The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-19
Personal. Local and General Notes.

week ending Dec. 10. and l,Ol9 in the week
| ending Dec g.
Personal, Local and General Notes.
NJ. E. Ingalls,. president of the Big Four
lines. VIII leave for New York this morn
ing.
The. Big Four proper has earned since
July S6,102.O5O. against $6,390,269 in the cor
responding period of 1897
The Panhandle is handling at it's yards
| In Dennison an average of 400 loaded cars
| per day. exceeding all previous records
f. Il. Taylor. general superintendent Of
transportation of the nsylvania lines
west. on Saturday returned from an East
ern trip.
of telegraph, more recently chief electrician
of the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern, has
resigned.
The Missouri, Kansas & Texas has re-
duced passenger rates through the sparse
y settled portion of the Southwest from
to cents per mile.
The Santa Fe is extending its block sys-
tenn westward, and will soon have its trains
on 900 miles of the road moving under
perfect block-signal system.
The Grand Trunk telegraph operators who
are threatening TO strike are preparing TO
call into force the Canadian alien abor law,
which will keep out American operators
Frank II. Barnes has been appointed city
passenger agent of the Chicago K Rock
Island at Lincoln, Neb.. vice Frank l..
Miller, resigned to engage in other bust
ness.
Rumor has it that James Barker, general
passenger agent Of the Missouri. Kansas d
sign to accept a similar position on another
road.
OF the twenty-eight new engines the Erie
has contracted for, to be delivered as soon
as possible eight will be heavy passenger
engines and will be put in service between
Huntington. Ind, and Chicago.
With the completion of the south terminal
improvements the New York. New Haven
| e Hartford pOpEOlidaf fed lines will have
pended at Boston and its immediate vicinity
| $2S,000O 900, the south terminal costing $14.-
| coo 900
Within the next ten days the Pullman
| Company will complete its contract for
| lines, having since the receivers were APP
| pointed built 100000 of new equipment for
| this company
The Chicago & Erie division of the Erie
| lines has adopted rule that hereafter when
an engineer or firemen wishes to lay off on
account Of illness, he must produce a ply
| sicians certificate to the effect that he is
| not fit for duty.
The Pennsylvania lines have issued a
| unique itinerary for the first Golden Gate
| tour, which will leave New York Feb.
=, taking on passengers at PittSbuTg, CO.
| lumbus and indianapolis. The train will pass
| through Indianapolis on Feb 10 at sos a. m.
| F. w. Arnold, secretary and treasurer Of
| the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen,
| has gone East to visit lodges. In speaking
| of the brotherhood he said that numerical
| ly, financially and morally it is in better
| condIuon than at any time since organized
| Joseph Kuttner is very i'll at his home in
| Fort Wayne. suffering from a paralytic
| the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne &. Chicago at
| Fort Wayne for thrty-six years, but of late
has been in too poor health to do much
work.
The general Eastern passenger agents are
| working in harmony with the trunk lines
| and the Central Passenger Association lines
| in the effort TO restore passenger rates,
which, although not badly QemOraliZe0
| as are freight rates, are good deal out
| of line.
The vandalia handled at indianapolis last
| week 1913 loaded cars, a decrease of 1O2
| compared with the preceding week. General
| Freight Agent Taylor says any decrease
| shown now or for weeks to come may be
| charged to inability to furnish cars to move
| the business.
The four Pennsylvania lines handled at
| indianapolis last week 4.7N loaded cars, 374
| more than in the corresponding week OF
| 1887 The largest increase is shown on the
indianapolis & Vincennes although the four
| divisions show more or less of an increase
over last year.
Charles C. Clarke, first vice president of
| the New York Central, who passed through
the city on FRIDAY in his private car, en-
waite car ever built at the Wagner car
works Mr. Clarke goes for his health, and
| will be absent two months or more.
The Big -Four lines handled at Indianap-
| oils TO- 453 loaded cars, 2l1 more than were
handled at this point the corresponding
week of 1897, and one of the officials says
crease would be as many thousands per
week as 1t is hundreds of loaded cars.
A Portland; Ore, paper says that at
least $500 aborers will be wanted within
the next sixty days to build the Snake
| River Valley line of the Oregon Railway
/ and Navigation Company, and the men
must come from Eastern States so great
| scarcity or Iaborers is there in the North
| west.
| General freight agents of Western lines
| VIII on Wednesday meet the general freight
| agents of the trunk lines and of the New
| England roads to arrange for advancing
| rates simultaneously on JAN to tariff
1t is believed that under the regular tariff
| rates are so low that the restoration will
not check the volume of traffic.
ID; G. Edwards, passenger traffic manager
| or the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton lines
announces the following promotions: L. NJ.
| webb, to be chief clerk in the passenger
department.; W. B. Galloway, chief rate
| and A. Follenger who has just returned
from military service, voucher clerk
On the announcement of the death of
| calvin ). Brice, president of the Lake Erie
| q Western, d; S: Hill, general superin-
| employees on the lines: 1T is my sad duty
to announce the death of President Brice
| at New York yesterday afternoon. Inter
| ment will probably take place at Lima. OF
| this you will be advised later"
b. A Ford, general passenger agent of
the PENNSYLVANIA lines west. yesterday is
| TIC AOiAOWhl6 w III. LIE Bel.
| district passenger agent, having rendered his
resignation to take effect Dec. 81, 1898, A.
). j. Holt has been appointed Pacific coast
| agent to succeed him. Mr. Holt will repre-
| sent both the freight and passenger depart
/ ments of the Pennsylvania lines. His office
will be in San Francisco.
| The November report of the Wabash
| transportation department shows that ff-
| teen dement, marks were placed against a
hreman's record for drinking; an engineer
| and conductor were dismissed for an accu-
| mutation of dement, marks, a brakeman for
! lntoxlcation and switch engineer and fire.
man Tor unsatisfactory service. A number
| Of employees were given credit marks for
| clear records Tor six months, and a conduc-
| tor, brakeman and fireman were given
| credit for extra good service.
| When COngress Closes