The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-26
Personal. Local and General Notes.

Personal, Local and General Notes.
1t is expected that President Ingalls, will
shortly devote several days to an inspection
Of the Big Four lines and the Perioa &
Eastern.
Orders have been given to at once COM
mence the building of fifty box cars of $4,000
| pounds capacity in shops of the Vandalia at
| Terre Haute
1t is stated that the passenger earnings of
| the Chicago Burlington e. Quincy for Oc-
| tober will be the largest of any month in
the roads history.
President Purdy, of the Chicago G. Rock
Island, yesterday started with number of
subordinate officials for ten days inspec-
ton trip of the lines.
NJ. L. ingalls,. president of the Big Four
lines and family. will to-day return from
Hot Springs, w. Va, where they have been
spending the summer.
T. j. Lyman, auditor of the Evansville &
Terre Haute. has resigned to accept posi-
ton with another company. His successor
has not yet been appointed.
Charles Fl. Hunt. general agent of the
Lackawanna fast freight line. formerly of
this city, will this evening be married to
Miss Nellie Cook, of Shelbyville, Ind.
Two more of the large passenger engines
the Schenectady locomotive works are
building for the Big -Four arrived at Cleve-
land yesterday and will be placed in service
at once.
r. c. Hunter. foreman of engines on the
Evansville & Terre Haute, has resigned to
accept service with the st. Louis & Iron
hOuilldIll dS StHtIdl JdAQiiid5L6I d. IOpidl
Bluffs, Mo.
Owing to inability to secure proper legal
notice of the advance in rates on grain and
grain products from Chicago to the sea-
board. the advance will not become effective
until Nov. z.
The freight earnings of the Wabash lines
for the second week of October were SAT-
in excess of those of the corresponding
week of 1897. and the passenger earnings
$5,31S ahead Of last year.
e. w. Miles, for several years agent of
the Big Four and the Vandalia at Colfax,
has resigned on account of poor health;
c. A. Davis, of Fowler. has been appointed
to the position temporarily.
G. B. Ryan, general Western passenger
agent of the Chesapeake & Ohio, in
the city yesterday, accompanied by A. L.
Elliott, the newly-appointed travelling pas
senger agent of the lines for this territory.
NJ c. Baker district passenger agent of
| the Nickel-plate, with office at Fort Wayne
| will retire from that position on Nov. l, and
| the position will be abolished. Mr.. Baker
| has secured position with an accident in
surance company.
At a meeting yesterday of the officials of
the several roads operating between Chi
cago and St Paul. measures were adopted
for removing the causes of disturbances at
st. Paul and also to secure Stricter main
tenance of tariff rates.
The authorities of the Lake Erie & West
ern, the Wabash, the Monon and the Big
Four have come to an understanding as to
the erection or an lnterloGklng plant at
will be commenced at once
On Monday in the woodwork department
| of the shops of the Pennsylvania at Fort
| Wayne, the men commenced working twelve
| hours, 100 men being affected by the increase
| in hours. This, it is stated by a Fort
| Wayne paper puts all departments of the
| work on overtime.
Construction work is being pushed ener-
| geticaliy on the Columbus Lima & Mil
waukee, line on which construction work
was suspended for some years. Much of the
| grading was in bad shape. Track laying is
| to be commenced next Monday between Con-
| tinental and Kalida, o.
The Pittsburg. Fort Wayne & Chicago is
| doing the heaviest freight business in its
| history. On Saturday last 3D97 cars were
| handled in the company's yards at Allie
| eheny, The road has a. rule. to move no
| freights on Sunday during church hours,
but last Sunday there was no cessation for
| fear of congestion of business.
C. G; Waldo, general manager of the Gin
cinnati Hamilton & Dayton lines, who is
| this week inspecting the lines in the system.
| including the coal roads, will inspect the
Indianapolis division Friday. He is accom-
| panied by several of the subordinate Off
| GERS. including General Superintendent Tur-
ner and the division superintendent.
| President j. j. Hill, of the Great North
ern, denies that he has any intention of re-
| firing from the active management of that
road. He says II hope my sons may some
| time be able to handle the affairs of the
| Great Northern and that / may rest from
my labors. but such a change is not i'm
minent now. There is absolutely no truth
in the story"
There is excellent authority for stating
that on Nov. 1 William Caldwell. general
Western passenger agent of the West Shore.
will retire and his duties will be consoli-
dated with those of w. b. Jerome, Western
passenger agent OF the New York Central.
1t is said that the malgamation of these
two important offices is the beginning of
number of important changes in that direc-
ton.
The Little Rock & Memphis Railroad was
sold yesterday under a decree of foreclosure
of the United States Court for $435. Co., A
committee of the bOndholderS. of which f.
+. Olcott of New York is chairman, were
the purchasers. certified check for $25, 900
was deposited by the purchasers as evidence
of good faith. The road will now fall into
the hands of the Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf
people and be extended from Little Rock
to Woster Junction, ]. T.
On Nov a number of changes will be-
come effective in the mechanical department
of the Wabash. c. II. Felske, master me-
chanic at Montpelier, o.; Will go to the
Detroit shops: George +. Hess, of the Fort
WAYNE she ps will be promoted to be master
mechanic of the shops at Montpelier; G.. ].
De VilvIss will be transferred from Andrews
to Tilton and j. L. Flynn will be appointed
fore man Of the Andrews shops; c. l.. Bond
master mechanic at Tilton, Ill.,, will go to
Fort Wayne.
William r. McKeen, ex-president of the
Vandalia, and formerly identified with the
Evansville < Terre Haute. says the Stand
ard Oil Company is the largest stakeholder
and that this corporation, he thinks. will
be a bidder at the foreclosure sale of the
Terre Haute and Logansport division of the
Vandalia Nov 10 at Charlottesville. The
delay in selling the road has led to other
railroad interests looking into the value
of the property, and 1t is more than
probable that the Vaaderbilts interests and
the syndicate owning the Wabash will be
among the bidders.
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