The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-03
HEAVY AUGUST TRAFFIC
NEARLY oS.O0o LOADED CARS
HANDLED AT INDIANAPOLIS.
No Padding Now of Big Four Earnings
-Cnrccr of Harry Miller. General
Manager of the Nandalia.

TIE train records show that in August
there were received and forwarded at lndi-
annapolis total of 1l1.s41 cars, 1882 being
loaded making il the best month OF the
present year Going back five years there
were respectively. handled at this point In
August $3.50 9S. OBS. 9i.26S. 1854 and 79.i2S
loaded cars. When the better methods oil
loading cars now in force are considered
the increase is the more striking. One OF
the features of the month was the even
ness with which cars were loaded moving
i'm opposite directions. on the Big Four the
west-bOund tonnage. for the first time In
its history exceeding its east-bound ton
mage, and the first remark will apply to
north-and-south lines The handsome in
crease in earnings of last month demon
strates to a certainty that tariff rates have
been adhered to. and the outlook for bust
ness the present month is unusually prom
Using. if the roads can furnish cars 10
move the traffic which is now in sight.
Harry MilIer's Career.
The Railway Journal publishes a cut of
Harry Miller. recently appointed general
manager OF the Vandalia lines, a sketch OF
his early life and his railroad career. Mr.
Miller was born in Cleveland, o., Jan. Il.
1862. His vacations from his twelfth year
were spent in railroad work, commencing
first as messenger boy at Richmond, Ind
and at Bradford Junction, on what are
now the Pennsylvania lines. While work
ing as messenger he learned telegraphy,
and while in school at Richmond did all
his fathers teIegraphing at his residence,
mornings ard evenings and on Saturdays
and Sundays His father had a private
line running into his residence; and as
there were no telephones at that time,
there was considerable Geographic work
in connection with the handling of wrecks,
receiving reports, etc. on Sept. j, 1881, ne
Railway, at Richmond as clerk. was aft
erwards chief clerk in the Office OF SUI
perintendent of the indianapolis d Nin-
cennes Railroad, at Indianapolis; chic
clerk in the office of superintendent of the
Columbus. Chicago & Indiana Central
of the Chicago, St Louis & Pittsburg
Railway. between indianapolis and CO.
lumbus. o.. and later engineer of the same
pointed superintendent and chief engineer
of the Cincinnati Lebanon & Northern
Railroad, Headquarters at Cincinnati; i'm
October. 1855. acting engineer of the Chi
cago. st. Louis & Pittsburg Railroad now
the p, c.. {. q St: L.. at Richmond,
jurisdiction from Indianapolis TO Column
bus and from Richmond to LOgansport; In
April. 1883. he was assigned to the special
service of completing the construction Of
the Cincinnati * Richmond Railroad from
Hamilton TO Rend Comb Junction, new
road; on Sept. T. 1888. appointed division
superintendent at Richmond, having
charge of the Chicago, St. Louis e. Pitts
burg Railroad from Richmond to Logans-
port and the Cincinnati. Richmond & Chi
cago Railroad. between Hamilton and
Rend Comb Junction; March Is. 1890. made
superintendent of the Pittsburg. Cincin-
natl, Chicago & St Louis Railway, Louis
vile division. and the Louisville Bridge
Company, with headquarters at Louisville.
KY. On April 10. 1894, he was appointed
division superintendent of the Terre Haute
& Indianapolis Railroad Company (main
line division); July 1, 1896. was made gen.
eral superintendent of the Terre Haute &
Indianapolis Railroad Company. office at
Terre Haute, which position he held until
Jan. l. 1897. when, under the receivership,
the office of general superintendent was
abolished. and he returned TO the main
line division as superintendent, which Of
flee he held till his recent appointment