The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-05

j. b. Stewart has been appointed general
manager of the Boston & Albany.
5. Nj. Hice, city passenger agent of the
Big Four lines, is East on a ten days va
cation.
c. F. Daily, general passenger agent of
the Lake Erie & Western. is in Chicago
attending. meetings of the Contra Passen-
ger Association.
Daniel w. Dinan. late trainmaster of the
Beech Creek road, has been appointed CHIEF
trainmaster of the Pennsylvania division
OF the New York Central.
l.. w. Wakely, general passenger agent
OF the burlington q Missouri, is making a
district under Mr.. Shaw's charge.
On Tuesday a contract was awarded nv
the New York Central for the erection of
new shops at Oak Grove, the whole work
involving an expenditure of $1,000, OOO.
j. w. Kendrick. third vice president of
the Santa Fe lines, who has been in Cali
fornia several weeks for the benefit of his
health, has returned to Chicago, his head
quarters.
S. j. Clifford, who recently died at Dun
kirk, n. Y, was the first telegraph opera
tor employed on the Lake Shore, and dis
patched the first train run over the road on
telegraph orders.
George II. Stevens has been appointed as
%sistant. Superintendent of the New York
Central. Since Jan. l, 1890, he has been
general agent of the company, in charge
OF all New York city stations.
Lieutenant Frank E.. Davis has rendered
his resignation as assistant to w. b. Blake.
civil engineer of the Pennsylvania lines
west, having been assigned to the Eighth
Cavalry. and will soon leave for his reCi-
ment.
The Panhandle is daily running fruit and
vegetable trains from the West TO Pitts
burg and other Eastern markets on the
the cars used being of the most substantial
build.
The Chicago. Burlington & Quincy ex-
poets TO open TO traffic its line from Toluca
TO Cody. Wyo, Nov. /. Ninety-one miles
of the track is now laid, leaving but thirty
nine miles TO construct, much Of which is
now graded.
Bushrod TAYLOR, superintendent of the
Louisville division of the PennsvIvania
lines. and NJ. w. Mansfield. uperintenden
of the indianapolis & Vincennes. are SPEND
ing a couple of days inspecting the Louis
Vile division.
Traffic officers OF the Big Four. the Le-
high Valley, the Lake Shore and the Micbi-
gan Central will meet on Saturday in Buff
Ialo to select a successor TO the late p. g..
Doyle, manager OF the Lake Shore-Lehigh
Valley fast freight line.
Within the next sixty days all through
passenger trains run over the Southern Pa
cifc will be vestibuled from end TO end
ceive nifty new chair cars, Vestibuled and
modernly equipped.
President Harris. of the Chicago. Bur
lington * Quincy. saws there is no truth in
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and consultations which will throw the
"Qs own men out TO give place to North
crn Pacific representatives.
Judge George f.. Ross, of Logansport. has
been appointed solicitor tor the PennsvIya-
MIA Company. He succeeds his father
Judge y. {. Ross. who held the p~osition
for many years and was highly esteemed
by the legal department of the PennsyI-
Vania.
The clerks in the offices of the railways
entering Cleveland have asked that the rule
closing general offices at l o'clock on Satur-
days during the summer months. be made
general Throughout the year. instead of
closing at ) p. m, as has been the practice
in winter months.
The Big -Four announces "A rate OF & o.
for the round trip, Indianapolis 20 Buffalo.
with a hfteen-day limit. $40 a twentv-dav
limit and Sl3.&5 good TO return on until oct.
:. tickets To be sold at such rates from
Sept. $ to II, inclusive. and il was
learned last evening that competing lines
would meet the reduced rates the Big Four
announced.
II is stated that for a few years to come
IL II the intention OF the Pennsylvania
people. who now control the Baltimore *
Ohio. TO adopt the policy IL has pursued
with the Panhandle the last few years. put
ting a large part OF the earnings into the