The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-01
Personal, Local and General Notes.

F. f. Dewey. general superintendent Of
the Detroit Southern, will to-day retire
from that position.
Charles F. DAILY. general passenger agent
of the Lake Erie 81 Western, left last
evening for Cleveland.
The Iowa Central will establish an Of
flee at Indianapolis and has appointed j.
r. Veach as its representative.
In October there were shipped over the
Panhandle from indianapolis 6S2 carloads
of live stock, against SO carloads In Oc-
tober, 1900.
II is announced that the Sunset limited
over the Southern Pacific will be placed
in service Dec. 1. New and fine equipment
will be used
The Illinois Central has placed an order
for 1000 tons and the Wabash Railway for
10000 tons of steel rails weighing eighty
pounds TO the yard.
George w Bender, general agent of the
Big Four at Sandusky. who has been in
the city for couple of days, has returned
to his headquarters.
William p. Sheron, a machinist in the
shops of the Big Four at Bellefontaine.
has been appointed general division fore
man of the Big Four shops al Spring
field, o.
Joseph Ramsey, IT.. president of the Wa
bash. who was painfully injured Satur-
day last in a fall from st. Louis street
car, has so far recovered as to again be at
his office.
John b. Cutter, travelling passenger agent
of the Erie, who has been III with rheuma-
tisn at a hospital In Chicago for some
weeks, will resign as soon as his successor
Is selected.
II is stated that hereafter all tower men
employed the Boston & Albany road
must be telegraph operators. Increased
safety and economy. it is claimed. will
suit therefrom.
officials of the Illinois Central have de-
cided TO make special effort this year to
settle homeseekers on their lines in the
States of Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi
and Louisiana.
s d. Parkhurst has been appointed gen
era freight and passenger agent OF the
Fort Dodge division Of the Chicago Great
Western. which extends from Lehigh, Ia,
to Fort Dodge.
II. NJ Bronson assistant general pas
senEer agent of the Big Four. viii return
to-day, accompanied by his wife from his
vacation spent with sons at Washington,
D. g.. and schenectady. y. Y.
With the next time schedule Train % from
Cincinnati over the Panhandle will not be
consolidated with Train 70 from st. Louis
and indianapolis at Columbus each run
ming through separate to Pittsburg
The Great Northern has rendered Mrs
Z. II. Downs $4,000. Mr.. Downs her nus
band, assistant general superintendent, and
her SON p Kirk Downs were killed in a
Great Northern wreck near Nyack. Mont.
Samuel Parker. of Plymouth. Ind. has
been appointed solicitor of the law depart
ment of the Terre Haute & Logansport
from Logansport north TO South Bend and
way.
The Southern Railway contemplates max
ing changes in its winter schedule which
viii greatly improve its service to Florida
points. The passenger department thinks
the prospects excellent for a heavy winter
traffic.
Z. \. Jewett. assistant general superin-
tendent of the Pullman COMPANY spent
yesterday in indianapolis giving local Su-
perintendent Legion instructions regarding
the new rules Of the company becoming ef-
fective to-day.
II is stated good authority that the
Baltimore & Ohio will double its track on
the Ohio River Railroad between Wheeling
and Moundsvile and build line from
MOundsville to GAINESVILLE. thus securing a
direct line 20 Newark.
Thus far this year locomotive works in
this country have turned out 1853 locomo-
tives the largest number ever built i'm any
ten months in the history OF the country
The production shows an increase of fS0
locomotives over 1890. when 2t73 were built
G. b Allen. assistant general passenger
agent OF the Southern Railway are In the
city arranging To get their share of passen-
ger business out of this territory the com
ing winter for Southern pleasure and
health resorts.
Frank r. Reynolds who to-day succeeds
his father, deceased. as general live stock
agent OF the Pennsylvania lines at Indian
stock department of the lines for twelve
years. the last few years as assistant to
the late Frank Reynolds.
". +. Holiday assistant general freight
agent OF the Big Four at ST Louis who
to-day goes to Pittsburg TO take the same
position with the Wabash was taken by
the Big Four from the Wabash when Mr.
Ramsey was vice president and general
manager OF the Big Four
The through sleeping car which has been
hauled on Trains IL and j. on the Big Four
from lndianspoli TO Buffalo will BE- taken
OF to-day, and on Monday the train leav-
ing Indianapolis for Buffalo al a. m will
run only TO Cleveland. and on a slower
schedule. while the early morning train
from indianapolis, coming through from St