regainng the mem
Derrship it had before the Debs strike. The
n nss off officials are doing excellent work in
especially on the Pacific coast.
Representatives of the new National
Swftchmen's Union have been making in
qujries in this city. among the switchmen
looking to the forming of lodge here, but
they met with little encouragement The
only lodge in the State now is in Terre
Haute.
Harry Miller, superintendent of the Van
dalia main line, has completed his in
ago in the Terre Haute yards. and has
discharged t. V. Keogh, engineer of the
switching engine, and suspended p. DAILY,
engineer of the passenger train, for thirty
days.
The Big Four Mutual Benefit Association
is again on the up grade. In March the MEM
152, the largest increase in any month in
many years. Before the annual meeting in
October next it is proposed to increase the
membership from all divisions seven or
eight hundred.
At p m, Tuesday afternoon, the Chi
cago & Alton turned over to the Peoria &
Eastern at Bloomington twenty-four car
loads of live stock. The train was hauled
from Bloomington to Collinwood, the place
of delivery to the Lake Shore road, in
twenty-five hours and thirty-two minutes;
distance, 46S miles.
Frank Reed, general passenger agent of
the MOnon lines was in the city yesterday.
He is much elated over the passenger bust
ness the Monon is doing, there not having
been a week this year which It has not
of 1894, and for several weeks past over
those of any former year.
Colonel William Shaw, Of the passenger
denartn ent o. the Chicago. Burlington &
Quincy, who has been for two weeks with
his wife at Hot Springs, returned yesterday.
He states ti'at thu smallpox scare at the
springs was greatly exaggerated and is now
all over, there nos being a case in town
and the hotels are rapidly filing again.
H. G. Townsend, general passenger agent
of the Missouri Pacific. gives notice that
e. H. Payne, assistant general passenger
agent of the Union Pacific. is to become as
sistant general passenger agent of the Mis-
souri, Pacific, vice A. A. Heard, resigned,
the appointment to take effect April Is.
Mr.. Payne was formerly on the Missouri
Pacific.
Passengers are charged thirty cents over
the new ST. Louis Merchants bridge against
bridge. and the charge is creating good
deal of dissatisfaction. OF course,
through passenger is not affected, as his
ticket takes him to the Union Station. st.
Louis, but persons travelling on short tick
cts and holding mileage books must put
up the 80 cents.
the emigrant clearing house of the Western
lines was held in Chicago yesterday and
arguments were made by different roads
the subject of a proposed redivision of the
emigrant business. a new division has be-
come necessary on account or the openins
of the Billings route and one or two other
changes which have taken place. No ac~
tion of any kind was taken yesterday, the
orators consuming the entire session.
division superintendent of an Indianap-
oils line recently received letter from
superior officer asking what was the matter
being nearly $4,000 below thoseao the year
preceding. The division superintendent an
swered that more freight trains were run
carried this year than last, and he thought
the traffic department, not the transporta-
ton department, was in fault, carrying
business at too low rates.
The withdrawal of the Chesapeake G
Ohio passenger department from the trunk
line agreement is looked upon as meaning
that the Baltimore & Ohio and the Chesa-
peake & Ohio were to enter into rate war
for business. and did not wish to be bound
by any agreements. Present indica tons
that the Christian Endeavor. the Baptist
Young Peoples Union and other gatherings
in the East will keep passenger rates de-
moralized the greater part of the summer
unless the railway presidents interfere.
or the twelve St. Louis roads whose earn
ings have been reported for the third week
all but four made substantial gains. The
Missouri Kansas & Texas heads the list
again, not only for St. Louis lines alone,
but of all railways in the country. Its gain
that week was over $4,000, and for the
year up to ten days ago its receipts were
1854 900 more than its business for the COR
responding period of last year-an increase
of over 30 per cent. No other railroad in
the United States can point to a record like
this.
Prof. j. N Hurry will go to Altoona, Pa.
to visit the chemical laboratory of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company at that
point. one of the most complete and largest
in the country. 1t is Mr. Hurty's intention
to establish on extensive scale a chem
ical laboratory here for the benefit of the
roads centering in this city. He Is often
called uDon to do work of this character
by the Big Four, the Pennsylvania and 9TH
er lines running in here, and for that rea-
son he is anxious to more fully equip him
self for the business He will go on to