The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-23
Personal, Local and General Notes.


The Big Four is improving it's yards at
Lafayette by laying much heavier rail.
MIR. ingalls,, president of the Big Four
will, on Oct. 3, address the Sound-money
Club, of Terre Haute.
c. q. Schaff, general manager of the Big
Four is taking a few days rest in the
country short distance out from Column
bus, 0.
The Lake Shore is enjoying a heavy
freight business and at divisional points
has been obliged to increase its switching
service fully one-third.
Harry F. Robinson has been editor of the
Railway Age for twenty years and on
Monday he celebrated the e. en- by art ng
on trip East to be absent few days.
1t is understood that ]. II. English, train
master of the Cincinnati and Sandusky f1ivf-
sions of the Big Four, will succeed MIR. Glib
son as superintendent of those divisions.
For the first time in many months the
Big -Four yesterday did not have empty
nearly all local points shipments are in
oreasing.
The Canadian Pacific has expressed
lines in conference at Chicago Sept. 80.
when ii is expected rates on east-bound
business will be harmonized.
The general passenger AGENTS of the
roads north and south of the Ohio river
will meet in Louisville Oct. to determine
the fares and ticket conditions in connec-
ton with the winter tourist traffic.
The rate on canned goods from Indian
apolis and other points In the State to Mis-
souri, river points is now based on II cents
per 100 pounds Chicago to such points
against II cents per 100 pounds last year.
A few days ago the death of NJ J.
Becker. for many years chief engineer of
the Pennsylvania lines west, was an
nounced; now comes the news of the death
of his daughter at Pittsburg on Monday.
The Big Four has just completed cutting
through the bluff at Wabash on the Mich
was 100 feet and the average height of the
wall on either side is seventy feet
The remodeling of the general Office
building of the Lake Erie & Western, on
East Washington street, is nearing COM
pletion. The auditors department and part
of the freight Offices will occupy the fourth
floor.
The Louisville. Evansville & St. Louis
has got into trouble. The agreed rate on
tobacco between Louisville and st. Louis
was IL cents per 100 pounds. and this road
cents.
The st. Louis & San Fracisco, which in
years past has given livestock traffic but
little attention, has now entered the field
in earnest and has appointed Zach Mulhan
general livestock agent, with headquarters
at St. Louis.
building of the Union Station in this city,
is now engineer OF maintenance CT way of
the Chicago Western Belt road. which has
become an important transfer line OF
through freightS.
On Sept. 27 the Wabash will discontinue
the sleeping car which has been running
will be e-established with the commences
ment of pleasure-resort travel next season,
as ii has proved very popular.
James Barker, general passenger agent of
the Missouri, Kansas x Texas. vas always
a warm friend of the sea per, and the ac-
ton of ticket scaiper Webb. Of this city.
in regard to stolen tickets will further
strengthen the friendly feeling between the
two.
The Lake Erie & Western viii run special
trains from points on its line in lay, Del
aware and Tipto1 counties to Canton. The
trains viii run over the Lake Erie < West
of the Baltimore & Ohio. twenty-four miles
to Canton.
liz has just been discovered that some
OF the scalpers in Chicago and st. Paul
have been manipulating the return c. ~
r. tickets to points east of Chicago by
stamp of the agent at St. Pau appointed
by the roads. 1t is stated that the better