The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-05-02

payable June Is. II is supposed this Is a
semi-annual dividend, making the rate on
the stock 3 per cent.
s r.. Galloway. president of the New
York Central. is on a Western trip. He
spent Sunday with friends in Toledo.
J. NJ. Chesborough. assistant general pas
senger agent OF the Nandalia line, has re-
turned to his headquarters at ST. Louis.
j. d. Hutchinson, general manager of
the pennsylvania, who was married on
April IL, returned yesterday from his bridal
tour.
a. F. Banks. recently elected president Of
the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern. began his rail-
road career as a fast freight line agent at
Indianapolis.
The Cincinnati. Richmond & Muncie has
placed an order for one hundred box cars
of $1,000 pounds capacity with the Laconia
Car Company.
W. G. White. assistant ticket agent of
the Michigan Central at Buffalo. retired
from that position yesterday to engage in
the hotel business.
H. G. stiles. general agent of the Gin
cinnati, Hamilton & Dayton at Indianapolis,
will next week go 10 West Baden Springs
for a ten days stay.
The joint agency Of the roads centering at
Buffalo was opened yesterday. with Harry
Smith as manager. He will have on his
staff fifteen employees.
The Big Four contemplates considerably
improving its service on the Michigan d-
vision through its connection wit lake
boats the present season.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company has
given a number OF its freight conductors a
vacation of a month. and they will take a
trip to the Pacific coast.
The Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton's S:21
a. m. train to Cincinnati now hauls a buffet
and observation car. as does the rs train
of the Monon 10 Chicago.
John NJ. Culp. recently appointed traf-
fc manager of the Augusta Southern, yes
terday assumed the duties Of the position,
with headquarters at Washington, d. G.
j. B. Modisette. chief clerk of the pas
senger department of the Nandalia, who
a few weeks ago went to California for his
health, has returned somewhat improved.
The construction by the Toledo Railway
Terminal Company of the connecting link
between the Wabash and Lake Erie has
been awarded to c. II. Sawyer. Nine miles
of road will be built.
H. S. Stimson. who has been with the
Wells-Fargo Express Company, who re-
Gently resigned, has been appointed travel
ing freight and passenger agent of the
Denver e. Rio Grande.
Peoria division of the Illinois Central. has
been promoted to trainmaster of the Oma-
ha division. He is succeeded at Nation
as roadmsster by A. T.. Shaw.
In the month Of April there were handled
OF the Big Four system proper 1872 5 loaded
cars. an increase of 2.973 over the CORE
spending month of 1900; handled on the
Peoria K Eastern, 15,426 loaded cars.
The Chicago & Southeastern is getting
into better shape financially and has fair
prospects of arranging for securing six
or eight new locomotives to take the place
of the old engines that have been in serv-
ice since the road was built.
John b. Rucker, formerly chief rate clerk
i'm the freight department of the Louisville
q Nashville. has been promoted to tray-
cling freight agent in the Indiana gas belt
region in place of John II. Barrickmaa,
appointed contracting freight agent.
The Chicago. Rock Island s. Pacific will
In a Few days put on a new train from Chi
cago 10 Denver, leaving Chicago at ] p. M.
arriving at Denver at $50 p. m. next day.
The morning train of the Monon from this
city will connect closely with this train.
AS experts of both the New York Cen
trail and Pennsylvania lines have been eX-
aiming into the condition of the Toledo.
ST. Louis & Western road. gossip has it
that the Glover Leaf is TO be absorbed by
one or the other of the strong lines men
toned.
A. w. Towsley. superintendent of trans
portation of the Santa Fe. has resigned.
He has accepted the position of assistant
ager J. NJ. Barr. of the seaboard Airline.
Mr.. Barr was formerly with the Santa Fe
and left that road about a month ago.
Ex-President Perkins. of the Chicago,
burlington G. Quincy, through the Burling-
ton Hawkeye. makes the statement that
there will be no change in. the Burlington
lame or management-simply an alliance
OF the three properties which will be bene-
ANAaA " NAAS VaNf CAA& y tAAa ~ 80
people they serve
Receiver j. III. Mccormick at II o'clock
Tuesday night turned over to the Queen x
Crescent officials the properties OF the
Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific Railroad.
An order was issued retaining all the old
employees. The Vicksburg, Shreveport az
Pacific was sold under an order of the
United States Court on March 80.
Fl. II. Knowlton, who recently became
engineer of maintenance Of way of the
Cairo division of the Big Four, entered
the service of the Pennsylvania Company
as a clerk In 1885. resigning in 1892 TO enter
Purdue University. After graduating in
1895 he again entered the service of the
Pennsylvania Company, in 1895 taking serv-
ice with the Big Four in charge of special
construction work.
At the annual meeting of the stockhOld-
ers of the Lake Shore * Michigan Southern
Railway yesterday the following directors
were reelected to- serve three years: Fred
erick w. Vanderbilt. Samuel II. Gala way.
Edwin ID. Worcester. Chauncey NJ. Depew
and William RI. Newman Out of $50.000.0 600
i'm stock issued by the company $4S. 900. 900
was voted at the meeting. The annual
meeting of the New York. Chicago * St.
Louis Railroad Company also was held
yesterday. The report of the directors for
the year ending Dec. 81. 1900. shows that
the gross earnings were $7,023. 35S; total ex-
penses, 1892. 265: net earnings, S1,33l ,093.
There was no change in the directorate.
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