The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-14
Personal, Local and General Notes.

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c. w. Felt to-day takes the position of
chief engineer of the Gulf, Colorado & San
ia Fe.
On Saturday the Pennsylvania Company
began to use the trolley on Its Mt. Holley
branch.
John D. Cutler has been appointed travel
ing passenger agent of the Erie lines, with
headquarters at Youngstown, o.
The Chesapeake & Ohio earned in the
first week of September 1892, 232, an increase
s1,077.
The Louisville, New Albany & Chicago
earned in August $239. 140 against 1901 S32 in
1894. N''-N' $500
w. D. Wilson, agent of the Lackawanna
line at this point will to-day remove his
office to Room H. Union block, West Mary
land street.
s. P. Bush, superintendent of motive pow
er of the Panhandle lines, who has been
east few days with his family, returned
on Saturday.
Train 20 of the Big Four lines, Michigan
division, which is scheduled to leave at 1850
p m. during State fair week will not leave
until 6:35 p. m.
A. A. Worth, engineer. of maintenance
of way of the Pittsburg & Cleveland divi-.
sion of the Pennsylvania lines, is seriously
i'll with typhoid fever.
For some days past the Big Four has
been turning over to the Chesapeake q
port News, 100 to $50 carloads of corn per
day.
Edward Battey. chief clerk of the late
George b. Sherman, has been appointed
acting general manager of the Vanderbilt
fast-freight lines until a successor to the
late George 3. Sherman is appointed
Chicago scalpers, as well those at In
dianapols. are shown to be well provided
with Chcago-St. Paul tickets, and it will
be difficult to prevent considerable democrat
ization in rates until the limits of such tick
cts expire.
The Pullman company has dispensed with
the service of relief conductors on the lines
as ff1a1rn To-
of thirty-six hours. Conductors arriving
in the morning must go out again on the
evening trains.
1t is stated that the Seaboard Airline
is ready to place Boston. New York and
Philadelphia on parity with Baltimore in
rate matters, but that it's connections re-
fuse to accept business in accordance with
the reduced tariff.
The Wabash is equipping its mail cars
with glass protectors, which enable the
postal clerks to look ahead for mail bags
at the smaller stations. The Improvement
is similar to that recently introduced on the
Lake Erie & Western.
1t is understood that after the foreclos-
sale of the Detroit, Lansing & Northern
and the Grand Rapids, Lansing & Detroit
the two lines are to be reorganized under
one company, to be known as the Detroit,
Grand Rapids & Western.
While the Wheeling & Lake Erie is con-
company doing all in their power to
bridge over the dull times. They last week
borrowed $4,000 and it took $4,000 of that
The Big Four is arranging some of its
parlor cars after the style of the New York,
New Haven e. Hartford. having cafe at
tached in which light meals can be served
between terminal points. On the former
road they have proven very popular.
The directors of the Wabash will meet
1t is understood there will be no change.
Q. D; Ashley, president, ranks among the
sition, and Joseph Ramsay as general man
ager, has made good record.
Citizens of Wabash. Ind, are elated over
prospects that the Big Four VIII build
President Ingalls, says that much depends
on the business of the country. He is anx
iouS to make many improvements II the
earnings of the lines will justify 1t.
The engineering department of the Balti-
more & Ohio last week let a contract for
the rebuilding of trestle on it's Pfttsburg
branch, to extend from Glenwood to the
bridge crossing the Monongahela river
and forty feet high much of the distance.
No university in the country commands
as much attention or IS spoken OF so favor
ably as the Purdue University, of Indiana.
The Engineering News. in a recent issue,
presents 1--WE articles concerning this insti-
tuition, all of which are of commendatory
character and some went into detail extern
sively of the mechanical phases of the in
stitution.
One of the Glass L engines was received
division between Pittsburg and Columbus
first, then between Columbus and Indian
aponS. ineTe are tWeIEe OF theSe engines
now in service east of Pittsburg, and they
doing remarkable work with heavy
trains. If this type of engine proves sue
cessful as expected, more will be ordered
built for the Panhandle lines. They are
5000 pounds heavier than the Glass p.
1t develops that the Big -Four was largely
interested in one of the decisions of Com
missioner Donald, rendered against the To-
ledo & Ohio Central. In this case the To-
ledo 81 Ohio Central was the initial line.
1t was stated that 60 per cent. of the bust
ness involved in the action would have be-
longed to the Big Four. 1t seems that
Commissioner Donald had not notified the
Big Four that they were involved in the
decision and on ascertaining that such was
the case, it is said. both E. O. Mccormick,
passenger traffic manager, and d. 3. Mar
tin general passenger agent, were indig-
nant over the injustice to the Toledo & Ohio
Central and the manner in which Commits
sioner Donald had snubbed the Big Four.