The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-30
Personal. Local and General Notes.

j.. j.. CamDiOn Sept. l., become
freight agent Of the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Day
ton lines.
The Road Masters Association will hold it's
fort, beginning Sept. 16.
The 7; & o. has coal chute at West Fair
mont, w. Va, that fills a tender OF a locomotive
with coal in eight seconds.
william IIarTison has been appointed agent Of
is said to own but one ear.
The official report shows that the Lake Shore
carried into Buffalo last week account OF the
G. A. X. encampemtn 81 no people.
The Chicago 81 Rock Island Saturday had
/ 500 carloads OF corn standing on side tracks at
Kentland, on the Panhandle, is to be made a
more important meeting point, and over half
mile of additional side track is now being laid
there.
The Pittsburg & Lake Erie has fallen into line
in the running of sunday excursions, and yester-
day ran an excursion to the lakes, the first in its
history.
The Chicago, burlington & gu Quincy on Thurs
cars breaking all former records in deliveries at
that city.
The Wabash has distributed thousands of new
and sixty days from now will have its track up
to its highest standard.
Passenger traffic on the Panhandle lines the
last last few days has been So heavy as to neGesae
Pennsylvania lines east of Pittsburg.
William Gibson, formerly division superintend-
ent on the Big Four on Sept. takes the title Of
* Ohio, with headquarters at Pittsburg
Oscar Murray, receiver Of the Baltimore & Ohio,
SAYS the Baltimore d Ohio has complaint to
make and is getting it's full share of business
OF the seven large Glass l. passenger engines
building at the Altoona shops for the Penn
sylvania lines three are to be given to the Pan
The Great Northern road is hiring a large num-
her Of engineers on Of the roads in this section.
Great Northern and three left the Chicago "
Eastern Illinois.
The ease and expedition with which the at
agent at Buffalo was carried on demonstrates
when proper methods are observed.
1t is stated that H. w. Gays, general manager
Of the 81 louis chicago q st. Paul; is to be
o ea Of MI the g %as al one mG general freight
Coe Adams. who built the Frankfort q Kokorno
rad nov w part Of the 9led @ ST. Louis
aged seventy-two years. OF late years he has
city, city, ''' e'''9'i''' ''S''''' Al NC" i0'N
The Wabash earned in the third week of Au-
gust 92S4,yso, an increase over the corresponding
week OF 1896 OF $949I5. This oVercomes ali deficit
IN gross earnings since July J. ana leaves the
Of 1896.
The New York Central and West Shore have
made arrangements with the Hudson river line
G nay banv to- New oR cy and lot
New York by boat or rail.
The new steel cars are making their appear
ance on some of the Pennsylvania lines, ana their
PERFORMANCE is being watched very closely by
large systems in few years they will succeed
the ordinary wooden car
The pay rolls of the Big Four the Panhandle.
the Monon and the CINCINNATI Hamilton 4 Day
ten Tor this month VIII aggregate considerably
larger sum than for any August since 1892. Many
them for August service $40 to $3.50.
The railroads of the United States last year
paid into the pockets ke OF the private companies
tcli IN us cary uays, PROMISED 70 wipe OUT TINS
system OF robblng stockholders but the number
OF private lines has increased largely the last
few months.
T. NJ. Pierson. first assistant grand chief of the
the dispatchers have been adjusted in an entiGeiy
satisfactory manned to all concerned He found
do business with.
been the, general agent OF the illinois Central
lines in New England ON Sept Will take the
PAM with headquarters in New York city j.
{. Clair succeeds Mr.; Florence in the New Eng
power OF the Big Four lines, has the plans and
ana expects to receive bids on them and let the
contract this week. The new cars Will be thirty
six feet long, equipped with air brakes and self
couplers and have a carrying capacity of 10000
pounds.
completed, and that ocean terminal at Balti-
more new has capacity for $500 cars. During
Improvement has been amply demonstrated. Thou
01t a single blockade. and With such ceierity and
ease that the old-timers We're greatly astonfshed.
The earnings Of the Lake Erie & Western in
the third week of August We're SILL 14 ahead of
the corresponding week last year. those of the
Baltimore x Ohio Southwestern S4.0S2 ahead Of
last year. The Chesapeake 4 Ohio shows an in
in the third week over last year of S25,l75,
which will make the increase for August this
wear fully 100000 over the earnings of August,
1896.
Shippers and consignees who have been in the
habit Of holding cars on side tracks at their
places OF business TO suit THEN own convenience
after proper time has passed, find some railroad
gang of men at these sdings 10 unload their
cars for them. u. 7. Bacon, general manager Of
the Indiana Car-seryice Association, is adopting
every means to see that cars, after being placed,
are unloaded or loaded promptly.
+. r. Cost. general freight agent Of the Big
-Four. spent sunday with friends in this city. He
states that in his connection with the freight
service lac has never known such a demand for
cars Of all descriptions at present. While
there is heavy movement of grain there is also
Of 1--we stock dressed meats. provisions furniture
stone, coal and produce, and in lire is the Big
-Four able to furnish the required.