The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-04-10
Personal. Local and General Notes.


The Baltimore & Ohio will expend $780,
600 in improving its pier system at Locust
Point.
The new parlor cars of the Big Four seat
thirtyeight persons and each has a state
room.
George Graves, superintendent of the In
diana, Decatur & Western. has gone to At
lantic City to be absent ten days.
Official announcement is made that the
Erie Railroad has decided TO join the inter-
changeable mileage bureau of the Central
Passenger Association.
Evansville is beginning to take a good
deal of interest in the projected Indianap-
oils Southern, as 1t will give that city a
short line to the capital.
NJ. E. Ingalls, president of the Big Four
lines passed through the city last night en-
route to Kansas City where he will de-
liver an address before a commercial body.
The pay cars of the several railways are
row paying for the month of March, and
the pay rolls show trainmen earned more
money than in any March in several years.
Preferred stock of the Lake Erie q
Western, now selling at $50 per share, on
Nov. l sold al s101. Big Four common
stock, now selling at 1914, on Nov. l sold
62h.
On Sunday the spring schedule the
Indianapolis * Vincennes goes into effect
and new train each way between Indian
apolis and Martinsville and Indianapolis
and Spencer will be put on.
Caesar Rodney, agent Of the Vandalia at
this point who returned from the South
a few days ago, is not able TO resume work
and has gone to a sanatoriuni in Chicago
for treatment.
The stockholders of the Cincinnati Con-
Meeting Belt Railway have ratified its sale
10 the Cincinnati, Portsmouth d Virginia
Railroad. and the stockholders of the lat
ter at the same time ratified the purchase.
j. G. Stiles has returned from Western
trip and reports plenty of business in sight.
While the grain movement is light. in every
other line of freight, he says, business is
heavy and still limited to cars which can
be furnished.
The Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen at
Fort Wayne has thrifty organization, and
at the last meeting they voted on the prop
ostion to assess each member 81 when Il
death occurred I'm the lodge and to defray
all the general expenses.
Charles s. Lee, general passenger agent
of the Lehigh Valley road, passed through
the city last evening en- route to Chicago.
He was joined here by w. b. Wheeler of
Buffalo. y. Y. travelling passenger agent
of the lines in this territory.
1t is causing some comment that the Chi
cago. Burlington & Quincy has called in
the surveying corps which for some months
has been locating a line west of Guernsey
toward Salt Lake City. Whether the work
is to be stopped entirely is not stated.
The New York Central earned in the
quarter ending March 81 s2,745 so.
March 81. 1890. In the nine months ending
March 81 the road earned SAP, O36 Sol. 81,
against A1.044 462 in the corresponding Pc
Rod Of 1900.
Both Mr.. Clark, chief of the Order of
Railway Conductors, and p. NJ. Arthur.
chief OF the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers. have admitted TO the officers Of
the Jersey Central that neither the con-
ductors nor the engineers have any un-
redressed grievances.
George w. Bender general agent of the
Big Four lines at Sandusky, who has been
i'm the city for few days, has returned to
Sandusky He states that with each year
the business of the Big Four increases at
that point and the outlook for this year
is unusually promising
Under the new rules OF the Pennsylvania
Company conductors are permitted to ac-
cept mileage tickets at any hour of the
night when presented for passage. Here
tofore all tickets have expired at midnight.
The ruling VIII be appreciated by the trav-
cling statesmen especially.
Walter r. Elliott, assistant auditor of
the United Gas Improvement Company. OF
day en- route to Kansas to attend the flu
neral of his father, Russell Elliott who
died at Kansas City on Monday. The de-
ceased was auditor of the indianapolis x
St. Louis road for many years.
The Big Four and the Pennsylvania lines
are arranging their train service to meet
trolley line competition and Will put on
hourly trains between Dayton and Column
bus. The Cincinnati, Hamilton * Dayton
with the taking effect of its spring time
table will increase the number of trains
The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago & St
Louis Railway Company was held in Pitts
burg yesterday. The board of directors
being classified. there We're only three va
cancies and the following persons were re-
elected: J. T. Brooks. of Salem, o.. Amos
r. Little and Samuel Rea, of Philadel-
phia
d. G. Edwards. passenger traffic man.
ager OF the Cincinnati. Hamilton x DAYTON
lines, w. J. Lynch holding the same posi-
ton on the Big Four. and o. Il. McCarty
general passenger agent of the Baltimore
* Ohio Southwestern. passed through the
city last evening en- route to Chicago to
attend a meeting to-day of the Central Pas
senger Association.
At the annual meeting of the American
Railway Association to be held in New
York this month IL will be recommended
that standard freight car be adopted by
all the roads members OF the association.
j ]. Turner, general manager of the Van
dalia lines, Is chairman Of the Committee