The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-05-22
Personal, Local and General Notes.

Superintendent johnson, of the Nickel
plate. was in the city yesterday and left
for Chicago in the afternoon.
The Wabash lines earned in the second
week of May 1851. 62l. an increase over the
corresponding week of 1900 of $23, 76S.
The Chicago & Northwestern will have its
double track completed between Chicago
and Council Bluffs the present season.
The ticket and freight office of the Lake
Erie & Western will be remodeled and
made attractive and more convenient.
j. V Stanberry, agent of the Traders
Dispatch for this territory, left last night
for the East, TO be absent several days.
Six combination mail and express cars
built at the car works at Jeffersonville,
Ind for the St. Louis & San Francisco
road, passed west yesterday.
Work on the Great Northern's new pas
senger station at Spokane has been COM
menced 1t is 10 be the finest building of
that class on the Pacific coast. 1t will
have tower 155 feet high.
President Baer. of the Jersey Central,
says, regarding the appointment of gen.
not been considered, as the retirement of III.
T. Baldwin was not anticipated.
The managers of the lines composing the
Union Railway Company held their regular
monthly meeting yesterday. j. Q. Van
Wrinkle, general superintendent of the Big
-Four, was selected chairman.
The net earnings of the Lake Shore road
the first three months of 1901 were 1884,,
three months of 1900; those Of the Illinois
Central 1894 ahead of last year.
II. p Bronson, secretary of the Western
Passenger Association, who attained quite
a reputation in ferreting out crookedness
in passenger rate matters, Is In kansas
City investigating reports of rate -shadIng
Some of the fast freight lines are making
remarkable time with west-bound freight,
delivering goods shipped from New York
and Boston in Indianapolis and Terre
Hauts on the third morning after ship
ment.
The bridge of the Big Four over the
Wabash river, just west of Terre Haute-
is completed. Ii Is one of the most sub
stantial structures crossing streams on
that road, and trains run. over it without
slackening speed.
If options obtained for right of way are
closed. the Toledo, St. Louis * Western will
be able to get a Water-street terminal i'm
Toledo. There is a possibility of its failing
to do So as il has aroused opposition on the
part of the Cincinnati Hamilton & Dayton.
Commercial travellers have repeatedly
urged the railroads to adopt the inter-
changeable excess baggage book, ella inning
that IL would save much delay and incon-
venience. and the Western Passenger and
Central Passenger associations, at their
next meetings. will consider the request
Robert Blckensderfer. general manager
of the Wheeling & Lake Erie. was in St.
Louis the latter part of last week in con-
ference with Joseph Ramsey. of the Wa
bash, recently elected president of the
Wheeling & Lake Erie and as a result ex-
tensive improvements on the roadbed and
equipment will be made this summer.
John p Seversou, who for nearly thirty
years run as messenger of the American
Express Company between Indianap polls
and Cincinnati, was yesterday retired on
half pay for life. General Agent Brown
also received instructions to give him half
pay since October last. he having been
unable TO do service since that time.
1t is said that on the permanent retire
Santa Fe & Pacific at Los Angeles Cal,
j. 5. Jennings, auditor of the Gulf, Col
orado & Santa Fe will succeed Mr. Sutton
at Los AnseleS ana tndt j. "; Wh d
bursements at Topeka, will succeed Mr..
Jennings at Galveston.
F. A Peck formerly superintendent of
the Big Four lines, but the last few years
supc rintendent of the St. Louis < Iron
Mountain road, who resigned recently,
will en- June l become superintendent of tbs
st odis southwestern. With head lrarters
at zine Blum, Ark, succeeding w. II. Nef,
trans ferred to the Texas lines of the Cot
ton Belt system.
OnciaIs OF the lake ane rail lines from
ST. Paul have adopted rate of 1917 cents
on flour. both export and domestic. They
were forced 20 this step because the all
rail lines had announced 15-cent rate from
Chicago. and at least two lines between
the twin cities and Chicago agreed to a g.
cent rate. making the all-rail flour rate to
the seaboard y cents The new l9I5-cent
rate is Immediately effective.
Two years ago the Big Four put on a
transfer engine AMI transfer crews at In
dianapolis. the former 10 deliver cars
loaded with through freights arriving after
night 10 Western connections without de-
Law and these crews transfer TO Western
connections package freights promptly
as through freignts in bulk cars. As a re-
suit ii has built up west-bOund business
which brings good financial results TO the
road
II is stated authoritatlvely that the posi-
ton of president of the New York Central
road was offered to William III. Newman
he TO also continue president of the
Lake Shore, but he hesitated to accept
fearing il might be 10 big a task. Ii is
stated that G.. 5. Mellen, president of the
Northern Pacific. has resigned, and this
strsngthens the belief that he may be Sc