The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-05

railroad representative Of the Fidelity
Guaranty Company. was married last week
TO Miss A. II. Miller, Of Muskoka Lake.
Ontario.
Alexander Mcdonald died at Nashville
on Monday. aged eighty years. He ran the
first locomotive used on the Chattanooga
road between Nashville and Chattanooga,
and was in service fifty years, retiring
few years ago.
A. w. Burch has been appointde train
master OF the northern division OF the De-
troit Southern and b. keenan, has been
made trainmaster of the Southern division
Both were formerly on the Big Four as tel
egraph operators.
There is a great demand for firemen on
the Pennsylvania lines, owing to the nu-
merous promotions to engineers. tlremen
of four years experience are being pro-
NOTED to engineers, although the usual
term is eight years.
Albert j. Stone has been appointed as
sistant to the general manager of the Erie.
Mr.. Stone Is thirty-two years old and be-
gan a stenographer, but soon had a
then appointed special agent.
The Ozark & Cherokee road will be run
ming trains into Fort Gibson by Oct. 1, and
will inaugurate a fast service thereafter
The west-bound train will be known as
the oklahoma Express. and the east
bound as the Ozark Hummer"
Charles Rockwell. traffic manager of the
Monon, was in the city yesterday. He says
the ROAD Is crowded with business. ~. Wv {.
Carter. the new general freight agent, has
taken charge, and this gives Mr.. Rockwell
more time to look after the duties of traffic
manager. The company has every car and
locomotive 1t owns in service.
While the Pennsylvania Railroad is still
transporting weekly thousands of tons of
bituminous coal and coke originating on
the lines east Of Pittsburg and Erie. its
Aug. 80 of 5l3 tons was the smallest since
the strike was inaugurated. The other
shipments for the week were: Bituminous
coal, 54l, $50 tons; coke. 196,567 tons.
The Pennsylvania the Lackawanna and
the Jersey Central are now engaged in
elevating their tracks through the city of
Newark, and there is friendly rivalry be-
tween the engineers in charge of the track
making every effort to make new records
for rapid work. An immense amount OF
material has accumulated where the work
Is In progress.
The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific ex-
poets to begin running it's trains into st.
Paul on Oct. /. The Rock Island is ready
to commence now, but existing contracts
with the lines make delay unavoidable. It's
the tracks of the Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul and it's freight business will be
handled on it's own tracks and at its own
new freight station.
Joseph Ramsey. president of the Wabash,
is now at his summer home at Southamp-
ton, l.. l., and ]. w. Patterson, chief en-
gineer and general manager of the Wabash
extension, is with him this week looking
over plans of the extension work at Pitts
burg Mr.. Ramsey will return West In a
few days and join George Gould, who Is
now inspecting the Missouri Pacific lines,
in an inspection Of the Wabash.
The four leading railroad orders are
planning to hold a big convention ir
Springfield, Mass, in November. Grand
Chief p. NJ. Arthur. of the Locomotive En-.
gineers, E. E. Clark, chief of the con-
ductors, and p. H. Morrisey, grand master
| of trainmen, have promised to be In at
| out a head, owing TO the withdrawal OF
| F. p Sargent to go into the service of the
| government as immigration commissioner
| but Mr.. Sargent has also promised to at
| tend the meeting at which II Is expected
| 5000 railroad men will be present from al
| parts of the United States.
| The prize of 500 offered by the Chicago
Rock Island Pacific Railway Company
| for a name for it's new California trair
| has been awarded to T. II. Davies, who Is
| connected with the Denver office of the
New York Central. More than 1000 name.
were submitted. That suggested by Mr.
| Davies and which was selected is Colder
| State Limited" The ten trains required
| for the service between Chicago, Los An
| geles Santa Barbara and San Francisco
| have been completed by the Pullman Com
pany and will be placed in service Nov.
| to Ell Paso, Tex, and thence over the
| Southern Pacific. The schedule has no
yet been definitely decided upon, but Il
| is said that the run from terminal to ter
minal will be as fast as is made by any
| train to the Pacific coast.