The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-29
Personal, Local and General Notes.

Personal, Local anu Oeneral notes.
]. r. Cavanaugh, superintendent of car
service of the Big Four. is taking a ten
days rest at Bayview, Mich.
The Toledo, st. Louis & Western has adj
vanced the pay Of its section men from
$40 to $45 per month. including August.
s. B. Liggett, secretary of the Pennsyl-
vania lines west. has returned from his
vacation. spent on the Atlantic seashore.
The Hooking Valley road earned in the
third week of August $116. 943.69, an increase
over the corresponding week of 1900 of S14,-
95l.16.
Eugene Zimmerman denies emphatically
that there is any deal pending through
which the Erie is TO secure control of the
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton.
The Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern has
established an Information bureau at Buff
falo and placed ii in charge of j. Z. Kelley,
the company's advertising agent.
The Panhandle is so short of engineers
that many of the regular men are now
working overtime. Traffic is SO heavy that
every engine and car fit TO run is In service.
The Southern Indiana has commenced
work on it's Indian Springs extension, and
as soon as completed will begin hauling
material for the new 100000 hotel, which
is TO be erected at Indian Springs.
Archibald English. for years connected
with the Rogers locomotive works at Pat
erson, N. j., has been appointed by the
American Locomotive Company manager of
the extensive locomotive works at Pitts
burg.
The Lake Erie & Western is getting out
It's advertising for its annual home visitors
excursion from points on the line TO In
diana and Ohio; From Illinois points the
excursion will be run Sept. "A, and from
indian points Sept. %.
The connection of the New Haven-Butler
road with the Wabash main line has been
completed and the crossing of the Nickel
plate made. The piers for the bridge over
Maumee river are constructed of Bedford
stone and the end and middle
piers are completed.
1t is practically settled that George II.
Daniels, general passenger agent OF the
New York Central, will at an early date be
appointed passenger traffic manager or the
New York Central lines, the Boston q AL
bany and the West Shore, all Vanderbilt
lines east of Buffalo.
The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific be-
gines the operation of branch lines and i'm
portant extensions into the heart of okla
homa Territory within sixty days. On sept.
l the company will be running its trains
into Lawton, the schedule showing fifteen
trains a day each way.
The St. Louis POST Dispatch says: "A
telegram to-day from Charles NJ. Hays,
president of the Southern Pacific Railroad,
TO a St. Louis friend, announces that he
has not yet resigned his position as pres
has no idea of doing So
The business of the Wabash at Hunt
ington has so increased that the ticket and
freight Office have been separated. M. +.
mar OI F1dItWS, Otth 1idnS-
ferred to Huntington as ticket agent, and
o. w. Lake, who held both positions, has
been appointed freight agent.
James McCrea, first vice president of the
foundation for the report that the Penn
sylvania lines will appoint a traffic director,
and that Oscar G.. Murray, first vice presl-
dent of the Baltimore q Ohio, has been
considered for such position.
F. 3. Choate, general agent of the Union
Pacific in Pittsburg territory. will remain
at that point as general agent of the COM
bined Hartman lines, and G.. G. Herring.
now commercial agent of the Southern Pa
cifc at Pittsburg. will go to Detroit with
title of general agent for Detroit territory
One OF the biggest hunting and fishing
seasons for several years in Wisconsin,.
upper Michigan and Minnesota is looked
for by passenger men in that part of the
country. During the past three years the
laws of Wisconsin and Michigan have been
enforced as never before, and as a result
game is plentiful. The wardens have been
equally strict in enforcing the fishing laws.
Fifty-one locomotives on the Chicago &
Eastern Illinois will be equipped with au-
tomato signals. The Miller system, which
has been adopted for this installation, has
been in experimental use for six months.
and so satisfactory have been the results
that the thirty-three miles between Dalton
and Momence will be provided with the
device.
mona & Western road, has been appointed
general manag of the Fort Smith &
Western and will leave for Fort Smith as
soon as the Winona q Western is trans
ferred to the Chicago Great Western. The
Fort Smith q Western is building a line
through Oklahoma and Indian Territory to
Texas and Mexico.
improvements of the track of the Penn
sylvania line between Pittsburg and the
East have been so extensive this season
that the company will cover the distance
between Pittsburg and Washington fifty
minutes quicker than under it's present
schedule: All improvements made are SO
constructed as TO permit OF laying a sec
ond track between Harrisburg and Wash
ington.
The policy of gradually merging the West
Shore road into the New York Central has
Shore will maintain its separate organiza-
ton and operation, at least so far as the
traffic department Is concerned, although
general supervision over the same Will be
exercised by Traffic Manager Guilford. of
the New York Centre. The West Shore
passenger department will also maintain
its separate organization under General
Passenger Agent Lambert.
Bushrod Taylor, superintendent of the
Louisville division of the Fennsylvania
IN. is IN the ne city i he Is p fba WITH
Templars business. and without inter
fering with the regular passenger and
ally heavy. The company has just received
$500 tons of steel rail, weighing eighty-five
POUNDS to the yard. which will be placed
in the track at once. Two important
bridges. new Howe truss. are being re-
placed with modern heavy steel structures.
The report Of the Southern Railway Com
pany shows that the St: Louis division.
formerly the Louisville. Evansville q st.
Louis. is more than self-supporting and
bids fair to become valuable TO the South
ern. Since taking control the Southern has
shown noteworthy gains in operating
efficiency. Through progress in this one
particular almost half the dividend of the
year ending June so. 1901. was accumu-
lated. TIL entire burden of interest borne
by the Southern Railway is $4,000 per
annum. against which this division shows
for 1901 &74.O0 net earnings.
1t appears 10 be a foregone conclusion
that the Pennsylvania and the Baltimore &
Ohio intend to consolidate passenger and
freight offices wherever practicable. This
means that where the two lines can con-
veniently do so they will use the same sta
ton. with the same agents and represent
tatives TO look after the business. There
* official authority. however. for stating
that the executive department of the two
roads VIII remain unchanged, the two lines
being operated as Independent companies.
The advertising department of both lines
Will be consolidated at Philadelphia.