The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-11
Personal, Local and General Notes.

The Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton will
on Sunday run an excursion from Fort
Wayne over it's Findlay division to Dayton
and Cincinnati
A freight handlers union has been or
ganized at Kansas City by l.. j. Curran
president of the Freight Handlers Union
at Chicago 1t is expected to have union
LOCO strong.
~ w Noyes. passenger agent of the
Chicago Great Western, states that their
trains will be running into Omaha within
sixty days, and within four months to
Sioux City.
On Oct 1 the Pennsylvania will receive
twenty eight new coaches, which are to
be put i'm service in their fast trains be-
tween New York and Chicago and New
York and st. Louis.
The address of George H. Daniels, general
passenger agent of the New York Central,
delivered before the Chatauqua Assembly
recently, is published in full In the cur
rent number of Leslie's Weekly.
The net earnings of the Pennsylvania
road proper the first seven months of this
year increased 81. Ava, 200 for the whole sys-
TEN, the increase over the corresponding
seven months of 1901 being ss,s15.Soo.
L. NJ Allen. recently appointed general
passenger agent of the Chicago, Rock
Island & Pacific and Perry Grifith. trav-
cling passenger agent, were in the city
yesterday calling on passenger officials.
On Tuesday afternoon, Train 16, over the
Big Four, consisting of six cars, was hauled
Shelbyville and Greensburg, in two hours
and twenty minutes; distance, Ito miles.
b. l.. Winchell, vice president and general
manager of the st. Louis Il San Francisco,
has returned from a months vacation
spent at Lake George. President Yoakum
will remain at that pleasure resort few
days longer.
The Illinois Central people have let
contract for new bridge over the Mis-
souri, river to the American Bridge Com
pany: The bridge complete will be LOO
feet in length and will have draw span
$40 feet in length and be constructed for
two tracks.
1t is stated that a movement is on foot
for the erection of a new union station at
Cleveland, o., on a large scale, the Penn
joining In the enterprise. Mr. Burnham,
Chicagos famous architect, has been APP
preached regarding the matter.
The Lake Shore is moving from It's old
appointed new buildings at Coifinwood. The
completion of these shops, which are to
employ LOCO men, 1T is stated, will not in
the least affect the shops at Elkhart, mo-,
Where 6t0 men are employed.
w. f. Evans, assistant general attorney
for the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific,
has accepted the position of general at
torney for the st. Louis, Kansas City &
Colorado road. Mr.. Evans had been with
the Rock Island ten years. The position
he takes is newly-created one.
The passenger earnings of the Monon
since July to date have increased more
than s30.000 compared with the same
period last year. The item is the more sig
nifcant from the fact that in the corre-
spending period last year the earnings were
the largest in the roads history.
Charles L. Hogle, representing the Mexi-
can National road; c. +. Benjamin, the
Canadian Pacific; S. p. Houghton, the
Southern Pacific; Claude Hill, the Wiscon-
trail, and Isaac Davis, the Chicago & East
ern Illinois, were in the city last night.
The application which was made by the
merchants of st. Paul and Minneapolis
cities from territory within a radius of
zoo miles has been denied by the Western
Passenger Association. The merchants
asked for one and one-fifth rates for the
round trip.
The n-Hollingsworth car works Is
| building fifty coaches of the highest stand
ard for the Baltimore G. Ohio. Twenty five
will be delivered this month and the same
| number in October. Each coach is splen-
| didly equipped with modern conveniences,
and will be the best day coach ever run
| on those lines.
The Big Four will have a special train
| night, carrying lodges of Odd Fellows and
! their friends to Des Moines. This arrange
ment gives passengers the opportunity OF
| cific by daylight, the train arriving at Des
| Moines at p. m.
| committee representing the train men
| employed on the several divisions of the
| Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton have been
| in conference a couple of days this week
| with General Superintendent Turner. The
men ask for changes in the rules and in
| the wage schedule. No trouble is looked for
! in adjusting matters.
While no formal notice of the acquisition
of the Jacksonville &c Southeastern road,
! running from Centralia, ILL.,, to Jackson
vile. has been issued, the deal is perfected
| and construction trains of the Chicago.
| burlington & Quincy are putting the tracks
| in good condition as fast as possible, and
the Burlington is transferring freight
| over ii.
The Southern Railway is planning to put
on fast mail train between New York
and New Orleans, on which no passengers
will be carried. The train will make the
two hours, and TO New Orleans in thirty
three hours. 1t is stated that later Pull
man car may be added to the equipment
of the train
Rate troubles are expected to arise over
the New York tickets which will be sold
in connection with the Grand Army re-
union at Washington. The Chicago &
recognize any diferential from Kansas City
to New York, and the Wabash announces
that, no matter what the rate may be, II
will demand its differential.
The Chicago. Rock Island & Pacific has
surveying corps locating a line between
st. Louis and Chicago, and much OF the
distance now surveyed parallels the Chi
cdSO * Alton AT the mead or the engineer
ing corps is Robert III. Staunton mar
who has had extensive experience in 10
eating lines and making surveys the mos
favorable TO economical operation.
The Canadian Northern road has an
nounced a reduction of 2 cents a hundred
pounds on grain, flour and mill stuffs Il
| Port Arthur. On coal the reduction is 8
cents net ton; on lumber cut of 2
cents per 1000 feet in cord, or between 8
cents and 20 cents a cord, according to dis
tance carried. On general merchandise. liv,
stock, produce and other freight between
stations the cut averages between ~ ant
Is per cent.
| Officials of the Chicago, Rock Island 4
Pacific said yesterday il was proposed t
amend the financial plan of the new com
the securities of the corporation, which
right was conferred on the directors undo
the original provisions of the charter. /
was announced also that before formal ap
plicaton 10 list the new stocks is mad
the authorities of the Stock Exchange viii
be consulted in the framing of the amend
ment referred to.
improvements to the track of the Chi
cago & Southeastern will be begun at once
The first move will be to cut the weeds
they being so high in some places that
is difficult to see the track any distanc
ahead. 1t will cost about much to pu
the track in shape as TO build it In the frs
place. but Ii is proposed to bring il up to tn
, standard roadbed. New steel. new bridge
and many thousand crossties will be pur
chased and General Manager Schaff say
that when the work is completed the road
bed will compare favorably with most In
diana railways
The Southern Pacific surveyors that hav