The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-03
Personal, Local and General Notes.

Mr.. Kennedy who is to represent the
Santa Fe at Cleveland, o., opened an OF
flee in that city on Wednesday.
In the month of October there were car
ried on the Big Four system GIL 467 passen-
gers against 610,740 in October, 1899.
II. G. Stiles. general agent of the Gin
cinnai. Hamilton Il Dayton, who has been
on a Western business trip, is expected to
return to-day.
William N. Jackson, secretary of the
Union Railway Company, is feeling so I'M
well that he has not been at his office
since Tuesday.
George r. Huntington, superintendent of
the Eastern division of the 500 Line, has
been appointed general superintendent of
the entire system.
Z. Gest, who retired on Nov. / as vice
President of the. Nevada, California &
Oregon Railway, is eighty years old and
began railroading in 1S47.
d. G.. Edwards. passenger traffic man.
ager of the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton.
who has been in Washington for several
days, Is expected home to-day.
The Lake Erie & Western will tomorrow
run a low-rate excursion to the gas-belt
towns, Fort Wayne and other points in
the northern part Of the State.
]. b. Hill, general freight agent of the
Panhandle lines, and j. c. Hill, soliciting
freight agent, have returned from Texas,
where the former owns a ranch.
In the month of October there were load
ed and unloaded at the city freight depotS
Of the Pennsylvania lines 1904 cars, repre-
senting 80, 1919 pounds of freight.
Robert i. Kelley, general agent of the
Wabash at Buffalo, who has been seriously
I'D for six weeks, has so much improved
that he was at his office on Thursday.
The Railway Journal Of st. Louis pub
fishes a photograph of w. e. Arp. super
line since 1896, and speaks in very cOmpli-
mentary terms as to his experience and
ability
Charles r. Parker has declined the chair
manship of the Colorado Railway Associa-
ton, and the position has been offered to
III. l.. Shute, formerly one of the commits
sioners of the Western Trunk Line Asso-
citation, who may decide to accept.
AS an illustration of the heavy business
road it may be stated that the company
found 1t necessary TO cancel the arrange
ments TO allow frequent stops of the spe-
cial trains with the national Prohibition
spellbinders.
w. n. Pleasant, assistant general freight
agent of the Seaboard Airline, has been
appointed general freight and passenger
agent of the Ocean Steamship Company,
ant was formerly general freight agent
of the Florida Central.
Joseph Wood. third vice president of the
Pennsylvania Company, with members OF
the engineering department, this week
made trip over the Washington and
Waynesburg division, which, 1t is under
stood. is to be converted from a narrow
gauge to a standard gauge road.
Train No. 10 on the Panhandle. hauled By
one of the large new passenger engines be-
| tween Cadiz tunnel and Columbus, covered
| one stretch of twelve miles I'm eleven min
| utes; one mile was made in forty-nine
seconds, and another stretch Of three
| miles at the rate of fifty seconds to the mile.
| The Wabash people do not look for a
reversal by the Indiana Supreme Court in
| the Eel River Railroad receivership deci-
II
/ 1t is understood that an arrangement can
| be made with a friendly line TO handle the
traffic of the Wabash until the cutoff be-
| tween New Haven and Butler is built.
Horace Bedven for many years city
ticket agent of the Louisville & Nashville
| at Memphis, has resigned, and George Nc
| Lean, who has been connected several
| years with the passenger department OF
| the Louisville & Nashville. succeeds Mr.
Beaver. p 3. Jones. agent of the com
| pany at Gainesville. Tenn, succeeds Mr.
Mclean in the position vacated.
| According to the Galveston News. the
| Galveston roads have succeeded I'm getting
rid of all the damaged grain and all the
/ freight there at the time of the storm, re-
| leasing equipment and track room and Civ
ing clear field. Cotton is being delivered
| freely for export, and the wharf company
| Is receiving new grain shipments. 1t begins
/ TO look If Galveston will not suffer in
| grain receipts.
The total mileage of the Cincinnati. Ham.
/ with heavy steel and in splendid condition
| The inspection party which has been coins
| ever IL this week reports the track as tn,
| best in its history. especially the maif
line from Cincinnati 10 Toledo, and from
| Hamilton 10 IL dianapolis. Considerable i'm
| provements the past year were made a
terminals and the more important stations
| President Baldwin, of the Long islam,
| Railroad Company, was quoted yesterday
| as follows: Il wish 10 emphatically den,
| rumors that have been circulated in re
| gard TO improvements which the Pennsyi
| vania road intends to make on Long island
Most of the rumors have been erroneous
| I'm every particular. We have not finishe,
| completing and formulating our plans. an,
| any statement as TO what they are L
| premature, to say the least. L wish to dem
that the Pennsylvania road has any intsn
ton OF carrying out the Corbin scheme o
| having the Transatlantic lines land q
Montauk Point. Neither does ii intend Z
spend S30.0oo. 900 in improvements, or an,
amount approaching that sum. The i'm
provements. which will be made as state
by Mr. Cassatt. will be far reaching an.
add considerable TO the business of tn
Pennsylvania road. but they will be car
ried out In the conservative business-lik
manner that Is characteristic: of the man
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