The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-10

Ocd II 1eneF0I Notes.
M. E. Ingalls,. president of the Big Four
lines. Is so Ill as to confine him to his
house.
William Corners. travelling passenger
agent OF the Big Four, is considered dan
gerously Ill.
w. ]. Casey has been appointed freight
and ticket agent of the Pennsylvania lines
at Austin, Ind, vice j. H. Stratton.
c.. f. DAILY, general passenger agent of
the Lake Erie & Western, is in Chicago at
tending a meeting of the passenger men.
The Chicago & Eastern Illinois is receiv-
ing some steel cars from the American Car
and Foundry Company, of Detroit, of 10, 600
pounds capacity.
The Monon lines earned In December s3A.-
2@S, an increase over December, 1899, of $1S.-
941, of which increase 81, 800 was made in
the last week of the month.
d. Cannon, representing the Santa Fe
in California, is in the city. He say the
shipments of oranges from California will
this year exceed $4,000 carloads.
The Ohio Central Railway has placed
an order with an Eastern concern for 500
new freigh cars, each to be of forty tons
capacity and with all modern appliances.
III. M. Bronson, assistant general passen-
ger agent OF the Big -Four, and G.. II.
RhoadS, superintendent of telegraph, are
confined to their homes with severe colds.
improvements to cost more than s., 900. 900
will be made this year by the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company on its main line. and
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more division.
Colonel William Shaw, district passenger
agent Of the Chicago, burlington * Quincy.
is in the city; also a. F. Cleveland. repre-
senting the Chicago & Northwestern. in
this territory.
To-day is payday with the Union Rail-
way Company and Belt road. and the pay
rolls exceed $1,000, last month being a
busy one on the Belt road and at the
Union station.
Shops on the Lake Erie & Western road
business that the force have been in
creased, and at Lima a night force Is at
work in the machine shops.
Yesterday the Adams Express Company
placed messengers on the Chicago, Indiana
& Eastern. Harry Drew's road: opened Of
fees at Muncie, Converse and Matthews,
and will at once open other offices on the
line.
The Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton is re-
ceiving new cars at the rate iof twenty a
day. This road is credited with having the
road in Central Traffic Association terri
tory.
c. H.. ockwo who has been agent of
the Empire lines at Olean. ". Y, has been
~syiyania road for that district. the Empire
line office at that point having been abol-
ished.
c. f.. Field, general claim agent Of the
Monon lines. has resigned. effective Feb.
I. Mr.. Field has been with the road ten
years. the last five as claim agent. and
Elements OF claims objected 10.
Citizens of Wabash and other points on
the Michigan division OF the Big Four are
hoping that the Introduction of electric
lines paralleling the Big Four will result
I'm the latter putting on faster trains from
points on that division 10 indianapolis.
On Sunday the Big -Four and the Chicago
a Alton will begin using jointly their
tracks between East St. Louis and Alton.
making a double track between those
points. The train schedules are all COM
pleted and the service will be a decided
advantage TO each road.
Employees OF the Cincinnati. Hamilton &c
| DAYTON are somewhat uneasy. On the
: evening OF Jan. Z a meeting was held by
the employees OF the different divisions at
| Lima, where grievances were aired. The
most serious grievance seems 10 be that the