The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-23
Personal, Local and General Notes.


sengers Heretofore passengers were car
ried between specified points on these
trains.
Personal, Local and General Notes.
In the last few days the Monon has re-
ceived three new switching engines.
V. T. Malott, receiver of the Vandalia,
is expected home from the East to-day.
w. E. Loves, advertising agent of the Big
Four lines, will, on July l, take service with
the Baltimore d Ohio.
The Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern is de-
livering $50 of its old cars to the Ohio Falls
car works to be rebuilt.
On Sunday the Big Four will run an eX-
cursion from Terre Haute to Indianapolis
at one dollar for the round trip.
The officers Association of the Pennsyl-
vania lines, will meet in Pittsburg to-day
at the Office of General Manager Loree.
Managers of the Joint Traffic Association
have recommended that commodity rates
be continued as at present until Sept. 3d.
Mr.. Jamison, agent for the Carnegie steel
works, has secured contract from the
government of China for 100000 worth of
railway iron
H. A Hathaway, late city ticket and pas
senger agent of the Evansville q Terre
Hdute, expects to go to New YORK ana en-
gage in business.
All the roads centering at Columbus o.,
at a meeting on Monday voted to close
the outside ticket offices at l p. m. on Sat
urday until Oct. /.
y. ,.
Panhandle lines, who has been on an eX~
tended Western trip returned to his head
quarters at Columbus yesterday.
H. G. Stiles. general agent of the Cincin-
matt, Hamilton q Dayton, with his family,
returned yesterday from New England,
where they have been visiting friends.
H. F. Stratton, who had been appointed
chief accountant of the, Nickel-plate Fast
Freight Line at the Chicago office, was
formerly with the Union Pacific at Omaha.
C. E. Schaff, general manager, and
George Kittredge, chief engineer OF the
Big Four, who were in attendance at the
meeting yesterday, last night went to St
Louis.
Lucius Wakely, general passenger agent
of the Chicago, Burlington q Quincy (Mls-
day en- route home from an extended
Eastern trip.
The meeting of the freight officials of the
roads in the Central Traffic Association
called at Chicago for tomorrow is looked
upon as being one of the most important
held for many months.
A special train on the Cincinnati, Ham
liton & Dayton on Monday made the run
from Cincinnati to Toledo, 202 miles, in 4
hours and SO minutes, making ten stops for
water and crossings of other roads.
On Saturday the employees on the Big
Four will picnic at DanVille, on the st.
Louis division. Freight trains will be aban-
doned on that day that the employees and
their families may join in the festivities.
s. M FELTON,, who is inspecting the Balti-
holders, is accompanied on his trip by
General Manager Green, Chief Engineer
Manning and General Superintendent Fitz-
gerald The party expects TO spend a week
in making the trip.
Col. William Shaw, district passenger
agent of the Chicago, Burlington q quincy;
Judge Bacon, general agent of the chicago,
Rock Island & Pacific, and Henry Matz,
travelling passenger agent OF the same
road. are in the city looking after Christian
Endeavor business.
The Baldwin locomotive works have re-
eeived an additional contract for altering
fifteen locomotives of the Erie road from
Single expansion to the vauelain compound
system. These works in the last lew
the single expansion engines TO such type
Aug / has been fixed upon as the date
for a train of sixteen vestibuied cars to
leave New York city to make tour of the
republic of Mexico. the trip covering dis
lance of 10000 miles. The purpose is to in
troduce to the Mexican jobber, tradesman
and consumer articles of American manu-
facture
The Big Four earned on the second week
of June $251 933, ISL, a decrease as com
of SIS 292. 81. The decrease was entirely in
passenger earnings; however, at Indian
apolis an increase in revenue is SHOWN TINS
wear in both the freight and passenger
business.
A SPECIAL on the Cincinnati. Hamilton &
DAYTON Railroad carried delegates to the
Ohio Republican convention from Cinctn-
natl TO Toledo in five hours and thirty min
utes including ten stops. The actual run
ming time was four hours and fifty min
utes for the 202 miles between Cincinnati
and Toledo.
A railway official who is one of the best
informed in the country expressed the opin-
ion that nothing tangible will develop in
the shape of a reorganization of the Balti-
more & Ohio for several years however,
the apparent activity of the New York
committee has stirred up a good deal of
interest in the situation.
George H. Daniels. general passenger
agent of the New York Central takes a
hopeful view of the railroad situation. He
says there is a steady If not great inn
provement in business in progress. The
New York Centrals earnings last month
were considerably larger than in May, 1896,
and this month promises better results.
S w. Eccles, general manager, denies
having opened the Butte gateway via the
Oregon Short-line report which so
troubled the Union Pacific people. He says
il has not been opened, neither is such a
thing now contemplated. Should the Ore
gon Short-line decide at any time TO open
this gateway IL would let the Northern Pa
ciiic and the Great Northern into Utah
General Passenger Agent Fee, of the
Northern Pacific yesterday telegraphed
District Passenger Agent Turner 10 advise
all persons who are contemplating visiting
Yellowstone Park this season to come
before July IL or delay the trip there until
after Aug. ], as, although the company has
doubled its transportation facilities. there
would be as many visitors between those
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