The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-09-09
Personal, Local and General Notes.


The Peoria & Pekin terminal will be
opened for business Oct 1.
The Panhandle has had TO suspend hay
shipments 10 Baltimore owing TO the crowd
ed condition OF the yards at tnat city.
I. A. Lawes, superintendent OF motive
power of the Chicago & Eastern Illinois,
has gone East to be absent ten days.
The Wabash has abandoned Andrews as
division point. removing the materlaI
which was in the buildings TO Peru, Ind.
Several new steel bridges are being placed
IN position over streams crossed on the
Louisville division of the Pennsylvania lines.
A. Galloway. superintendent of the Gin
einnst x Indianapolis division Oh .ne =, In IN
city yesterday.
Col. E 4. South. general agent Of the Big
-Four at Terre Haute, is OF on his vacation
and his duties are looked after by Z. ID
Schafer. his chief clerk
President Ashley, of the Wabash, states
that the gross earnings of the Wabash for
August were the largest in any month since
the company was organized.
The Baltimore & Ofio has ordered thirty
three consolidated freight locomotives from
the Baldwin locomotive works, TO be deliv-
cred in December and January.
II is said that Myron Herrick. of Cleve-
land, o., will, at the next meeting or the
directors OF the Wheeling & Lake Erie. be
elected president OF that company.
The Illinois Central Is expanding large
sums OF money on its Southern lines and
tween Memphis and Chicago TO twelve
hours.
The minority stockholders OF the Nickel
plate are making fight against the ma
Jority stockholders. The contest Is one sim
liar to the Panhandle case, which attracted
so much attention.
General Manager Ramsey, of the Wabash,
and NJ. Knight, freight traffic manager OF
the lines. are in the East, and, with Division
superintendent Robbins, on Thursday in
spected the terminals at Buffalo.
The Lake Erie & Western is making the
best earning record in its history. The line
earned $377, 7G in August, against S3l9, lOl in
August, 1S9S. On no road OF like mileage
has so large increase been reported.
The Monon lines have earned since July
! S6Ss. $50. an increase over the corresponding
period Of 1888 Of slOl,07l The earnings of the
lines the last week in August were the
largest in tie roads history, s11626s.
John F. Miller. general superintendent OF
the PennsyIvania's Southwest system and
Bushrod Taylor. superintendent OF the
Louisville division. were in the city yester-
day after an inspection Of the road.
Within few days the Erie railroad will
have new Atlantic type engines on all its
through express trains The new engines
are said 10 be very fast and powerful and
are carefully designed 10 meet the require
ments of roads like the Erie
The Pullman car works are turning out
for the Chesapeake & Ohio thirty box cars
daily on the last order for 1000 cars. and
these cars. the day they leave the shops:
are loaded 20 their maximum capacity and
by night are en- route for Newport News
over the Big -Four.
A. A. Bevington has been appointed COM
mercial agent Of the Cincinnati Northern at
Jackson. Mich. He Will succeed S. E Kirk.
who has been made general agent OF the
Wheeling & Lake Erie at Detroit Mr..
Remington grew up In the service OF the
Cincinnati < Northern
L. b. Allen, assistant division agent OF
the Willmar division of the Great North
ern. has been appointed TO succeed Frank
Shesgreen, deceased. as division superin-
tendent. c. +. Sewall. recently appointed
trainmaster OF the Willmar division. has
been promoted TO succeed Mr. Allen
The New York Central now has twenty
enc nnely equipped passenger trains leaving