The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-20
Personal, Local and General Notes.

Frank g. Taylor has been appointed gen
era baggage agent OF the chicago *
Northwestern.
Harry E. Moores goes to Omaha, Neb..
as general agent Of the Wabash pas
senger department.
The Wabash earned in the second week
IN July S3io.4I6. an increase over the cor
responding week OF 1900 of $i2,l5S.
Officials OF the railways centering at
Peoria have organized 4 local associa ton
similar to that at Chicago and st. Louis.
Joseph Ramsey. IT, president of the Wa
bash lines passed through the city yester-
day en- route from St Louis TO Pittsburg.
j. O. Van Wrinkle. general superintendent
OF the Big Four lines. returned TO Putin
Bay last night to be absent until Tuesday.
The Hooking Valley road earned in the
second week OF July Slll.193.2l, an increase
over the corresponding week last year of
SS.63714
Andrew Wood. agent of the Big Four at
Indianapolis. is in Cincinnati. where his
family still resides. He is Ill with low
grade fever.
The Big Four is now receiving forty new
box cars per day on the contract FOR l9c0
made few weeks ago. There are yet 600
cars to be delivered.
AS soon as the Big Four gets full con-
troll of the Cincinnati Northern better
ments TO the property that will cost one
million dollars will be commenced.
William Garstang. superintendent of
motive power of the Big Four has gone to
Chestsprings. Pa. TO spend Sunday with
his family. who are Summerlng there
The present schedule of the indianapolis
& Vincennes is we'll arranged that there
will be no change made for the Bethany
Park Assembly which opens July Is and
continues 10 Aug. ii.
George e Rockwell, assistant general
passenger agent of the Pennsylvania lines
at Cincinnati, was in the city. last evening
en- route to Terre Haute. where his mother
resides. who is quite i'll.
The Chicago & Northwestern is now run
ming through sleeping cars daily between
Chicago and Marquette Mich. Train leaves
Chicago at D. m. ana arrives In Mar
quette the next morning
l.. II. Turner, general superintendent of
motive power of the Pittsburg & Lake
Erie who has been very low with typhoid
fever for some weeks, was able To be
at his Office Wednesday,
The interest on the Pennsylvania funded
debt last year amounted TO 81. 267, $50. The
compqny's income from investments
s57Sl. 600 This condition is not matched
by any other system of roads in the Coun-
try.
NJ. D. Woodford, president of the Cincin-
natl Hamilton & Dayton and its allied
lines. who spent couple of days on the
Indiana. Decatur < Western, looking after
matters in connection with the extension,
returned To Cincinnati yesterday
The vacancy caused by the death of ]. W.
Connolly. tTainmaster of the Norfolk a.
Western. month ago. yesterday filed
by the promotion of John Caughran as
general yardmaster and superintendent of
The Peoria & Eastern earned i'm the sec
onG week of July Al. 256 So. an increase over
the correspondins week last year of S..
earned $SS9O6.03. an increase over the CORE
spending two weeks of 1900 of s. 96S. a.
Master Mechanic Graham. OF the Boston
& Albany at Rensselaer,. will take charge
OF the rev York Central shops at that
point. and Master Mechanic Brown of
the New York Central. will go to New
York 10 take more important position.
Erie Alliance * Wheeling Railroad Com
pany has absorbed the Alliance x North
ern Railroad The entire road is sixty
one miles in length, extending from Pha-
lsnX, on the Erie Railroad 10 Burgholz.
William r. McKeen. jr.. master mechanic
OF the Cheyenne shops OF the Union Pa
c!fic Railroad. has selected Lucius Bugert
as superintendent or the enginemen II
the Cheyenne shops. Mr.. Bugert served
his time in the Vandalia shops at Terre
Haute.
George L. A. Thompson. formerly To-
Gated at Indianapolis. more recently pas
senger agent Of the Pennsylvania lines at
Louisville. has been appointed chief clerk
10 Henry Decring, assistant general pas
senger agent OF the Pennsylvania lines
IN Chicago.
W. ID. Robb. master mechanic OF the
middle division OF the Grand Trunk. has
been made acting superintendent OF motive
power In succession TO r. W. Morse who
ms ocen made third vice president. and
w. Kennedy succeeds Mr. Robb as master
mechanic of the middle division.
Win the completion OF the Toledo Mont
peier extension OF the Wabash I'm cOnnec-
ton win the Wheeling & Lake Erie the
wabash VIII have "a Tine into the heart Of
the SOFT coal district from Chicago and
VIII become an important competitor OF
what are known as the coal roads.
Al the recent meeting OF the Western
Passenger Association IL was proposed 10
issue mileage books which viii b. avail
able on AT roads west OF the Missouri
river 20 the Pacific. and the boundary on
the north and south. The matter vas re
fCrred 10 "a committee TO report at the
next meeting.
The Big -Four lines proper earned I'm the
second week Of july S3il 60- %. an Increase.
over the corresponding week Of ls1o or SN s
lg2.s2 Tn the first two weeks the ro.d
earned s643.6i4o9. an increase over the core
spending two weeks last year Of S3- gg +,
IL the first week in july slight decrcas.
81 gross earnings WAS shown
Prior 10 the sending out OF the circulars
OF the printed report Of the proceedings
OF the Central Passenger Association al
Cambridge Springs. Commissioner Donald
announces the accession Of the Erie, the