The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-11
Personal, Local and General Notes.

IeFSOndl, LOcuI ana Uemeral notes.
The trunk lines have notified agents at
stations that hereafter the rules regarding
excess baggage must be more strictly en-
forced.
The first of the Pennsylvania personally
conducted tours to California will leave New
York Jan. rs and will pass through Indian
apollS Jan. r.
Henry w. Goys, general manager of the
Chicago, Peoria & st. Louis. yesterday re-
moved his headquarters from Springfield
Ill.,. to st. Louis.
The Erie has been instructed by the Joint
Traffic Association to stop the practice of
applying its st. Louis differential via Chi
cago on business to Missouri-river points
and beyond
In the year 1897 there were delivered by
the roads entering at Kansas City to the
stock yards at that point 123,040 carloads of
live stock, against liz, 594 in 1896, and against
sos in 1895.
Arthur Hale, who has been elected super
intendent of telegraph of the Pennsylvania
road, is son of Dr. r. p. Hale. of
vaIlia road since 1882.
1t was the executive committee of the
Indiana Car Service Association which held
a meeting yesterday The annual meeting
of the association for the election Of on
GERS will occur tomorrow.
In the week ending Jan. there were
handled on the Big Four system proper
records. The Peoria & Eastern last week
handled on it's line 3,4SS loaded cars.
Several of the Nebraska roads are refus-
ing to receive cars of connections unless
they are equipped with automatic couplers
and air-brakes, as required by the State
Board of Transportation of that State.
During the year 1897 POS active or retired
officials died OF the number were George
B. Roberts, Albert Fink, George NJ Pull
man, ID. w. Caldwell, K. II. Wade, H. B.
Stone, Erastus Corning, C. f. Croker and
III. S. Marcy.
There was an exodus of freight men to
Chicago last night. The National Broom
Makers Association convenes there to-day
and there is usually sharp competition to
quite an item to the railroads in certain
sections.
The Monon in connection with the In
diana, Decatur & Western, will on next
Sunday resume running its trains via
Roachdale, which were taken off on Sun
day few weeks ago. The train will leave
for Chicago at 11:45 a. M and arrive from
Chicago at 2:45 p. m.
The Chicago & Eastern Illinois has been
unfortunate the last few months. several
of its engineers having left the road and
ment is said to be DESTROYS of improving
this branch of its service through the Sc
curing of some first-class engineers.
r. b. Turner, general superintendent, and
Z. q. Waldo superintendent of car service
of the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton lines
spent yesterday at this point looking over
terminals and visiting the Indiana, Decatur
q Western shops, where the company has
good deal of equipment undergoing repairs
A joint meeting of the Eastern and West
ern roads will be held in Chicago to-day for
the purpose of discussing divisions of COM
mission payments on eaSt-bound Canadian
excursion business. The competition of the
500 line has made it necessary for the roads
TO have an understanding regarding the
matter.
Col. James Hall, of Toledo. has been Sc
lected as general manager of the Northern
Mileage Ticket Bureau, with headquarters
at Detroit Mr. Hall is an old railroad man.
has held positions on the Wabash and the
Lake Shore and was for fifteen years gem
eral passenger agent of the Wheeling &
Lake Erie.
c. +. Usher has been appointed general
passenger agent of the Canadian Pacific
tory includes all lines east of Port Arthur
and A. II. hoffman has been appointed gen
eral passenger agent of all lines in New
Brunswick and the State of Maine with
headquarters at New Brunswick.
A few months ago common stock of the
Panhandle sold at 20 cents on the dollar.
and when it rose TO % cents PIrJsburg hold
ers dropped IL. On Saturday ii sold at IL
cents on the dollar. and stock of the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company sold at SIS per
share, the shares being $50 each. In both
cases prices are above the best of 1897.
Passenger rates between Chicago and Min
neapohS and st. Paul are now i'm a better
condition than they have been for long
| time. careful test of the market has been
made by the chairman of the Western
| Passenger Association and it has resulted in
the finding In the offices of the brokers but
| two tickets issued at cut rates and both of
these were over the same road. This is the