The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-17
Personal, Local and General Notes.

]. A. Barnard. general manage of the
Peoria & Eastern, was in Cincinnati yes
terday in conference with President ingalls,.
w. II. McDoel. president of the Monon,
has returned from New York and yester-
day left Chicago for an inspection of the
lines.
II. A. Mcintosh. who has for years been
connected with the Cincinnati, Hamilton &
Dayton. formerly as agent at Liberty, but
for two years past at Rushville, is seriously
i'll.
At a meeting of the board Of directors
of the Erie Railroad Company yesterday
Daniel Willard was elected third vice pres
ident of the company.
S. b. Franklin, who has represented the
ST. Louis d San Francisco i'm New York,
has been appointed travelling passenger
agent of the Chesapeake q Ohio.
Z. r. Bonnell. assistant in the car-service
department of the Big Four, was called TO
Carthage yesterday by the death of his
mother. who had been ill some months.
The Wabash has a large force OF men
and two construction trains at work bal
lasting the Butler-New Haven line, and
expects to soon be running its fast trains
over ii.
The report is revived that the Wabash in
tends to build from Indianapolis to Hunt
ington. Ind, to connect with its main line.
II is an old project of the company which
has been revived.
William NJ. Greene. vice president and
general manager of the Baltimore q Ohio
Southwestern. with his wife and two chill
dren, will sail to-day for Europe to be alb
sent several weeks.
Contracts were let last week by the Chi
cago, Burlington & Quincy for fifty new
engines, costing in round numbers $S50,000.
All are of the consolidated type and must
be delivered by Dee. l..
c.. w. Pitts. representing the Great
Northern passenger department, and a. g..
Shaw, general agent of the passenger de-
partment of the Canadian Pacific at Chi
cago, were in the city last night.
H. r. Mcmahon, who until quite recent
" was secretary of the Cleveland. Lorain
q Wheeling. has been elected secretary of
the Cleveland Stock Exchange and will as
sumo the duties of the position on Monday.
Nav | is the date fixed by the trunk
lines and the Central Passenger Associa-
tion for abolishing all secOnd-class fares
between Chicago and New York and the
making of SIS the uniform differential rate.
w. H. Marshall, general superintendent of
the Lake Shore lines, accompanied by J. r.
Horgan, division superintendent. spent a
couple of days this week on the western
division inspecting the roadbed and shops
at Elkhart.
President Ingalls,, when in New York last
week. told friends that the income bonds of
the Peoria & Eastern were still selling con-
siderably below their intrinsic value. as
they are now on a permanent 4 per cent.
interest basis.
F. p. OIcott, president of the Central
Trust Company. Of New York. has been
elected president of the Galveston. Houston
& Henderson Railroad Company, and
George j. Gould and II. c. Rouse were
elected directors.
The Santa Re has commenced active con-
struction on the extension of the Eastern
Oklahoma, from Pawnee 10 Newkirk, and
expects 10 have trains running by Aug. l.
The road ran the first train into Ralston,
northeast of Pawnee. yesterday
The special on the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne
< Chicago which on Sunday carried the
Grau Opera Company. en- route from Chi
cage 10 New York. covered the sixty-four
miles between Plymouth and Fort WAYNE
III seventy minutes. making one stop.
A recent report shows that the Young
Mems Christian Association. of Philadel-
phia. has $50 active members. Recent ad-
ditions to its buildings have cost several
thousand dollars and include ten marble
lined shower baths and a large conserva-
tory.
Frank Reed, general passenger agent OF
the Monon. was in the city yesterday. He
IS much elated over the increase I'm earn
ings the present year OF the Monon, it being