The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-04
Personal, Local and General Notes.

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Personal, Local and General Notes.
George b. Warfel, assistant general pas
senger agent of the Baltimore & Ohio
Southwestern, has gone West for a few
weeks rest.
The Chicago & Eastern Illinois is burning
wood at its pumping stations and other
places where stationary engines are used,
to save it's coal.
Conductor Gartley, of the Chicago &
Eastern Illinois, has resigned to accept a
position offered him on the Kansas City,
Fort Scott x Gulf.
On Sunday the Vandalia will run an ex-
cursion from Terre Haute and points this
side to Cincinnati via Indianapolis and
Richmond over the Panhandle.
The Wagner Palace Car Company now
operates on railways in twenty States. In
the year ending June 80 it's cars earned
So, 436, 2Sl, and its net earnings were 81, 424,-
333..
The bureau established a few months ago
to sell the 5.000-mile tickets will pass out
of existence on Aug. 10. Not enough tick
cts have been sold to a the expense Of
the bureau.
The Wabash has notified the Nickel-plate
TO be prepared, in the next ten days, to
receive 800 carloads of grain en- route to
the seaboard, most of the grain already be-
ing loaded.
The New York Central has decided to
establish cheap cab service from its station
in New York TO any part of the city SINH
lar to that established a few weeks ago by
the Pennsylvania.
The Illinois Central has begun the elimi-
mating of ali grade crossings of railroads
and highways where conditions will per-
init, their track to go either under or over
the railway or highway.
On Sunday the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy placed in service between Chicago
and Denver one of the finest uvestibule
trains running out Of Chicago. The train
leaves Chicago at $3.50 p. m.
The Big Four has surveying corps at
work at Benton Harbor, the object being
to increase its dock facilities at that point.
Recently 1000 feet of new dock was COM
pleted near the Big Four elevator.
The official report of John Ferguson, gen.
eral baggage agent of the Union Railway
Company, shows that IN July there were
handled at the Union Station 49,0Sl pieces
of baggage. against 47,17S in July, 1896.
A. number of the larger machine tool COM
panies are having cars built TO carry their
heavy machinery. not depending on the
railroads TO furnish cars. Some of these
cars are built to carry So,e32 pounds.
1t seems well settled that the Chicago,
Indiana & Eastern is to be extended from
Muncie to Richmond, and a belief prevails
that the Panhandle Company knows where
the money comes from to extend the line.
Dwight c. Morgan, who, during the ad-
ministration of John p. Altgeld. was con-
sulting engineer OF the State Board of I'LL
nois, has been given an important position
with the engineering department OF the Hi
nois Central.
There is such a demand for. cars on the
line of the Toledo, St. Louis & Kansas City
that at the shops at Frankfort the men
are working overtime to repair cars. The
whole force in the car department worked
on Sunday last.
The road projected from Benton Harbor
to Columbus, o., is completed from Benton
Harbor to Buchanan, and on Aug. 9 regular
train service will be established. The right
of wa is now being secured between Blu
chanan and Toledo.
Daniel Donough. general ticket agent OF
the Union Station, states that the receipts
from sales of tickets a the sation in July
exceeded those of July, 1886, several thou
sand dollars, and since Aug. l the sales
nave largely increased.
Frank Gould, DIR. Mum, V. p. Warren,
Auditor Schuyler. General Manager Dod-
bridge and General Passenger Agent Town
send, of the Missouri Pacific lines, will to-
day return from an extended Western
pleasure and business trip.
David Sloan has been appointed chief en-
gineer of the Illinois Central, succeeding
j. f. Wallace, resigned. Mr.. Sloan has for
some years been assistant engineer of the
company. His authority viii also cover
the YaZoo x Mississippi valley road.
There has been so much trouble in the
scalping of tickets sold to the Nashville
exposition that local agents have been in
structed, in selling round-trip tickets, %
be careful not to let the tickle leave the
office unil signed by the actual passenger.
The Norfolk & Western is still giving the
Joint Traffic Association some anxiety by
its refusal to become a member OF the as
ISOLATION. Were this road TO become one of
the members it would, it is thought, great
~ solldify the organization in its actions
on rate matters.
w. b. Kniskern, general passenger and
ticket agent of the Chicago AZ Northwest
ern. was in the city yesterday. lie states
that with his road there has of late been
a decided improvement in travel. Local bus
mess is improving. which is an important
item with lines.
Passenger officials of the Central Traffic
Association territory are sanguine that the
new mileage book, good over thirty-two
roads, If sold strictly as proposed, VIII be
a death blow 20 the scalping business. as
from this source the scalpers of late years
have drawn their chief revenue.
the Canadian Pacific and lis steamship
lines. is in the city. He says the road has