The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-05-21
Personal, Local and General Notes.

On Sunday the Vandalia will run an ex-
cursion from Terre Haute to Indianapolis
The board of managers of the Union Rail-
way Company will hold it's monthly meet
ing to-day.
1t is understood that the Detroit & Lima
Northern will be sold on Friday to the
owners of the Ohio Southern.
The Pennsylvania Company has re-estab-
lished through coach service between Pitts
burg and Peoria via Logansport.
The directors of the Chicago & Alton
have declared a dividend OF 315 per cent. on
both preferred and common stock, payable
June l.
Business is improving with the Indiana,
Decatur a Western. Elevators and ware-
houses on it's line are loading from sixty
to seventy cars with corn per day
The Cincinnati Hamilton & Dayton now
haus parlor cars on five of Its trains
each way between Indianap polls and Gin
clnnati, and it is proving paying limo
Walton.
j. A. Barnard. general manager of the
Peoria & Eastern, is in Peoria looking after
matters in connection with the Peoria x
Pekin Union Railway Company. of which
he is president.
The Panhandle and the Baltimore & Ohio
are carrying a fcdvy immigrant traffic.
Most OF the tickets are purchased in Eu-
rope and 10 points on the Northern Pacific
and Great Northern.
Two thousand employees OF the Brooks
locomotive works, at Dunkirk. yesterday
visited the Pan-American Exposition at
Buffalo, the Lake Shore running a special
train TO accommodate them
The May number of the Railroad Digest
has been received LII. is repiete with valu-
able information, among other things con-
tanning a well-written article on first aid
to injured in railroad service.
Henry Green, a veteran engineer on the
Erie, who retired recently after forty years
service, died al Port Jervis last week, aged
seVenty-one years. He was engineer of fast
passenger trains for thirty years
1t is announced on good authority that
the Pennsylvania and the Baltimore *
Ohio will be operated separately, and that
no attempt viii be made to consolidate the
two systems under one management.
ID. V. Lott. formerly general agent of the
ST. Louis & Hannibal Railroad, died last
week at the Soldiers Home at Leaven-
worth. He was brother of L. Z. Lott, Of
New York. the great railroad contractor.
Samuel Hawkins. formerly president of
the Savannah, Americas & Montgomery
road. part OF the Seaboard Airline,
was recently stricken with paralysis al his
home in Americas. and his condition is
critical.
The Chicago, Indiana & Eastern Railroad
Yesterday put on two additional passenger
trains between Muncie and Converse. The
trains were made necessary by the fast
growing patronage. The new road is pros
pering.
The National Association of Railway
Claim Agents will hold its annual con-
vention in Cleveland tomorrow. Claim
Agents Myers, of the Big Four. and Hutch
inson and Eddy, of the Pennsylvania, will
attend the meeting.
J. Q. Van Wrinkle, general superintendent
o. the Big Four lines, was in Cincinnati
yesterday, comforting with President In
gals: c. e. Schaff, general manager of
the Big Four lines, now in Europe, Will
sail for home early next month.
The Central Passenger Association has
authorized a rate of one fare for the round
trip TO all points within 200 miles of the
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festivities. Tickets will be sold the Sd
and Attn and be good returning July 5.
George w. Ristine is prominently men
toned as successor of Mr.. Goddard as COM
missioner of the Trunk Line Association.
In this connection it is stated that the
Trunk Line Association will be reOrganized
and placed upon more economical basis.
The Peoria & Eastern lines earned in the
second week of May s4S.S2S.22, an increase
ever the corresponding week of 1900 of
81. 81. 43. The first half of the month the
earnings were S9l, 5S3 43, an increase over
the corresponding two weeks of 1900 Of
S7,S25.99.
The Big Four lines proper earned in the
second week of May 1894, 1882 an increase
over the corresponding week of 1900 OK
So. sos Al. The two first weeks in May the
lines earned S649, s27 10, an increase over the
corresponding two weeks last year of
81, 521. 81.
A number Of merchants on South Merid-
ian street have received letters from husi-
dianapOlis Southern road, urging them TO
favor the enterprise, as IL would give them
railroad facilities which they would greatly
appreciate.
President Jeffery, of the Denver & Rio
Grande, passed through the city yesterday
en- route TO New York 10 prepare for the
changes incident 10 the absorption of the.
Rio Grande Western. He will remain East
until after the presidents conference ap-
pointed for June 5.
The Young Mems Christian Association
Of Columbus, O., has issued a large placard
illustrating the life of the association
through the twenty-five years just COM
pieted Ii is the purpose to use this 10 rep
VentiOn in Boston next month.
The Joint track between LAFAYETTE and
TempletOn used by the Big Four and the
Lake Erie * Western has been so improved
that as good time can be made between
those points as on any part of the road 1t
il so much used that il will probably b,.
made a double track in the near future
on Sunday the MISSOURI Pacific estab-
lished a line of sleeping cars from Kansas
city TO san Francisco via the Missouri Pa
c.fc 10 Pueblo, the Rio Grande to Ogden
and the Southern Pacific TO Oakland The
car will leave St. Louis al a. m daily
at AS p. m.
The special train over the Wabash which
carried the St. Louis party to the Pan
American exposition at Buffalo on Satur-
day night VIII return over the same line.