The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-04
Personal, Local and General Not


The VandaIia is rebuilding the bridges on
the main line at West Mill creek Big creek
and Painfield.
r; b.. F; Peirce, receiver of the Toledo,
81: Louis d Kansas City, spent Sunday with
friends at Brookville.
d. w. Johnson to-day takes the position
Of general agent of the Union Pacific at
Cleveland, vice ]. H. Lathrop promoted.
The Chesapeake & Ohio on Thursday
placed contract with the Ensign Car
Manufacturing Company for 500 coal cars.
The Chicago & Alton has commenced lay
ing its entire main line with steel rail
weighing ninety pounds to the yard.
l.. A. Shipman has been appointed assist
ant general passenger agent of the Florida
Central, with headquarters at Jacksonville,
Fla. - sfa
The lake lines assign no reason for a fall
ure to maintain rates on July /, in accord
ance with an agreement entered into with
the all-rail lines.
Most of the railways beginning with this
month, will reduce the working hours of
their shops to nine hours a day through
July and August.
Slow progress is making in the formation
of the new Western Freight Association.
Most of the roads favor the formation of
an out-and-out pool.
The Lake Shore yesterday put on a
through sleeping car to run from Cleveland
to the Adirondack mountains. This Is an
entirely new service.
H. L. Harmon, general Southwestern
quincy,
will take a two months rest and will spend
the time in California.
The American Society of Railroad Su-
perintendents will hold its next annual con-
vention at Alexandria Bay, Thousand
islands, beginning JulyA13.
Samuel Taylor, train dispatcher on the
pennsylvania lines main offices, has, accom-
panied by his son. gone to London, Ont, to
visit relatives couple of weeks.
The ticket Offices and freight depots will
be closed to-day and no local freight or
through freights run except to move per-
ishable goods, live, stock or government
supplies. 1
The pay rolls of the Santa Fe lines amount
to 100000 a month. This company pays by
checks Treasurer Wilde says the new law
will cost the company $4,000 year in that
one item.
The offices of the Illinois Central at Hen
derson, KY, are to be removed this week 10
Evansville, Ind. A building has been leased
near the Evansville & Terre Haute depot
for offices.
Chairman Campbell, of the Southwestern
Freight Bureau, has issued call for spe-
cial meeting of the executive officers to be
held in Chicago July Z, to endeavor to adj
just rates.
The official report of Charles B. Stilz,
general ticket agent at the Union Station,
shows that in June the receipts from sales
of tickets were $16, IA in excess of those
of June, 1897
The Pennsylvania lines handled at In
dianapolis last week total of 6,456 cars,
4,4S9 being loaded, 2,017 more than the four
lines handled at Indianapolis in the CORE
spending week of 1897.
The Big Four is making repairs to it's
depots at Lafayette, which were built forty
four years ago, and the citizens of Lafay-
cite feel that they as well as Terre Haute,
should have new depots
In the month of June the official report
of John Ferguson. general baggage agent,
handled, against 50092 in June 1897 in
crease this year. 1851 pieces.
Traffic with the Vandalia continues heavy
beyond precedent. Last week the road ham
died at Indianapolis 1867 cars 100 being
loaded. OF the inbound movement 165 cars
were loaded with live stock.
N. G. Pearsall has been appointed gem
eral manager of the ST; Louis, Avoyelles &
miles of this road now operated and sixty
five miles under construction
On Friday and Saturday, the first two
days that the new revenue law was in eff
city freight depots at Indianapolis, used
1,S40 stamps on receipts and bills of lading
In the month of June there were handled
at the city freight depots of the Pennsyl-
vania lines sc, 902. 339 pounds of freight rep
resenting 1926 cars. Business handled on the
bulk tracks is not included in the statement
The Wabash, in getting its new heavy
freight engines, is relieving the lighter ones
All the shops are to be put 10 work re-
building and putting in the best repair the
older of the engines owned by the company.
V. n. Magee, formerly draughtsman in
the Vandalia offices, and who has just
graduated from the Stanford University at
California, has accepted an important posi-
ton in the engineering department OF the
Southern Pacific.
The Queen & Crescent yesterday put on
the fastest train ever run between Cincin-
natl and Florida points The train leaves
Cincinnati at $50 a. m. reaching Jackson-
Vile next morning at $40 a. m, and Tampa
at $50 p. m.
c.. Z. Schaff, general manager, and E. o.
Mccormick, passenger traffic manager Of
the Big Four lines, who went TO Hot