The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-21
Local, Personal and General.

Thomas 4. Shaw has been appointed joint
agent of the Chicago & Alton and the
John r. Boyd, for years a baggage mas
ter on the Vandalia, is now farming on an
extensive scale in county, Illinois.
On Saturday both the Big Four and the
Pennsylvania lines will run excursion
trains to Louisville at $3.50 for the round
trip.
Michael j. Riley, the New York Bowery
evangelist, is this week in Columbus. O.,
holding MONDAY meetings at the different
railroad shops.
C. H. s~chatzman. now with the Penn
sylvania Company, will on Nov. l become
general agent of the Columbus & Hooking
Valley at Cincinnati.
During the Western tourist season, from
May Is to Sept. 30, there were 1904 return
portions of tourist tickets deposited with
the railroad joint agencies in Colorado.
Homeseekers' excursion tickets will be
sold by all lines to-day. Western roads
have arranged for four more, two to be
run in November and two in December.
General Superintendent Van Wrinkle and
all division superintendent and train mas
ters on the Big Four system were in Gin
cinnati yesterday figuring on the winter
time schedule.
General Manager Lore and his sq 1foG-
west Of .aanurg will to-day inspect the
IndiananClis division between Columbus
and indianapolis.
The Vandalia has been obliged to re-
build a portion of its round houses at Terre
Haute and other points to admit of housing
the large new freight locomotives which
they are now receiving.
A freight official of the Big Four yester-
day stated that the earnings on the tom
mage now carried are 10 per cent. better
than on the same tonnage on rates that
prevailed in October, 1895.
William Duncan, for many years freight
traffic manager of the Baltimore a Ohio
Southwestern, has been elected president of
the st. Louis Cotton Compress Company,
an important and lucrative position.
The stockholders of the Eel River road
will hold their annual meeting. at Butler,
Nov. 4. Some important business is to
come before the meeting for consideration
in connection with pending litigation.
The Baltimore & Ohio now has fifty
business with than when Oscar Murray
was appointed one of the receivers, and it
is not a surprise that the road shows large
earnings
Poor always which have never been able
to purchase much equipment and have al
ways depended on connections to furnish
them with ears are now experiencing much
troubie, and shippers on their lines are do
ing a good deal of growing.
The Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton will
on Sunday run another one-dollar round
trip excursion to Cincinnati. 1t is stated
that, with the Big Four, IL will alternate
each Sunday in running such excursions as
long as they pay. Last year the excursions
were run until Dec. 5.
While Master of Transportation J. G.
Pinkerton, of the Kansas City. Memphis &
Birmingham railroad. was attempting. to
board a train at Sullegent, Ala. yesterday
his foot slipped and he fell beneath a sleep
ing car and was killed. He gave the signal
to move ahead iii person.
Unless hindered by some unforeseen OBJ
stacle. the Philadelphia & Reading will
be turned over by the receivers to the new
company on Dec. l, the beginning of the
new company's fiscal year. The title of
the new company will be the Philadelphia
& Reading Railroad Company.
j. =. Hicks. general ~yardmaster of the
Big -Four, states that a month ago there
were at least three thousand empty cars
standing on side tracks within FIVE miles
of indianapolis; now all have disappeared.
and the Big Four was yesterday two thou
sand cars short of filling it's orders.
II. G. Moore, general agent OF the CHI
cago IL Southeastern, was in the city yes
terday trying to get grain cars. He says
that $50 carloads of corn are at the smaller
local stations awaiting cars. Mr.. Moore
expects that the road will do a good coal
business this fall and winter, as connec-
dans are not 50 pressed for coal cars. II