The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-07
Personal, Local ana General Notes.

The Logansport division of the Vandalia
VIII be sold at Charlottesville on Oct. 90
w A. Fletcher. of Chicago. has been APP
pointed western passenger agent of the
Florida East Coast road.
w. ID. Tucker has been appointed assist
ant auditor of the St. Louis, Chicago G. st.
Paul, with headquarters at Springfield, Ill.
r.. B.. f. PIERCE receiver of the Toledo.
81 Louis q Kansas City, this week visited
Benjamin PIERCE, in Wayne county. who is
elghty,seven years of age and has been
quite i'll.
The Southern Railway is taking stems TO
provide pure drinking water for its pas
sengers by the erection of large filter at
Danville, Va, point which all its passen-
ger trains pass.
M. +. ingalls,, president of the Big Four
ana chesapeake d Ohio, will, with his fam
iIy, next week. return from Hot Springs,
W. Va, to remain through the winter at
their home In the suburbs of Cincinnati
L. w. Landman. travelling passenger
agent of the Columbus & Hooking Valley
road. has been at Charlottesville the last
two or three days, being called there by
the death of his father. M. L. Landman
&C. z: Schaff, general manager of the Big
Four lines, was in the city yesterday, re-
turning from trip to St. Louis and Kan
kakee, on which he was accompanied by
j. .. Van Wrinkle, general superintendent
The earnings of the Columbus & Hooking
valley for September were 1898 027.27, an in
crease over September, 1897. OF $19.SS7.S9, and
the, earnings of the road last year were
considerably ahead of those of September,
1870
The meeting of passenger officials called
Tor Oct. 10, TO reorganize the Transconti-
mental Line Passenger Association, and that
on Oct II to reorganize the Transconti
been declared off.
r. w. Farnham has been appointed SUI
perintendent of car and special service and
1pn .1ss commissioner of the Chicago.
burllngton q Quincy vice George II. Ross,
VINO, on Oct. l, became traffic manager of
the Indiana, Illinois & Iowa
The New York Central last week COM
pleted. at its shops, monster freight en-
CINE named Oregon, in honor of the big
battle ship. The engine weighs 237 900
pounds and. on a test hauled eighty heav-
ily7loaded cars over the Mohawk division
A test of the power of one of the Erie's
new freight engines was made on Tuesday
on the Western division, when the engine
brought into Huntington, Ind seventv-one
loaded cars, a caboose and a test car the
heaviest train ever handled on the system.
In the month of September the Central
Passenger Association sold but nine five
thousa nd-mile, interchangeable tickets,
which is taken as evidence that the one
thousand mile ticket satisfies the travelling
public who use mileage for transportation.
Travelling Passenger Agents BENJAMIN, of
the Canadian Pacific. and Mantz. of the
Chicago & Rock Island. and Travelling
Freight Agents Laird, of the Chicago Great
Western. and Barrickman of the Louisville
~ Nashville, are in the city on official bust
ness.
1t Is stated that d. Miller. vice president
and traffic manager of the Missouri, Kan
sas g. Texas, who has resigned to succeed
f. B. Clarke as general traffic manager of
the Great Northern, will, In his new posi-
tion. receive Sl5.0oO year. He has five
year contract.
1t is said the New York New Haven &
Hartford is the only road in the country
which derives more revenue from its pas
senger than from its freight service In the
nscal year ending June so the revenue from
passenger service was S15,9 669: from
freight service. $l40S1. $50.
The Standard Oil Company Is said to be
behind the building of the Columbus Lima
q Milwaukee road. The first shipment of
rails has been received, and the road will
be laid with rail weighing seventy-two
pounds to the yard and sixty feet In length.
Track laying will be commenced Oct Is
George w. Kittredge. chief engineer of
the Big -Four lines was In the city yester-
day. He states that the improvements for
this year, aside from new depots now build
ing. are about completed. During the sum-
mer l60 miles OF main line was reballasted
with gravel and forty miles of new heavy
steel laid
The prospects that the proposed Black
Diamond system of roads will be built are
very encourA ging. The English syndicate
which sent experts here to investigate mat
tiers has 500 capital. As now located
the road viii pass nearly the whole length
or the State OF Indiana passing through
eGreenfeld.
The book just published by the Southern
Railway passenger department, entitled
The Empire of the South !" is one of value
and much interest The author has UNDER
taken 10 reflect in forceful and at the
same time attractive manner the already
vast and growing interests OF the Southern
States, The book has been kept free from
anything which might SAVIOR or too lauda-
tory record OF the past or too r0seate d