The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-29
Personal, Local and General Notes.

On most of the important roads of the
come effective Nov. II.
The Big -Four will run 81 round-trip ex-
cursion to Cincinnati Sunday. This will be
among the last run this season.
w. c. Arp, superintendent of motive
power of the Vandalia. returned last night
from visit to Pittsburg and Altoona.
The Wabash earned in the third week
of October s295.96O. a decrease as compared
with the corresponding week of 1897 of $14S.
The headquarters of the Reading Dis
PATCH of which c. j. Hagh is general man.
ager, is to be removed from Detroit to Buff
falo.
The Monon lines earned, in the third week
of October $71990. a decrease as compared
with the corresponding week of 1897 of
The Big Four lines proper. in the third
week of June, earned $3.50, SSl6O an Increase
sfss'S4 'ie 80 i''''O'''S "eeA = 1''' =
c; A. saettle has been appointed freight
West Manchester, o., vice G. e. Robinson,
resigned
The new department of freight claim
agency of the Pennsylvania road Is in good
working order, with Edward e. Wright as
its chief.
On the Chicago division of the Erie line
freight traffic is so heavy that it is almost
impossible to prevent a congestion of traffic
at division points.
T. NJ. Downing will on Nov. / succeed
he Shows 81 Stokes Ss sro master mechanic Of
at Tecumseh Mich.
Henry Grassmyer who had been a track
foreman on the middle division of the Penn
sylvania road for forty-seven years, was
buried on Thursday.
V. p. Miller, traffic manager of the Mis-
souri, Kansas & Texas, who on Nov. ! goes
to the Great Northern, will receive in his
new position $4,000 year.
On Nov. / the Western lines will stop
selling tickets at half fare to soldiers in
uniform, so grossly have some of the SOL
diers and scalpers abused the favor.
1t is stated that f. c. Harris. superin-
tendent of the Fremont. Flkhorn & Mis-
souri, Valley road, is TO take position on
the Union Pacific as superintendent.
Yesterday the trunk lines west of the
Missouri river announced rate of 50 per
cent. of one fare to Omaha and return for
the remaining days of the exposition.
A. J; Kiser, who died suddenly yesterday.
was the father of Mrs. John Turner. wife
Of John Turner, district passenger agent of
the Northern Pacific for this territory.
j.. III. Dacres. organizer of the Order of
Railway Photographers, is now. going over
the Big Four lines in search of new men,
bers, and is meeting with some success.
The. Lake Erie - Western earnings in
the third week Of October were. 1888 in
of 1897. Since Jan. ! an increase Of $2449S
is shown
w w. Richardson district passenger
agent OF the PENNSYLVANIA lines at this
point returned yesterday from a ten days
by his wife.
The first twenty-one days of this month
an average of 1920 loaded cars a day.
against an average of 1863 the correspond
ing period OF 1897.
Train dispatchers on the Pennsylvania
lines. the Wabash. the Big Four and the
Vandalia are finding Il troublesome to keep
the fast passenger and mail trains on time,
so heavy is freight traffic.
Indications are that there will be no adj
vance I'm grain rates on Nov. g. the date
TO which the proposed advance was post
poned so much has the decision of the
joint Traffic Association upset matters
II. c. Hoabird, Western general passen-
ger agent of the Erie lines. was in the city
yesterday. Through the Cincinnati, Ham
ilton & Dayton the Erie gets goodly num-
Der Of passengers each month for Eastern
points.
Last year in October the shops of the
pennsylvania at Altoona We're running but
eight hours a day, now they are running
ten hours and in some departments working
overtime. Enough work is in sight to keep
these shops and those at Juniata busy all
winter.
s S Morris trainmaster Of the Colorado
Midland has been visiting his brother in
was formerly a telegraph operator on the
indianapolis * st. Louis. He left here sew
enteen years ago and had not been in the
city since.
Russell Sage. despite the Joint Traffic
Association decision, takes cheerful view
OF the outlook for the railroads, saying that
them now have good roadbeds, new steel
track and good rolling stock, and ought to
make money even IL rates are low.
The interchange OF business between the
Big Four and the Chesapeake 4 Ohio is
again exceeding 500 loaded cars a day
East-bound the shipments are made up of
grain, flour, cotton. glucose and whisky
mostly for export via Newport News West
bound the tonnage is coal and mercha ndise
The tenor OF the remarks of the higher
officials of the Pennsylvania lines east and
west of Pittsburg. OF the Baltimore & Ohio,
the Pittsburg x Lake Erie and the Pitts
burg & Western is such as to give reason
for a belief that the increase in wages asked
by iFainmen will be granted but possibly
not 10 the amount demanded in some cases
A cali has been issued for a meeting of
the presidents of the roads in the Joint
Traffic Association AT the headquarters of
the latter In New York on Friday Nov.
T. The purpose OF the meeting is to have
a full and free discussion of the situation
growing out OF the decision of the United
States Supreme Court.
Al. T.. Ingalls,. president OF the Big Four
Hines. viii shis morning. accompanied by