The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-07
Personal, Local and General Notes.

Personal, Local and General Notes.
On April q the Union Pacific will put on
an additional through train between Chi
cago and Portland.
S. III. III. Clark, ex-president of the Union
Pacific, has gone to Asheville, N c., for
the benefit of his health.
w. II. McDoel. president of the Monon
lines. yesterday went to West Baden
Springs for couple of weeks stay.
Charles A. Brunn. superintendent of the
Erie lines. has returned from a months
stay at Hot Springs, Ark, much improved
in health.
Under the new deal A. G. Troup con-
tinues as assistant freight traffic manager
OF the Chesapeake e. Ohio with headuuar-
tiers at New York city.
1t is said that Superintendent Merwin. of
the Wheeling & Lake Erie. will be pro-
NOTED to be assistant general manager to
assist President Blickensderfer.
Coupon ticket agents throughout the
country have not yet reached the con-
clusion that the decision of the roads to
abolish commission payments is final.
The passenger earnings of the Monon
lines continue to show a handsome in
crease over corresponding months of 1899
ranging from $1,000 TO $1,000 per month.
There were shipped from the Union
stockyards in March over the Panhandle
loaded with horses and mules, largely for
export.
j. F. Stout. general manager of the
Wheeling * Lake Erie Railroad has re-
signed to accept the general management
of the Toledo, Fremont & Norwalk electric
railroad.
The Vandalia handled at Indianapolis in
March a total of 14.l79 cars. 1886 being
loaded. the road bringing i'm 5.762 and for
warding west 1854 loaded cars. OF the in
land business 507 cars were loaded with live
stock.
Oa I'm ho at
Springfield, ILL.,. has confirmed the sale of
the Peoria, Decatur & Evansville Railway.
sold under decree of the court Feb. IL. j.
III. Joline bid in the road for the reorganiza-
ton committee.
David Brown. for a number of years
master mechanic of the Lackawanna lines,
who resigned some months ago. has re-
sumed his former position with the COM
pany at the request of Superintendent of
Motive Power Lloyd
The general freight traffic of the Chicago
& Eastern illinois, exclusive of coal. has in
creased . per cent. during the current fis-
cal year, and since the completion of the
connection with the ST. Louis Southwestern
the rate of increase has been even larger.
The Chicago. Burlington & Quincy sur
veyors have entered Utah. This Is one
statement the Burlington cannot and will
not deny. From time to time during the
last few years statements have been made
and denied about the Burlington building
to Utah
S. c. Gilbert. of Charleston, S. c., is one
OF the oldest railway conductors in active
service In the South. having been running
trains for forty-three years. All that time
he has been running on one road. the
South Carolina & Georgia, now a portion
Of the Southern Railway.
Under the new schedule of the Big Four
which becomes effective Nav %, the White
Special will change its time. making the
run from Cincinnati to Indianapolis In two
hours and forty-five minutes and will leave
Indianapolis for Chicago at $3.50 p. m. in
stead of 4:10 p. m. as now.
Joseph Miner. who has been city ticket
agent of the Chicago. Burlington & Quincy
at Denver since its trains were run TO that
| city. has retired from that position on ac-
count of i'll health. and A. b. Schmitt has
been appointed his successor. Mr.. Miner
will be cared for I'm a less arduous position
The Cotton Belt hes made arrangements
| whereby il now operates its own trains
into Memphis. Tenn, with its own train
crews and rolling stock. The company has
| also established local freight and passen-
ger agency at that point as a result of this
| new arrangement, which went into effect
| April 1.
Railroad agents yesterday received a
| circular from the Pere Marquette announc-
| ing that on and after April Is the railroad:
may ticket business via the Pere Mar.
| quette and the lake connections at Luding
| ton. This indicates that passenger boats
| will be running across Lake Michigan b,
/ the 18th.
"As long as there is a scalper's Office in
| the United States" said Assistant Genera
/ manager McNicoll OF the Canadian Pacific
/ mo agreement to wipe out the payment OF
| commissions on passenger business can bt
| successful. This is my honest belief. baseC
1 on a number of years experience in pas
| senger affairs.
The main building OF the new union sta
| ton OF the Grand Rapids * Indiana roaC
! at Grand Rapids will be 21S feet long: train
| sheds. 465 feet long. The building prope
| will have two wings. each forty-four fee
/ long. and completed the buildings will cos
| 100000. The Grand Rapids & Indiana. tn
| Michigan Central and Marquette trains
| will run into the new station.
One of the novel sights the MonoI
| line Is seen daily at Roachdale. Tn
! through day trains on the main line reacl
| that point at about the same time the mel
| I'm charge of the dining cars throw out an.
| refuse from the tables. and hundreds o
| chickens when the whistles OF these train
| blow. gather from farms in that vicinit,
| and fly over fences and ravines In thei
haste TO reach the spot.
IL Is stated that the chief object of tn
| Chicago e. Alton I'm Incorporating In iii
| nois with a capital OF Sf0.0000o0 Is To ex
pand. The northern portion OF the 81
Louis Peoria * Northern. now operates
| by the Alton. will be purchased. will
other connecting lines In illinois, including
the Joliet & Chicago. the Louisiana & Mis-
| souri, River and the Kansas City. st. Loui
& Chicago. now operated under lease
The Pullman Company will this mont
deliver 10 the Lake Shore four complet
new trains, which are TO be placed In ser>