The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-28
Personal, Local and General Notes.


Employees on the Chesapeake & Ohio were
paid for their March services in gold
E. o. Mccormick, passenger traffic man
ager of the Big Four lines, has gone to New
York
w. K. Evans has been appointed chief
accountant Of the new Grand Trunk Line
Dispatch.
An official circular announced the appoint
ment of George TozZien as purchasing agent
of the Big Four lines.
On May 1 W. H. Whittlesey viii go to
Dallas, Tex, to represent the Big -Four and
the Chesapeake & Ohio
Directors of the Cincinnati, Hamilton &;
Dayton have declared a quarterly dividend
of Ia per cent, payable May 9.
The Lake Erie & Western earned in the
third week of April $64. 493. an increase over
the corresponding week of 1897 of $1,454.
Chairman Donald, of the Central Passen-
ger Association, has called meeting of the
passenger officials in Chicago on May A.
The maintenance of way department. of
the Panhandle has been remodeling its Of
fees in the Union Station. making them
light and cheerful as well as more conven-
tent.
The Illinois Central and the Cotton Belt
lines it is expected will be connected by
June l. May j. Menzies, assistant general
Ats general freight agent.
A local ticket scalper suggests that some
legislator introduce an anti-rate cutting bill.
as it is openly admitted that foolish rate
wars have cost the railroads more than all
the ticket scalping that has ever been done.
The Pullman Company yesterday notified
its employees who desired to enlist that they
would be given an indefinite leave of abb
sence and be restored to their present posi-
lions on the expiration of their enlistment.
Shipments of grain for exports via New
port News are setting in again heavily. For
tunately, the vessels which ply between
Newport News and Europe are owned by
English capitalists and sail under the Brit
isE flag.
q,ha bic Four lines aarDed I'm tho third
week of April $269, 340.22 an increase over
corresponding week of 1897 of S22 652.S2. Since
April / the earnings show an increase OF
$50,l37.76 over the corresponding twenty~one
days Of last year.
The last few days there has been a hand
some increase in loca! passenger business.
in addition TO the regular travel a great
many friends of the Indiana soldiers are
coming TO the city to see that they are
started off pleasantly.
The largest block of marble ever sent out
OF East Tennessee was shipped by way OF
the Baltimore & Ohio to New England dur
ing The first week in March. 1t was con-
signed to Norcross Bros at :. East Cam
1T was qiFarried near Knoxville.
When the Pittsburg, Bessemer & Lake
Erie road was built it was given out that
no union men would be employed, and were
lot. IL is stated, at first. but the railway
mems organizations are taking hold of the
matter and have already organized a lodge
OF the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
The Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton and
the Monon have set an example which
might well be followed by other roads In
the way OF furnishing meals on their trains
While a traveller can get a cup of tea and
toasted bread or like articles as desired on
the dining cars of these roads, a meal is
furnished for So cents.
For nearly forty years passenger trains
on the Lake Erie & Western between In
dianapolis and Peru have been scheduled al
twenty-five miles hour, 1t requiring three
hours to cover the seYenty-five miles. The
passenger department now has under con-
sideTatfon the shortening OF the running
time each way of at least one of the traine
between this city and Peru. the train stops