The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-17
Personal. Local and Genern1 Notes.

Thomas Quirk has been appointed agent
OF the Erie. lines at Winsfield.. Ind, vice S.
G. Ball, resigned.
Two more ticket brokers at Cincinnati
have closed their offices and are arranging
to go into other business. .,.....-
The Chicago & Southeastern is again in
financial trouble and work has been suS-
pended on its Muncie extension.
c. E. Schaff, general manager of the Big
-Four, will on Sunday, go to White Sulphur
Springs with his wife and son, the latter
being an invalid
Despite the rate war the Northern Pacific
the first week in June earned $685. O4 more
than in June 1897, and since July l an in
crease of $5,0l5,576 is shown.
The shopmen of the Pennsylvania Com
pany at Fort Weyne will hold their annual
picnic at Rome City tomorrow. The train
will be run in three sections.
V. L. Malott. receiver of the Vandalia,
and F. c, Darlow, his general agent, ac-
companied the Pennsylvania officials yester-
day in their inspection of the Vandalia lines.
Since S. r. Galloway became president of
the New York Central lines it is stated that
he has made changes which will save to
the company $4,000 a year and he has not
fairly begun his pruning policy
NJ. E. ingalls,. president of the Big Four
and the Chesapeake & Ohio lines: who has
been In Nashville several days looking after
some litigation which the c. g. Q. road is a
party to. is expected home to-day
The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Indianapolis
was held in this city yesterday, the voting
Oeln& Dy proxy ana resulting IN the re-
election of the old board of directors
T. j. Hurley general foreman of the ma
chinery department of the Baltimore &
Ohio Southwestern, who was buried on
Tuesday at St. Louis, was one of the old
est employees on the road in time of service.
Il. O. Hopkins, receiver for the Peoria.
Decaturs& Evansville Railroad yesterday
filed with the clerk of the. Federal Court
$lGl944.27; disbursements $S5,5S4.14; balance,
S24550.13
The Chicago & Northwestern is repre-
scented at Cincinnati and in that territory
by Irving Clay, with title of travelling
freight agent, and Harry u. Bonte Is to
have his headquarters at Cincinnati with
title of contracting agent
Passenger officials. judging from the num-
erous inquiries to rates and routes. ex-
press the opinion that travel on excursion
rates viii be unusually heavy this season;
In fact thus far this month IL has consid-
erably exceeded that of June, 1897.
General passenger agents expect large
held at Cincinnati this year, the war ex-
element having increased the interest in
military affairs and the 1-cent-a-mile rate
is much more general in its application
than in any former year
Anderson and Munce are pleased with the
new time schedule of the Big Four. There
dianapolis and these points and they are
run at such hours that at either of the three
cities one can make quick trips and have
two or three hours for business
=. G. Edwards, passenger traffic manager
of the Cincinnati, Hamilton 81 Dayton, has
arranged for cafe service the fast new
train between Cincinnati and Detroit The
service will be under the supervision of
George dinner. The equipment of these
trains is new. and is said TO be of the best
tyre.
Ii is stated that w. c. Cushing, formerly
engineer of maintenance of way of the In
dianapolis division of the Panhandle lines,
now on the Panhandle east, Is to take a
more important position. with headquarters
at indianapolis. Mr.. Gushing is son-in-law
OF John 7. Dye, general solicitor of the Big
-Four lines.
The Haskell g. Barker car works at Michi-
gar City, are now building for the Monon
lumber line, which operates over that
road $50 fiat cars. forty feet in length and
OF eighty thousand pounds capacity, espe-
ciaily for the heavy lumber trade between
the Southern States and the Northern mar
kets. This week nifty Of these cars were
sent to the Southern Railway. 10 be loaded