The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-09
Personal. Local and General Notes.

In the month of May the Indiana Car
service Association handled 1883 cars, with
an average detention of 1.S3 days.
The railway employees. including. shopmen,
who make Fort Wayne their residence, will
hold a picnic at Rome City on June Is.
The Southern Railway shows increased
earnings over May 1897, of 1882 800, and the
Northern Pacific increase of $464,772.
The superintendent of motive power of the
Illinois Central has prepared specifications
and will this week place an order for thirty
new locomotives.
j. G. Mooney travelling passenger agent
of the Chicago Great Western has resigned
and goes to the Great Northern, with head
quarters at Duluth.
The official statement shows that the re-
ceipts of the Monon passenger department
at Indianapolis for May were Al per cent.
in excess Of those of May, 1897.
The current number of Locomotive Engi-
neering contains a cut of the Schenectady
engine at Purdue University and pictures of
The senior class at the university.
Judge Kicks has issued an order that the
Cleveland, Canton & Southern Railway.
which has been in the hands of a receiver
several years should be sold at foreclosure.
w. F. Bruner, assistant general passenger
agent OF the Vandalia, and George Rock
well, assistant general passenger agent of
city.
w D. Wilson chairman of the executive
committee of the Local Freight Agents AS
ISOLATION is arranging to attend the annual
meeting, which occurs next month at Buff
falo.
The approximate earnings of the Railroad
Mems Building and Savings Association for
the six months ending June so were $2S. 400,
of which $4,000 will be paid as dividends on
the stock.
Freight officials say that the even move
ment in freights east and west-bound is
one of the favorable features in the traffic
situation, and with rates restored gross
earnings will be increased.
George L. Bradbury vice president; c.
r. DAILY, general passenger agent. and other
Western and other Briee lines are spend
Ing three days in inspecting the Brice lines
in Ohio.
1t is stated that the passenger business on
Nhe michigan division of the Big -Four has
got back to its maximum, and the indus
tries in the gas belt are shipping double the
amount of goods they were at the CORE
spending period last year.
The first eleven months of its present fis-
cal year the Evansville & Terre Haute
earned 1881 more than in the correspond
ing period ending May 81, 1897, and the
Evansville & Indianapolis shows an increase
for the same period of S46,S01.
One of the Cincinnati papers still insists
that the Vanderbilt fast freight lines are to
be consolidated under the title OF the Mer-
chants Dispatch, Notwithstanding the en-
pbatic denial by President Galloway that
such thing was under contemplation.
On Tuesday next President Thomson, of
the Pennsylvania lines. and a number of
the subordinate officials and directors will
west of Pittsburg. The party will be in In
dianapoliS on Thursday OF next week.
Eastern financial papers comment in a
commendatory way of the Cincinnati, Ham
ilton & Dayton, the present mana cement.
the condition of the road and its soundness
in a financial way developed since the
Woodford syndicate has been in control.
One OF the new pattern day coaches of the
Panhandle lines, square vestihuied. was on
Train Il going west yesterday 1t is the
handsomest and most complete passenger
car in every re spect say those who exam
fined It, that was ever in the Union Station
"
Pennsylvania road. east, which have been in
service the mountain division, have been
transferred TO the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne
& Chicago and one OF them. on Monday
hauled a train OF 1876 tons from Fort Wayne
90 Chicago on a test
Superintendent Starr. of the Pittsburg.
Eort Wayne & Chicago, has issued an order
forbddfng bicycle riding on the companys
property. At Alliance, o. she wheelmen got
IN the habit of riding between the trackg
and a week one Of the fiders was struck
BY &rain and killed.
James McNaughton, superintendent of
motixe power Of the WisdPnsln Central for