The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-12
personal, Local and General Notes.

The Baltimore & Ohio handled on its line
on Sunday last $40 theatrical people.
E. o. Mccormick, passenger traffic man
ager of the Big Four, was in the city last
evening en- route to Chicago.
A. ]. O'Reilly, commercial agent of the
Monon at this point, has been SO III TOR
couple of days as to confine him TO ms
room.
The receipts of the Pennsylvania lines
and the Vandalia at indianapolis for De-
cember were 81, 53S49 in excess of those of
December, 1896
In 1897 the Chicago, Burlington & Quin-
cy put 81 100000 into new equipment, and it
will be included as operating expenses in
the coming report.
Ford Wood. general freight agent of the
Peoria e. Eastern, is spending the week in
Chicago attending meetings of the Central
Freight Association.
The Toledo & Ohio Central Is taking pre-
liminary steps looking to the erection, the
coming season, of passenger station at
Toledo, to cost 100000.
There is said to be good foundation for
the statement that the Wabash will con-
struct a line connecting the Toledo with
the Detroit-Chicago line
All buildings on the Pennsylvania road
such as towers, sheds and switchhouses
are hereafter to be constructed of iron and
steel and as nearly fireproof as possible.
A. G.. Connolly, chief train dispatcher of
the Peoria 81 Eastern, who has been con-
fined to the house by Illness for four
months, was yesterday at his office for a
short time
A few years ago Lafayette was an i'm
portant division point on the Wabash. Now
trainmen do not receive orders there,
neither are they required to register at
that station.
. Angus Sinclair, editor of the Locomotive
Engineer, yesterday delivered lecture be-
for the students of Purdue University on
the subject "reminiscences of a Locomo-
tive Engineer"
The Traders Dispatch fast, freight line
has under consideration says Buffalo
paper. the removal of the headquarters or
its general manager to Chicago The mat
ter will be settled Jan. 20.
The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy and
the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific are
showing fully as much increase in daily
earnings as in November and December,
much TO the surprise of the freight officials
The report is confirmed that r. w. Davis,
general freight agent of the Buffalo, Roch-
ester & Pittsburg. is 10 be the general man
ager of the Lackawanna line with head
quarters at Chicago. He will take charge
on Feb. l.
]. Q. Van Wrinkle. general superintend-
ent of the Big -Four lines, says that If the
present volume of business keeps up
through the month the earnings of January
at least 100000.
The Santa Fe is now doing on its entire
system the largest freight and passenger
business 1t is finely equipped as to power.
and every locomotive that is in condition
to gun is in service.
Vice President Robbins, of the New Eng
land road states that company has de-
cided to extend its third-rail electric serv-
ice from New Britain TO Bristol, Conn, and
institute rapid-transit service. This VIII
make line nineteen miles in length
The Erie has its roll of honor completed
and II shows that William White. a passen-
ger brakeman, has been the longest in
service of the road, he entering the en-
ploy of the company in 1854. Asa Smith has
been with the road thirty-seven years.
]. b. Scott, jr. recently transferred from
Nsneennes TO Cincinnati by General Passen-
ger Agent McCarty. of the Baltimore &
Ohio Southwestern. will hereafter have the
title of district passenger agent, and the
travelling passenger agents will all be
under his supervision.
A gentleman well informed as to the af-
| fairs of the Vanderbilt lines states thar
| there is little likelihood that the vacancy
/ in the Niclxel-plate presidency viii be filled
] before next month, and probably not until
May next There have been a number of
| applicants for the position.
Thomas Doyle, a mechanic in the shops
Of the Pennsylvania at Fort Wayne, has