The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-04-03
Personal. Local and General Notes.

Personal, Local and General Notes.
w. Il. Depee. assistant general passenger
agent of the Big -Four lines, was in the city
yesterday.
Joseph Ramsey. vice president OF the Wa
bash, returned yesterday from Hot Springs,
Ark, where he has been resting for two
weeks.
The Board Of Trade of Lima, O.. has
taken steps to secure for that point the
shops Of the Ohio Southern and the De-
troit & Lima Northern roads.
a. c. Murrell, a passenger conductor on
the Cotton Belt, Is dead. lie was a veteran
in the company's service and prominent in
the Order of Railway Conductors.
f.. b. Gorsuch, who on April II will grad
uate from the Ohio Normal University,
VIII on April 10 take the position of assist
ant ticket agent of the Big Four at Day
ton, o.
+. w. Cox. who. on April 1, retired as
general machinery inspector of the Balti-
more a. Ohio lines. goes TO Milwaukee as
superintendent of the Milwaukee Electric
Company.
j. A. Kuhn. for some years past. general
agent of the Chicago q Northwestern, at
Minneapolis. will, on Monday. take the po-
sition OF general freight agent of the Ere
mont, Elkhorn * Missouri Valley road and
Of the Sioux City & Pacific.
The Lake Erie & Western loaded and I'M
loaded at Indianapolis in March at its city
freight depots 232 more cars than in March.
1900. Its relations with the Lake Shore are
steadily improving It's freight as Wen as
passenger business.
Under the rule OF the Central Passenger
Association no road can maintain an indie
pendent ticket office in a city that its line
does not enter. and that is the reason the
Toledo, ST. Louis * Western has been
asked TO close it's office in Cleveland.
Edward Raschig. chief clerk of Assistant
General Superintendent Fargo, of the
American Express Company, has just COM
pleted his thirty-sixth year of service with
the RnmnanN and nnf hain0 i'm worry good
health the general superintendent gave in
structions that he be granted a three
months leave of absence. Mr.. Raschig
will receive full pay while absent.
JOIN X. Cowen, president Of the Balti-
more & Ohio, says ii is not true that Vice
President Underwood had rendered his
resignation TO take the presidency of the
Erie, and r. b. Thomas, president OF the
Erie. says: IF | was to give up the presi-
dency of the Erie / would know il as quick
as any person. and all know about 1t is
what | have seen in the papers,
From what can be learned the old passen-
ger strife in the West will be renewed
Wit vigor this summer The Chicago Il
Rock Island took the initiative by announc-
ing a series of low rates TO Denver and adj
Jacent points, and competing lines are
forced to take similar action for self-pro-
lection. This has led TO a rumor that the
uld-Harrima interests are buying stock
of the Chicago. Rock Island < Pacific.
Bulletins were received at Elkhart, Mon
day afternoon. announcing the promotion
of Division Superintendent A. II. Smith. of
the Michigan division. TO the position of as
slstant general superintendent. with head
quarters at Cleveland, and the promotion
of Trainmaster j. r. Horgan. of the Buffa-
10 division, to Mr.. Smiths former position,
with headquarters at Toledo. The changes
took place April 1.
The Lake Shore will introduce on its best
trains stenographers with an office in the
observation car. and arrangement have
been made whereby all letters written by
Io- ~ Hn Nnafo1 an tha trosr I l. -
pected that the maids placed on the trains
will perform the duties of maids at home,
assisting women patrons as much as posi-
BILE with toilet preparation and looking
after their comfort when travelling.
The Toledo. St. Louis G. Western is daily
assuming a more threatening attitude on
the granting of a diferential to the Akron
route TO Buffalo, and should the arbitra-
ton prove favorable TO the Pennsylvania
Erie line serious complications are looked
for. undoing the work of many months
naturally. are giving the Glover Leaf sup
port. morally, but. under agreements, can
not well go further.
The Railway Journals last issue con-
tains a photogravure of G. H.. Cory. super
intendent of motive power of the Cincin-
natl, Hamilton * Dayton lines, and a
sketch of his railroad career, he beginning
railroad service as an apprentice in the To-
connective works, at Paterson, N. j., in 1856.
In July, 1886. he left the Hoosac Tunnel line
as master mechanic to become superin-
tendent OF motive power or the Cincinnati,
Hamilton x Dayton.
The general manage of the American
Express Company gives notice that George
G. Taylor has been appointed general agent
of the company at Chicago, vice George f.
NOSler, transferred to New Orleans. he
succeeding N. T.. Brown, appointed assist
ant superintendent of the southern division.
with office at st. Louis. and the title of l..
n. Garner, superintendent at Omaha, has
been changed TO assistant general superin-
tendent, in charge of Iowa and Nebraska
divisions.
The Union Pacific announces that in con-
junction with its Western service the
Southern Pacific will hereafter run four
trains north and south each day along
what is known as the coast line. This
will give for the first time through service
between San Francisco and Los Angeles
on the coast division. Connection will be
made at San Francisco with the Union
Pacific-Central Pacific trains from the
east. thus giving the Union Pacific a
new line to Los Angeles.
The United States Court of Appeals. at
Cincinnati, yesterday affirmed the decision
of the lower court in the SAN
dusky * Hooking Valley Railroad Com
pany case, holding that the $40, OO0. 600 gen.
eral and second bonds, with 2,G0,OO0 of
prior lien bonds, were a first lien on the
property. The road was recently reorgan-
lied and it's name changed from railroad
TO railway. The trustees, headed by John
G.. Carlisle. held the bonds were not a first
lien, but the holders of t-hem|appealed.
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press officials over the increasing sales of
express stocks and the higher prices they
are bringing, and with this comes a rumor
that IL is the intention TO consolidate all
the express companies. Senator Platt, who
owns control of the United States Express
Company. it is stated, has refused a large
offer for his stock. The last two years the
express companies have made large sums
of money, and the general appreciation in
value of the respective stocks lends color
to the talk of the formation of one great
company.
Railroad advertising some time since
made artistic illustration one OF its dis
t~inctive features, and is now entering into
the domain of literature. "A little book just
issued by the Chicago & Northwestern Rail-
way Company is of real value as an his
torical compendium. Ii is entitled The In
dian; the Northwest" The Northwest has
had a great deal of history of one sort and
another and the Indian has figured actively
i'm the most of ii. The development of the
country between 1000 and 1900 Is outlined,
with an account of the movements of the
Indians. with something about the various
tribes. their customs. their noted chiefs,
their wars, etc. The facts are compiled
from a number of authoritative works.