The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-25

Personal. Local and General Notes.
The Lake Shore will to-day begin haul
ing 100000 bushels of the Letter grain from
Chicago to the Seaboard
Auditor Wildack of the Lake Erie &
Western lines, who, has been quite i'll for
several days, is much better.
G. w, Smith has been promoted to train
dispatcher on the Grand Rapids & Indiana,
vice WV. Wagner, retired.
Engineers on the Vapdalia line will, it is
stated, he educated to a higher standard
through scientific examinations.
An Eastern financial paper says the Wa
bash is hi reality one of the most econom-
ically operated of the Western roads.
J. T. Gardiner, superintendent of the In
diana & Illinois Southern, has been East
for some days to purchase a turntable.
The management of the Wabash denies
the report that the Toledo service is to be
crippled as result of'its Buffalo extension
| When the Brice people get their lines con-
nected with the Lake Erie IL Western, as
proposed, there will be in this system fully
$500 miles of road.
1t is expected that the next meeting of the
Canadian. Pacific and the American roads
will be held in Montreal early next week.
possibly on Monday.
The city ticket office of the Big Four at
Cleveland is on April ! to be moved into
new, elegantly titte6-up room on Euclid av-
enue in the Colonial Arcade.
The Chicago & Southeastern is in bad
shape some of it's bridges having been
swept away by water. This road seems to
have more than its share of misfortune.
The distance from indianapolis to Cleve-
land is 2S3 miles, and it is stated there are
fewer streams and bridges crossed than on
any like mileage of any read in the country.
The local passenger association will meet
to-day at a. m. to take appropriate action
on the death of d. F. Donough, late general
passenger agent of the Union Railway Com
pany.
A. III. Polhamus. road foreman of engines
fnn pa aFrd1H lima hoC ono tn a
hers Springs, Pa, to remains few weeks fer
the benefit of his health His wife will ac-
company him.
Samuel Hutchinson, assistant general
passenger agent of the Union Pacific, who
Has been for several days visiting Eastern
representatives of the. line, was in the city
yesterday for short time.
Freight men who have been travelling in
the West of late say there are still inn
menSe quantities Of grain to be shipped;
also large amounts of provisions and prod
uce, and still a good deal of cotton to come
north.
1t has been settled that the headquarters
of the Order of Railway Telsgraphers shall
be moved from Peoria to Little Rock. Ark.
The present organization has a much larger
membership in the Southern than in the
Northern States.
The receiver of the Vandalia will do a
good deal this season in the way or 1mproV-
ing the Michigan division, A steam shovel
Will be put at work and some construction
trains put on to distribute ballast.
George Bradbury, vice president of the
Lake Erie & Western road, was detained
i'm New York week longer than he ex-
pected to be- but is expected back to-mor-
row. but will probably not be in lndianapo-
lis until after the first of next month.
The third annual convention of the West
ern ana Central ear service officials began
at Chicago yesterday. The convention Will
last until Saturday and the only matters matt RS
connection with their branch of the railway
service.
Grand Master Morrisey, of the Brother
hood of Railway Trainmen. on Monday Wis.,
tied John Marshal an Erie trainman who
is badly crippled. at his home in Hunting
ton. Ind, and yesterday sent him Lou, inc
amount of his insurance in the Brotherhood
Association.
The manner, in which the Monon has
passed through the recent floods plainly
demonstrates, says "a railroad man, that the
money expended in improving the roadhed
between Indianapolis and Chicago was well
spent, this road having suffered less than
any of the Indiana roads.
General Passenger Agent Fee, OF the
Northern Pacific road states that so per
cent of their passenger business is of q
local character; consequently the fight with
the Canadian Pacific will not cut into the
Northern Pacifcs passenger revenue 10 the
extent that might be looked for.
George Rech, ticket agent of the Pennsyi-
vania lines at its uptown office, is promi-
nently mentioned as the successor of Daniel
Donough late general ticket agent of the
Union Station. Mr.. Rech was for many years
chief of the clerical force at the. Union Sta
ton. and is a well-informed and popular
ticket agent.
To-day Frederic Ehrenfeild will have been
in the employ of the Pennsylvania thirty
seven years and the company has recog
nized his ability by promoting him TO be
supervisor on the Southwest branch At the
age OF twenty he was given control of Sec
ton gang. His services during the riot of
1871 led to his promotion 90 an important po-
sition.
1t is stated that the position of passenger
traffic manager of the Santa Fe has been
offered TO r. l.. LOmaX. general passenger
agent of the Union Pacific. Should he de-
eide to accept Ii II is thought President
Burt of the Union Pacific, would appoint
a Chicago & Northwestern passenger Off
cial general passenger agent of the Union
Pacific.
President Thomas of the Erie contem-
plates making extensive improvements the
coming season on the Chicago 4 Erie di-
vision laying long side-tracks that at the
proper time can be utilized as a second
track. Tile business of the road on this d.
vision is now so heavy that double track
from Salamanca 10 Chicago woulG be a
great benefit.
The Baldwin locomotive works have re-
Gently delivered TO the Baltimore a. Ohio
the last OF the order Of locomotives placed