The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-10-27

PERSONAL, Local and General Notes.
Charles L. Stone. general passenger agent
of the Chicago & Eastern Illinois, has gone
South on an extended trip.
M. d. woodford. president of the Cincin-
natl, Hamilton q Dayton. who has been on
extended Western trip. reached New
York yesterday.
The c.. c.. c. & st. L. gross earnings for
net decrease, $50. S42: profit for nine months,
net increase, S3l164O
So heavy is business on the Vandalia that
within the last few days thirty-two men
partment for train service.
DR.. Aspinwall has been appointed surgeon
of the Pennsylvania Company at Plymouth
in place of DR.. j. III. Wilson, who died re-
Gently and had held the position for several
years.
The reballasting OF twenty-five miles of
the Lake Erie & Western between Indian
apolis and Kokomo has just been completed
and recently fifteen miles of new heavy steel
rails were laid
Meat shipped from Chicago for the British
army Is now moving east over the Pennsyl-
vania lines and the Lake Shore by train
loads. II is stated that the shipments of
this character will reach 5000 carloads at
least.
William GaIstang. superintendent of mo-
tive power of the Big Four lines has gone
to Providence. r. l.. to inspect the work
on the new locomotives the International
Power Company is building for the Big
Four.
W. Ray. chief train dispatcher of the Van
dalia lines has invented an apparatus de-
signed TO prevent operators forgetting train
orders, and those who have examined Ii
merit.
Receiver Robinson. of the Columbus San
dusky & Hooking, is walking the full length
He expects to finish the walk by the end Of
the week. He is practically inspecting every
stick of timber he controls.
On the Pittsburg division of the Pennsyl-
vania lines. since Aug. ]. the local examin-
ing surgeons of the Pennsylvania lines have
examined three hundred persons who wished
TO go into the service of the company and
about 20 per cent were rejected.
NJ. X. Weakly joint agent of the Big Four
and Lake Erie q Western at Lafayette. is
in the city. He has just completed his
twenty-sixth year of service with the Big
Four commencing as a telegraph operator
at Thorntown when but fifteen years Old
Within the past six months the Pennsyl-
vania has ordered IL 500 freight cars,
all OF which are now in service. except more
recent orders. which have not yet been
filled Notwithstanding this immense in
crease there Is still scarcity of box cars.
III. NJ. Conner. president of the Central
road of Georgia who has been quite i'll, at
New York for some time, was on Tuesday
taken on a private car 10 his home at
Savannah. DIR. Charlton. his physician, says
he stood the trip better than he had ex-
pected.
Reuben Longley, of Fort Wayne. has sued
TIE Wabash for s1999.s9 damages for in
juries he received when President Mckinley
visited Fort Wayne Oct. D. In the crush at
the depot he was thrown against an engine.
and blames the trainmen for not coming to
his rescue.
Personally conducted service between Chi
cago and Los Angeles and San Francisco
Will be started on Nov. l. leaving Chicago
on Mondays. Wednesdays and Fridays at 10
p. M. a Santa Fe conductor will accompany
each train to look after the wants of the
passengers.
II Is stated tina. the Vanderbilt plan Is TO
abandon the West Shore ''differential'
through route 10 Chicago and use IL entire
ly 10 diver: low-grade freight at Buffalo
from the congested lines of the New York
Central. The Nickel-plate and the Lacka-
wanna will be used for passenger traffic and
fast trains with Pullman coaches will be
sent through
The popularity on the Panhandle and
Pennsylvania of trains Nos. 20 and 21 is n
puzzle TO passenger men. Between Phila-
1elphia and Chicago and ST. Louis these
trains are preferred 10 the famous limited
express. They are running regularly east
and west with from ten 10 fourteen heavy
cars. and quite frequently two sections or
two engines are required al the way.
The Pennsylvania Company has some
rails on a sidetrack near New Castle which
and were used on the main lire of the New
Castle Valley Railroad for thirty years.
These rails. while badly worn, are as
smooth gun barrel. with no splinters
or cracks at the ends IL is said they are
10 he cut up and used for parts OF ma
ehiaery where great tenacity is required
John X. Cowan. OF the Baltimore * Ohio,
is n man who has been i'm politics and I'm the
railroad business for many years. and in
| his testimony before the investigation com
mittee he said that the time had not yet
arrived when free transportation could be
abolished. He admits that the railroads