The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-20
Personal, Local and ncr Notes.


Electric hand lanterns are probably to
supplant the old time lamps for railroad
employees.
w. B. Leeds, the newly-elected president
of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific, an
nounces that he will have his headquar-
tiers at New York.
President Leeds, of the Chicago, Rock
not intend to make any sweeping changes
in officials of the lines.
Since the Union Pacific discontinued its
traffic relation with the st. Joseph * Grand
Island the latter has made a traffic al
lance with the Chicago, Rock Island &
Pacific.
One of the earliest issues of a calendar
for the new year is that of the Chesapeake
& Ohio. One of its features is a medallion
head of Washington in white on a bronze
background.
George w. Benjamin. formerly coal agent
Of the Big Four at Cincinnati, now coal
traffic manager of the Chicago & Alton,
has i'm the year he has held the position
trebled the coal traffic of that road.
E.. A.. PITCHER, travelling passenger agent
of the Illinois Central, is distributing a
product of the printers art In the shape
of a booklet. which is descriptive of Hot
Springs and the best way to get there.
George Campbell, who has been appoint
ed superintendent of the docks of the Bal
timore q Ohio at Baltimore, Philadelphia
and New York, was formerly employed
by the Big Four as station agent at Gin
cinnati.
The shops of the Pennsylvania Company
at Fort Wayne, Ind, are now running
thirteen hours a day four days in the week.
The shortage of motive power and hard
usage of the engines is cause for the In
crease in hours.
Edward O'DOnnell.. for thirty-three years
an engineer on the Pittsburg. Fort Wayne
& Chicago, died yesterday, aged sixty-one.
He was a member of the Veteran Legion
90 ID and hiohlU raGpacted He will
be buried at Remington, Pa.
The Big Four announces that rates lave
been adopted of one fare for the round
trip to Columbus. o., upon the occasion
of the second inauguration OF Governor
Nash. Tickets will be sold Jan. II and Is
and be good returning until Jan. Ia.
The election of Darius Miller as vice
president and traffic manager of the Chi
cago, Burlington & Quincy is considered
good evidence that James ]. Hill has been
successful III carrying out his plans in
connection with the management of that
system.
James A. Davis. who has been indus
trial commissioner for the Santa Fe sys-
TEN for five years, will retire on Jan. / to
embark i'm the railway supply business. and
Wesley Merritt, who has been Western
freight agent, Will succeed Mr.. Davis as
industrial agent.
1t is claimed that the Atlantic type of
engines hauling the Empire State express
on the New York Central daily run sew
eral consecutive miles at a speed close to
one hundred miles an hour. and seventy
five miles an hour for fifteen to twenty
miles is often made.
H. NJ. Butler, veteran Union Station
agent of the Pennsylvania at Pittsburg,
has been appointed inspector of stations
on the Pennsylvania line. Mr.. Butler has
held the position he vacates thirty-six
years, and is succeeded by Charles Mont
gome-y. a promoted passenger conductor.
The Indiana. Decatur & Western received
- -1AnAE n11fffAnnl -
yesterday. which will be distributed be-
tween Bloomington and Dana. When this
is in the track the company will have forty
miles of the main line laid with new steel
rails weighing seventy-two pounds 10 the
yard.
President Stickney. of the Chicago Great
Western. will this week leave for New
York. where he will spend the greater part
hundred miles of his line will be double
tracked in 1902. the second track to be laid
over portions of the system where IL will
best facilitate traffic.
The Illinois Manufacturers Association
has filed a protest with the official classi-
hcation committee of the roads i'm Central
Traffic Association territory against a
change in the rules governing mixed ship
ments which is to take effect Jan. /. and
which if carried out will advance freight
rates 80 to 40 per cent. on less than car
load lots.
. 1t is now some three years since the New
i vi ~ WV law ~ Lulu n Il
freight as well as passenger line between
New York and Boston and other New
England points, and it's freight earnings,
which formerly were but 10 per cent. OF
the gross earnings, are now ~ per cent.
and increasing as the company increases
it's equipment.
William Garstang, superintendent OF mo-
tive power of the Big Four lines. is i'm Dun
kirk closing "A contract for ten switching
engines. which makes thirty-fve new en-
gines for which the Big Four has con-
tracted within thirty days. Fifteen will
be consolidated freight engines, ten At
lantic type OF passenger engines and ten
switching engines.
Citizens of Andrews, Ind, are pleased
over the fact that after Jan. 1 An
drews will be again made "A division
point on the Wabash main line for local
freight trains. In 1882 the company estab-
Iished extensive yards at that point. erect
ed a thirty-stall roundhouse and made other
improvements. For four years these i'm
provements have been idle.
1t is stated that freight rate cutting in
Western territory has reached "A point
where IL threatens TO weaken IL not disrupt
some of the largest community OF interests
railroad systems. Railroads whose presi-
Northwest have agreed In conference to
maintain tariff rates strictly are accused
Of cutting rates to meet competition by
weaker lines
The Central Passenger Association has
recommended TO the general passenger and
ticket agents that In treating with the
directors OF the worlds fair to be held al
ST. Louis I'm 1889 IL be specifically agreed
that the exposition authorities exert their