The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-02
Personal, Local and General Notes.

M. f. ingalls,, president of the Big -Four,
has gone East to be absent ten days.
j. c. Moorhead general superintendent
of the Erie lines west, is resting few
days at Bass lake, camping out.
The Pittsburg & Lake Erie is doing the
heaviest business in years its coal, coke
and iron ore traffic is heavy beyond prece-
dent.
Orders have been issued by the Pennsyl-
Vania to have two hundred box cars, 10000
pounds capacity, built at the shops at Fort
Wayne.
Milton Everett assistant general passen-
ger agent of the Houston, East & West
Texas, retired yesterday and the office has
been abolished.
Railway Officials and Employees Associa-
ton, who has been East a couple of weeks,
is expected home to-day.
The Erie ran an excursion from the
northern part of the State TO North Judson.
last Sunday, for the Bohemian pienics and
over 5000 people were carried to the
grounds.
On July Is w H Yeazell. car accountant
OF the Ohio Southern, and his force will
move from Springfield to Lima. Only the
trainmaster's Office Will then be located at
Springfield
The order instructing the superintendent
of motive power of the Pennsylvania shops
at Altoona TO commence yesterday working
fifty instead of lorty-two hours a week af-
fects 1900 employees.
The Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gulf yes
terday began running its freight ard pas
sepger trains TO Port arthur. For a few
days only it will use about sixty miles of
the Southern Pacific.
The joint conference between the railroad
commissioners Of Illinois and Missouri,
called for the purpose of establishing uni
form grain rates between the two States,
has proven failure,
Officials and a committee OF the employees
on the Chesapeake & Ohio are this week
going over the lines with a view of select
ing desirable sites for the establishment of
three railroad mems hospitals.
The grain rate conference of the trans
missouri lines has adjourned with the UNI
Outstanding that steps viii be taken at once
to restore or maintain the established def
erentials on shipments east-bound.
Coke Alexander, who takes a position
with the Louisville Henderson & st. Louis,
with headquarters at Evansville. left for
his new field yesterday. He will not re-
move his family from here until fall
superintendent Mansfield, of the Indian
ings of the road for June this year We're
several hundred dollars in excess of June
1856, and he expects much better results
for July.
Dating from yesterday. the mileage of
the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton is not
good on the N. Y, p. & O division OF the
Erie lines. and agents have been instruct
ed to erase that from the cover of the c.
H. & u. book.
The first Niagara Falls excursion. over
the Cincinnati. Hamilton x Dayton leav-
ing here July s. bids fair to be well patron
lied. The better rate this year enables the
company TO give better service and a longer
limit on tickets.
The Chicago q Northern Pacific Railroad
was turned over TO the rcOrganized cor
poration Wednesday ct midnight by Re-
aged by 5. A. Ainslie, It's president and
| general manager.
/ e. E, Cost. general freight agent of the
Aug -Four, states that the business OF the