The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-06-05

The Chicago. Rock Island & Pacific ex,
poets to have its trains running into I'll
Paso, Tex, by Nov. !.
Paul Morton, vice president of the Santa
Fe. denies emphatically that he is TO sever
his connection with the Santa Fee.
III. +. Schunstein, who has been in the
Union ticket office at Buffalo, has been
appointed assistant ticket agent of the
Erie road
j. A. Merwin. who to-day becomes super
intendent of the western division of the
Toledo, St Louis * Western, is making a
trip over the lines.
j. p. Hughart, general manager of the
Grand Rapids x Indiana. yesterday, with
his subordinate officials, started on an in
spectiOn trip OF the line.
The summer time card of the Grand Rap
ids sS Indiana Railroad will go into effect
on June 30, the schedule being practically
the same as last summer.
The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific has
employed Mrs. Anna McCrea, a skilled
landscape artist TO take charge Of the work
OF identifying station grounds on the line
The Cincinnati, Richmond & Muncie Rail-
road reached Williamsburg, Wayne county,
with it's tracks on Tuesday. The people
there are celebrating over their first rail-
road.
One of the clever booklets of the season
is the summer tourist pamphlet of the
Wabash. In it are given rates and ar
rangements for nearly 900 different tours of
the East.
The Toledo. st. Louis & Western is hand
ling the largest freight traffic in its history
every locomotive INT for service being in
use. Some of their new locomotives Will
arrive this month.
II. A. Fiddle, general freight agent of the
Ohio Southern, was in the city yesterday
to confer with Ford Wood, general freight
agent OF the Peoria & Eastern, regarding
interchange of traffic
ID. Lowe has been appointed live stock
agent of the southern division of the CHI
cago. Rock Island & Pacific. He is a son
of NJ. A Lowe, general solicitor OF the
Chicago x Rock Island.
1t is stated that under the plans OIL. +.
Loree, recently elected president of the
Baltimore X Ohio, at least ten men holding
official positions on the Pennsylvania lines
west will go TO the b. q o.
c. r. Burr. chief inspector of the police
department OF the pennsylvania lines west
a department which was organized by L.
r. Loree, will, IL is stated. be called TO
Baltimore TO organize like system on the
b. & o.
f. f. Strain, commercial agent for the
Chicago & Rock Island at Pueblo, COL
has been transferred 10 Colorado Springs
and c. II. Bacon. chief. clerk at Denver
has been promoted commercial agent at
Pueblo.
The title of Daniel Willard. lately assist
ant general manager of the Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad under Mr.. Underwood, will
be assistant 10 the president on the Erie
Railway His appointment to this Office
was announced yesterday
The Wabash is installing an elaborate
system for softening the water for boilers
at the Peru shops. The capacity of the Of
fce building for the Wabash and Lake
Erie division officials has been enlarged
one half by new addition.
Gen. George b. Wright. who for ten years
was receiver of the Indiana, Bloomington
a Western, on Monday celebrated his
eighty-sixth birthday. He resides in Co
lumbus. o. il in comfortable circumstances
financially, and enjoys excellent health.
The receipts from sales of tickets at the
Union Station in May this year were
81 403 IS in excess Of those of May 1900 and
All the outside ticket offices report hand
some increases. The sales of mileage
books were unusually large at all the ticket
offices.
The fixed charges of the Detroit Southern
Railway. a combination of the Detroit &
Lima Northern and the Ohio Southern
will be- $500 per annum. while the net
earnings of the Ohio Southern alone for
1000 were $4,000 The new company will
have a bonded debt of 100000.
II is now stated that Colonel Schoon-
maker will be made president OF the PITTS
burg a Lake Erie. j. b. Yoke. now gem
erai SUPERINTENDENT will be elected vice
president and general manager, and G. l.
Gist superintendent of transportation will
be appointed general superintendent
The new trains that the Pennsylvania
Company has placed In service on the