The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-05
Personal, Local End General Notes.

1t is rumored that the Illinois Central
will come into control of the Minneapolis
& ST. Louis road on July 10.
Train 10. on the Lake Shore road, on
Monday made the run from Elkhart TO Chi
cago. 101 miles. in 107 minutes. The train
consisted of six cars.
The train dispatcher's office of the Mobile
& Ohio will to-day be removed from Muir
physboro 10 Cairo, Ill. Chief Dispatcher
Dinner takes with him to Cairo three as
sistants.
II is stated that the Pennsylvania has
purchased the stockyards OF the Plttsourg
Provision Company at Heirs island, near
Fittsburg, and will abandon the East Lib
erty yards.
The members of the Louisiana Purchase
Exposition Commission will pass through
Indianapolis this morning en- route from
Buffalo to st. Louis on a special over the
LAX Shore and the Big -Four.
A train of four passenger cars was hauled
on Tuesday on the Canada Atlantic road
ninety-two and three-eighths miles in sixty
minutes by an Atlantic type engine recently
delivered to this road by the Baldwin To-
connective works.
Yesterday was a quiet day in railroad
circles. Fast freight line offices were closed
and also city freight depots. No local
freights were run and at noon outside
ticket offices were closed. Travel by local
passenger trains was quite heavy.
]. G. Mason. general Southern passenger
agent of the Cincinnati, Hamilton * Day
ton lines, has resigned to accept a position
with the Louisville X Nashville lines, sue
ceeding IL. c.. Bailey. who goes to Chicago
TO represent the Louisville & Nashville.
Instructions have been issued at shops
OF the Pennsylvania Company to have all
departments through July work on a ten
hour schedule, the order to continue in
force until countermanded. At the shops
in Fort Wayne, in June, they worked but
nine hours.
The receipts of the Big Four from sales
- ;-lr-t -, NvaAnaCIor- nr the e. Arx~
Office were the largest of any day since the
office was established. Among the events
of the day was the sale of six full tickets
TO Portland, Me-. and the same number to
Portland. Ore.
Joseph Ramsey. president of the Wabash.
has been in Pittsburg a couple Of days. it
is supposed in relation to securing entrance
for the Wabash into that city. 1t is pre-
dicted that Mr.. Ramsey will be called to
New York within the next twelve months
to become the head of the Gould proper
ties.
The Chicago & Eastern Illinois has de-
cided to connect its coal road division with
the main line. building a connecting link
from Hillsdale. on the main line, to Mecca,
on the Brazil division. The building of a
bridge across the Wabash river at Hills
dale will be the most expensive part of the
Improvement.
Under the pension regulations which went
into force July l on the Illinois Central r.
:. Charles. local treasurer OF the company
at St. Paul. was retired on a pension of
10 per cert. of the salary he received. He
was the oldest employe in time of service
on the road. and with his retirement the
position is abolished.
f. u. Underwood. president of the Erie
lines. is in Chicago for the purpose. il is
said. of seeing what can be done to curtail
expenses al that point without unfavorably
affecting the business OF the companv.
the Erie fast freight line was to be abol-
ished he declined TO answer.
The Big Four will proba bly, take charge
il is understood that George Z. Davids.
trainmaster of the Indianapolis division Of
the Big Four, Will be appointed superin-
tendent and c. W. Buchanan promoted 10
trainmaster OF the Big -Four. A. j. Ander-
son will succeed Mr.. Buchanan as chief
train dispatcher.
Demurrage charges are to be enforced by
the railways in Washington State at the
rate OF 81 per day on all freight cars re-
All attempts 10 do this heretofore have
been failures. but both shippers and con-
signees now see that when business is
heavy cars should be loaded and unloaded
with as much dispatch as possible.
The holders of two classes Of the So
called guaranteed special shares OF the
Pittsburg. Fort Wayne & Chicago road on
July / received an extra dividend OF 81 per
share. The Fort Wayne Is leased 10 the
Pennsylvania company on a guarantee CT
Z per cent. annual dividends on the original
and special stock. the classes alluded 10 as
receiving an extra dividend.
The Peoria & Eastern has completed at
its shops at Urbana. H.. a new passenger
coach built entirely at these shops. and one
which would be a credit 10 Pullman or any
other car works. 1t is full vestibuled and
seats seve..ty-four people. IL is finished
PLAINLY but rSatly. there are no places for
dirt to ~aocGlnulate and the ventilation.
lighting and heating are OF the latest de-
sign.
No further difficulty will be experienced
by the Central and Trunk-line passenger
associations over the international tickets.