The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-03

His home is at Conneaut. o. He COM
menced service as a fireman on the Mich
igan Central in 1916
The New York Central road is enjoying
the heaviest business in its history. The
Boston & Albany lease is still an element
OF uncertainty, but should It prove a
failure 1t will not affect the earnings OF
the Central.
John f. Miller, general superintendent of
the Pennsylvania system
expects, on the arrival OF the new heavy
ten-wheel passenger engines, now building
at Altoona. 10 do away with running trains
in two sections.
George Burns who has just been appointed
| superintendent of the Wabash's Detroit
division, has selected as his chief clerk
r.. Boyd, who has been chief clerk of G..
s.. Mckee. master mechanic OF the Wabash
shops at Fort Wayne.
The Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
at Columbus. o., has been considerably in
creased in membership of late, and they
nave leased a new hall and elected new
officers, j. D.. Miller being master and
II. Thompson vice master.
Robert Pitcairn, jr., son OF General SUI
perintendent Pitcairn, of the Pennsylvania,
has been appointed one of the supervisors
of the PittsDurg division, vice J. X. Nc
Gregor. transferred to the Philadelphia,
Wilmington & Baltimore
General Passenger Agent Fee, of the
Northern Pacific, received as a New Years
gift a group of photographs of four men
who began their career under him., namely,
General Passenger Agent Pond. Of the
Wisconsin Central; Austin, of the Balti-
more & Ohio; Stone, of the st. Paul q
Duluth; and Marsh, of the Chicago, Mil
waukee & st. Paul.
Yesterday a monster consolidated
engine from the Pittsburg locomotive
signed to the Chicago & Eastern Illinois.
Il. G. Lawes, formerly master mechanic
on the Big Four. has, since going to the
| Chicago & Eastern Illinois as su%perinten-
dent Of motive power. brought the power
of the road up TO a high standard.
Trains from the East yesterday We're
late. The Big Four at Cleveland received
the Southwestern limited four hours late.
One of the sleeping car conductors stated
that on the Lake Shore and Nickel-plate
a severe storm has been raging for two
days, and with the extreme cold weather
trains were unable to make schedule time,
even with the large new engines.
E. H. Kirkland, who succeeded Saw
yer, transferred to Indianapolis as success
or of Colonel Oran Perry, has been in the
employ of the Pennsylvania company
nineteen years, commencing when fourteen
years of age as a clerk in an office at
Chicago, later in the general offices. MIR.
Sawyer, who has come to Indianapolis,
has been with the Pennsylvania company
nineteen years.
A. NJ. Mozier, superintendent of trans
portation of the Erie lines West, has made
another departure, creating the position of
passenger trainmaster and has appointed
H. G.. Fitch, a train dispatcher, to the
new position. He is to ride on passenger
trains and keep watch on all the service,
making sure that it is up to the standar'.
of the road. He will also see that ageE
look well after the comfort of passenge.a
and also that trains are not delayed by
slow handling of baggage.
w. A. Eldridge yesterday became freight
claim agent OF the entire Illinois Central
system. At the same time the freight claim
offices of the systems southern lines were
consolidated with the agency of the North
ern and Western lines and hereafter all
freight claims will be considered and acted
upon in the company's general offices In
Chicago. The consolidation Of the New Or
leans, Louisville and Chicago offices will
bring more h sixty clerks together In
Chicago. Until yesterday Mr.. Eldridge
was in charge of the claim department of
the southern lines, with headquarters at
New Orleans. and his promotion to the
head of the consolidated offices has come
after thirteen years of service with the
company.