The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-05-14
Personal, Local and General Notes.

Edwin Morre,l. trainmaster Of the Pan
handle. who has been seriously Ill, Is much
improved. and hopes to be on duty again in
a few days
William vandergrift formerly superin-
tendent Of the Big Four, now in business In
st. Paul. is in the city for few days visit
ing friends
T. j. Hennessey has been appointed mas
ter mechanic of the Michigan Central shops.
at Jackson, Mich. and has assumed the dut-
les OF the position.
The Louisville. Evansville & St Louis be-
gins the month of May, the first under Re-
ceiver Jarvis, with an increase in earnings
the first week OF S6,e26. s.
Theodore c. Wells, travelling passenger
agent of the Chesapeake & Ohio for this
territory. who has been very III for some
months, Is much better.
Within the last forty-eight hours I'VE
trains loaded with stee. rails have passed
over the Belt road. consigned TO the Kan
sas City. Pittsburg d. Gulf.
A systematic plan of retrenchment has
been inaugurated on the entire Baltimore
& Ohio system. Wherever a man can be
dispensed with he is to be dropped
The engineers OF the Pennsylvania lines
west or Pfttsburg claim that the track OF
the Panhandle lines is now in the best phys
ical condition in the history of the company
The run of what is known as the Pan
handle pickup" train has been extended
from Bradford to LOgansport. Heretofore
it has run only between Bradford and Ma
rion. Ind.
Local passenger agents have been advised
that the Santa F'e will establish, beginning
with May ID, stage line between Monu-
ment Creek. Col. and the new West Creek
mining district
c. F. Holton, who FOR years was with the
Santa Fe, Is now superintendent OF the
claims department of the Boston q Maine
He is this week visiting old friends at
Western points.
The bicycle manufacturers now that their
business has become SO important an item
In shipments over railways, are clamoring
loudly for lower rates. and are in a fair
way TO get them
z. A. Ford. general passenger agent of
the Pennsylvania lines west OF Pittsburg
including the Nandalia, has given notice
that bicycles will be carried free in baggage
cars on the lines named.
OF the total shipments OF live stock east
from Chicago last week the Grand Trunk
was second. getting PSI carloads; the Lake
Shore third. with 26S carloads.
c. III. Ackert confirms the statement that
the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern has purchased
the Western Indiana tracks in East Chicago
There are only three miles of this trackage.
but they have switches 10 twenty large In
dustries.
]. s. Beale. agent of the Columbus. San
dusky & Hooking at Sandusky, has been
appointed travelling freight and passenger
agent of the line in northern Ohio and
northern Indiana His headquarters will be
at Marion, o.
with the taxing erect OF the new time
schedule OF the Big Four Train 4, Indian
apo,is for Cincinnati. Will be restored, leav-
ing indianapolis az 7:S0 a. m. making the
run twenty-five minutes quicker than under
the old schedule.
The Lake Erie & Western earned in the
first week or May s60,l0I. against $s0.554 In
the corresponding week OF 1855. and against
81. 421 IN 1874 The Baltimore A Ohio South
western earned $l0S,e04. against slG6,S70 in
1896. and against <96126 In 1894.
Within short time the shops OF tie Van
talia In the vandalia freight yards. near