The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-31
Personal, Local and General Notes.

John Trindle passenger conductor of the
Vandala, who has been quite Ill for several
weeks, Is much better.
Some of the differential lines out of Pitts
burg are about 10 apply tourist rates to
Chicago, which it is feared will cause a
disturbance in rates at Pittsburg.
The Central Association of Railroad Of
ficers, Indianapolis division, will hold its
regular monthly meeting on Monday at
the Union Station general office.
Train Z. Panhandle, which arrived at In
dianapolis at 800 p. m. yesterday, was two
hours late, the first time the train has been
late since put on, although its time Is very
fast. -.
Yesterday fifteen carloads of fine fat
cattle for export via Newport News, passed
Ohio roads, running on about passenger
schedule.
Train 2 over the Panhandle last evening
was run double-header, so heavy was its
business. Several extra cars were attached.
carrying some $50 excursionists TO Mackinac
and Petoskey.
Plans of improvement which have been
adopted by the New York Central involve
the construction of steel bridges and VIA
ducts within the next three years, costing
at least 100000.
j. NJ. Norton, commercial agent of the
| Chicago & Rock Island, who has been at
Martinsville for some weeks for treatment,
has returned and is again on duty, making
| his first trip yesterday
The Lake Shore will on Sept. 10 withdraw
| from the northern mileage book, the road
now being member or the interchange
able Mileage Bureau, mileage of which is
| good over forty or more roads.
Work will be commenced at once on the
Panhandle cutoff from Alton. O.. on the
| Indianapolis division. 1t will require the
building of eight miles of new road.
| A. M. Stewart, general live stock agent
| Of the Erie lines, was in the city yesterday.
He says the Erie is getting a fair share
| apolis stockyards and the horse sales.
l.. E. Johnson, general manager of the
Norfolk & Western, passed through the
| city yesterday on his private car en- route
who accompanied him, in Purdue Uni
versity.
| Thomas ]. Klase, for years general East
ern freight agent of the Lehigh Valley
| career was begun in 1868, and he was widely
| known and had many warm friends in
Western railroad circles.
| ]. L. Kibbe has been appointed train
master of the Ohio Southern. He is a
| brother-in-law of w. II. Van Tassell for
| merly general manager of the road, and
| once chief train dispatcher on the Indiana,
Bloomington & Western
The Altoona division of the Order of
| Brotherhood of Railway Tranmen claims
| to have the largest membership of any
| lodge in the organization, and will make
| an effort to have the next annual conven-
The Chicago & Eastern Illinois makes
| peculiar announcement in the matter of
PARTY rates. granting them on individual
| tickets. Parties going together may return
| separately at the reduced party rate, thus
opening a field for ticket scalpers.
| Judge Bacon, general agent of the Chi
cago, Rock Island & Pacific; Frank Martin,
general agent of the Missouri, Kansas &
| Texas; Travelling Passenger Agents Elliott
| of the Chesapeake & Ohio and Goldstein,
| of the Baltimore & Ohio, are in the city
A single locomotive on the Pittsburg &
Lake Erie on Monday hauled twenty
burg to New Castle, the heaviest passenger
| train that ever departed from Pittsburg
| hauled by one or even two locomotives.
Bushrod TAYLOR. superintendent of the
Louisville lille division of the PENNSYLVANIA
| expensive seashore resort, leased q house
on the Madison hills for the summer where
| he spends any leisure time he has with his
| family.
| The Louisville division of the Pennsyl-
| vania lines is being put in excellent condi-
| ton. A considerable mileage of new steel
| is being laid, 200. 900 new crossties put in
| and next month the distribution of 1000
| carloads of gravel ballast will be COM
| menced where needed.
At the meeting OF the stockholders of the
! Nashville, Chattanooga * st. Louis road
| Sept r. ii is expected the differences be-
| tween minority and majority stockholders
will be adjusted by the ratification OF the
| lease of the Memphis aducah line from
| the Louisville & Nashville.
The Northern Pacifics Palmer cutoff has
| been completed and trains now running
| over il. Ii effects a saving of twenty miles
/ in distance and practically takes the main
| line of the road into Seattle. The old route,
however. will not be abandoned. The North
| Coast Limited will run over this cutoff.
| aside from the regular employees on roads
| centering at Pittsburg, IL is stated that
| over twenty thousand men are employed
| in the shops OF various kinds whose spe-
/ cialties relate to railroad supplies. This
| includes men employed at locomotive shops,
| car wheel shops. and couplers air brakes.
| etc.
A number of changes will be made to-
| morrow I'm the mechanical department of
/ the Pennsylvania lines west. w. +. Boards
| ley. OF the shops at Allegheny, will come TO
Crestline. O.: G. r. Sweely, now at the