The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-28
Personal. Local and General Notes.

The new book of rules of the Big Four
will not be put in effect until March 1.
c. A. Baird. representing the passenger
department OF the Southern Railway, is in
the city.
c. w. Lucas, assistant general attorney
OF the Kansas City Southern. is spending
the holidays with relatives in this city.
On Monday, during the ,wenty-four
hours, fifty-four freight trains passed
through Peru, Ind.
The Vandalia is this week receiving ten
miles of new steel rail, weighing eighty-five
main line at once.
w. Nj. Robertson, passenger conductor on
the Louisville division of the Pennsylvania
lines, is so i'll with low-grade fever as to
confine him to his house.
p. j. Landers. general roadmaster of the
wisconsin Central, who spent Christmas
with his parents in this city, yesterday re-
turned to his Headquarters at Fond du Lac.
The Monon has placed an order with the
Haskell-Barker car works, at Michigan
City, for two hundred fiat cars, 1900
pounds capacity, and fifty large stock cars.
M: w. Mansfield. superintendent of the
indianapolis d Vincennes and the Pennsyl-
vania terminals, at Indianapolis, was yes
terday called to Pittsburg on special bust
ness.
f. III. Kepler, special agent of the Gen.
tral Passenger Association, is in the city
TO have been done by one of the Indiana
apolis lines.
5. V. Darrah has been appointed general
freight agent of the Rio Grande Western
Railroad. Mr.. Darrah is now assistant
general freight agent of the Missouri Pa
cific at st. Louis.
On the 1st of January T. E. Griffin, train
master of the Chicago & Eastern Illinois,
will take the position of chief train dis
patcher of the entire system, with head
quarters at Danville. Ill.
Despite denials it is known that Charles
M. Hays, who takes the presidency of the
Southern Pacific, will be joined by a num-
Der of the officials that have been associ-
ated with him on the Grand Trunk road.
The new Chicago & Eastern Railroad, ex-
tending through Massac county, Illinois, TO
the Ohio river at Joppa, was opened for
business yesterday. The road is thus given
a direct connection with the river trade
north and south.
The traffic of the Brainerd & Northern
road has so increased of late that General
Manager Gemmel has found it advisable to
appoint general superintendent. and on
Jan. 1, G.. ID. Ball, at present chief engineer,
will take that title.
Freight Officials Vallery, of the Chicago,
Burlington & ~<uincy; SWEET of the ILL
nois Central, and Bryan, of the Wisconsin
Central. are in the city. All speak of 1900
as the besoyear with the roads which they
represent, as to volume of business and
earnings.
J. G. Searles, coal freight agent of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company. an
nounced yesterday that on and after Jan.
l. 1901, coke freight rates from the Connells-
vile coke region east, will be reduced 50
cents a ton. The present rate to Philadel-
phia is s.. 20 per ton of 1900 pounds.
One of the new large ten-wheel passenger
engines of the Big Four hauled Train II, on
the st. Louis division. one of the compa-
ny's heaviest trains, for several consecu-
tive miles at a speed of sixty-eight miles
an hour without being crowded, the engi-
neer says, by any means UP TO its speed
test.
Announcement is made of the acquisition
by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Com
pany of the Pecos Valley & Northeastern
Railroad. The line runs from Amarillo,
Tex, where it connects with the Santa Fe
system, to Pecos City, distance of 372
miles. Payment will be made by cash and
general mortgage bonds
ment Company have adopted resolutions
authori- ig the winding up of the
affairs of the company and the
transfer of the property of the Los
Angeles Terminal Railroad Company all
of the lands and belongings, to the San
Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad
Company. This action will be ratified at a
meeting of the stockholders to be held in
East ST. Louis on Monday, Jan. Ii. The
San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake ar
ticles of incorporation estimate the length
of this proposed road at LOO miles, and
the cost of equipping and building it about
So 600, 900. The company'S headquarters IS
to be at Salt Lake City.