The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-11-11
Personal, Local and General Notes.

Employees at the Union Sttaion will to-
day appear in their winter uniforms
VIM. A Sullivan. assistant general freight
agent of the Chesapeake q ONO Is IN the
city.
The Lake Shore and the Lake Erie &
Western will put in an interlocking plant at
Laporte.
C. X Haverfeld telegraph operator of
the Peoria e. Eastern, has been promoted
to be chief train dispatcher of the lines.
NJ W. Mansfield, superintendent of the
Indianapolis * Vincennes, who has been In
Pittsburg for several days, returned last
evening
The ninety locomotives which the New
York Central contracted for last week will
cost 81, 10000. and deliveries will not COM
mence until March.
Ewing Jones' who on Tuesday was elected
auditor OF Franklin county. Ohio. was for
some years chief clerk in the auditing de-
partment of the Columbus &c Hooking Val
ley.
the Chicago. Burlington & Quincy, Bowser,
of the Missouri, Kansas * Texas, and Quill.
of the Chicago Great Western, are In the
city.
sylvania lines west accompanies the owners
of the Pittsburg Fort Wayne a. Chicago in
their inspection of the property. Charles
Lanier is president of the board
The Royal Blue Book of the Baltimore
K Ohio for November Is out and Is an UNI
usually interesting number. dwelling on
"reminiscences and containing number or
fine cuts of the largest buildings In the
country.
The last ninety days the Santa Fe lines
have been operated on So per cent. of the
gross earnings, against 7s per cent; year
ago. and the management states that pos
sibly a further reduction in operating eX-
penses can be effected.
Notwithstanding the opposition TO such
aeti4n ON the part Of CONSERVATIVE lines ,he
home-seekers rates this winter TO the South
and Southeast. which usually lead TO demor-
alization in passenger rates
Over sixty surgeons of the Big Four were
present at the banquet given in Cincinnati Il
s given 1.-THE at the Grand Hotel. and President
ingalls, and other officials of the road were
present as guests of the surgeons.
At the meeting of officials of the Wabash
at st. Louis on Monday II was decided TO
rebuild the shops at Fort Wayne on more
extensive scale than the shops that were
burned. The capacity OF the plant will be
doubled and n sixteen-stall roundhouse
built
Train H. on the vandalia and Pennsyl-
vania lines. between st. Louis and New
York, has now been on over one year and
has become very popular train with pat
rons of this through line. IL carries more
passengers than does Train ?, which has
| been on some years
The Chicago * Eastern Illinois has volun-
| tarily increased the pay of its engineers and
firemen. on the heavy engines the pay In
| creased 10 per cent, on the lighter ones IL
| per cent. The general manager says tbs
| road is prosperous and its employees shall
| share in the prosperity.
On Nov. q officials of the Big Four. the
Nandalia and the Louisville, Evansville 4
| st. Louis will meet at East st. Louis to ar
range for the beginning OF improvements al
/ that city ordered by the railroad commits
| sicners of Illinois. These improvements
| when completed, will cost 100000.
The Southern Railway is going into com
| petition for tourist business To California
| and will establish a tri-weekly service be
| tween Washington and San Francisco Vet
| eTan passenger officials say the tourist bust
| ness To the Pacific coast IL being overdont
| and proving of but little profit TO the oper
| ators of such lines.
One OF the longest daily through car serv
| ices I'm the world will be inaugurated by IN,
| Santa Fe road on Sunday. This line will be
| Sin operating daily frst-class sleeper be
| tween Kansas City. Mo. and the City o.
| Mexico The distance between the TIVE
| points IL 1855 miles. During the entire ruI
there will be no change whatever
The st. Louis Southwestern, which re
| Gently entered into close traffic allianc.
| with the Chicago & Eastern Illinois, il seek
ing to control by lease or purchase tn.