The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-11
Personal, Local and General Notes.

Joseph Ramsey, president Of the Wa
bash, is giving much OF his time to the
Pittsburg extension.
Weekly tourist service on the Missouri
will run on Thursdays during winter and
summer.
The depot of the Chicago & Eastern I'LL
nois burned at Allerton two weeks ago will
be replaced by a fire-proof brick station to
cost 5000.
C. C. Calvert. railroad editor of the St.
Joseph MOI News. has been appointed
claim agent of the Memphis division Of the
Illinois Central.
The total length OF the standard gauge
road operated by the Chicago, Burlington
q Quincy on June 80 was 1912 miles, against
1861 on June 80, 1900.
]. A. Barnard. general manager Of the
Peoria & Eastern, left yesterday for an
inspection of improvements in progress on
the Western division.
The car works at Jacksonville and at
St. Charles, Mo, are turning out forty new
passenger coaches and baggage cars for the
Missouri, Kansas * Texas.
Colorado common points AVE been elimi-
mated from the list of places to which
home-seekers' excursion tickets will be sold
during November and ecembe
Charles F. DAILY, general passenger agent
of the Lake Erie & Western. is spending
a week visiting ticket agents along the line,
posting them on matters generally.
Eugene zimmerman, vice president of the
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton, sailed yes
terday from New York for England to visit
his daughter, the Duchess of Manchester.
The Chicago & Eastern Illinois is secur-
ing the right of way and making other
preparations to extend its line TO Paducah,
twenty miles below Joppa, its present ter
minus.
In September the Panhandle billed out
from Indianapolis 140 carloads of horses,
$40 carloads of cattle. $50 carloads OF hogs
and 20 cars of sheep, an increase over Sep
TENDER, 1900. of 1898 cars.
The Santa Fe has just placed in service
twenty-five new chair cars. The cars are
elegantly furnished. have eighty chairs,
and at each end are large private compart-
ments fitted for washing rooms.
The Lake Shore, owning the Lake Erie
& Western, Is pushing improvements to
an extent hardly looked for this year. At
present there are ten construction trains
terial.
AS a result of the trip this week of the
officials of the Pennsylvania line over the
lines east of Pittsburg report has it that
p~rovements, the intention being to make
the line between New York city and Pitts
burg second TO none.
Dec. l. 1899. the joint freight depots of
the Monon and the Cincinnati. Hamilton
q Dayton at this point were opened to bust
ness, and so largely has their local bust
ness increased that the two buildings are
inadequate TO handle the traffic convenient
~ and will enforce an enlargement within
a short time.
The track-laying gang of the Chicago K
Eastern Illinois yesterday reached Stock
land. the first station on the new line of
what is known as the Freeland branch
from Milton. With the completion of this
branch TO Freeland, the eastern terminus.
a barbecue awaits the officials OF the road.
and a celebration of large proportions is be-
ing planned.
Hiram Norris. of Fort Wayne. has re-
ceived letters patent on a nut lock of his
invention. This nut lock has been i'm use
on the Union tracks and Belt Railway at
indianapolis for two years. and NJ. w.
Mansfield. engineer of maintenance OF way
Of the property. is quoted as saying il is
the most practicable and serviceable nut
lock he has ever seen.
The Railroad Mems Building and Saving
Association at Indianapolis is credited with
being the best managed association Of this
character in the country. 1t has been i'm
operation fourteen years. and a large per-
centage OF its shareholders have been so
are scattered all over the United States.
and make this association practically their
banking institution.
V. T. Malott. trustee of the PennsvIva-
MIA Company. which owns the Terre Haute
q Logansport road and has recently pur-
chased the Eel River road. now the Lo-
ganSpOrt x Toledo. expects that every
thing will be in order for the PennsyIva-
MIA 10 commence operating the line from
Logansport TO Detroit BY Jan. ]. the Wa
bash by that time having its Fort WAYNE
a Butler line completed.
John c. stanton. a railroad contractor
Of note. is dead at New York at the age
of eighty years. Mr.. Stanton was a pioneer
in railroad building in the South at the
close OF the war. constructing the Ala
bama * Chattanooga Railroad. now known
as the Alabama Great Southern. He was