The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-13

succeeds George Lebouteler. who was
transferred 10 the Cleveland and P%ittsburs
division AT WeIlsville. o.
~. ]. Whitcomb. for nine years loss and
GO. Rock Island < Pacific. has been pro-
noted 10 the position OF general claim
agent of the company. Mr.. Whitcomb has
been connected with the company in diff
ferent positions for fifteen years.
The last excursion to Atlantic City this
season will be run by the Big Four and
the Chesapeake x Ohio on Thursday. one
train leaving in the morning and a second
in the evening. Six sleeping cars will be
provided for Indianapolis. apd yesterday
the space in four had been taken.
The Indiana, Decatur & Western has
four construction trains in service, three
distributing gravel ballast loaded by a
steam shovel i'm operation near Covlngton,
the fourth distributing new steel cross
ties. bridge timber. etc. and the ROAD VIII
enter the winter in better condition than
any time since operated.
A folder just issued by the passenger de-
partment of the Cincinnati. Hamilton &
Dayton is a credit TO that department. ON
one of the pages is the name and head
quarters of all officials of the road. The
manner the time schedule OF each divi-
sion is set out and the character of the
equipment of each train.
Col. William shaw. district passenger
is in the city. The 20" will soon add an
other through Portland train between st.
Louis and Billings, to make connection
With the Northern Pacific at that point.
The business that has come To the q
since 1t entered the field for north racine
coast traffic has been phenomenal.
The Monon on Sunday ran a 81 round-trip
excursion from Carmel and points on the
indianapolis division as far as Lowell. and
the train reached Chicago with twenty
cars loaded TO their fullest capacity. The
train was hauled by one of their new ten
wheel passenger engines, which. with this
heavy train, made the schedule time or
the express trains between Delphi and
Chicago.
Hartman lines. f. l.. Lomax. general pas
senger agent Of the Union Pacific. and r..
o.; MeCormick, passenger traffic manage
Tor the Southern Pacific. were together
last week and doubtless Will In the near
future announce what are TO be the or
fetal changes as a result of the recent com
bination of Union and Southern Paclnc
interests.
| The Wabash last week received the last
OF its new passenger equipment ordered
some time ago. the contract calling FOL
cars. three cafe cars, two dining cars, two
baggage and eight accommodation cars,
Al the cars have wide v~estiouies, exceP,
combination cars. Most of the cars RESI-
on trucks. Tn finish is in Sc
lected mahogany and auartered oak. the
finer cars in selected st. Jago mahogany,
and all have the empire deck and are light
ed by Pintsch gas.
Milton Knight, the announcement OF
whose election to the first vice presidency
of the Wabash was mentioned on Satur-
day, entered railroad service in 1862 with
the Atlantic & Great Western. and in. the
next six years was agent at two or three
points on that road. In April, 1870. he en-
tered the service of the Cincinnati, Ham
iIton Il Dayton as clerk in the general
freight office. From 1872 to 1878 he was
local and general agent of the company
at indianapolis. In 1878 he went to the
Wabash as assistant general freight agent.
In 1883 he was appointed general freight
agent. and when the company was reor-
ganized he was appointed freight traffic
manager. During the existence OF a joint
traffic board Of managers he resided in
New York, returning to st. Louis with its
dissolution.