The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-26
Personal, Local and General Notes.

on May put on ITS new $6U,OUO trains.
c. F. Fox has been appointed treasurer of
the n. ", c. q st. L., vice Allyn Cox, de-
ceased
One of the Lake Shores fast limited trains
was yesterday photographed while running
a mile minute. Ht
Tho Fitchburg road will substitute the
Wagner palace-car service for that of the
Pullman Company on May /.
S. r. Meyers, claim agent of the Big -Four,
who has been resting5 IN the mountains OF
West Virginia for ten days, is expected
home to-day.
The Chicago, Biitti6gton & Quincy has
planned to plant groves Of trees at certain
points on it's lines where the road runs
through prairies.
j. T. Brooks vice president of the Penn
sylvania Company and a party of friends,
who month ago went to California, will
reach home to-day.
The Chicago & Northwestern has been
operated during the winter on 81 per cent
of its gross earnings, a result never before
attained in winter months.
The Order of Railway Photographers has
adopted plan of insurance of its members
similar to the insurance department of the
Order of Railway Conductors.
William Sullivan, commercial agent of the
Big Four at indianapolis, who has been
spending week with his brother at Rich
mond, Va, is expected home to-day.
One of the Wabash's new freight engines,
on test Wednesday hauled 1100 tons up
the Logansport hill, where the ordinary
1t is stated that with the reorganization
of the Columbus g. Hooking Valley road
Thomas Ryan, who is now a director of the
company, will be elected it's president.
Indianapolis Council, No. ESQ., of the Rail-
road Mems National Union will at It's
meeting this evening initiate thirty-five
new members. making it's membership 14O.
The Kansas City Fort Scott & Memphis
has under contemplation removing its shops
from Fort Scott TO Rosedale. where extern
sive Improvements have been in progress
for several months.
The Toledo, St. Louis, & KANSAS City
earned in the third week of March SAB, $685.
an increase over the corresponding week of
1897 of $3.313.39. The first three weeks of
this month the increase this year is $7,059.58.
The last two years death has been busy
IL the ranks of the Union Railway men.
OF the number We're D. F. Whitcomb. Eli
Thompson, Hannibal Taffe, Theodore Huff
ner, John Lane, Harvey Knowles and d.
r. Donough.
d. CT. Edwards, passenger traffic manager
Of the Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton, tee-
graphed last evening that their Toledo and
Detroit express would go out on it's sched-
uled time last night but would run via
Richmond and Piqua.
The Vandalia is making improvements at
Frankfort, Ind. i'm the way of putting in
additional sidetrack and ballasting the
yards. Frankfort is steadily increasing in
Importance as a business point for the four
roads centering there.
The Southern Railway will next month be-
gin the construction of an extension of its
Line from Chattanooga to stevenson, Ala,
thirty-Six miles. The Southern now uses
between those points the Nashville, Chatta-
nooga d. st, Louis road.
The bridge men off of all divisions of the
Vandalla lines, forty in number, have been
employed on the Louisville division of the
Pennsylvania line the last three days, help
ing the Louisville division out of its trou-
bles resulting from high waters.
Albert Collins. of Upton. Ind, a few
weeks ago accepted the position of chief
train dispatcher of the New England road,
and the Boston Herald speaks in a. COM
plimentary manner of what he has accom-
plished since taking the position.
Indianapolitans who go to Lake Wawasee
every season will be pleased to learn that
the old shed used as a Big -Four station at
Leesburg has been torn down to give place
to a modern depot. This is the point of
transfer to the Baltimore & Ohio road.
A. F. Robbins, superintendent of the Buff
falo division of the Wabash, who has been
in st. Louis several days, has returned to
Buffalo with plans for a station at that
point. On May the company expects to
occupy it's own freight depot at Buffalo
NJ. E: Gtraston, agent of the Big -Four at
RushVile, goes to Wabash, succeeding S.
e. Thomas promoted. W. T. Allen, agent
c.. S. Smith, telegraph operator at Rush
vile, goes to Mlroy as agent. These
changes become effective April l.
The Columbia & Maryland Railway was
sold at auction yesterday to Nicholas p
Bond, president of the Baltimore Security
and Trading Company for $450.000 The
road is TO run between Baltimore and
Washington, and was intended TO be oper-
ated as an electric line. 1t has been in
financial difficulties for some time.
The roads of the Central Passenger Asso-
citation have decided to make a rate of one
and one-third fare for all students returning
to their homes for the spring vacation. They
have also announced a series of land set
tiers excursions, to be run from points in
the territory of the association to points in
the South, the fare to be cents per mile
for the round trip.
The joint interchange business of the Mo-
non and the c., H. & d. covered by the ter
ritory represented by Geo. S. Brecount, COM
mercial agent, Cincinnati, shows for the
two weeks ending March Ia an increase of
5000 over the corresponding period of 1897.
Since July, 1897. to March IA, 1898, an in
crease of 100000 over the previous corre-
spending period is shown.
expects TO get it's trains running between
indianapolis and Vincennes by this evening.
The Louisville division of the Pennsylvania
lines is running its trains between Indian
apolis and Louisville over the Big Four, via
Greensburg, to North Vernon, then taking
its own track. The Panhandle east yester-
day got its trains running all right between
Indianapolis and Pittsburg.
The passenger department of the Joint
Traffic Association has approved the recon-
mendation Of the Joint Passenger Commit
tee that $50 pounds of personal baggage may
be checked free on lines represented in the
Joint Passenger Committee on each full
first or second-class ticket sold at author
lied regular or reduced fares, and seventy
five pounds on each half ticket. Through
baggage of first or seccnd-class passenger