The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-31
Personal, Local and General Notes.

On Jan. / the membership of the Brother
hooa or Locomotive rLenlen nuInoeI Ell
30643.
Travelling Passenger Agent Fowler, of the
Illinois Central. is in the city, posting
ticket agents as to their new Omaha route
The Monon lines earned in the third week
Of January $75,367, an Increase over the cor
responding week of 1899 of slS,025. Since
July 1 an Increase of s411, 231 is sho en-.
Work on the great new four track sys-
tenn of the River division OF the Pittsburg,
FIT. Wayne & Chicago is rapidly nearing
completion, and by Feb. Is it will be in
use between Allegheny and Rochester.
Joseph Dillingham;, master mechanic of
the Wheeling division of the Baltimore &
Ohio, will tomorrow as master mechanic.
take charge of the second. third, fourth AMI
fifth divisions, with headquarters at Cum
berland.
The Lake Shore road is now handling
the heaviest freight traffic In its history.
Its forty new mammoth freight locomo-
tives are in service and hauling consider
ably more freight than did the sixty en-
gines in use year ago.
The prorating arrangement between the
eastern and western lines, via upper Mis-
sissippi river crossings, has been extended
TO March /. In the meantime the roads
will get together and fix things so that
everybody will he satisfied.
Employees of the Great Northern are
viewing With alarm the introduction of
Japanese labor by that company. 1t is re-
ported on what seems good authority that
the company will soon be using Japanese
entirely on its Northwestern section gangs.
A. Z. Kline, who for fifteen years has
been yardmaster of the Pennsylvania lines
1T Toledo, viii. tomorrow take the position
Of general yardmaster of the Hooking Val
ley road, his jurisdiction extending over
Rockwell Station and the roads interests
at Toledo.
Contractor Ohm. who is building the new
depot at South Bend for the Vandalia. ex-
poets to have 1t ready for occupancy by
Apri, l. The structure will be a credit to
the railroad company and to South Beno.
and is much more convenient that the old
depot IT. It's location.
The New York Central has assumed con-
troll of the dining-rooms on its line and
merged them into the dining-car service
assuring profits by the combined service
under the management OF an expert. 1t is
generally said that dining-cars never pay
while dining-rooms are profitable. By hav-
ing both in one system it is thought profit
will be shown.
Two months ago three locomotives. pur-
chased for the Indiana, Decatur & Western
two heavy freight engines and one large
| switching engine-were received, and Sc
| pressed for power was the Cincinnati
| Hamilton & DAYTON that they were loaned
| to that road for a month. but are still In
use OH that line. although badly needed or
| the Indiana. Decatur & Western.
4 Il
some fifty locomotive borrowed from Other
| roads, twenty of them from the Great
| Northern, and five were received this week
| from the 500 road Tomorrow the Il. &
| o. will begin receiving one new locomo
| tive a day from the Baldwin locomotive
| works, until order Cor sixty-five i:
| filed, and the company will then return
| the borrowed engines.
| General Passenger Agent Hcaffopd. of the
| Chicago. Milwaukee Il st. Paul. has ISSUED
a pamphlet Illustrating the old and the new
/ way of travelling to California. His excuse
| for printing and distributing the pamphlet
| Is found In two letters sent to MIN by AZ
| cid patron, who took a trir 10 California
/ in 1867. and this month in 1900 made the
fame trip. The imp ovements in trans
| portation are graphically described.
| AS the time approaches for cutting of
| commissions The ticket agents are feeling
4 very blue. One of their number said yes
| terday: THE ticket agents throughout tn.
| country must select some good road to figh
| their battle or do the boycotting them
1 selves. or reclprocate In favor of the road
/ that did stand a two-year boycott IN thei
favor. Chances are the salaries viii not b.
Increased (for the present at least). 1t will
affect agents I'm small towns as we'll a;
agents In large cities. Travelling passenge