The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-24
Personal, Local and General Notes

The Canadian Pacific has raised the
wages of the engineers and fremen who
handle their large new mogul locomotives
VIM. F. Bruner, formerly district passen-
ger agent of the Pennsylvania lines at In
dianapolis, accompanied by his wife, Is
stopping few days In the city.
III. B. Alexander. general superintendent
of the Railway Officials and Employees AS
ISOLATION, to-day goes to New Orleans to
Mardi Gras, combining business with the
trip.
j. Q. Van Wrinkle, general superintendent
of the Big Four lines, said yesterday that
Ii has been decided not to put the new
book of rules in force on those lines until
May 1.
A special train on the Wabash recently
covered the 272 miles from Chicago to De-
troit at the rate of fifty-eight miles an
hour. making the run in four hours and
forty minutes.
A. F.. Cleveland, general agent of the
Chicago a. Northwestern at Atlanta, was in
the city yesterday on his initial trip; also
W. Is. Hutchinson. who represents the
same lines at Cincinnati.
A recent change on the Pennsylvania
lines is the transfer of ID. 3. tombstone as
engineer OF maintenance of way from the
Cincinnati & Muskingum Valley TO the
new Marietta division.
c. c. Riley, of the Baltimore e. Ohio
Southwestern, Will read paper at the an
nusl meeting of the Central Association of
Railway Officers at Louisville, next July,
on 1.-The Tonnage Rating of Engines"
The latest move on the Pittsburg. Fort
Wayne & Chicago is the adoption of rule
which gives the passenger engineers regu-
lar engines and regular runs. Hitherto no
engineer or fireman knew when he would
get In or when he would go out.
James Henry, assistant TO Traffic Mana
ger ]. II. McAdoo. OF the American Win
dow Glass Company, has been selected to
take charge of the traffic department of
the Pressed Steel Car Company. He will
assume his position next Monday.
The Office of assistant superintendent has
been created for the western and lake divi-
sions of the Pttsburg & Western. Super
intendent II. o. Dunkle has announced the
appointment OF j. r. Lusk, superintendent
of telegraph. for the new position.
The work of surveying the proposed Tiff
fin. Toledo & Sandusky hailroad began on
"Wednesday. It Is proposed to survey the
route according to two different roads
one via Old Fort and Fort Seneca to Ere
mont, and the other via Greensburg TO
Fremont.
A complete statement OF the western
classification committee shows a number
OF concessions to shippers. A most i'm
portant item, so far as benefits TO Indian
apolis are concerned. is the item pertaining
TO mixed carloads OF canned goods and
glass goods.
T J. Hoggins. Superintendent of the
Cleveland division of the Big Four. was in
the city yesterday He states that the Of
| flee OF division superintendent will not be
| removed to Gallon, but the train Dispatch
er's force will be removed from Cleveland
| TO that point.
For the second week Of February the
Pere Marquette earned S35.o7l. which. COM
pared with the combined earnings Of the
Flint * Pere Marquette, the Chicago &
| West Michigan and the Detroit, Grand
| Rapids & Western in the same week last
| year OF s10S,695. shows and increase OF
| SS1, $40.
on April 1 the Monongahela River Rail
| road will lose its identity and become q
| part OF the Baltimore * Ohio system. The
4 road Is thirty-five miles in length and ex-
! tends from Fairmount to Clarksburg. pass
| ing through a country rich IN minerals and
4 timber IT will be very valuable acQuisi-
| ton 10 the Baltimore a. Ohio.
The Iowa Central has just received four
/ heavy freight locomotives OF the ten-wheel
pattern, manufactured by the Cooke loco
| motive works. Paterson. ~. j.. which will
| be put in service Immediately. These pow
| erfui machines each weigh 10000 pounds on
| drivers are supplied with all latest i'm
proyements. straightforward driving wheels
20x2s-inch cylinders and sixty-inch boilers