The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-25
Personal, Local and General Notes

Personal, Local and General Notes.
M. E. ingalls,, president of the Big -Four
lines has gone East
The Chicago & Northwestern will call its
new fast train the Twentieth Century"
Tomorrow the presidents of the lines in
the Joint Traffic Association will meet in
New York city.
An interesting rumor is that the Wander
bits are negotiating for the purchase of the
Chicago 81 Alton.
The Plant system has christened its new
fast trains between Jacksonville and New
York the Cuba limited
The Joint Traffic Association refuses pos
itively to allow the all-rail lines to meet the
lake navigation competition in rates.
At the annual meeting of the stockhold-
ers Of the New York Central, last week,
$50, 100000 of the stock was represented
w. d. Holiday, assistant general freight
agent of the Big Four has been in Holli-
daysburg, Pa, for few days visiting rela-
tives.
dianapolis last week a total of 12,5S7 cars,
1856 being loaded an increase over the cor
responding week of 1887 OF 2,7S9 cars.
The four Pennsylvania lines handled at
Indianapolis last week 7,701 cars, T. 949 being
loaded, which was an increase over the
corresponding week of 1897 OF l,G94 loaded
cars.
Hon. Chauncey NJ. Depew. chairman Of
the board of directors of the New York
Central, is president of sixteen railroad
companies and director in tifty-eight cor
Work on the new bridge that the Big
Four will build at Wabash will commence
to-day. An immense quantity of rock and
earth will be required to make the fill of the
approaches.
w Fl. Mccormick has been appointed dis
trict passenger agent of the Philadelphia
& Reading. and Charles Il. Waters city
ticket agent. both to have headquarters at
Philadelphia.
E. o. Mccormick, passenger traffic man.
ager OF the Big -Four. has arranged that on
some divisions seats can be secured on the
| Wagner cars at a less cost than has been
charged heretofore.
The Denver & Rio Grande will establish
| agencies in Hong Kong, China, and Yoko-
| hama, Japan. entering into traffic agree
ment with the Pacific Mail and the Occiden-
! tai and Oriental Steamship Companies.
| Most of the important railways have Civ
| en- their employees notice that in case they
| or military companies they can resume
| their old positions after the war is over.
NJ. S. Corners. superintendent of the Co
| lumbus & Hooking Valley, has been notified
| by the government to arrange for carrying
/ mail over the Wellston & Jackson division,
| between Macarthur Junction and Jackson
The business of the Eel river division of
| the Wabash system has largely increased of
| late, some twenty freight trains per day
| now passing over It. The company is ex-
1 pending considerable money on the division
| The Vandalia passenger department has
| issued q very handsome illustrated folder
| showing the beauties and advantages of the
| Michigan division summer resorts at ST.
| Joseph, Mich, and at Lake Maxinkuckee,
/ Ind.
+. T. Higbie has been appointed superin-
tendent of the car service of the Jersey
| Central road, and w. L. Hoffecker, master
| mechanic. The position of assistant super
| intendent OF motive power has been abol-
/ ished.
| The advisory committee of the Pennsyl-
| vania Voluntary Relief Department win
i hold its annual meeting in Pittsburg to-
| morrow j. +. Miller. general sCperintend-
| ent of the Southwestern system, will at
/ tend IT,
/ The shopmen at the Panhandle shops at
| I.ogansport have raised a very handsome
i sum and purchased a large flag, which will
l f1oaT from the tower of the shops. One has
| also been purchased TO float from the pas
/ senger station.
The railway companies are pushing the
| work of equipping their cars with air brakes
/ and automatic couplers. In the month OF
| March the Westinghouse Air-brake Com
/ pany sold 1928 complete sets of air brakes
| for freight cars
The veteran employees on the Panhandle
/ lines are considering the formulation or a
| veteran employees fraternal association
| similar TO those on the Cleveland q Pitts
| burg and the Pennsylvania road proper
| veteran associations
/ A train OF thirty-fs'e steel cars was
: hauled. last Thursday. over the PlffSsArk,
Besscmer g Lake Erie. carrying los gross