The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-28
PersonaI. Local and General Notes.

A. r. Fink, of Jeffersonville, Ind, has
taken position in the railway inspection
bureau at Pittsburg.
The Monon earned in the third week of
January $57,342. an increase over the cor
responding week of 1898 of S4,O04.
Robert Gregg has been appointed yard
master of the Panhandle at Steubenville, o.
lie formerly in the Indianapolis yards
c. Sheldon who will, on Feb. l, become
general manager of the Chihuahua & Pa
chic. was formerly agent of the Lake Shore
at Toledo.
Some of the grand officers of the Order
of Railway Conductors are to be present to-
morrow at the special meeting in their hall
at y. m.
The Big -Four lines proper earned in the
third week of January $244 23.2l, a decrease
as compared with the corresponding week
OF 1898 of 50 1886
The office of assistant master mechanic
of the Wabash road at Ashley has been
abolished and j. NJ. Robinson has been APP
pointed general foreman.
George Bradbury, vice president and gen
eral manager of the Lake Erie & Western,
who has been in New York for several days,
left for the West yesterday.
w. f. Russell. who has been agent of the
Cincinnati Hamilton & Dayton at Palestine
for twenty years, died yesterday after
ten days Illness with grip.
+. n Underwood, accompanied by his
family. will to-day arrive in Baltimore, and
on Feb. l he will assume the duties of gen.
eral manager of the Baltimore & Ohio lines.
The gross earnings of the Wabash the third
week in January were N9, ago in excess of
those of the corresponding week of 1898, and
the increase the first three weeks of Jan
uary is $l01 sos.
w. F. Laird travelling freight agent Of
the Chicago Great Western. has been ap-
pointed general agent of the company at
ST. Joseph, Mo. in charge of passenger and
freight business.
On Feb. }. e, Hayes, connected with the
freight traffic department Of the New York,
New Haven x Hartford, will take the posi-
ton of travelling freight agent of the Mis-
souri, Pacinc in the New England States.
The Great Northern Railroad has pur-
chased the entire holdings in Minnesota of
the Wrisht-Davis people, of Michigan. with
the exception of their pinelands 1t there
fore now owns the Duluth, Mississippi River
d Northern Railroad.
G. l.. Gist, who has been appointed super
intendent of transportation of the Pitts
ice on the Ohio & Mississippi. later going
To the Pennsylvania lines and in 1855 was
appointed chief train dispatcher of the Pitts
burg & Lake Erie.
The freight tonnage of the Cincinnati.
Hamilton & Dayton lines i'm the year 1898
was the heaviest in any year in the roads
history There have been years in which
larger earnings have been shown. The reVe-
nue. from passenger service was the most
satisfactory for some years.
The present earnings of the Chicago Mil
waukee & st. Paul are the largest in the
history Of the company. In the third week
In January an increase of $lG6, 9S9 was shown
over the corresponding week of 1898. and
from July 10 date the earnings are equiv
alent to liz per cent on it's capital stock
The Big -Four ran a special train yesterday
from Grccncastle to Indianapolis consisting
of eight passenger coaches. carrying 3S3 stu
dents and til eir friends from De Pauw Uni
versity. The thirty-eisht miles were run in
forty-seven minutes, the train taking a
siding at Delmar, delaying II four minutes
George w. Boyd, assistant general passen-
ger agent of the Pennsylvania. on his mar
rage this week was presented with beau
uIul cup Dy ms IelloW-neInDers OF the
famous Glover Leaf Club, of Philadelphia
Mr.. and Mrs Boyd will spend two months in
travelling through Southern California and
Mexico IN private car.
on Feb. ! the Indiana, Decatur & West
ern will begin to operate the division of the
Peoria, Decatur & Evansville recently pur-
chased by the Woodford syndicate. The road
extends from Sidell to Olney, eighty-six
miles The old equipment of the road which
is worth rebuilding will be rebuilt at the
Indiana. Decatur * Western shops.
Judges Cor and Morris in the United
States Circuit Court at Baltimore, yesterday
handed down decree ordering the sale of
the Baltimore 4 Ohio Railroad property
under foreclosure proceedings. No date was
fixed for the sale and it is understood that
1t will not take place the order being mere
j for the purpose Of eXpediting the reorgan-
tzAtion of the system.
The following changes in agencies on the
Vandalia lines are announced: Albert Ma
son has been appointed freight and ticket
agent at Harmony Ind. vice j. o. Gentry
transferred; ]. o. Gentry has been appointed
freight and ticket agent at Macksville. Ind
vice J. S. Evans. transferred; j. S. Evans
has been appointed freight and ticket agent
st Reelsvllle, Ind. vice w. j. Abbott, trans
ferred: W J. Abbott has been appointed
freight and ticket agent at Jewett ILL.,. vice
G. @. Browne, resigned
The relations between the Big Four and
J the Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton passen-
ger officials which were somewhat strained
when the Big -Four. in connection with the
Toledo q Ohio Central put on through