The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-10
Personal. Local and General Notes.

George Lowell. general superintendent of
the Monon lines is in the city.
The gross earnings of the Indiana Deca-
tur & Western road for May were $3.50 in
excess of those of May 1897.
George Dieferbacher, general agent and
A. E. Moore, agent of the Big -Four at Day
fon, o., were in the city yesterday.
On Monday over one hundred carloads of
new rails were forwarded west from Pitts
burg. the Panhandle getting for,y-five car
loads.
H. c. Chapel general yardmaster of the
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton at Toledo,
has resigned, and w. A. Otis has been APP
pointed to the position.
From fifty to sixty carloads of fruits are
nightly shipped north from Southern points
over the Evansville & Terre Haute and the
Chicago & Eastern Illinois.
Charles Williamson yesterday succeeded
w. F. Bote as agent of the Big Four at
Paisley, and III. II. Hardy succeeded d. G.
Bergen as agent al Dorseys
The Book of the Royal Blue" Baltimore
& Ohio. for June is out and Is an unusually
interesting number, its Illustrations being
new and depicting scenes of interest.
Freight agents of the Pennsylvania lines
have received advices to stop all shipments
of hay and straw to Baltimore, either for
export or local delivery. until further or
ders.
The Big Four will build a new freight de-
pot at Dayton Q. Plans have been prepared
and the contract will be let within short
time 1t will be the largest freight depot
at Dayton.
President Ashley of the Wabash an
nounces that the company will not pay any
dividend on the A dehenture bonds but
devote all surplus money to liquidating its
floating debt.
William Page. for some years travelling
passenger agent of the Bee-line, later hold
ing the same position under John Egan
when the latter was general passenger
agent of the Big -Four, was buried yester-
day In Clermont county, Ohio.
c. Il. Lindsay. until recently engineer of
maintenance of way of the Little Miami
division of the Pennsylvania lines, has TAX
en- service with the Southern Railway as
with headquarters at Manassas. Va.
Work on the new interlocking and signal
plant of the Big Four al Greensburg is pro
crossing rapidly. The plant controls fifty
six active signals and switches. The tower
is one of the new style adopted by the Ma
tional Switch and Signal Company.
Joseph Wood third vice president, l.. F.
1oree, general manager and John f. Miller,
general superintendent, are on an inspection
of the Pennsylvania Southwestern system.
Yesterday they went over the Panhandle
division, between Chicago and Columbus.
The Southwestern Passenger Bureau has
elected as its chairman p. f. Flynn, rail
road man from Denver Ii is said that as
TgeorgaIpiiZed the association starts off under
day next assume the duties of the position.
Charles f. Nye has been appointed agent
OF the Pennsylvania Railroad and the Star
Union line at Boston, vice j n Moriarity
deceased, and with this appointment fol-
lowed the promotions of W c. Sherman
W. G. Brown, p. G. Hayden and H. w
Messer.
The board of arbitration of the Joint
Traffic Association has given notice of its
refusal to reopen the hearing of the mileage
case between Pittsburg and Cincinnati.
which at one time constituted an important
struggle between the Pennsylvania lines and
the Baltimore x Ohio.
Judge Bacon, general agent of the passen-
ger department of the Chicago Rock Island
* Pacific, is in the city. He states that
their new Colorado express is doing a highly
satisfactory business. On Sunday it hauled
into Denver a special train of twelve Pull
man cars delivered TO the road at Kansas
City.
The day express train of the Monon and
the Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton lines
via Roachdale, was yesterday hauled over
the Indiana. Decatur & Western from
Roachdale 10 indianapolis in forty-two min
utes, distance. thirty-eight miles. Much of
the distance was covered at a speed faster
than a mile minute
The owners of the Cleveland. Lorain &
Wheeling are Gratified over the manner the
business Is developing on its line When the
present owners secured control of il the
road was IN lwretchea condition. and on that
account had lost much business: now the
yoad and lis equipment are up 10 the stand
ard and iA business is steadily increasing.