The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-04
Personal, Local and General Notes.

There were handled on the Big Four sys-
tenn, last month, 151 Go loaded cars.
Last month there were 16.O11 loaded cars
handled on the Peoria & Eastern lines.
Rumor has 1T that the Pennsylvania has
secured control OF the Western Maryland
road.
In November the Big Four lines handled
on the system 507, S92 passengers, against
49S. 260 in November, 1899.
Roanoke is one of the best ~hay-shipping
points on the Wabash road. In November
ninety-two carloads of hay were shipped
from hat point.
With the retirement of General Super
i%ntendent Kimberly, of the Northern Pa
cific, owing to ill health, Assistant General
Superintendent Law has been selected as
his successor.
L. A. Ehnes, who represents the Kanaw-
ha Dispatch at this point, yesterday re-
ceived a circular announcing that the Sea
board Airline had become a member of
the Kanawha Dispatch.
A. Campbell Shaw, of the general Office
of the Canadian Pacific, at Montreal, has
been appointed assistant general passenger
agent of the road, with headquarters at
Chicago. vice J. Francis Lee. resigned.
J. Francis Lee, who, on Nov. I, retired
as assistant general agent of the Canadian
Pacific, to accept the position of attic
manager of the Yukon & White Pass Rail-
road will receive a salary of $500 per an
num-.
II. T.. I1OuknlOu, super lHlCDQtUl VI lit
Chicago division of the Big Four, who,
some weeks ago, broke his ankle, acci-
dentally. was at his office yesterday for
the first time since the accident. He still
uses crutches.
J. E. Minor, passenger conductor for
many years on the Big Four. who. a few
weeks ago, was suspended, was yesterday
reinstated, and 1t is understood that two
more of the passenger conductors who were
suspended will be reinstated this week.
The decision of the Indiana Supreme
Court i'm the Eel River-Wabash case is
said to be very gratifying to the citizens of
Fort Wayne. Wabash and Huntington. as
they believe il will result in the Toledo
branch again becoming part OF the main
line.
In November there were handled at the
city freight depots of the Pennsylvania
lines. in this city. 2I.96i,S74 pounds of
of over 10000 pounds per car. loaded. which
is a good average. when bulky as well as
heavy merchandise is included.
c. E. Lambert, general passenger agent
of the West Shore. who has been seriously
i'll. is reported TO be rapidly recovering,
and William +. Thornton. formerly gem
eral Eastern passenger agent of the Lack
awanna. has so far recovered from his re-
cent serious Illness as to be about again.
C. E. Gibbs has resigned as general
freight agent of the Omaha, Kansas City
& Eastern. and T.. II. Shauffer, assistant
general manager, has been appointed
lItlkll lIdllIG IldlldEtfs NllU F0lS C0Hn2e
the headquarters OF the freight depart
ment are removed from Quincy, H., to
Kansas City.
The final steps were taken by the Rich
mond Council. last night. to secure from
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company a new
depot and other extensive improvements.
The company presented a bond of $50. 600.
as a guarantee for the performance of the
work. The company Is TO spend 0.O0O on
the structure.
The Northern Pacific has taken quite a
radical step, proposing to do away with
telegraph lines in dispatching trains. The
management has been watching experi-
ments with the long distance telephone and
has decided TO fit the line with a telephone
system. A complete telephone system will
be established. covering every essential
point on the entire line. 1t is said that the
new system will save an immense amount
of time and money.
The Pennsylvania transportation depart-
ment has under consideration the putting
on OF a train TO make the run from Chicago
TO New York in seventeen hours. The COM
pany. on the Pennsylvania road proper.
now has a train scheduled 10 make the run
between Pittsburg and New York in ten
hours and fifteen minutes, and 1t is pro-
posed to shorten the running time of this
train one hour and thirty minutes. and the
Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago will cut
down the running time on its end of the
route.
Reports have been circulated lately to
the effect that j. j. Turner. general super
iptendent of the Vandalia line, would sue
coed john L. Miller as general superin-
tendent of the Pennsylvania lines west of
Pittsburg, under the new pension system.
Mr.. Turner. who was East last week. was
at ST. Louis headquarters yesterday. and
when asked about his prospective appoint
ment. said: 'of course Mr.. Miller will
be retired on the first of the year. Who
his successor viii be I cannot state, but
| Will not be the man,"