The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-06
Personal. Local and General Notes.

Frank ]. Reed. general passenger agent
OF the Monon lines, will be in the city to-
day.
Detroit will organize a railway passen-
ger bureau similar TO that of Buffalo and
st. Louis.
clergymen's tickets only to points within
their own territory.
G. l.. Stone, general passenger agent OF
the Chicago & Eastern Illinois, has gone
10 Texas for two weeks stay.
All Vanderbilt lines will put in effect
their summer time schedule on April %,
including the Lake Erie & Western.
The annual meeting of stockholders of
the Lake Shore will occur on May and
that of the Michigan Central May 8.
Gross earnings of the Wabash for March
were Sl03.206 in excess of those of March,
1899. Since July the increase is $726, 500.
j. j. Hill, president of the Great North
ern. with subordinate officials. is now on
twelve days inspection of the system.
w. III. McDoel, president of the Monon
lines, will be in the city to-day, to confer
with some legal gentlemen, of New York,
who are to be here.
All the Chicago and St. Louis and Chi
cago and Kansas City lines have met the
action of the Wabash on party rates be-
tween those points.
Vice President Bond. of the Chicago,
Milwaukee st. Paul, denies that his
troll of the Iowa Central.
Last evening the Big Four had six of its
new palace horse cars in service. shipping
three carloads OF horses by express To
Boston and three to New York.
The Baltimore & Ohio is now handling
the largest coal business in it's history,
shipments to Chicago and other lake points
being heavy beyond precedent
The tour of George III. Daniels, general
passenger agent of the New York Central,
TO the Pacific coast seems TO be one of a
continuous round of ovations.
Within the last ten days fully three
thousand Dunkards have been carried over
Western lines, who have left Indiana, Ohio,
Michigan and Pennsylvania to settle in
North Dakota.
The proposed lease of the Fitchburg Rail-
road TO the Boston & Maine. as recently ac-
cepted by the Fitchburg stockholders, was
ratified by the stockholders of the Boston
* Maine yesterday
large force of men are employed at the
Indiana, Decatur * Western shops. fitting
up l., d. & w. and Cincinnati, Hamilton &
Dayton freight equipment with automatic
couplers and air-brakes.
Il. F. Kelsey. ticket agent of the Big
Four at this point, who is now i'm Ashe-
vile, N. c., writes that his health is i'm
proving and he expects TO return TO In
dianapolis about April 10.
A. r. Massey, representing the passenger
department of the Boston & Maine is in
the city. Local passenger men are giving
him cordial greeting. this being his first
initial trip in this territory.
One of the new express locomotives on
the Pittsburg. Fort Wayne a Chicago
hauled train of ten cars from Lafayette
to Dunkirk, 1914 miles, in thirteen minutes
"a speed of seventy-two miles an hour
On April l Harry Green, aged seventy
six, the oldest passenger conductor on
the Baltimore & Ohio. retired. he being the
first conductor wearing ten stripes, repre-
senting fifty years OF service. TO retire.
c. F. DAILY. general passenger agent of
the Lake Erie x Western is i'm Cincin-
natl to-day. attending a conference with
the Big Four and the Cincinnati Hamil-
ton a Dayton passenger officials i'm the
matter OF time schedules.
The Commercial Travellers Association
are still urging the roads TO permit them
10 carry go pounds OF baggage containing
samples. The present limit Is $50 pounds
and the charge for extra baggage enters
largely into their travelling expenses.
A number of freight conductors or the
Wabash have been promoted 10 passenger
conductors recently, and on Wednesday.
j. Il. WILSON and l.. G. Gum. freight con-
duct0rs were ordered 10 secure uniforms
for promotion TO passenger conductors
The estimated gross earnings of the Van
dalia line for the month OF March were
<fss &C. y. an Increase over the same month
OF the previous year Of ;Sl 5000. The est:-