The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-07
PersonaI. Local AND GeneraI Notes

Personal. Local and General Notes.
The Big Four line proper in May earned
81: l69:9535o an Increase over May, 1897, of
$102 Sos.
Fhe passenger earnings of the Big Four
lines for May were Is per cent in excess of
those of May. 1897.
r. B. F. PIERCE. receiver of the Toledo. st.
Louis & Kansas City, has gone to Toledo.
to be absent most of the week.
The Indianapolis & Vincennes is credited
with having its locomotives in the best con-
dition of any of the indianapolis lines.
]. j. Turner, general manager of the Van
dalia lines. and General Freight Agent Tay
Tor were in the city yesterday for confer
ence with Receiver Malott
Welcome Rice. passenger conductor on the
Lake Erie & Western. who was few days
ago called to Brattlehoro, VT, to bury a
sister. returned yesterday.
Since Jan. l the gross earnings of the Cen
spending period of 1897 s5s5,7ls and the net
earnings increased $276,570.
The Pyle National Electric Headlight
Company, of this city. has received an order
now building at the Rogers locomotive
works for the Texas & Pacific.
The local lines are all living up TO the
agreement entered into month ago to re-
ceive no freights for shipment at the city
freight depots after p. M. and the ship
pers are beginning to Join the plan.
President Ripley. of the Atchison Topeka
e. Santa Fe says the report that the Santa
Re is interested in the reorganization of the
Baltimore & Ohio, expecting to eventually
secure control of it. has no foundation.
The Big Four last night received tele-
graph authority to use rate of S4 from
st. Louis to Dallas. Tex, via the through
lines from that point. The rate is the re-
suit of competition for travellers attending
the Mystic Shrine meeting.
The heavy traffic the indianapolis lines
are doing is fortunate for the employees in
the shops. Both the Panhandle and the Big
-Four shops. which were year ago running
short hours and light handed, are run
ming as they have been for some time past,
full time and full handed.
The Haskell & Barker car works, Mich
igan City. are employing more men than
ever before, and on full time, In some de-
partments running over time. Yesterday
they commenced the building OF nine hum
dred--box cars and one hundred refrigerator
cars for the Illinois Central.
and private switches at this point for local
Industries than at any time in the last three
years, especially are the Cerealine mills and
the Indianapolis hominy mills busy. Last
week the hominy mills alone shipped l3l
carloads of cerealine products.
Fireman Olsen of the Monon line. who
a few days ago was thrown from the foot
board OF Engine Ill when running sixty
miles an hour is about again, he escaping
With few bruises. At the time he was fir
ing his engine and in going around curve
the engine lurched and threw him Off
The Central Association of Railroad Of
f1cials indianapolis division1 yesterday held
its regular monthly meeting. The report of
the standing committee on extra trackage
over the Belt road was heard and approved.
and arrangements made fer holding the an
nual meeting of the association. July IL.
In speaking of the heavy freight traffic OF
the Panhandle lines, ]. b. Hill, general