The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-06-17
Personal, Local and General Notes.

At the end of twenty-five years the city's
compensation is TO be readjusted.
Personal, Local and General Notes.
Harry Crawford. president of the Chicago
& Southeastern was in the city yesterday.
Warren ]. Lynch. general passenger
agent of the Big Four. was in the city yes
terday.
The Panhandle shops at indianapolis now
give employment TO 542 men. the largest
number in the history of the shops.
o. F. MScCGarty. general PASSENGER agent
in the city to attend the wedding of a rela-
tive
Frank A. Gross, who represents the pas
senger department of the Lackawanna
lines at Buffalo. is slowly recovering from
pneumonia.
Engine ss7 of the Big Four Atlantic type.
on Sunday hauled six cars sixteen consecu-
tive miles at an average speed of seventy
miles an hour.
A w Hewitt. of New York, special rail-
way representative of the Remington Type
writer Company. is visiting his father, as
sistant auditor of the Big Four, for few
days.
George Frey. who for years was a ticket
scalper at indianapolis, now located at
Minneapolis. has prospered financially and
will retire from business and settle in Cali
fornia.
On June 20 the Lake Erie & Western will
run an excursion 10 Michigan city. 1t has
been customary TO run two of these low
rate excursions annually, and this is the
first one.
R. P. Algeo. district passenger agent of
the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton and
the Monon was in Cincinnati yesterday,
in conference with Passenger Irafnc Man.
ager D. G. Edwards.
w W. Richardson. district passenger
agent of the Pennsylvania, is In Pittsburg,
called there by General Passenger Agent
Ford TO select furniture, etc, for the new
offices at Indianapolis.
The Chicago. Indiana & Eastern will. on
Sunday run an excursion from Muncie and
points on its line TO Chicago in connection
with the Pennsylvania, and has secured
twenty-five coaches for the event, expect
ing to run two sections.
Under it's new regulations meals are
served on dining cars Of twenty-six of the
passenger trains run on the New York
Central and luncheon on several others.
The business of the company dining cars
now exceed sl,0O0,00O year.
William Garstang. superintendent OF mo-
tive power of the Big Four. w. c. Arp. of
the Vandalia and Master Mechanic Miller
of the Panhandle shops, left yesterday for
Saratoga to attend the annual meeting of
the master mechanics and master car build
ers, which convenes there this week.
Thomas Dill has run the engine which
hauls the accommodation train on the Erie
between Akron. o., and Sharon, Pa, for
twenty-efght years. The train is known
as DillS train. He boards the engine at
Sharon every morning and runs to Akron
and return, reaching home, at Sharon, at D
o'clock.
After all the Boosting of the time of the
fast limited mail train over the Pennsyl-
vania and Vandalia, which makes the run
from indianapolis to St Louis in five hours
and eighteen minutes, the fast passenger
train No. II makes the run from East ST
Louis TO Indiana polls in five hours and
twelve minutes.
III -x.ff Dull
man service. between Buffalo and Cincin-
natl. 1t leaves Buffalo at 4:9O p. M. ar
riVeS In Cincinnati at sos a. m. and makes
good connection for the west via the Gin
cinnati, Hamilton & indianapolis and with
the trains for the South.
1t is stated that Robert Williams, now
vice president and general manager OF the
Burlington. Cedar Rapids & Northern. re-
Island & Pacific, will be made assistant
general manager of the Rock Island lines
north, with headquarters at st. Paul
The Michigan Central on Sunday, put
on fast limited train between New York
and Chicago. making the run in twenty
four hours, as do the limited trains OF the
Lake Shore and Pennsylvania. 1t mas
found 1t necessary to do this to meet the ms
competition of the twenty-hour trains OF It's
two chief competitors.
A Pennsylvania official states that the
Pittsburg. Fort Wayne & Chicago is ham
pered more or less in its fast service, so
length of the line. when this work is COM
pleted trains will be able to make two hours
better time from Pittsburg TO Fort Wayne
than under present conditions.
The recent sharp advance in stock of the
Chicago & Eastern Illinois is creating much
speculation, and ii is understood that stock
of the road is being purchased In the IN
terest of the Illinois Central and the St
Louis Southwestern, and that 1t is possible
the two jointly have reached terms with
the Porter syndicate for acquisition OF the
property
The offices of Superintendent George
Dyer, of the Fort Wayne division OF Inc
l.. E. & w. and Dispatcher w. j. Davis
both of which have been located In Muncle
for several months, will be removed 10 Up
ton in a few weeks. A new building Is De
ing erected in that city for the accommo-
dation of the offices. The office of Road
master E. Hogan also will be located there.
The Pennsylvania yesterday put on new
| fast train between Washington ana Atlah-
tic City No scheduled stop is made pc
| tween Washington and Atlantic City, the
| train leaving Washington at l:E p. m anu
| arriving in Atlantic City at o:40 Inc re-
| turn train leaves Atlantic City at 2:15 p. m
| and reaches washington at Z. The return
! ing train stops two minutes al fhilauel-
| phia.
Train dispatchers of Pttsburg have
made arrangement for entertaining me me
| fifteenth annual convention OF the Train
| Dispatchers Association, which VIII De
held in Pittsburg on Tuesday, Mednesday
and Thursday of this week Inc IRAN
| Dispatchers Association is more OF So
| cial organization than labor union ana
! includes i'm its membership men VINO nave
| reached the highest rank. but stlll retain
| allegiance as a sort of first love In the
/ railroad service.
| The Lake Shore & Michigan Southern
Railways operating department Will within
| a few days announce that IL is READY 10
| consider applications for positions as fire
men when the autumnal engagement of
additional men for the winter begins 1t is
| have successfully passed physical exam
ination and satisfied the officials as to their
! moral and mental excellence. the lndls-
| pensable qualification will be a common
| sscbooI Education. while, other things being
| equal the young men having nigh schooi
| and higher education will be given the
| preference.
ND FOREST EMPHATIC.