The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-10
Personal, Local and General Notes.

The members of the Central Freight AS
scciation will meet in Chicago tomorrow.
The Chicago Great Western is equipping
its best coaches and dining cars with the
wide yestibules.
The Wabash people expect that their new
airline between Buffalo and Windsor will
be open for business May Fl.
The citizens of Upton, Ind, are trying to
induce the Lake Erie & Western people to
build new depot at that point.
On Sunday the Pennsylvania lines sold at
Richmond 26S excursion tickets to Indian
apolis, from Vineennes $40, from Seymour
427 and from Louisville $50.
The Cincinnati Hamilton & Dayton has
three construction trains distributing gravel
for ballast, taking the gravel from the river
at Connersville and at Hamilton.
A. A Zion. superintendent of the Union
Railway Company, has gone to New York
to look after some litigation in which the
Union Railway Company is involved.
The New York, Ontario & Western has
reduced all fares to cents per mile, thus
exempting itself from the requirements of
the new Tnileage-b book law of New York.
The indianapolis & vincennes has received
one of the four new engines assigned TO 1t
by the Pennsylvania Company. All are to
be of the Class r type for freight service.
The Big Four will to-day have several
special trains to Columbus o.. carrying
delegates to the thirty-fourth annual con-
venticn of the Homeopathic Medical So
ciety.
1t is stated that the local lines are han
ding more business for the industries of
Indianapolis which reached by private
switches than at any time in the last three
years.
Traffic Manager Lazarus, of the Indiana.
Decatur q Western, is pleased with the
business the road did on Sunday, bringing
into indianapolis 1,1O7 passengers on excur-
sion rates.
1t is stated officially that the west-bound
tonnage of the Union fast freight line for
indianapolis and this immediate territory
was: in April, 100 per cent heavier than in
April, 1897.
If the business Of the Chesapeake & Ohio
continues as heavy as now, ii is stated that
on July l it will become dividend-paying
road. A ] per cent. dividend on the pre-
ferred stock is being talked Of
Col. j. G. Everest. of Chicago. general
agent of the passenger department of the
Chicago, Milwaukee q St. Paul and Robert
&. Jones. of Cincinnati, travelling passenger
agent. were in the city yesterday on Off
cal business.
The c.. c.. c. & ST. 7. proper earned in
the fourth week of April 1881. 100. an in
crease over the corresponding week of 1897
of S44,26S The earnings of the Big Four
proper for the month Of April We're 81 16S, S79
an increase over April, 1897, of $94, g01.
The passenger department of the Pan
handle reports that rapid progress Is being
made on the new day coaches the company
Is building at its shops in Columbus o.
All the appointments are to be of the high
est standard wide-yestibuled and completes
In every feature
w NJ. Pennington. of Memphis. Tenn.
point. Is in the city for day or two He
says Memphis has become the leading rail-
road center of the South, New Orleans only
excepted its shipping tonnage annually
reaching a large volume
H. E. FELTON,, general freight agent of the
Lake Shore road. has rendered his resigna-
ton. to take effect May 10. He is to accept
or Company Mr. FELTON, has held his pres
ent position since June, 1897. Jan 1893
4ir FELTON, was appointed general freight