The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-20
Personal. Local and General Notes.

d. q. Edwards. passenger traffic manager
OF the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton, is
expected in the city this evening.
A. H, Egan, superintendent. and w. j.
Davis, train dispatcher, of the Illinois Gem
trail, will on Nov. / remove their offices from
Henderson to Evansville.
The election of Oscar Murray as a director
of the Baltimore 4 Ohio Southwestern is
looked upon as an advance step TO electlng
him president of that company
The officials and employees of the. Balti-
more & Ohio Southwestern have settled the
alleged grievances of the trainmen amicably.
AT no time did the men threaten to strike.
The Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton in
spection party. with General Manager Wal
do at it's head. will start from Toledo Mon
day on its annual inspection OF the system.
Ticket Receiver Crane of the Pennsyl-
vssnia lines at this point, who, a few weeks
ago, went to Colorado for his health. has re-
turned. yesterday resuming the duties of
his position.
Monday increased its shop force three hun
dred men. This has been one of the busiest
seasons with the Wagner company since its
organization
the. Flint Pere Marquette road, and it is
understood that it will be operated in the
interest of the Columbus & Hooking Valley,
with which Mr.. Ryan is identified.
E. H. HendricksSof this city, has taken a
position with the chief engineer of the Van
dalia lines. He is brother of " K. Hen
bricks, engineer of maintenance of way of
the Michigan division of the Vandalia.
The Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton is
handling $50 to 275 carloads of coal on its
system daily; in fact, nearly all the roads
are handling double the quantity of coal
they were at the corresponding period of
1897. r.
The board of directors of the Evansville
& Terre Haute, who were reelected on
Of fS n veg BaoM bss hams
died the property and the showing his an
nual report made.
j. T. Brooks, second vice president of the
general superintendent. were in the city. yes
terday to confer with Attorney PickenS.
This morning they will go to Louisville to
join the inspection party.
Engine S4S on the Baltimore & Ohio, re-
Gently built by the Baldwin locomotive
works. is making remarkable speed in haul
ing the royal blue train between Pittsburg
and Wheeling. where it requires a perfect
locomotive to make the time readily.
Instructions were received at the shops of
the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago at
Fort Wayne. on Monday, to Immediately be-
gin the construction of los hopper bot tom
ore cars of 100000 pounds capacity, copying
after the sample car built few weeks ago
at these shops.
A Wall-street bureau says: Chairman
Aldace Walker states that he is able to
announce the substantial completion of ne
gotiations for the purchase of the San
Francisco, & San Joaquin Valley Railroad.
which will give the AtchiSOn it's lOng-de-
sired entrance into San Francisco"
1t is stated that the Pittsburg ticket scalp
ers will retaliate on some of the passenger
men who have heretofore dealt with the
ticket brokers. A local scalper said yester-
day that. did he choose, he could bring evil
dence that would send half the passenger
officials in this territory to the penitentiary
for violation of the interstate-commerc
act.
The fact that the Baltimore & Ohio has
been, the last year. hauling nearly all the
coke from Pennsylvania for the Northwest
has excited comment. but now the Pennsyl-
vania lines are getting the business. On
Sunday and Monday over 200 carloads of
coke from Connelsville furnaces arrived at
Chicago. the first shipment of Importance
of the Pennsylvania lines west for some
months.