The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-22
Personal. Local and General Notes.

!
The Epworth League people yesterday
| begun to return from Toronto in considera-
| BILE numbers.
AT the Panhandle shops in some depart
! ments the men are working ten hours, and
| in others nine hours per day.
Under the reorganization the Cincinnati,
Jackson q Mackinaw takes it's original
name, the Toledo & Milwaukee.
Frank Evatt. general passenger agent of
| the Omaha, Kansas City &, Eastern, will
| retire from that position on Aug. l.
The interlocking and signal plant of the
| Big Four at Lawrenceburg Junction is
| being rebuilt in a more modern style.
| The Lake Erie & Western earned in the
| second week of July $335S5, against 500, SCI in
| the corresponding week of 1896, and against
| $50. $50 in 1885.
There is no truth in the statement that
| the Big Four on account of a scarcity of
| coal, is cutting down the train service on
| the st. Louis division.
| Within the next sixty days the Panhandle
| will receive for the Southwestern system
| five of the highest standard of mogul en-
| gines built at Altoona.
The following freight and ticket agencies
| on the Panhandle's Chicago division have
! been closed: Horatio, Stelvideo Powers,
! Mier, Loree and Thornhope
Passenger conductors report marked in
! crease in local travel the last ten days,
! and take it as evidence that the people in
| the country again have money to travel on.
! From Aug 2 to Aug % tickets will be sold
| ing, Mountain Lake Park, Nd, at one fare
| for the round trip, good to return until
| Aug. 81.
| General Wade Hampton, United States
! commissioner of railways. is now on the
| Pacific coast making the annual inspection.
! AS a result of his recent travels his health
has been fully restored.
| On Aug l John Waddy, commercial agent
! of the Cotton Belt lke, Will retire from that
position 10 become general agent OF the
! Chicago Great Western at Dallas, Tex,
| succeeding H. w. Downey.
| Arthur Wheaton has been appointed
| trainmaster of the Michigan division of the
| Lake Shore, to succeed ELAN Stanton, who
! was promoted to be division superintendent
| with headquarters at Grand Rapids Mich.
on Tuesday, the day of the funeral of
| Vice President Croker in San Francisco
| the offices of the Southern Pacific in all
parts of the country were draped and closed
for the day, out of respect to his memory
j. Q. Rice has been appointed auditor and
treasurer of the Mexico d Acapulco Con-
struction Company. which is building the
Mexico Cuerna-va-ca & Pacific Railway, he
succeeding a. II. Woods, who died last
week
The Pennsylvania people have under con
sideration the making. of a number of
changes in the running time OF their
through trains, which. it is thought, will
still further improve the service and better
accommodate the through travel.
The Louisville &c Nashville has filed a
suit in the Federal Court to enjoin ticket
| scalpers from buying or selling nontrans-
| ferable round-trip tickets which We're is
sued at an exceptionally low rate for the
| Tennessee Centennial Exposition.
The latest report is that the office of
fourth vice president Of the Pennsylvania
! Company is to be abolished, which means
! that Joseph Wood now fourth vice presi-
dent will be promoted to third vice presi-
| dent the position made vacant by the death
| Of John E. Davidson.
The Order of Railway Conductors ex-
| poets to have fully two thousand of it's
| members and friends at its picnic in
| Lafayette on Sunday. The Big Four Will
run special trains, as will the the Lake
| Erie & Western from Frankfort and the
| Wabash from LOgansport and Peru.
E. r. Ingersoll. city ticket agent of the
| Cincinnati Hamilton & Dayton and the
| Monon retires on Aug. l from that position
to go to Cincinnati to represent the freight
/ and passenger department at that point
| under H. c. Smith. who is acting general
agent of the Union Pacific at Cincinnati.
| A Nj. Simmons, formerly manager Of the
| Cleveland Car-service Association. has be-
! gun suit against the roads comprising the
! organization. He demands $50 damages
| for wages alleged to be due. The railroad
! companies claim that he has no legal claim;
| that he was discharged from the position
| Jan. l.
There is a good deal of inquiry as to
what the passenger rate Is TO the gold
| fields of Alaska The rate from Indian
! apolis to Sitka is $3.50. beyond that point