The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-25
Personal, Local and General Notes.


T. J. Mcclure, late trainmaster on the
Monon, viii open a hotel at Seymour. Ind.
On Sunday last the Big Four handled on
it's system at excursion rates S,O62 passen-
gers.
The Ohio Falls Car Works Company, at
Jeffersonville, has declared dividend of
per cent on its preferred stock.
1t is understood that ]. j. Archer will be
promoted to the position of assistant gen.
eral manager of the Ohio River road.
j. It. Odell. formerly with the Baltimore
& Ohio, is the latest man prominently men
toned for the presidency of the Fitchburg
road
George A. Harris. for many years di-
vision freight agent of the New York &
New England, died on Monday at Preston,
Conn.
DR.. B. H. Grayston has been appointed
surgeon of the Chicago & Erie at Hunting
points.
The general shops of the Chicago & Alton
at Bloomington, H., have started up full
time and this week increased the force
forty men.
The gross earnings of the Milwaukee &
st. Louis system for the third week in Auo
gust We're $6l9, 316, an increase of $44,5O9
over last year.
The Wabash on Sunday ran an excursion
off it's Detroit division into Detroit, and it
required nine trains and siXty-three coaches
to carry the crowd.
Train 81 over the Pennsylvania lines,
was run yesterday in two sections, hauling
a number of extra sleeping cars bringing
home the Atlantic City excursionists.
l. G.. Rawn, superintendent of the Balti-
more & Ohio Southwestern lines, who has
been resting a month at Thousand islands,
has returned and resumed his usual duties
yesterday.
d. c. Edwards, passenger traffic manager
of the Cincinnati, Hamilton e Dayton lines,
who has been resting a few days in north
ern Michigan, returned to his headquarters
yesterday
Deducting time taken for stops, Train 5,
over the Louisville division of the Pennsyl-
Vania lines, is. it is claimed the fastest
regular scheduled train running into In
dianapois.
The Transfers strike on the highways of
Green county has ended, and the Indianap
oils & Vincennes is now delivering al places
designated thirty-fve to forty carloads Of
broken stone daily.
The employees of Barnum & Bailey's big
show will have an opportunity to know
something of the Big Four system of roads,
as during the season the show makes fifty
six moves on that system.
The Big Four on Friday hauled the Sew
enteenth Ohio Regiment occupying nine
cars, from Columbus to Cincinnati, 126
miles, in 100 minutes which with so heavy
a train was a remarkable run.
The presidents Of the roads in the Joint
Traffic Association will meet again in New
York. Sept. 16, to see if their Instructions
regarding bracing up rates formulated at
the late meeting are being carried out
tur q Western shops, yesterday hauled the
Cape Horn express from ROachdale to
standstill in the Union Station in thirty
seven minutes; distance, thirty-eiSht miles.
1t is now four years since the Vandalia
purchased and equipped sixteen of it's pas
senger locomotives with electric headlights.
All are still in service, and the engineers
speak very favorably of their perform
ance.
The Henry Taylor Lumber Company. of
Lafayette, has been awarded the contract
by the Monon to build new depots at Camp
bellsburg, Harodsburg, Greencastle, Cedar
Lake and Hammond, all to be completed
by Dec 1.
Seth Winslow. the Big -Four engineer
Big Four in the early part of the month,
carried $1,000 of straight life insurance on
his life and $1,000 with the brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers.
The Monon has distributed twenty miles
of heavy steel at the points where the
work of reducing grades and strengthening
curves has been in progress for some
weeks and when this is completed the new
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS steel will go into
the track.
Samuel FELTON,, receiver of the Queen 81
Crescent and the Columbus. Sandusky &
Hooking Valley. who has been in New York
several days, left that city for home yes
terday. The fact that he met some of the
Vanderbilt people when in New York
strengthens the belief that if he chose to
accept it he could have the presidency of
the Nickel-plate.
There has been of late a large buying Of
tie stock and securities of the Chesapeake
& Ohio, which is exciting some comment,
but there is no danger Of it's passing out
of the control of the Vanderbilts, whom
President Ingalls, represents. The demand
is wholly due, say those who understand
the situation, to the bright future in pros
pect for this road.
There are now employed on the Wabash
lines twenty-five collectors, ard the con-
ductOr has only to look after his train. In
this connection 1t is stated that there has
been no perceptible increase in cash re-
turned collected from passengers on these
trains. The same results followed when
General Manager Greene placed collectors
on the Big Four trains.
General Manager Hays was called from
the Wabash by the Grand Trunk people to
straighten out the affairs of the transpOrta-
ton department, and has materially cut
down the expenses. That he has carried
out the programme is evidenced in the fact
that salaries have been reduced $3.50 900 in
one year. and many men are now doing the
work that two men were paid for doing.
The Merchants Association of New York
received word yesterday that following the
example of the Southeastern Passenger As
ISOLATION the Western Passenger Associa-
ton has declined TO make a reduced rate
In it's territory for merchants who wish to
go to New York to buy goods. b. y. Cald-
well, chairman of the Western Passenger
Association, in his letter TO President King
of the Merchants Association. SAYS that