The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-13
Personal, Local and General Notes.

against 1913 in the preceding week.
Personal, Local and General Notes.
Samuel Sweet. general freight agent of the
Lake Erie IL Western, has gone to Chicka-
manga for few days
James l.. Mason has been promoted to
first stenographer of James McCrea, first
vice president of the Pennsylvania.
The Wabash has a floating debt of 300 000
which President Ashley wants to wipe out
with the surplus of this years earnings.
The Lake Shore has threatened to carry
ccal practically for nothing If the Ohio coal
points.
The Big Four on Saturday completed the
new iron bridge over the Elkhart river,
north of Goshen, and yesterday trains be-
gun to run over it.
The Louisville & Nashville in May, 1898,
earned S1s0179 more than in May, 1897 OF
this increase $134 1913 was in freight and So, AIS
in passenger earnings.
j. j. Turner, general manager of the Van
dalia lines, passed through the city on Sat-
urday in his private car, en- route to At
lantic City, with his family.
Q. IS. Crane, general passenger agent of
the Wabash lines who has been on an
Eastern trip, passed through the city yes,
terday en- route to st. Louis.
The four Pennsylvania lines handled at
indianapolis last week $500 cars, 4,377 being
loaded, an increase over the corresponding
week of 1897 of 766 loaded cars.
The first ten days Of June there was an
Big Four lines proper over the correspond
ing period of 1897 of III per cent.
Eastern lines have notified Western con-
nections that. the east-bound rates on wool
and fruits, which have been badly democrat
LIKED of late, be at once restored to tariff.
F. d. Casanave, superintendent of motive
power of the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany, on Saturday sailed for France, where
he will remain three months for health and
pleasure.
1t is stated that w H. Newman the new
president of the Lake Shore. has, a warm
side for the newspaper people and will see
that legitimate newspaper men are well
taken care of in future.
The Canadian Pacific last week let con-
tract calling for 5000 900 for building an
other link of the Crows Nest Pass line
from Robson to Midway, British Column
bia, distance of one hundred miles.
William Garstang, superintendent of mo-
ceived instructions to close contract for
four large passenger engines, to be built
on plans he prepared some weeks ago.
Glass p engine on the Pennsylvania lines.
which made such a speed record between
Indianapolis and Louisville the year of the
worlds fair, has been rebuilt and is now
used in hauling the special official trains
The Big Four lines proper in the week
ending June IL handled at Indianapolis b. 1863
cars, 2706 being loaded. This is an increase
over the week ending June of AIS cars,
and over the corresponding week of 1897 of
800 cars.
President ingalls,, of the Big Four, seems
determined to make the new morning train
out of Cincinnati for New York and Boston
famous for making time. He has given
ders that the train must not be detained
for mail or express matter.
The Vandalia handled at Indianapolis last
week 29l4 cars, 2,215 being loaded. East
bound business is now the heaviest the road
bringing in 1,2O2 loaded cars, against lob
sent west. OF the inbound movement 149
cars were loaded with live stock.
Charles Stiltz, general ticket agent at the
Union Station, and ticket agents at the up
passenger business the last few days. With
some lines last week was one of the best
business weeks in many months.
One of the Pittsburg & Lake Erie new
sixty loaded cars, unassisted on any part of
the road, from PittSburg to Cleveland, which
is ten more loaded cars than were ever be-
fore hauled over the road with one loco
motive. ),
The committee of telegraph operators Of
the Cincinnati, Hamilton d Dayton who
the operators will be in Cincinnati to-day
for a conference with General Manager
Waldo. They ask that the minimum pay be
$45 per month.
least for the present. the projectors of the
indianapolis, Logansport 81 Chicago road
are beStirring themselves, feeling that there
is possibility of the company now secur-
ing right of way for entrance into the city
over the line located previous to the prop
osition to construct parks in the Fall creek
bottoms.
George Lamb has just completed his thir-
ty-flfth year of service with the Big Four,
tween indianapolis and Kankakee. He is
the only engineer now running who was en-
ployed on the indianapolis d Lafayette road
when it was known by that name and was
operated independently between Indianapo-
lis and Lafayette.
G. f. DAILY general passenger agent of the
Lake Erie & Western and other Brice lines,
has returned from trip over the Ohio
roads, in company with Vice President
Bradbury. Mr.. Daily states that work on
castle, Pa, is being pushed. One hundred
miles of road will be built to give the Brice
lines a road to Pittsburg.
The license inspector of Omaha a week
ago notified the ticket brokers in that city
that they must take out license or quit
business. Thus far but one has taken out
city Is flooded with ticket scalpers, and the
older of the ticket scalpers are offended
over the matter; They will combine to make
For the past eight months the Baltimore
IL Ohio has been keeping an accurate ac-
count Of the tons carried per train mile on
what extent the Improvements had in
creased the train haul. The results have
more than justified expectation. as the av
erage for the eight months ending Feb. IS
was 323.13 tons per train mile The aver
age in years gone by did not exceed 225
The reorganization committee Of the
Wheeling & Lake Erie has fixed upon Jan.
of the hands of the receiver Since NJ T.
Herriclk was appointed receiver of the road,
eighteen months ago, the earnings have
doubled and the operating expenses been
cut down one half. Over 81 600 900 has been
expended in improving the roadbed and
equipment, and there is a comfortable bal
ance, Receiver Herrick states, in the treas
ury.
The. Pennsylvania Company seems deter
lakes this season. On June 20 another
through car for Mackinac will be put on.
running over the Vandalia from ST. Louis to
Indianapolis, over the Panhandle from In
dianapolis to Richmond, there taking the
Grand Rapids & Indiana, and on the same
train is hauled the through sleeping
between Louisville and Mackinac via In
dianapolis and Richmond. Both are hauled
on Train 2, leaving indianapolis at 1920 p m.
T. c. Wallace. travelling passenger agent
of the Union Pacific, has returned from
which time he attended a meeting of the
general and travelling agents of the COM
pany, visited the exposition at Omaha, and
made a trip over the line as far west as
Salt Lake City, including Denver and Ogden.
There were twenty-five representatives of
the Union Pacific at this meeting, some of
whom had never been over the line. Mr..
Wallace reports a very heavy traffic both
passenger and freight, and says the road
bed is better than that of any line west of
the river. The exposition being held at
Omaha, he says promises to eclipse any of
the expositions held up to this time, with
the possible exception of the worlds fair.
Supplies for the Army.
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