The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-14
Personal, Local and General Notes.

Charles E. Pugh. second vice president of
the Pennsylvania, returned on Wednesday
from trip to the Pacific coast.
w. H. McDoel. vice president of the
Monon, has gone to New York for a con-
ference with President Thomas.
s. p. Bush, superintendent of motive
power of the Panhandle lines, has gone to
New Jersey to attend the wedding of a
relative.
The Lake Erie & Western earned in the
first week of April $59,540, decrease. as
compared with the corresponding week of
1897, of 81 1862.
The Toledo & Ohio Central has placed an
order for 400 gondola cars, $1,000 pounds q, Ca
cred by Aug. !.
The grain shipments from Chicago East
especially via Buffalo, have fallen off sharp
ly this week as a result of the opening Of
navigation on the lakes.
The Toledo & Ohio Central this week
placed an order with the Brooks iocomo-
tive works for five ten-wheel locomotives
of the most approved type.
The Wagner Palace-car Company has
placed in service on the Big Four between
indianapolis and Chicago two new elegant
siXteenIsection sleeping cars
The Big -Four will to-day let the contract
for the building of a roundhouse on the
st. Louis division al Alton of five stalls
and for sixty-foot iron turntabe.
George Hill. son of General Superntend-
ent Hill, of the Lake Erie & Western who
is at the general offices. retires May l to
mess
The special train which carried George
Gould East on Monday made the run from
Tilton to Fl Perry 1ol miles, in 10 minutes
was covered in 11S minutes.
"A general freight agent yesterday re-
marked rs,Sd that d freight Taffic Was as heavy
but the rate at which the business is car
ried was far from satisfactory.
There are to be so many conventions and
large gatherings in Indianapolis and other
Western points the next five months that
during that period, fully three months of
the time, low rates will be granted.
;. Chief Engineer Kittredge, of the Big Four
lines; has decided to use concrete masonry
in all abutments for minor bridges and cuI-
vertS on the system, and all the repair work
since the flood has been made with CON
crete
recent high waters have been repaired and
all slow orders revoked, and on the Louis
vile division all damages have been repaired
so far that there are now only three slow
orders posted.
Wheelmen do not receive the consideration
from railways in England for carrying BIZ
cycles that they have secured in this coun-
try, the charges in many instances on short
distances being III excess of the fare paid
by the passenger.
The Western Railway Club of Chicago
will make its regular April meeting a trip
Of inspection to the laboratories of Purdue
University. arriving by special train over
the Monon soon after dinner and starting
in return at about y. m. The date is
April 10.
The Wabash is receiving from the Bald
win locomotive works five new passenger
engines. the first being delivered on Tues
day. These engines weigh 145 900 pounds
and under favorable conditions are guar
anteed TO haul eight cars eighty miles All
hour If pressed.
A move is making TO close the outside
ticket offices at Indianapolis on Saturdays
at l D. m. These offices have the largest
sales of tickets on Saturday of any day of
the week. travelling salesmen buying their
books on Saturday afternoon and many
coupon tickets are also sold on Saturday.
In answering ths request for information
as to the preferred stock of the Chicago
indianapolis q Louisville being a good in
Vostment, the United States Investor in its
current issue. speaks in "A very encouraging
manner of the outlook for the Monon and
as to it's ability to pay dividends in the near
future.
j. Q. Van Wrinkle, general superintendent
OF the Big -Four. who is on trip to the
Pacific coast accompanied by his family is
spending this week in Los Angeles On Sat
where he will remain several days returning
home by the Northern lines stopping a,
Ogden. Denver and other important rail-
road centers.
j, w. Sherwood who on May / becomes
the general superintendent of the Tole,o
st. Louis & Kansas City. begun railroad
service as telegraph operator on the In
danapolis. Cincinnati & Lafayette at Delhi
in 1851. Later. for four years, he was u
passenger conductor on the Whitewater
Valley road, then master of transportation