The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-16
Personal, Local. and General Notes.


One hundred and thirty-nine roads earned
in May $39 III, $780, an increase over May,
1886, of s., 942, 7S2.
Commencing Saturday the outside ticket
offices at Cincinnati will be closed at /
p. m until September.
Oscar Murray, receiver and vice presi-
dent of the Baltimore & Ohio, is spending
few days in the West. Yesterday he was
in Cincinnati.
The Wabash has under contemplation
running its passenger engines through
from Danville to Toledo, 250 miles, chang
ing crews at Andrews.
D. II. Barger, late trainmaster of the
Norfolk & Western, has been appointed
claim agent for the company, with head
quarters at Roanoke, Va.
]. Biggs, it is stated is to be appointed
Northwestern passenger agent of the Gin
cinnati, Hamilton & Dayton and the Monon,
vice Perry Griffin, resigned.
President Carpenter and other officials of
the Chicago q Eastern Illinois have just
completed a careful inspection OF the prop
erty, including the branches.
Auditors Blinn, of the Cincinnati, Hamil-
ton IL Dayton, and Carter, of the Monon,
were in the city yesterday and inspected the
outside ticket office, finding everything cor
rect.
1t is stated that c. W. Smith, receiver of
the Atlantic & Pacific, has become in
terested in electric lines and has been
elected president of the Pasadena Electric
Railway
Commencing Saturday next and continu-
ing in force until Oct. the outside ticket
and freight offices of the roads centering at
Columbus, o., will be closed at p m. on
that day.
The general managers meeting at the
Union Station yesterday was an unimpor-
tant affair. They We're not together TWEEN
ty minutes and transacted only little rou-
tine work.
John W. Shaw. who was at one time
president of the Columbus, Hooking Valley
q Toledo, died in New York yesterday The
W. with n
Burke litigation.
The report sent by wire from New York
Monday afternoon to the effect that the
was false. The directors declared the usual
quarterly dividend of IA per cent.
James Hazard, travelling freight agent of
the Santa Fe lines, was in the city yester-
day. He has just returned from a three
weeks trip and reports improvement in
business apparent on every hand.
A passenger man has been promoted over
the head of Assistant General Passenger
Agent Allen, of the Baltimore & Ohio, and
it is thought Mr.. Allen will resign as did
the late General Passenger Agent Scull
The Detroit & Cleveland Steam Navga-
ton Company announces a reduction in
summer round-trip rates of 81 from the
tariff previously issued This will be from
Toledo, Detroit and Cleveland, effective at
once.
conductor on the Wabash has just COM
pleted his twenty-sixth year in that posi-
ton. For the last eighteen years ne mas
been running between Danville and To-
ledo.
A large force of men has been put to
work just west of Huntington, Ind, on the
past, when there have been heavy rains,
has given much trouble by dirt washing
onto the track.
John F. Miller, general superintendent of
the Pennsylvania lines, southwestern sys-
tenn was in the city yesterday morning,
and on a special train, accompanied by Di-
vision Superintendent Bonebrake went to
Madison in the afternoon.
Officials of the Pennsylvania lines, the
Vandalia, the Chicago q Rock Island the
Northern Pacific and Wabash were yester-
day in conference with committees of the
Christian Endeavor Association concerning
their trip to San Francisco.
There are now AS railroad branches of
the Young Mems Christian Association and
nually for their support. The Vanderbilt,
the Pennsylvania, the Chesapeake & Ohio
and the Big Four lines furnish the principal
support for these institutions.
A rate of one fare for the round trip to
the Epworth League international eonven-
ton to be held in Toronto. July Is to is,
will be made and the tickets so issued that
the purchaser can go all-rail and return
part water route or vice versa.
There are now six trains each way over
the Big Four between Cincinnati and Co
lumbus the same as between Cincinnati
and Indianapolis each way. Two of the
trains between Cincinnati and Columbus
cover the l25 miles in three hours and five
minutes.
The Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton has
given notice that its conductors will accept
Columbus, Sandusky & Hooking Valley
mileage if in the hands of the original pur-
chaser, but will require that he Identify
himself, and to get baggage checked he
must identify himself.
General Passenger Agent DAILY. of the
Lake Erie az Western, seems determined to
make a success of his excursions into lndi-
lie T1IY1n A 10 ma
the morning he win start trains from Peo-
ria, H.; Lima, o.; Fort Wayne, Ind, and
Michigan City for indianapolis.
The New York. New Haven & Hartford
has put on train specially TO haul the
business of the Adams Express Company
between New York and Boston. There will
from Boston to New London with but one
stop, that at Blackstone, for water.
T. c. Kimber, travelling passenger and
land agent of the Missouri Paciiic, with
headquarters at Chicago, will be here on
the 18th as successor of Coke Alexander,
as district passenger agent, who takes
hold in his new position with the Louis
Vile Henderson & st. Louis on June 20.
Charles M Head, who has been elected
president of the Chicago West Michigan,
has held official position on that road since
1890. He begun his railroad career as a
clerk TO the master of transportation of the
Baltimore & Ohio, in November 1872, and
has steadily come to the front as a railroad
man.
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton left yester-
day for Washington to confer with the
Hon C. w. Fairbanks about some private
matters. When Mr.. Fairbanks dropped his
interest in railroad matters the business
was turned over to Mr.. Jacoby to look
after.
The detective service of the Santa Fe has
ordered that the time books from all points
on the system be sent in 1t is intimated
that at the Kansas City and Argentine
terminals some crooked work has been
done, carrying the names of men on the
books who are not now in the service of the
company.
The Peoria & Eastern is running a
through coach between Columbus and Indi-
annapolis using the Big Four track between
Columbus & Springfield. The train hauling
this car leaves Columbus at 2:S0 p. m, and
arrives at Indianapolis at 8 p m, giving
ample time to take the Peoria q Eastern
train for the West.
The Addyston Water and Pipe Company
is loading for the Big -Four at their plant
forty TO fifty cars per day. Never In the
history of the works have they done the
amount of business they are now doing
The company has one thousand men al
work at both it's plants, and is running
day and night forces.
N N Aspach. who has been appointed
private secretary of Captain Grammar gen.
eral traffic manager of the Lake Shore, was