The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-06-19
Personal, Local and General Notes

Not until next October will the Cincin-
natl, Virginia & Northern be absorbed by
the Norfolk d Western.
a tourist car of the Northern Pacific left
Indianapolis last evening for Yellowstone
Park carrying thirty excursionists.
f. F. Cost. freight traffic manager of the
Big Four, is in New York attending a
meeting Of Vanderbilt freight officials
John Thompson has been appointed gem
eral bagSagemaSter of the Canadian Pa
clhc. He was formerly with the Grand
Trunk.
On June so the Pennsylvania will establish
its sleeping-car line TO Petosxey Train No.
5 will then haul from indianapolis six sleep
ing cars.
l.. f. Loree president of the Baltimore e.
Ohio, is, this week. with the officials of the
Baltimore K Ohio Southwestern, inspecting
that property.
The latest report is that the Toledo. St
Louis q Western will go TO the Erie in
stead of the Nanderbilts, thus affording the
Erie entrance into St Louis.
James Buckley general Eastern passen-
ger agent of the Erie Railway. has been
given two months leave of absence, which
time he will spend in Europe.
Pennsylvania,s method of operating
freight trains has already gone into effect
on the Baltimore & Ohio. There are fewer
trains, but more heavily loaded cars
Rate disturbance between the lines doing
business between Kansas City and Chicago,
some of the lines and a decentralization of
rates, is very imminent.
On July l H. b. Kooser, general agent
OF the Missouri Pacific at Salt Lake City.
will become general Western agent of the
company at Denver. and will be succeeded
at Salt Lake by G. A. Trip.
The health of General Superintendent
Mulvey, of the Southern Pacific, and of
General Manager Quinn, of the Houston 4
Texas Central. is such as to give the
friends Of both much anxiety.
II. A. French has been appointed district
passenger agent for the Pennsylvania line.
with headquarters at Cambridge. o. Il. w.
Page, whom he succeeds, is In poor health
and has been assigned 10 other duty
Thirty-six hundred men on the Lehigh
Valley Road employed in shops, on receiv-
ing their pay this week, were surprised to
receive an increase of from Is TO 20 ner
cent, the increase dating from May II.
George II. Crockett. ticket auditor of the
Pullman Company. is in the city. He states
that on no lines in any part of the country
has there been such an increase In Pull
man service as with Indianapolis lines
The report of the Illinois Central for
April Is a striking one. gross earnings
showing an increase over April. 1900. OF
s54255l. while net earnings show in
crease very nearly as great, the actual net
increase being $500SSS.
Chicago roads are complaining that some
Of the fast mail trains are hauling sleeping
cars in violation OF the original agreement
complaint is that the fast service between
Chicago and st. Paul is liable 10 be cur
tailed
The Erie. in connection with the Cincin-
natl Hamilton x Dayton. has under con
sideration the putting on OF through fast
train between Cincinnati and the East one
OF it's objects being 10 encourage the Chau-
tauqua lake business as we'll as Pan-Amer-
lean traffic.
A fast freight train of the Pennsylvania
on Friday last made a record breaking run
from Emporium Junction 10 Buffalo. when
train of twenty-seven cars loaded with
high-class freight was hauled 12l miles in
four hours and twenty-nine minutes. AL
stops were Included.
Trainmaster Bennett, of the Louisville
division of the Pennsylvania lines. for some
| days past has been making tonnage tests
of its locomotives, preparatory TO a read
justment OF the tonnage rate per engine
improvements TO the track making il prac-
teal to increase the tonnage.
The Southwestern limited on the Bic
Four is now twelve-car train. hauling
five sleeping cars from the East on ar
irving here one of these sleeping cars is
switched TO the Peoria * Eastern and the
sleeping car of the Chesapeake q Ohio
takes its place. going to St. Louis.
Daniel willard. who is becoming factor
In the management OF the Erie Railroad
as assistant 10 the president, holds rather
a unique position. His chief work this
summer will be to supervise the new work
on the tracks of that road. An extensive
programme OF improvements has been laid
out
About two hundred delegates were in at.
tendance at Pttsburg Yesterday wher
President w. II. Mills. of Ohio called e
order the fifth annual convention of the
National Association OF Railway Agents
The first session was devoted TO addresse.
OF welcome The convention will be in SEES
sion several days.
w. H. Newman, who has just taken the
presidency OF the New York Central, ac-
n rail In he Innr
Newell school. and Mr.. Newell once said
of him that he was the most apt pupil OF
the lot THE man who has seen him
ruffied or excited has had an odd expeyi-