The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-30
Personal. Local and General Notes.

The net earnings of the Wabash for De-
ceInber were 2s9,OS3, against S24S,0S1 in 1894,
and against S1l04a in 1893.
r.. r. Cable. president of the Chicago &
Rock Island. will take a months rest and
will spend the time in Mexico.
Two new Class r engines were shipped
from the Altoona shops on Sunday for
service on the Indianapolis & Vincennes
Americas Wheeden. ticket and passenger
agent or the Louisville & Nashville at
Louisville. is In the city for day or two.
The Chicago & Eastern Illinois earned
in the third week Of January $4,000. an in
of $500.
A. W. Greenwood, formerly master me-
chanic in the Pennsylvania shops at AL
toona, has been appointed master mechanic
OF the East Broadtop road.
President Cowen will next week make an
inspection trip over the Baltimore & Ohio
system. and will give the improving of
terminal facilities considerable attention.
In the twenty-four hours ending at mid
night on Sunday the Panhandle lines turned
over to the Pennsylvania read al Pittsburg
l2i carloads OF live stock and dressed meats.
Harry Beale, who for several years has
been telegraph operator OF the Wabash
road at Wabash, has resigned, and will
come to Indianapolis to engage in business.
The new Schenectady engines the VAN
dalia recently received are doing excellent
w. Griffith who has been West for some
time looking after them, yesterday re-
turned TO the works.
The Big Four has all its new machinery
now removing that old machinery from the
temporary building in has been in to the
new shops 1t is expected TO begin opera
tons in the new shops Feb. 1.
Train men on the Wabash lines are now
making the best pay on record, so heavy is
business. Last month some OF the engi-
neers made SOS. and will this month do
fully as well. Shipments of corn from
points on the line are very heavy.
w. r. Baldwin. who was general passen-
ger agent of the Cincinnati. Wabash &
Michigan under the Norman Beckley ad-
n,nistration, was married in New York
last week Mr.. Baldwin is now chief clerk
OF +. +. Horner, general passenger agent
of the Nickel-plate.
One hundred and sixty men are at work
in the Indiana, Decatur & Western shops
here at present. the largest number ever
employed. The Cincinnati. hamilton & Day
ton people want the shops worked to their
largest capacity, and are crowding engines
In on them TO be rebuilt.
George Bender. superintendent OF the Chi
cago division of the Big Four. says that
more loaded cars will be handled between
kankakee and Cincinnati this month than
In any like period in the history of the
read, and IL Is the more remarkable, as
January is winter month In which traffic
Is usually light.
ing a car to transport horses which. IL is
said, will be an Improvement on any yet
constructed. 1t will be sixty-two feet long.
rest on two six-wheel trucks with steel
tires, and will be complete in every respect.
The car is built for the Hamlin Brothers,
horsemen OF Buffalo.
The Louisville, New Albany a. Chicago
has a large force and a construction train
at work filling and grading the city yards
on South New Jersey street, adjoining their
new freight depot There will be nine OF
these tracks, conveniently arranged The
| freight depot will be on Pearl street. The
| depot is now inclosed.
IL Is officially stated that the damage to
| the fast express train which was derailed
last week. just east OF the city, on the Big
| Four. was not $500. Had IL not been for
| the interlocking apparatus which derailed
| the train the wreck would have doubtless
| cost some lives and damaged the equipment
many thousand dollars.
1t Is stated that the general freight agents
| OF the principal roads south OF the Ohio
| river are coming into the new Southwestern
| Mississippi Valley Freight Association fully
| as promptly as was expected, and IL is be-
] lieved the association Will soon be on q