The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-12
PersonaI. LocnI and General Notes.

The Vandalia lines in January earned $751;
4So.9O more than in January, 1897.
The Pennsylvania Company has under
consideration the putting on of nine-hour
trains between Pittsburg 81 Chicago
George B. Prescott. late superintendent of
motive power of the Vandalia line, is
spending couple of days in the city.
The first week in February was a record
breaker in the loaded car movement and
earnings of the Indiana, Decatur & West
ern.
The private car of President Ingalls,, of
the Big -Four, is in the shop at Brightwood
to be vanished and fitted up for his trip
to Mexico.
The directors of the Cleveland & Pitts
burg, a Pennsylvania line. have declared
a quarterly dividend of 1A per cent, paya-
BILE March 1.
J. f.. Clarke representing the freight and
passenger departments of the Denver q
Rio Grande. is stopping in the city for q
couple of days.
r. B. f. Peirce, receiver of the Toledo, St.
Louis a. Kansas City, will return from
Toledo this morning and will this evening
leave for the East.
In 1897 the Pennsylvania earned net 3lA
per cent. more on its stock than it earned III
1886 when it earned more than the 5 per
cent. dividend declared
The Toledo st. Louis & Kansas City in
the first week of February earned SIS, 5S907.
a decrease as compared with the CORE
spending week of last year of $3,363.67.
Albert ingalls,, assistant superintendent
| OF the cleveland ana Indianapolis DIVISION
| of the Big Four lines. is at Indianapolis
| for a day or two on official business.
| The Wagner cars that have been put on
! to run between indianapolis and Chicago
over the Monon line are just out of the
| shops. and are the finest the Wagner Com
pany has built.
! b. IT. Helm well known in this section
| through his connection with the Louisville
! d Nashville, has been elected commissioners
! of the freight and transportation bureau
| at New Orleans.
Charles G. Rhodes. who for several years
| has represented the Mexican Northern
road in the central States, died of Bright 5
| disease at Atlanta on Tuesday and was
| buried on Thursday
But three days in the month of January
were the passenger trains on the Chesa-
| peake e. Ohio road late in reaching destina-
| ton at either Cincinnati. Washington, Old
| Point Comfort or New York.
! Trains II and u, on the Big -Four. which
| are run between Cincinnati and Chicago,
| are now made up entire with vestbuled
equipment just out of the Brfghtwood
| shops and are very handsome trains.
The Canadian Pacific Railway has pur-
/ chased the Manitoba q Northwestern Rail-
| road The management will be consolidated.
| Extensions through the fertile valley of the
J Saskatchewan TO Peace river are contem-
/ plated.
r. A. Andrews, Eastern passenger agent
/ of the Cincinnati, Hamilton x Dayton. has
! invented and patented novel automatic
! cattle guard. which is said to be one of the
most complete devices of the Kind yet in
| vented
| Train ;. on the Panhandle. is now run he
/ tween Pittsburg and Columbus in two Sec
tions The first section includes five postal
cars two express cars and two day
coaches; the second section is made up OF
1 seven vestibuled Pullman cars.
Several engineers on the Big -Four lines
! on Thursday went to Marion. Ind, to at
tend the funeral Of James Nicely. The
/ of Locomotive Engineers, with which or
| ganization he carried insurance.
! The Erie Railroad is arranging to handle
/ a larger lake and rail business at Buffalo
! in the future. It will build additional docks,
1 which will require 100000 feet of lumber
! in their construction, and on those docks
| some large freight sheds are to be erected
d. l. Roberts. general passenger agent OF
! the Erie lines, is proud of the run made on