The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-04-03
Personal. Local and General Notes.

tenn in March 49,. $50 passengers.
The Baltimore K Ohio has already pur-
chased two large boats for its new lake
feet.
Harry Haas, formerly a citizen of Attica,
Ind. has been appointed agent of the Santa
Fe at Pratt, Kan.
The Big Four proper, handled on its sys-
crease over March, 1896. of S.l56.
James b. Hill. the general freight agent
of the p. c., c. & ST. l.. is located IN
handsome new offices in Columbus. o.
Charles S. Wood. passenger agent of the
Erie suspension bridge for twenty5iour
has been abolished.
The Nickel-plate. in connection with the
West Shore * Fitchburg, will greatly inn
prove the passenger service by that route
between Chicago and Boston.
The Louisville & Nashville now has its
Memphis line free of water and yesterday
began TO move its trains as usual. The line
from Nashville TO Memphis is all right.
The Lake Shore. i'm connection with the
New York Central, has under consideration
the putting on of a mail train 10 make the
run from New York to Chicago in eighteen
hours.
c. L. Schaaf. general manager. and T.. O..
the Big -Four lines. who have been East sew
eral days, returned to headquarters last
evening.
A report comes from Lima to the effect
that the Pennsylvania is negotiating for
ground there on which to erect some shops.
and that Lima will be made an important
division point.
The Lafayette & Monon Railway. which
extends from Salem street, Lafayette. TO
the new shops of the Monon, has beea
transferred 10 the Chicago, Indianapolis q
Louisville Company.
The first quarter of the present year the
Chicago. Burlington & Quincy has been OPP
Grated on 55.56 per cent. of its gross earn
ings, against eo-22 per cent. for the CORE
spending period Of 1896.
A number of traffic officials have been
in New Orleans this week to get pointers
on the export business which has been in
augurated on so extensive a scale at that
city by the Illinois Central.
As an economical measure the Pennsyl-
vania has taken off the train porters who
were employed on Trains 20 and u to run
over the Panhandle and the Vandalia be-
tween Pittsburg and st. Louis.
The Grummond line of steamers has cut
freight rates between Detroit and Cleveland
$s cents to IA cents Per hundred; The De,
cent per hundred for all freight.
Competitors of the Baltimore &, Ohio al
lege that ii Is cutting rates ID TO 20 cents
per hundred pounds on dairy products
shipped from Iowa and Missouri via Chi
cago and St. Louis to Eastern markets.
The official report shows tina in March
there were handled in the bulk yards of
the Pennsylvania Company at this point
the old j.. NJ. q L. yards-5.0O loaded cars,
- iAN toS0 v LII oSAAAC bOAiO
in February.
G. II. wilkins. grand chief of the Order
of Railway Conductors, is on an extended
southern trip. on THURSDAY he addressed
nooga. and yesterday the division and their
friends at Atlanta.
Recent information gives evidence that
it is the intention TO extend the Ohio South
ern to the Ohio river as soon as It's pres
ent financial snarlS are straighteled out
and the road In the hands of capitalists
who are able to carry out the project.
In 1872 Frank Reed. now general passen-
ger agent of the Monon lines, had charge of
the distribution of the papers in Lafayette,
and r.. O. Mccormick, now passenger traf-
ic manager of the Big Four, was in his
employ delivering papers at g per week.
The grand chiefs of the several brother
hoods of railroad men are making arrange
ments for a great mass meeting of railroad
men early in June at Buffalo. IL is eX-
pected five thousand or more members of
the railway brotherhoods Will be in attend
ance.
John f. Miller. general superintendent of
the Pennsylvania's Southwestern system,
was i'm the city yesterday on official bust
ness: also, Harry Miller. his son. super
intendent of the Nandalia main line. MIR.
Miller. ST., says his health is steadily i'm
proving.
The Marquette Railroad Club held it's
first annual meeting last night and elected
as officers Charles Weise, president; John
Heir. vice president; Charles Kelley. secre-
a. v u. l.. ~ = Z tIcdSuI0I. lt GluD AldS
pleasant rooms and "a snug little sum in its
treasury.
With the taking effect of the summer
schedule it is the intention to establish
through train passenger service between
Peoria and Columbus, o., running over the
Peoria & Eastern between Peoria and
Springfield and the Big Four between
Springfield and Columbus.
The Car Service Association and the Joint
Weighing and Inspection Bureau at Cincln-
natl and at Columbus are operated under
one general manager, and the same organi-
cations at Cleveland will be after May i.
1t is understood that at this point a SINH
lar arrangement will soon be adopted.
ID. G.. Edwards. passenger traffic manager
of the Cincinnati. Hamilton a Dayton lines,
has put a large force of men at work plac-
ing Woodsdale Island Park in condition for
the coming summer excursion business.
improvements are to be made which VIII
make the grounds more attractive tnan
ever.
The executive committee Of the Kansas
City Transportation Bureau have declined
TO accept the resignation Of Commissioner
a similar position with the 81. Louis
Freight Bureau, and have increased MS
salary to that offered by the st. Louis
bureau.
Daniel Janowitz. who for some years rep
resented the Northern Pacific in this dis
trict, with headquarters at indianapolis.
was in the city yesterday. he now repre-
east. with headquarters at Baltimore. and
came West with quite a large party of
tourists.
A Toledo broker is causing a good deal
of excitement in passenger circles through
having a large supply OF mileage books,
which he is selling to other brokers at sl9.5O
per 1000 miles. The mileage is good on
nearly every road between the Mississippi
river and Pittsburg, Buffalo and other
Western trunk line terminals.
The interstate-commerce commissioner
will leave Washington to-day to begin an
investigation of charges of discrimination
against a number of railroads. They will
go first over the Southern Railway TO Sa-
Vannah and then to Jacksonville, Fla. and
several weeks, and IN the way back Will
take up an investigation of discrimination
at Memphis.
The board of managers of the Joint Traf.
fc Association has given permission to the
Grand Trunk and the Canadian Pacific
roads to make the same rates on import
traffic. all rail. west from Montreal. as
are now in effect on the American roads
subject to thirty days notice and expiring
at the close of navigation on the st. Law,
renee river. The roads are required &c
make monthly reports TO the association OF
the amount of traffic handled.
The Chicago. indianapolis & Louisvill,
has purchased fifty acres of ground neal
Cedar lake and will spend $25,0 600 in fitting
il up as a park. to be known as Woodlawr
Park. 1t Will be provided with building:
suitable for games, dancing hall, etc. anC
will include a first-class restaurant. Moth
ing will be left undone TO make it an at
tractive pleasure resort. n number of eX
cursions from Chicago and other points
have already been arranged. two requiring
eighty coaches each TO carry the excur
siOnists.
The Southern Railway has issued n circu
lar announcing the following changes in TIL,
transportation department: j. III. Barrett Il