The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-03-25
Personal. Local and General Notes.

c.. f. Schaff, general manager of the Big
Four lines will be in the city to-day.
The Wabash lines earned in the second
week of March $2S4, 2S2, an increase over the
corresponding week of 1898 OF $Z1,S0O.
r. d. Fowler superintendent of the Chi
cago & Eastern Illinois, who has been very
ill for several days at Danville, ILL.,, was
yesterday reported better.
The Chesapeake & Ohio. in connection
with the Big Four. will shorten the time OF
its fast trains between st. Louis and Wash
ngton 10 meet competition.
On April 1 two construction trains will be
put in service on the eastern division OF the
Peoria x Eastern, where much money is be-
ing expended in improvements
VIM f. GOltra, secretary Of George l..
Bradbury. vice president of the Lake Erie
x Western lines. is quite ill with pneumonia
at his residence, No. 1914 North Meridian
street.
passenger agent, with headquarters at Pitts
burg all other lines with which ii completes
having passenger representatives located
there.
A. NJ. Matlock. one of the veterans in
service on the Panhandle, for years
past agent of the company at Carnegie, was
buried yesterday at his former home. Steu-
benville, Q.
General Passenger Agent o. S. Crane of
the Wabash who has been at Mount Glenn
ems for some time past under treatment go Tor
rheumatism, Is again at his 81. Louis ONCE
in excellent health.
The passenger officials of the Cincinnati.
Hamilton az Dayton and the Pennsylvania
lines will meet in Cincinnati on March 81 to
arrange for superior train service to north
ern Michigan points during the coming sum-
mer.
After Sunday a traveller can leave Indian
apolis at 7:l5 a. m. over the Vandalia, taxi
ing the Wabash at St. Louis and be in Kan
sas City at 9:45 p: m, the fastest time ever
made between indianapolis and Kansas
City.
one of the new Big -Four engines hauling
the Knickerbocker on the st. Louis division
on Wednesday hauled the train one mile in
forty-seven seconds. and the next two miles
We're covered in two minutes and twenty
six seconds
Another large block OF Lake Erie & West
ern preferred stock changed hands this
week at SOS per share. The TACT that the
passing OF the dividends led To but a slight
decline in the price paid for preferred stock
is a matter OF comment
The Chicago & Northwestern has issued
the first of a series of folders in what is
termed its Northwestern library. which
gives much valuable information concern
ing the Northwest and cuts of interesting
points on its lines and reached by its lines.
j, 1. Whitney, general passenger and
ticket agent of the Great Northern. says
there is no foundation for the statement
that the Canadian Pacific had cut the pres
ent colonist rates from st. Paul to the Pa
cihc coast. The story was telegraphed from
Montreal.
Samuel Stevenson. special agent OF the
Cincinnati, Hamilton a. Dayton and the Big
Four lines Jointly, has returned TO Cincin-
natl, after ascertaining that the relations
between the representatives, OF the two sys-
TENS at Indianapolis were of the most pleas
ant character.
T. A. Bonebrake, who is acting as SUPER
intendent OF the Chicago division OF the
Panhandle, finds himself at the Logansport,
Ind. headquarters among childhood scenes.
since he was born and reared I'm the same
county and served with several railroad men
now located on the Chicago division.
4 circular was received yesterday an
nouncing "a new fast train between Cincin-
natl and Savannah. which makes the run in
twenty-four hours. The run Is made over
the Queen x Crescent. the Southern Rail-
road and the Georgia & Alabama. Ii Is a
full yestibule limited train with full cafe