The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-04-25
Personal. Local and General Notes.

coming passenger traffic manager OF the
Southern Pacific.
Personal, Local and General Notes.
dalia are now in service and are doing good
work.
James Halter. a local ticket broker, who
has been confined to the house by illness for
zen weeks. rode out yesterday for the first
time.
Next Sunday the Lake Erie & Western
VIII run its first low-rate excursion of the
season from Michigan City to indianapolis.
The fare will be 81 for the round trip.
Joseph Ramsey. general manager of the
Wabash. has perfected arrangements by
which the trains Of the Wabash (Qunicy and
Hannibal branch) will run into Quincy. Ill.
agent OF the Observation-Disclosures River lines.
and District Passenger Agent Shaw were in
the city yesterday. having just returned
from an extended Eastern trip.
Since March /. for the first time In four
years, the machine shops Of the Panhandle
at this point have been run ten hours a day
and full handed. The pay, rolls show over
four hundred men employed at these shops.
been notified that their personal securities
will no longer be accepted and that they
must patronize the American Surety Com
pany for bondsmen. paying $225 per $1,000
annually.
J. II. Gurgoon has been appointed general
superintendent Of the st. Louis, Caruthers
q memphis ROAD. With ntduuudIltfS d
Caruthers, Mo. Mr.. Burgoon was at one
time an official on the Indiana, Bloomington
* Western.
announcement has been made by the Wa.
bash of a reduction of 50 per ticket in sec
ond-class colonists' rates. St. Louis to Mon
tana points, and notice is given by the Mis-
souri, Pacific of its intention TO meet the
competition.
w. n. Babcock, recently appointed gen.
eral Western agent Of the Delaware, Lack
awanna & Western. with offices in Chicago.
will have charge of the company,s inter,
estS in the territory west OF Chicago as well
as its lake interests.
There is no ground for the rumor that the
Vanderbilts are making an effort to secure
change in the control of the property it will
be in the interest of a Canada road, say
those who manufacture rumors.
Another Wabash engineer has been called
TO a higher position on the Grand Trunk
road. Engineer q. II. Hess goes to the
Grand Trunk. He will be general foreman
In charge Of one OF the most important
shops and roundhouses on the system.
James Charlton. general passenger agent
of the Chicago & Alton. and some Of his
subordinates are on an Eastern trip. He
senger equipment of the Chicago & Alton
will be brought up to the highest standard.
The Central Traffic Association lines are
disturbed because the Wabash made a rate
seaboard. and in a single day secured ship
ments OF 100000 bushels and then with
drew the rate. alleging that 1t was a mis-
take.
who attended the wedding of j. T.. Hara-
han, vice president. in Memphis. last week,
on the trip accomplished two things. He
was present at the marriage ceremony and
in the going and coming inspected the
Southern lines in the Illinois Central.
Henry Lloyd. who will retire on May l
from the position of assistant secretary and
claim agent of the Wabash lines. was given
a dinner in St. Louis on Saturday night
which was attended by a number of his per-
sonal friends. Mr.. Lloyd goes to New York
10 take the presidency of two private cor
porations.
superintendent c. III. Ketcham. Of the
West Shore. announces his resignation, 10
take effect May l. The division superin-
| tendency has been abolished and on that
date Superintendent ]. h. Bradfeld. of the
Western division, and IA Harrington.
of the Mohawk division of the New York
Central, will take charge of the West Shore,
respectively. west and east of Syracuse.
J.. A Barnard, general manager of the
Peoria & Eastern lines. has submitted his
season to President ingalls,. who is disposed
TO be liberal in this direction. On but few
roads has there been greater Improvement
to track and equipment than on the Peoria
& Eastern In the last three years, more es-
pecially on the Western division, which. ex-
perts say, has a very substantial and smooth
track.
The new state train, the Pan-Anerican
express, which will be placed in service on
Sunday, May Z, on the New York Central.
will receive the personal consideration OF
large staff. The express will
leave New York daily at s p. m. and will
arrive in Buffalo at 7:2o a. m. New and
| handsome cars are being prepared at the
Wagner shops for this train, and the equip
ment Will be composed of a combination
baggage and smoking car, hrSt-claSS coach
and four sleeping cars The answering
train eastbound will be called the Buffalo
Special"
General Passenger Agent c. E. Lambert,
of the West Shore, has sent a letter TO rep
resentatives of connecting lines who have
inquired as to the probability of the dis
continuance of some West Shore trains and
he sets at rest the many reports that the
passenger service would be curtailed. Mr..
! Lambert states emphatically that no trains
will be taken off and that there will be no
interruption OF the traffic In any manner.
On the contrary. Mr.. Lambert says, steps
will be taken to improve both the through
and local service. and the West Shore will
continue to be one OF the leading Eastern
trunk lines.
| @. p. Huntington. president OF the South
ern PACIFIC. has been turning his attention
to car building and recently announced In
an interview that he was satisfied with the
results attained from the use Of a new
100 !000-pound capacity box car. which was
built on lines differing from usual car con.
struction. This car is forty feet long and
weighs 3?.1O pounds. To accomplish this
end radical changes in detail of car franz
ing have been resorted to, as also In the
treatment OF the materials and in their dis
tribution to meet predetermined strains. In
testing one OF these cars, loaded with three
carloads of pig iron, aggregating 1876. 00
pounds. IL was run over yard crossings. sid
twenty-six hours. The detection at the CEN
ter of the car was but five-SiXteenthS of ar
inch and when the load was removed the
car resumed its normal position.