The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-04
PERSONAL, Local and General Notes.

w. H. Newman, the new president or the
Lake Shore road, has the last three days
been making his first official trip over the
lines.
Common stock of the Pig Four is now
selling at so per share L. than in FEB
ruary, and S. per share more than thirty
days ago.
The Big Four will run an excursion to-
day from indianapolis to Chickamauga at
less than half rates, tickets good to return
including June Z.
The machinery in the new shops of the
Cincinnati, Hamilton az Dayton at Lima is
of the most modern pattern. 1t includes
compressed air plant.
Tho Lake Erie & Western management
IS expanding quite a sum- In improvements
on its Sandusky division, laying new Steel
new ties and ballasting.
In the month of May 1894 carloads of coal
were shipped from mines on Its line, mostly
for use of roads which draw their supplies
from the mines en- that road.
F.. F. Flagg. who for some years has been
assistant to the president of the American
Express Company, has been elected third
vice president of the company.
W. H. Canniff, the new president of the
months of June, July and August all offices
will be closed on Saturdays at p. m.
The summer schedule of the Vandalia to
Lake Maxinkuckee goes into effect June
Ii and the Petoskey service, on the Michi-
gan division of the Yandalia, on June 20.
Train 90, on the Pittsburg & Lake Erie,
consisting or six cars. was on Tuesdey
hauled from New Castle junction TO Pitts
burg forty-nine miles. in fifty-one minutes.
The new shops which the Wabash is to
erect at Toledo will cost $2O0,OG. The i'm
provements the company proposes TO make
100000
Actual figures show that the Baltimore &
Ohio Southwestern, in the first ten months
Of its fiscal year. earned, net, 1854 $40 more
than in the corresponding period of the pre-
Vious year.
Charles E. Perkins, president of the Chi
cago, Burlington & Quincy, who has been
I'll some weeks at Burlington Ia. is now
recovering and expects TO be able to go East
an ten days.
The Wabash will disregard the demand of
Its competitors that it charge excess fare
on its new fast trains to Colorado points. If
meet tho cut.
Samuel Symonds formerly master me-
chanic of the Fitchburg road, but who left
the service in the recent overturning, has
accepted an important position on the Phil
adelphia q Reading.
On May q H. NJ. Bronson, assistant gen.
eral passenger agent of the Big Four had
been in railroad service forty-five years,
beginning as a clerk on the Mad River road
now the Sandusky division of the Big Four
The natural gas company of Wabash
Ind, where are located shops of the Big
Four. charged the company so much for gas
that the railroad company has discarded it
and is laying in stock Of coal at its
shops.
r. c. Caples has been appointed city pas
eenger agent of the Delaware, Lackawanna
& Western at New York city. Until quite
recently Mr. Caples's home was at Fostoria,
o. He is well known in Western passenger
circles.
The Toledo, st. Louis & Kansas City
earned in May $i73141, an increase over
May. 1897, of $500. Since July the road
has earned S2,0S6655, an increase over the
corresponding period of the previous year
On July 1 C. G. Waldo will have been
general manager of the Cincinnati Hamil
ton q Dayton lines six years being pro-
NOTED first from purchasing agent to as
sistant to the president then to be general
manager
Fifty new furniture cars of a new design
are being built for the Grand Rapids & In
diana by the Pennsylvania Company. Since
the latter came into control of the property
much has been done in the way of increas.
ing the equipment.
mileage books of the Central Passenger As
ISOLATION is now 1900 per month. and from
now on II will cost the association 10 cents
for each book. the printers having advanced
the price III cents per book.
On the evening of June the local freight
agents, including the line agents, will meet
at the Bates House to organize an associa-
ton for the purpose of encouraging closer
relationship and taking such action as will
make their meetings of advantage.
The Chicago. Milwaukee & St. Paul is do
Ing good deal of work on its roadbed this
season. On the River division alone ii is
building ten miles of heavy stone masonry
The company's two new $l25.00o passenger
trains are now in service between Chicago
and St. Paul.
The annual convention Of the master car
builders will convene at Saratoga on June
1b, and that of the master mechanics at the
same place June 20. Delegates to these con-
ventions are being literally provided with
free transportation. including transporta-
ton for their wives.
The Great Northern is building a consid-
cradle mileage of extensions in North Da-
kota. and Ia finding trouble in securing men.
Instructions were sent this week TO Chicago
70 employ and send TO the company three
hundred Italians. If no other class OF Ia
borers could be obtained
William Garstang, superintendent OF mo-
tive power OF the Big Four has placed an
order with the Richmond locomotive works
kor two more consolidated engines Of the
same type OF engine 700 which continues 70