The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-05-09
Personal, Local and General Notes.

HI. C. Whitehead has assumed the duties
of general auditor Of the Santa Fe, vice w.
K. Gillett resigned.
The Indiana Car-service Association ham
died in April 1927 cars, with an average
detention of LII days
The offices of the Pennsylvania Company
at the corner of Washington and Illinois
streets are TO be remodeied and painted Tus-
can red.
Samuel Baxter Foster, the legal repre-
sentative of the Grand Trunk at Chicago,
died at Pass Christian, Miss, on Wednes-
day night.
Ex-President Mcleod. of the Philadelphia
& Reading, will accept an Official position,
IL is stated, on the Manhattan elevated rail-
way system.
On Sunday the Cincinnati, Jackson G.
T put nS on ansog ara rd
and Cincinnati.
An official of the Big Four says it is safe
to say that trains OF the Big Four Will be
running between Cincinnati and Toledo and
Detroit before July i.
The agitation in favor of carrying the
bicycle free mas developed the fact that there
is no law compelling any railroad company
to carry baggage free.
H. c. Whitehead. formerly auditor of the
eral auditor of the Atchson system, to sue
coed w. K. Gillett, resigned.
One of the higher officials of the Illinois
Central states that the company will not as
Southwestern before Aug. /.
The Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton will
run an excursion tomorrow from Indian
apolis TO Woodsdale Island Park, under the
auspices of the Cleveland Club.
Construction trains are distributing gravel
on the Big Fours Chicago division at the
rate of $50 carloads day. Both east and
west Of Lafayette the work is In progress.
The economies introduced en- the vandalia
have resulted in the relieving of Will Craw-
three n q In ci inc
agents office and from the engineering
corps
The Monon again has up for consideration
the putting on of morning train from In
dianapolis to Chicago, 10 run so as TO con-
meet with the trains of the Vanda.ia's Mich
igan division for the north.
Charles III. Angle yesterday went to At
lanta TO represent the Monon, vice L. X.
Sans, who resigned some time ago. Mr..
Angle formerly represented the Chicago, Mil
waukee & st. Paul at Buffalo.
The new steel rails which the Wabash is
laying weigh eighty pounds TO the yard and
weighed but sixty-three pounds to the yard
and are four and one-half inches high.
John Todd. who was discharged as re-
Erie, has received his compensation and md
comes out $4,000 ahead. The English bond
holders thought $4,000 enough for his serv-
Ices.
The vandaiia Is testing on its freight
trains the Brown patent coupler. It's chief
advantage is that II gives a flexible move
ment in every direction, and can, If re-
quired. be operated by man from the side
of the car.
r. r. Bentley, general baggage agent CT
the Pennsylvania lines, in the city yes
terday, returning TO Pittsburg from West
ern trip. George Rockwell. district passen-
ger agent joined him last night and went
TO PittSburg.
An instruction car is being built at the
Brlghtwood shops which is to be run over
the Big Four system for the purpose of Civ
ing Instructions 10 employees as to the man
ner of operating air brakes and other mod
ern devices in use on Big Four trains.
l.. K. Peterborough, as traffic manager
of the Valley road, with headquarters at
Cleveland, has been given full authority by
the Baltimore Ohio management 10 make
rates, ETC. Heretofore official with au-
thority has been located at Cleveland.
The Pennsylvania will inaugurate It's Sun
day excursion season May IL. one week from
tomorrow, by running an excursion from
indianapolis and from Richmond TO Louis
Vile, and one from Logansport to Cincin-
natl. The round trip to Louisville will be
$50.
The Panhandle and Vandalia transporta-
ton departments expect that from June IL to
i6 they will do an immense passenger BUSH
ness. Already twenty special trains have
been chartered TO carry those who will at
tend the national Republican convention at
ST. Louis
On Tuesday the Empire State express left
Syracuse fifteen minutes late and reached