The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-23

A. ]. Cassatt. president of the Pennsyl-
vania. who has been i'm Europe for several
weeks will sail for home on Aug. 30.
Charles Rockwell, traffic manager of the
MOnOn lines. who has been resting three
weeks at Indiana Springs. has returned.
Samuel h. Sweet, general freight agent
of the Lake Erie * Western, who has been
in New York several days, will return to-
day.
b.. p. Humphrey, travelling passenger
agent of the Lake Shore road, has returned
from a two weeks vacation spent at Ex-
celsiOr Springs.
on Wednesday Train 81 on the vandslia,
on it's fast time and hauling nine cars.
made up fifty-three minutes lost east of
indianapolis by the Panhandle.
1t is understood hat S. A. Storey, New
England agent of the Lake Shore & Lehigh
Valley Dispatch, will to-day be appointed
general manager of that dispatch.
Thomas G: Smiley. who represents the
Lake Shore-Lehigh Valley Dispatch in this
territory. has gone to Chicago to attend
a meeting to-day of officials of the dispatch.
Edward Merchant, who has taken the po-
sitiOn of city passenger agent OF the Balti-
more * Ohio at Chicago, formerly held a
similar position with the b. x o. at Cincin-
natl.
Fort Wayne now has the largest division
of the Brotherhood of Firemen
in the State. Last Sunday twelve new
members were initiated and several appli-
cations received.
Charles Murray, who represents the Chi
cago & Alton in Toledo territory, as a re-
suit of recent railroad combinations will
also represent the Union Pacific and South
ern Pacific in that region.
The Chicago & Alton has made quite a
success this summer in allaying dust with
oil. to distribute which the Alton uses a
specially constructed car. In killing weeds
the oil has been quite effective.
A. S. Dodge, freight traffic manager Of
the 'FriscO-Memphis lines, will have offices
at st. Louis and Kansas City until Oct. /,
when the general offices will he removed
from Kansas City to St Louis.
James McCrea, first vice president of the
Pennsylvania. denies that the Pennsylva-
Mia has purchased the Western Washington
Railroad. but is said TO have indirectly ad-
mitted that efforts were being made TO Sc
cure il.
Morgan Bros. of Marco. Greene county,
Indiana. shipped east over the Pennsyl-
vania lines twenty carloads of fine cattle
for export, twenty-five head per car. The
train had the right of way over all freight
trains through 10 New York.
o. r. Wood on Wednesday took charge
of the passenger business of the Ohio River
road. lie will also fiji the position held by
l. l. May. who will leave next week to
take charge of the passenger business of
the Northern Pacific at Anaconda, Mont.
John Riley. superintendent Of trans
portation of the P1ttsburg * Lake Erie
road. has already taken a half dozen good
men off the Peoria & Eastern TO that road.
and has offered three more better paying
positions than they now hold If they will
take service OH lnt flllSDuTR q Lake Erie.
Receiver Malott has invited James Nc
Crea. vice president of the Pennsylvania
lines and president of the Vandalia. 10 go
over the properties with him and see the
Improvement. Mr.. McCrea will arrive at
Indianapolis next Tuesday morning to
make the trip.
II. l. Miller, general manager of the
Vandalia. gives notice that. dating from
Aug. l9. the interchange of freight and
passenger cars handled through the gem
eral managers office will be handled
through the office of II. CT. Sleight. car ac-
countant at Terre Haute.
II. NJ. Biscoe. foreign freight agent of the
Vanderbilt lines at Boston; w. 7. Saunders.
who represents the ST. Louis & San Fran
cisco at St. Louis; s. G. Clark. represent
ing the Chicago & Alton at Louisville. and
w. G.. Howard. representing the same line
at Cincinnati. are i'm the city.
President Loree. of the Baltimore & Ohio.
has introduced methods he planned when
general manager of the Pennsylvania lines
west OF Pittsburg and has issued orders
that at all division points the heads of the
various departments must meet on Monday
OF each week and discuss the business OF
the road and mention any defect in the
service.
President Newna an. OF the New York
Central Railway. denied yesterday a re-
port that Charles NJ. Hays, OF the Southern