The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-31
Personal, Local and General Notes.


w. NJ. Greene. general manager of the
Baltimore e. Ohio lines, is spending a week
IN New York.
a meeting of the executive committee of
the Western Passenger Association was
held in Chicago yesterday, but nothing was
transacted except routine matters.
The Wabash is this week distributing
twelve miles of new steel rail- weighing
eighty pounds TO the yard, which will at
once be placed in track just east of Peru.
Chief Engineer Kittredge of the Big -Four
lines, yesterday let the contract for new
depot at North Bend, to take the place of
the one recently burned. 1t will cost $l,40O.
Seymour Evans one of the oldest con-
ductors on the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Day
ton. i'm time of service, on Wednesday suf-
fered a paralytic stroke and is in serious
condition.
e. r. Bacon, of New York, president of
the Baltimore q Ohio Southwestern, is
spending a few days in the West. He ex-
poets TO go over the line to St Louis be-
fore returning East.
l.. A. Bond, district land agent for the
Illinois Central, has reopened his office, on
McCrea street with F. b. Shirley. OF
Sheldon, ILL.,, in charge. On Jan. 1 the office
block.
A new interlocking plant will be COM
pleted at Cleves, the west end of the double
track of the Big Four coming west from
Cincinnati, in which number of new de-
vices have been introduced to make it a
perfect safety signal.
The Lake Erie & Western and the Big
-Four will tomorrow consolidate their
agencies at Templeton, Ind. w. w. Morris,
at present agent of the Lake Erie & West
ern. will become joint agent of the l.. E.
& W. and the Big -Four.
1t will require $4,000 to pay the Hyper
cent dividend the Big Four has declared.
payable Jan. 20, which will make the total
dividend of the year 2ls per cent, the July
and October quarters having passed with
out the usual quarterly dividend.
Five large freight engines and the same
number of crews have been transferred
from the Cleveland & Pittsburg to the
the Pennsylvania Company to help out in
the rush of east-bound business.
Business on the Chicago division of the
Big -Four continues very heavy. On Tues
day between Kankakee and Cincinnati
forty-three freight trains Were handled, and
Wednesday forty-six. Yesterday the
movement was fully as heavy as on
Wednesday.
Notice was posted in the Union Pacific
shops at Omaha. notifying all hands that
after Monday next the full time of eight
hours per day would be restored. About
two weeks ago the time was cut TO seven
hours a day. The order affects more than
LOCO mechanics of all kinds.
On Tuesday night burglars entered the
office of the Monon Railroad Company at
Louisville. KY. and, finding little but
papers which would be of little value TO
them, proceeded TO the office of Chauncey
Watson. agent of the Blue line. There they
Jared better finding $l56, which they took.
T. A. Ford, general passenger agent of the
Pennsylvania lines, will have a love feast at
Pittsburg to-day. and has summoned ali his
lieutenants to lay out plans for the ensuing
year William +. Bruner. of St Louis. and
w. w. Richardson, who represents the Penn
sylvania lines here, left last night for Pitts
burg.
The uniforms which the engineers and
firegnen on the Lake Shore will commence
wearing tomorrow consist Of coat. pants
and cap of specified blue cloth and the en-
gineers and firemen may be distinguished
by the buttons on their coats. the engineers
wearing yellow and the fremen white but
tons
II is stated that the big passenger en-
gine the Pennsylvania has just placed in
service between Pittsburg and Columbus on
the Panhandle Is not genuine Pennsyl-
yania engine. 1t was built at the Schenec-