The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-13


The Pennsylvania lines on Sunday last
carried into Columbus over 5000 excursion
lists.
Three extra postal clerks have been
placed on the Vandalia line, so heavy is
mail matter at present.
THE Southwestern Freight Bureau passed
out of existence yesterday. II has been
profitless organization to all concerned
J. W. Griffin. of the passenger department
of the Wabash at St. Louis, has gone TO
rest.
The Chicago. Burlington & Quincy pas
senger department has issued its May num-
Der of the Corn Belt. 1t is one OF the
newsiest yet issued.
The Nickel-plate will put. on new fast
train between Buffalo. and Chicago. and the
LacSawanna will run fast train from New
York to connect with 1T.
w. S. Rodgers goes to Chicago to take the
place OF Carl Howe. as travelling freight
agent of the Michigan Central. Mr.. Howe
will enter the general offices at Detroit.
G. d. Tracy. cashier of the New York
Central at Buffalo, will engage in business
in Buffalo, and A. j. Casey. assistant cash
Ter, has been promoted TO this position
On the Chicago division of the Big Four
lines twenty-seven switching engines are in
service and twenty of them exceed 100000
pounds in weight-that is. the engine proper.
George NJ. Henry. chief clerk in the
Wheeling & Lake Erie general offices. has
resigned to accept a position with the De-
trot & Lima Northern, with headquarters
at Detroit.
The first freight train of the Columbus &,
Northwestern reached Lake View on
Wednesday, The officials of the road are
confident that their trains will be running
Into Bellcfontaine. o.. by July l.
The Big Four Building Association which
was placed In the hands of a receiver, has
no connection whatever with the Big Four
road. and no Big Four official was in any
manner associated with the organization.
The new rule of closing the city freight
depots to receiving freights after p. m. is
working very satisfactorily. and is not only
clerks, but by the platform men and dray-
men,
A fine pole ninety feet in height was raised
yesterday on the gable of the Big Four city
freight depots. and from ii floats very
large American flag. purchased with a purse
made up by the officials and employees in the
Offices.
handle lines. who has been i'll for many
months, is much better, and this week made
a trip over the lines which come under his
supervision, the first time in eighteen
months.
On the Pittsburg & Lake Erie. of which
Gaylord Beach is general manager there
has been, distributed 100 miles of new steel
rail to be used in laying its A. miles of
double track between Pittshurg and
Youngstown.
ID. S. Wilder. district passenger agent of
the baltimore d Qhio, is spending couple
OF days here He reports the passenger
traffic of the h. & o. as highly satisfactory
10 Passenger Traffic Manager Martin and
other officials of the lines.
1t is not vet settled when the Big Four
will put in effect its summer time card GER
tainly not next Sunday. General Manager
Schan will. while in New York probably
fix the date. but 1t is hardly proba BILE it
will be before Sunday, May 20.
The fast mail train on the Pennsylvania
road, west-bound. made up OF eight heavy
cars, was on Tuesday hauled from Harris
burg to Altoona. 132 miles. in 140 minutes
il is claimed that it is record which has
never been equaled with as heavy a train.
The publication known as the Four Hun
dred, which is devoted TO travel, personals
and society news, has on its title page a
picture of George Bradbury vice president
of the Lake Erie & Western and other Rrice
lines and a sketch OF his railroad career
The citizens of Williamsport Ind. are
protesting because the Wabash Company
has removed Miss Ella Kent who has been
agent of the company at that point for
twenty-five years, and appointed Patrick
Follen, night operator at Logansport, as
agent.
The slight damage done TO the Pennsyl-
vania limited in running into the rear of a
construction train last Friday is a matter
of much comment, IL demonstrated the
effectiveness of steel platforms in "A coll
lision. The president OF one of the West
ern roads who was on the train gives IL as
his opinion that the damages were so slight
OH account OF the trains being equipped
with the standard steel platform. The steel