The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-17

Commercial Agent F. l.. Hardness, Of
the Erie, stationed at Chicago. has re-
signed.
r. r. Bentley. of Pittsburg. general bag
gage agent of the Pennsylvania lines west,
is In the city.
Charles Riley. car service superintendent
OF the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern, is
In the city on a business and pleasure trip
combined.
The Chicago & Eastern Illinois an
nounces that IL Is now open for business to
Arkansas, Texas and the Southwest via
Thebes and the Cotton Belt.
. The power on the Indianapolis division of
the Panhandle is insufficient and some of
the engines of the Grand Rapids & Indiana
are In service on this division.
In the year 1899 there were twenty-seven
locomotives of the Cincinnati. Hamilton &
Dayton road thoroughly rebuilt at the
shops OF the Indiana, Decatur & Western
in this city.
z. o. Mccormick, passenger traffic man.
ager of the Southern Pacific, has taken
his young brother-in-law, VIII Henry, of
Cincinnati, TO a Francisco to start his
railroad career.
r. ]. Hoffman has been appointed me-
chanical engineer of the Santa Fe system,
with headquarters at Topeka. He was on
the editorial STAFF of the Railway Review
until two years ago.
Stockholders of the Baltimore & Lehigh
Narrow Gauge Railroad have author
lied the directors 10 make the road
standar gauge from Baltimore to the
pennsylvania state line.
J. B. Eckman. chief inspector I'm the In
dianapolis district OF the Joint Weighing
and Inspection Bureaus, who was injured
ten days ago when ~alighting from an cleo
trio car, is still so i'll as to confine him to
his room.
w. II. Fisher, general passenger agent OF
the Hooking Valley, has sent out a hand
some Autograph OF a handsome woman
looking over a map of the Buckeye
lent Persuasion"
J. T. Hanrahan, vice president of the IL
linois Central, Nj. G. Markham. assistant
traffic manager, and a. Fl. Hanson, general
passenger agent, have started on an eX-
tended Western trip and while absent will
visit Butte, Portland and San Francisco.
William Ashton has accepted the position
or resident engineer of the oregon Short
line, succeeding the late Chief Engineer
O'Melveney. His successor as division en-
gineer of the Union Pacific at Denver will
be T.. Stenger, OF the Nebraska division.
Z. A. Ford, general passenger agent Of
the Pennsylvania lines west. is spending
several days visiting the more important
points on the system, stirring up repre-
sentatives or the passenger department and
listening 10 grievances, should any be en-
tertained.
80. 3d.
eral freight managership of the Lake Mich
iGan and Lake Superior Transportation
Company. For two years Mr.. Ferris has
been the chief freight agent OF the lake
line, going from Cincinnati. where he act
ed as general agent for the Big Four.
w. a. Cox. who has represented the Chi
cago & Northwestern at Cincinnati. left
yesterday for Philadelphia. his new field.
His family, which now resides In Indian
apolis, will in a few days go to Philadel-
phia. Mr.. Cox stated last evening that y.
j. Cleveland would be his successor in the
Cincinnati district.
J.. Q. Hicks. general ~yardmaster at In
d~ianapolis of the Big Four lines. Is inclined
to boast over the fact that at indianapolis
in January $40 per cent. more cars were
handled than in January. 1899. while the
pay rolls show that the yards were OPP
Grated this ear at 2z per cent. less than
In January last year.
The business of the Railway Officials and
Employes' Association has so increased tbs
last few months as 10 necessitate thetg
having more room, and the association
now occupies twenty rooms In the ingalls,
block. Yesterday II. +. Clarke, genera
manager OF the Iowa Central road, author
| ICED the association 10 operate over It's
| lines.
There are between forty and fifty agen-
| cles IN Chicago of railroads known as out.
| side iines-that is. lines having the termi-