The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-16
Personal, Local and General Notes.

A. H. Polhamus on Tuesday completed his
fortieth year of service on the Pittsburg,
Fort Wayne & Chicago.
On Sunday the Panhandle had thirty Sec
tions of freight trains each way between
Columbus and Pittsburg.
c. H. Dobeler, master mechanic of the
shops of the Wabash at Fort Wayne who
has been i'll, is about again.
The Big Four has put some construction
trains into service on the Michigan division
between Anderson and Knightstown.
r. l.. Ettinger yesterday assumed the du-
ties of mechanical engineer of the Big -Four
lines, with headquarters at indianapolis.
T. r. +. Wolf has been appointed joint
agent and telegraph operator of the Wabash
and the Chicago q Eastern Illinois at Alta
mont.
Four at Anderson, 1T is rumOred Is to be
appointed train master of the indianapolis
division.
AS a result of the passenger rate war
which has been in progress for several days
the rate from Galveston, Tex, to Kansas
City is down to So.
James Conboy, Panhandle engineer, VINO
has been on the Pacific coast for a couple
of months, returned Tuesday and re-
sumed service yesterday.
Illinois has a law making it a INSIDE
meanor for a person to buy or sell rail-
road pass, and the roads are taking steps
to strictly enforce this law.
On Sept. % the Big Four will put on sale
tickets from Indianapolis and intermediate
points at a very low rate TO benton ttaI-
Dor, good to return within ten days.
circular has been issued by General
Manager Schaff confirming the statement
made recently that Albert ingalls, was to
be assistant superintendent OF the Indian
apolis division.
J. Bringer, formerly of the Rio Grande
Western. has been appointed general agent
in charge of the freight and passenger
business of the Santa Fe, with headquar-
ters at Salt Lake
The Wabash is distributing a large mile
age of new steel rails between Andrews
and Titon. Manager Ramsey says he in
tends to get sixty miles additional of new
steel rail this fall.
Three passenger conductors on the Big
-Four are on the suspended list pending an
investigation, one on the Michigan division,
third on the Cairo division.
Yesterday a 81 passenger rate went into
effect between Kansas City and Chicago.
such rate to prevail on every Tuesday and
Thursday until Oct. q, and on the same
dates the rate to st. Louis will be 81.
Stock of the Big -Four, both common and
preferred, continues to advance as the IA
vorable weekly statements of earnings APP
pear. and it is believed that before New
Years the common stock will be selling at
$50 per share.
will complete his thirtieth year of service
on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, and
he purposes to celebrate the anniversary
by a banquet at Cincinnati TO few of his
personal friends
The representatives of the Morgan syndi-
cate who have been examining into the
physical and financial condition of the Co
lumbus e Hooking Valley have about COM
pleted the work and win return to New
| York to report this week
On Sunday Superintendents Niles. of the
| Lake Shore; Bradheld. of the New York
Central, and Ketchum, Of the West Shore,
ACCOMPANIED by their wives. viii start on
a ten days pleasure trip first going to
| Nashville and then westward.
The Missouri Pacific has given notice that
| il will not be a party to the two-dolar rate
river points. The St. Louis & San Francis
co. however, viii meet the two-dollar rate
to Kansas percentage points.
At 6 p. m. on Tuesday there We're seven
| ty-nine Big Four coaches standing i'm the
| Union Station sheds at one time. every
coach apparently being loaded to it's full
] capacity. Besides the regular business
| there was that of the state fair and OF the
home visitors excursion to Ohio.
| The larger systems of roads, judging by
| their reports for August, axe making large
! earnings. The Missouri Pacific's earnings
| in August were $1T,2IS more than in Au-
| rs more; the New York Central, S456,2l9;
and the other large systems report equally
| favorable.
Opponents OF long runs for locomotives.
and also engineers. allege that the recent
| accidents have happened to trains which are
making the long runs OF late adopted. with
| out change OF engineer. A good deal Is
| heard about long runs for engineers, but for
| years past passenger engineers have been
running on the Peoria a. Eastern from In
! dianapolls 70 Peoria, 2l2 miles, and no road