The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-06
PersnnnI. Lncal and GenernI Notes,


The Chesapeake & Ohio shows an increase
in net earnings for March of $lS.S6O over
March. 1897.
r. D. Hughes. of Cleveland. general SUI
perntendent of the American Express Com
pany, is i'm the city!
G. +. Stages has been appointed agent of
the Pennsylvania lines at Sulphur Springs,
Ind, vice w. S. Wood. resigned.
Samuel Altman, who has run a locomotive
on the Bee-line division of the Big -Four over
thirty years, is thought to be fatally i'll.
II. B. Rodgers, who has represented the
Chicago & Rock island at Cleveland goes
TO Pittsburg as travelling freight agent of
the Santa Fe lines
NJ. f. ingalls,, president of the Big Four
and c. 4 @. lines, left last night for Hot
Spring, w. Va. and on Monday next will
go thence to New York.
The employees of the Wabash at Fort
Wayne have raised a pole two hundred feet
in height and purchased a large flag, which
is to float from 1t until Cuba is free.
Under the new freight schedule the time
between indianapolis and Los Angeles is
cut down to los hours, forty-two hours
quicker than on any former schedule.
The National Educational Association has
selected the Big Four and the Chesapeake
& Ohio as the route TO Washington, u. g..
on, the occasion of their annual convention.
July ) to II.
The Pittsburg-I4os Angeles tourist car
which, every Wednesday for some months,
has passed through Indianapolis will be dis
continued on June l. The season, it is
stated, was very successful.
r. w. Lee. formerly general passenger
agent of the Lake Erie & Western, has been
selected as joint agent of the Omaha. roads
TO look after their interests during the
Tra1isrnississippi Exposition.
The large new passenger engines Nos. Ill
and .1l2 on the Monon have been transferred
schedule time on the four hours and forty
five minutes run, indianapolis to Chicago.
Harry Crawford jr.. general manager of
the Chicago & Southeastern, passed through
nfN4 u, l. x~afr a@r n-fa rdu o.,
route home from Hot Springs. w. Va.
where his wife is staying for the benefit of
her health.
w. NJ McGaaSton signal engineer, and
way on the Indianapolis division of the Pan
handle lines, are making an inspection of
annapolis division.
The Lake Shore road was operated its
last fiscal year on 66.72 per cent. of its gross
Guided new equipment which cost $s4s, $50,
and the construction of the new yards at
Seneca, at an expense of 1921, 426.
The Chicago. Rock Island & Pacific will.
on May 10. put on a fast limited train to
make the run from Chicago to Denver in
twenty-seyen hours and thirty minutes. The
last schedule az the present time between
the two points isl thirty-four hours.
The new dining cars of the Big Four
which are to be run between Chicago and
Cincinnati, are seventy-seven feet long, full
OF trucks. The Barney & smith car works
claim they are the best dining cars yet
built
George householder. who runs the engine
that hauls the fast train of the Pennsylva-
mia Company between Pittsburg and Cleve-
land. o.. on Wednesday completed his forti-
eth year as an engineer. He began in 1858
as a switching engineer in the Pittsburg
yards.
Trainmen on the Pittsburg, Fort WAYNE
& Chicago have grievances which they have
asked may be settled by arbitration. The
trouble arises from the lengthening Of runs
and changing division points. doing which
nave thrown number of train. crews out
of work.
The first meeting of the executive commit
tee or the Western Passenger Association
SINCE the new committee was elected was
held In Chicago yesterday. General Passen-
ger Agent Charlton of the Alton was elect
ed chairman of the committee by unan-
imous vote.
The engineers firemen. brakemen and con-
ductors on the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne e
Western have forwarded a request 20 l.
i. Loree, general manager that annual
passes be furnished TO trainmen who have
been In the employ of the company three
years. the passes To be good over all divi-
sions.
The transmissourf roads have determined
10 make Glenwood Springs, Col. a summer
tourist point, and have fixed a round-trip
rate or SO from that point to the Missouri
river. The same rates and arrangements
VIII govern this business as control the
other common points I'm the State. The
Western roads are now voting on propo-
make rate Of SIS above that made by the