The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-24

Personal, Local and General Notes.
F.. A. Barrett has been appointed travel
ing freight agent OF the Wheeling & Lake
Erie for this territory.
Several of the big trunk lines have united
in an effort TO effect a reduction in the
ruling price OF engine coal
The Panhandle yesterday put in service
two elegant new vestibule passenger coach
es, to be run between St Louis and New
York
week of September $S2.6ss. a decrease as
compared with the corresponding week OF
1899 of $50.
Samuel o. Pickens, attorney Of the Penn
sylvania lines, who has been at Saratoga
Springs three weeks, has returned much
improved in health
President Fish and the Eastern directors
of the Illinois Central are in Chicago 10
attend the annual meeting, and will make
an inspection trip over the lines.
A union meeting of representatives of
the various railway brotherhoods will be
held in Toledo, oct. S, when the question
Of amalgamation is to be considered.
c. F. DAILY. general passenger agent of
the Lake Erie q Western, who has been
East a couple of weeks on business and
pleasure trip combined, returned on Satur-
day.
General Freight Agent Brooks. of the
Great Western, has been invited TO ad-
dress the convention of Western travelling
Sept. Is.
III a reduction is made I'm the price of
steel rails, President Norton, of the To-
ledo, st. Louis & Western, will purchase
seventy-fve miles of new steel rail, weigh
ing eighty pounds to the yard.
The salary of Grand Master Sargent, of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen,
I'm the past has been $500; he Is now
TO receive 5000 year, and begins ms
seventeenth year in that position.
Do .tG hat an
Nov. the Sunset Limited will be put on
between New Orleans and San Francisco,
with tri-weekly service. leaving New Or
leans Monday, Thursday and Saturday.
The Big Four lines proper handled at
Indianapolis last week 9,S23 loaded cars,
ISIS fewer than in the corresponding week
last year. But for a shortage in cars
its business would have exceeded last
years.
Harry E. Nuhfer, chief bookkeeper Of
the Big Four for fourteen years, going
from Cleveland to Cincinnati when the
consolidation was effected, was buried yes
terday, he dying as the result of an opera
ton for appendicitis.
d. Hovet, agent of the Big Four at No
komis, ILL.,, has resigned, effective Oct. i,
he on that date completing his twenty first
year as agent OF the company at that point.
, During the twenty-one years he was of
duty three half days. He now goes to
farming.
Shore the Lake Erie 81 Western is in
creasng its business remarkably, last week
receiving and forwarding at indianapolis
736 loaded cars, 200 more than the road
handled at this point last year in the
corresponding week.
AT the annual meeting of the Illinois Gen.
trail, Sept. 20, tire stockholders will vote
on proposition TO issue per cent mort
amount not to exceed $4,000,000 These will
pay for the purchase of the st. Louis,
Peoria * Northern, recently made
Western freight men, not only of the
| railroads proper, but OF the fast freight
| lines. have received instructions to i'm
mediately restore all rates to tariff and
maintain them on the established basis
or, In other words, genera! agents who
have been offering bargain sale tariffs must
absolutely restore rates
The Voluntary Relief Association of the
/ Pennsylvania lines West disbursed in the
month of August, in benefits, $l5, 2.55, the
| lightest disbursement in any month fol
some years. Goo of the membership drew
| benefits. There were two deaths from &C.
cident and eight from natural causes.
The Big Four has issued complimentary
| invitations to the members of the Ameri
| can Association of Travelling Passenger
Agents TO use their lines when going TO oil
coming from their annual convention. The
| transportation is in the form of a pas:
| for the member and his family, good dur
| ing October.
1 Inere Is no sentiment IN railroad DullQins
| and improvement, and Instructions are re
| moved without hesitation. What has beer
! known as the famous Thousand Mile Tree
which marked the passing of 1000 mile:
| OF railroad out of Omaha, has been levelet
| in changing the route of the Union Pacific
| and building new cutoffs in Wyoming
The new interlocking tower at Trinway
| on the Panhandle main line, is completed
and 1t is expected that the double-tracl
| running arrangement through TO Columbus
| no m i'm
| great work will give the Panhandle add
tional facilities for handling traffic and will
enable the through express trains to max
| faster time
Nora O'Neil, of Colorado, who lives nea
the tracks of the Denver & Rio Grande
found a rock slide the other night on
dangerous curve. She lit torch and stoo
on the track until the flyer was stopped
The engine pilot however, touched the roc
and was shattered. Forty-five lives wer
saved by the girl and the forty-five mad
up handsome purse for her.
G. b. Birch, commercial agent of the Chi
cago & Alton at st. Louis, has resigned
b. w. Owens, who is chief clerk in tn
given position as an outside soliciting an
contracting agent. James Murphy. VIII
was formerly chief clerk in the Kansa
| City freight offices OF the Pittsburg
Gulf. will succeed b. w. Owens.
Invitations have been sent to 200 leadin
business men of Pittsburg for a compl
| mentary dinner to General Superintender
| William Gibson, of the Baltimore & Ohio
| at the Duquesne Club next Friday evening
On Monday, Oct. 1, Mr.. Gibson will a.
sumo the duties of general superintendent
of transportation of the Baltimore & Ohi'
with headquarters at Baltimore.
Nearly every mile of the main tracks
the Pennsylvania lines west of Pittsbur
| is now protected by wire fences. The wove
| wire is so arranged that nothing large
than a rabbit can get through It, 1t give
| the engineers the assurance of cles
roadbed. and they are no longer afraid
running into a herd of cattle at night. tt
wire is galvanized and will last man
years Practical tests have demonstrate
the fact that IL will stand for twenty year
or more If good posts are provided. Ov,
1000 miles of wire fence has been erecte
by this company.
1t is understood now that the Wall-stre
financial powers are preparing to cut dow
the official list on all the railroads. The
have the reins in their hands. and all the
care for is dividends. The Chicago. Mi
| waukee x ST. Paul has decided to declal
. the offices of first and second vice presidel
| vacant in order TO save $4,000 year. 9th
roads will have TO fall into line soon. I'll
: | plan of the money powers is 10 get all tbs
! can out of the roads by reducing expense
The discharged vice presidents and the di
| charged section men may meet and shall
| hands over their predicament shortly al