The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-07-14
Personal, Local and General Notes

The Vandalia has established a freight
station at Avena, ILL.,, and appointed S.
n. Smith agent
The Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton now
has a parlor car on five of its passenger
trains each way.
The Wabash earned in the first week of
July $2Sl 1896. an increase over the CORE
spending week Of 1899 of sl4.S4
Two of the local roads. it is alleged. are
not living up to their agreement to close
the city freight depots at 5 p m.
General Manager Wilson. of the West
Shore fast freight lines, is in the city. He
takes a cheerful view of the outlook for
traffic this fall.
For the annual meeting of the Young
Peoples Christian Union at Denver July
% to 30 a rate of one fare for the round trip
has been allowed.
Frank Ferris has been appointed general
freight and passenger agent OF the Detroit
& Lima Northern Railroad, vice G. A
Chambers, resigned.
DIR. f. ]. Bancroft of Denver who is
chief surgeon of the Rio Grande Western,
has been appointed to similar position
with the Colorado Midland. -
Judge Shaufelbarger. at Findlay, O., has
dissolved the temporary injunction granted
against five railroads centering there TO
prevent their exacting demurrage charges.
Freight traffic of the Baltimore & Ohio
has so improved of late that the present
week twenty dppllCdntS Tor POSITIONS as
firemen at Cumberland have been given
employment.
The Big Four has increased its order
with the Baldwin locomotive works to six
passenger engines, deliveries to commence
In October. All are to be of a large type
and two of the compound type.
The late Hon. Edward Scull, of Somerset,
who died on Tuesday, was the father of
ex-General Passenger Agent G. o. Scull, of
the Baltimore & Ohio. now the president of
Baltimore trust company.
An order has been placed at the Pan
handle shops at Columbus for three sixty
four-foot combination baggage and express
cars, and for three sixty-foot combina-
ton baggage, mail and express cars.
indianapolis fruit growers are shipping
small fruits to ST. Louis by the carload
They are shipped on the night fast freight,
which leaves indianapolis at $50 d. m. and
delivers freight in ST. Louis at $50 a. m.
District Passenger Agent Turner is au-
thority for the statement that business to
the Yellowstone Park this season broke all
records. The tourist traffic is exceedingly
large all through the northwestern section.
Samuel King, master car builder of the
Grand Trunk shops at London, Ont, has
resigned to take a similar position with
the Intercolonial road at Moneton. Thos
Trelean succeeds Mr.. King on the Grand
Trunk.
Captain NJ. L. Scovell. when out of Tex
as, is assistant general freight agent of
the Kansas City Southern, and in Texas is
general freight agent of the lines of the
Gulf road in that State, a position made
necessary to comply with the Texas law.
Phil M Rose. for eight years connected
with the freight department of the Union
Pacific. more recently as travelling freight
agent. has presented his resignation. to
take effect Aug. l. Mr.. Rose will go to
Philadelphia and associate himself with a
prominent mercantile firm.
Improving the service of the Peoria &
Eastern has caused gratifying results
there being a very respectable increase I'm
travel on the west end and a large increase
in travel on the east end of the road. The
p. K T.. is now carrying more passengers
than at any time since controlled by the
Big Four.
The statement that the passenger bust
ness of the Indianapolis lines on the
Fourth of July was not as good as in 1893
was not correct. Official figures of at least
eight Indianapolis lines show a handsome
increase, the revenue OF some being 100 per
cent. larger, as was the case with the In
diana, Decatur * Western.
An official of the Indiana, Decatur &
Western has been comparing the business
of that road the first six months OF 1906
with that of five years ago and expresses
the opinion that no Indiana polls line on
like mileage has shown so handsome an
increase in volume of business and in reve-
nue. therefrom has this road.
Col. William Shaw. district passenger
agent OF the 0nlCdgO, burlington a. MIS-
souri, lines. was in the city yesterday noti-
flying passenger officials that the company
has opened for traffic the line recently con-
structed between Alliance. Neb., and
Guernsey, Wyo., distance OF 129 miles
Superintendent NJ. s. Corners. of the
Hooking Valley. has issued a new order
to the conductors of the road for the
handling of passengers on trains. With
the introduction OF the new equipment the
regulations that are being made will be
enforced 10 the letter. The last order IA
to reserve no seat for less than four per-
sons.
On Monday next NJ. r. ingalls,. president
c. K. Schan. general manager Of the Biz