The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-04-15
PersonaI. Local and GeneraI Notes.


President Ingalls,. of the Big Four. is
spending the week in New York.
Passenger Traffic Manager Edwards. Of
the c., II. & D., is on the sick list.
II has been decided TO double-track the
Cincinnati division of the Panhandle from
Scioto bridge TO Sullivan hill.
II is said now that the Baltimore & Ohio
will build one hundred locomotives. instead
OF seventy-five. as originally Intended.
James O'Brien, superintendent of car ser
vice of the Canadian Pacific, has been ap-
pointed assistant TO the vice president
Superintendents Darlington of the Pan
handle and Mansfield Of the l. & " re-
turned from the Pennsylvania jubilee at
Philadelphia last night
Nearly all the high officials located in
this city went to Cincinnati Yesterday to
attend the semi-annual meeting OF the Amer
lean Railway Association
AT a meeting of the executive committee OF
the Travelling Passenger Agents Association,
held In Chicago yesterday. 1t was decided to
Southern Hotel. St Louis, Sept. p and 3D.
John r. McCord has been appointed a
local excursion agent of the C.. H g. D.,
with headquarters at Cincinnati. His busi-
ness will be to develop excursion business
along the line. establish picnicking grounds.
etc.
An officer in the mechanical department
OF the Pennsylvania says the construction
department has in view the building of a
heavier locomotive during the present year
than any yet built by that or any other
company.
All the lines are putting their roadbeds
into the best possible condition while traffic
Is light. The past winter in this territory
has been an easy one on the roads, and II
VIII require but little labor to put most or
the lines in perfect order.
A few days ago Engine SIS took a freight
train of twenty-five loaded refrigerator cars
over the middle division of the Pennsyl-
vania, from Altoona to Harrisburg-l32 miles
lin the remarkably fast time of three hours
and thirty-seven minutes.
1t is considered more than probable that
the West Jersey. the West Jersey & At
lantic. the Camden e. Atlantic and the
Philadelphia, Marlton & Medford roads will
be merged into an organization. These
roads are now controlled by the Pennsyl-
vania.
Sam p. Shane. general freight agent of the
Erie. has been appointed assistant general
freight traffic manager of the Erie and also
tlesey, chief clerk to Mr. Shane. has been
appointed assistant general freight agent
of the Erie. Both offices will remain in
Cleveland.
just been created 1t owns the thirteen
engines and five hundred cars recently added
to the Nickel-plate's equipment. The trust
IS one s0e other trust staf for e created sew
eral years ago. and having eight years to
run. With these exceptions the Nickel-plate
owns Its equipment outright.
A company to be known as the Toledo,
pany has been organized and duly incorpo-
rated in Ohio. The purpose of the company
is to build a road which will form an inn
portant link in the proposed electric line
from cleveland to Toledo The termln of
this section of the road will be Toledo and
Fremont. 1t will connect with the Toledo
Or Mnnmee a Sons 9ra with begin as
soon as the right of way Is secured.