The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-10-27
Personal, Local and General Notes.

A. s. McMurray, of Bloomington, ILL.,,
storekeeper OF the Chicago & Alton, spent
Sunday with relatives in this city.
The Hooking Valley road earned In the
third week of October $13O, $685. an increase
over the third week of last year OF $685..
d. B. Grey. who represents the passenger
department of the Chicago Milwaukee &
st. Paul at New York. Is i'll and unable to
ATTEND TO his duties.
The switchmen of the Chicago, Milwau-
kee & st. Paul and the Minneapolis & st.
Louis have accepted a compromise increase
in wages of "a. cents per hour.
L. L. Collver. son of d. Jay Collver, of
the Big Four, has been appointed Eastern
manager of the Nipon-California Tour
Company, with headquarters at Boston.
The Louisville & Nashville is having four
new dining cars built at the Jeffersonville
plant of the American Car and Foundry
Company. The cars proper will cost S12.JJt
each.
The Panhandle on Saturday received The
first OF fifteen heavy freight engines the
Baldwin works is building for this road.
They will now arrive at the rate of three
a week.
H. A. Thomas, district passenger agent al
Buffalo of the New York Central. spent
Sunday in the city the guest of III. j.
Rhein. general passenger agent of the Lake
Erie & Western.
ders for forty new freight locomotives
This makes 139 freight engines and six
passenger engines contracted for by this
company the present year.
B. Cowdrey. formerly a passenger con-
ductor on the Nickel-plate. but now with
| the ST. Louis & San Francisco is visiting
his family, who still reside in this State
He speaks in glowing terms of the West.
r. H. Parker has been appointed pas.
| senger agent of the Big Four at Chicago
to succeed III. Mitchell. who goes with the
| Southern Pacific. Mr. Parker leaves q
| similar position with the Monon at Chi
| cago.
Yesterday the Wabash inaugurated new
| train service between st. Louis and St
Paul. The Wabash will run the new trair
in connection with the Iowa Central anC
| the Minneapolis * St. Louis. and max,
| as good time as It's competitor.
| IL is stated that the Twentieth Centur,
/ Limited of the Big Four when il ran int
| an open switch at Flint last week wa!
/ going at speed of seventy-five miles al
/ hour. The engine turned a complete som
/ ersault and landed the track of tn,
| Sandusky & Hooking road. fifty yards dis
/ tant
Nov l will be the last day for depositin,
| stock of the Chicago. Rock Island * Pa
| cihc with the Central Trust Company o
| Now York, when the new securities will b.
ready for delivery. The earnings of tn
| lines continue TO show enormous increases
| and IL is said the increase this year will
| reach $42.00 900.
The failure OF a hotel clerk TO deliver
letter from the Chamber OF Commerce o
| Cleveland TO the meeting OF general pas
senger agents at Portland. Me-. week be
| fore last caused Cleveland to lose the mex
| convention OF the association and pre-
| vented discussion or the proposition Z
adopt a universal mileage book.
The Big Four handled on Its system las
week. not including the Peoria & Eastern
1906 loaded cars. eclipsing all former rec
ords OF loaded car movement. The fou
| oils last week $500 loaded cars, exceedin
] ell former records. and the vandalia di