The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-15

at the meeting of the directors Feb. %.
Personal, Local and General Notes.
The Big Four has contracted for new
dining car, which is to be turned out
March 4.
Since Jan. the Erie has placed orders
for thirty-four new engines, ten of them to
be of the consolidated type.
Receiver Malott. Of the Vandalia, was so
I'll yesterday with a severe cold that he
remained at home the entire day.
The Chesapeake &, Ohio has appointed a
general agent to represent the company at
Norfolk, Va, selecting John p. Ushur for
the position.
The management of the Chesapeake &
Ohio will soon inaugurate steamship service
direct from Newport News to one of the
principal French ports
The directors of the Grand Trunk Railway
Company have declared a dividend of per
cent on its preferred stock. This is the first
dividend this stock has paid since April 1891.
NJ. O'Connor has been appointed South
western passenger agent of the SeabOard
Airline in New Orleans TO succeed J. N.
Wisner, resigned to go TO the st. Louis 81
San Francisco
The annual meeting of the Alabama, New
Orleans q Texas Pacific Railroad Company,
which was held in London yesterday, agreed
to construct connecting line between Was
kom and Jefferson, Tex.
Joseph Wood vice president; L. r. Loree
general manager of the Pennsylvania lines
west of Pittsburg, and John F. Miller, gem
eral superintendent of the Southwestern
system, spent yesterday in the city.
The Empire State express on the New
York Central on Thursday ran three con-
secutive miles at a speed of a mile every
forty-seven seconds, which for a winter
time squirt is thought to be remarkable.
w. II. Gays formerly general freight
agent of the Indianapolis & St Louis. now
part of the Big Four, on Monday assumed
the duties of general manager of the New
York x Ottawa. His headquarters will be
Ottawa, Ont
E. w. Nichols who for many years has
represented the Great Eastern fast freight
resent the Wabash as its freight agent,
succeeding E. II. Lake, promoted to as
sistant general Eastern agent.
The Big -Four yesterday for twenty-four
hours had no connection east of Cleveland,
nor the Pennsylvania lines east of Pitts
burg, and the Cincinnati lines had no
through sleeping cars from either the Balti-
more & Ohio or the Chesapeake e. Ohio.
J. D. Lockwood, for twelve years the bag
gagemaster at Logansport for the Wabash
road, has been driven insane from suffering
he was in a hospital at Peru. but on Satur-
day he was taken to the Longclif Asylum.
w. c. Arp, superintendent of motive pow
er OF the Vandalia, was in Schenectady yes
terday and received for the Vandalia Com
pany the first of four big passenger engines
the Schenectady locomotive works are build
ing. Another will be ready for shipment on
Tuesday.
Under instructions from the company, Re
ceiver Herrick of the Wheeling & Lake
Erie, distributed 200 tons of coal among the
poor of Toledo last Friday. The contribu-
ton was a welcome relief to hundreds OF
people suffering from the cold who had not
the means of procuring fuel.
Considerable interest attaches to the re-
cent changes in the executive officers of the
Toledo, st; Louis & Kansas City. Some inn
portant deal regarding the property is
thought to he under way. The fact that the
kneeland party VIII sever all connection
with the property has Importance.
The Big Four had under contemplation
making some improvements at Gallon
among other things building a twelvestal
roundhouse with annex shops, but the own
or of the ground on which the improve
ments were TO be made has advanced the
price to such big figures that the plan will
likely be abandoned.
Hugh Ryan. the well-known railway con-
tractor. died at Toronto on Monday. In adj
dit.on 10 building hundreds of miles of rail-
ways throughout Canada. he was also con-
tractor for the Sault Ste. Marie canal, which
took six years 10 construct lie also built
railways in Michigan Illinois. Kentucky and
Maine. He was nfty-seVen years of age.
The latest rumor is to the effect that the
Flower syndicate has acquired large hold
ingS of the Cotton Belt or St. Louis South
western, stock within the past few days.
The purchases. il was said. had been suffi-
cient to secure the control of the property.
which for several years has been held by the
GOulds
Sargent p. Peabody. former superintendent
OF the Columbus * Cincinnati Midland Rail-
road and later general agent of the Balti-
more * Ohio in Columbus, died there yes
terday after illness of about three days.
Deceased was born in Gorham. Me, in 1872.
lie served during the civil war in the en-
gineer corps lie was father of Capt w. w.
Peabody of Cincinnati. former general man.
Rger OF the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern,
who is now in Europe.
party representing the Morgan syndi-
cate. which has the reorganization of the
Columbus, Hooking Valley & Toledo Rail
road Company IN hand. is inspecting the
Ohio Central lines. The inspection will de-
termi 'e whether the lines will be purchased
along with the Columbus. Sandusky & Hook
ing, and consolidated with the Hooking
Valley. The Morgan syndicate thought the
price asked for the Ohio Central lines was
too high; hence the inspection
Tho incorporators of the Moulton Albina
e Des MOines road are 9. u. Ashley Dresi-
dent of the Wabash; Joseph Ramsey. vice
president. and several others interested in
the Wabash lines. This company will build
tWenty-seVen miles Of new road connecting
the Wabash at Moulton. This branch viii
gvo the Wabash a direct line between
Des MOines, ST. Louis and Kansas city.
and shorten the distance between Des
Moires and St. Louis forty-ive miles
William r. Baker has been appointed gem
erai superintendent and chief electrical en-
gineer OF the Manhattan Nov York; ele-
waited railway system. Mr. Baker. after
leaving college was employed on the engi-
necring STAFF OF the ST. Paul Railway. Later
he entered the service Of the Northern Pa
cfc road and left 10 engage with the
Canadian Pacific Railway assisting IN the
preliminary survey of the line He spent
two years IN the Rocky mountains and was
national * Great Northern Railway In 1855