The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-23
Personal. Local and General Notes.

G. L. Hilleary, district passenger agent
OF the Big Four. will spend Christmas at
his old home in Maryland.
c. G. Waldo, general manager of the Gin
cinnati. Hamilton & Dayton, with his family,
will spend Christmas in Detroit
indianapolis roads will observe Monday as
Christmas. City freight depots will be
closed and no local freight trains run.
Albert Franklin the conductor injured on
the Indianapolis division of the Panhandle
some months ago, is said to be slowly inn
proving
Commencing to-day the Union Pacific will
inaugurate a weekly tourist car line from
Kansas City. which will give through serv-
ice to San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland
and all points west.
The Wabash has contracted with Peter
Holtz to furnish 500 carloads of ice, to be cut
from Little river. near Huntington, Ind.
The ice will be used for passenger coaches
and icing refrigerator cars.
The Union Railway Company has Just
received one hundred tons of new steel rails
weighing ninety pounds to the yard. which
will be laid on the Union tracks between
Delaware and East streets.
IL is said TO be definitely settled that F. d.
Underwood general manager of the 500
line. viii be the successor of William Greene.
late with the Baltimore a ONO now with
the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern.
George b. Ferrier ir. who has been con-
rected with the maintenance of way depart
ment of the Panhandle at Indianapolis goes
TO Philadelphia, Jan. |. to accept more i'm
portant position on the Pennsylvania road
Charles B. Hays, general manager of the
Grand Trunk, has been presented with
beautiful Illuminated address by the Broth
erhood of Locomotive Firemen in acknowl-
edgment of courtesies received at his hands.
The reorganization plan of the Baltimore
& Ohio Southwestern is said to be well re-
ceiyed by parties interested. A syndicate
has been formed which will raise the $780,
90 of new capital to make improvements, etc
The gross earnings of the Louisville &
Nashville for November passed the 1900 600
mark for the first time In the roads history
The first four months of its present fiscal
year the road was operated on GIL per cent
OF its gross earnings.
No. 204. one of the Big Four's new pas
senger engines. on Tuesday night eclipsed
ell records by hauling an eight-car passen-
ger train from Terre Haute TO indianapolis
seVenty-three miles. in eighty-one minutes
stopping at Greencastle.
r. J. Walsh chief clerk of C. G. Waldo,
general manager OF the Cincinnati, Hamil-
ton a. Dayton. few evenings since delivered
an address before a literary club of Cincin-
natl on Dramatic Art and Litera ture."
which is spoken of as being unusually inter-
esting and instructive.
The Queen & Crescents gross earnings for
November were $9i. 1856 in excess of those of
November. 1897 and the net earnings in
creased $37. al. The Southern Railways gross
earnings for November show an increase
over last year OF s2f2000. and the net earn
fngs an increase OF $4,000
Frank Matheaney. chief clerk of c. H.
Cory, superintendent OF motive power of the
Cincinnati, Hamilton e. Dayton lines, has
resigned on account OF i'll health. and will
be succeeded By Albert Ray, chia clerk OF