The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-14
Personal, Local and General Notes.

The Big Four is erecting a handsome
passenger station at Lebanon.
The Monon is being operated on IS per
cent. of its gross earnings at present.
John G.. Williams, attorney for the Van
dalia, left yesterday for the East on off
cial business.
On May II w. z. Green became vice
president and general manager of the
Cotton Belt line.
L. e. Keis, western anage of the EN-
pire lire, was in the city yesterday and met
several agents of the line in this territory.
j. A. Barnard, general manager of the
Peoria & Eastern. has gone to Peoria and
will spend a couple of days on the western
division.
On Monday w. P. Fitzsimmons assumed
the duties of manager of the Lackawanna
Grand Trunk line, with headquarters at
Chicago.
The Peoria & Eastern earned in the first
week of Nav S44,150.19, a decrease as COM
pared with the corresponding week of 1901
of $5,226.64.
Henry Miller has been appointed superin-
tendent of the Burlington lines which CEN
ter at Hannibal, Mo-, that place being his
headquarters.
The Big Four lines proper earned in the
first week of May $500, $40. Il, a decrease as
compared with the corresponding week of
1901 of SIS. 449.15.
1t is understood that to-day notice will
be issued appointing e. +. Graham agent
of the Vandalia at this point, vice Caesar
n. Rooney, deceased.
Commencing on Saturday all outside
ticket offices will close at l D. m. for the
summer months, and an effort will be made
to secure a permanent arrangement of that
sort.
The Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton will
on June 1 adopt the cabinet record of cars
which was introduced on the Big Four
by j. r. CavaEaugh, car service superin-
tendent of that company.
Most IF tho poSso1ror oeso;oio e r-lto-
apols lines are in Chicago, attending a
meeting of the Central Passenger Associa-
ton TO settle the question of excursion
rates the remainder of the season.
]. H. Snow, general agent of the Mexican
National at Cincinnati, has resigned and
is succeeded by f. j. Bonvita. who has
been representing the line at New York.
His new title is general eastern agent.
George Rockwell, ex-assistant general
passenger agent of the Pennsylvania, was
i'm the city yesterday. He owns three good
farms-one near Morrow, o., another i'm
Illinois and a third at Bunker Hill, Ind.
The Monon will next week put on two
new combination cars between Chicago and
Cincinnati in connection with the Indiana.
Decatur & Western and the Cincinnati.
Hamilton & Dayton. They are a combined
parlor and day coach.
Traffic officials of the roads centering
at Baltimore are agitating restoration of
its 3 cents per 100 pounds differential which
it enjoyed on grain for many years. and
80 49, q CO.. aAO "
~ cents per 100 pounds.
on May Is the Baltimore & Ohio South
western will put in effect its summer time
schedule and reduce the time Of four of its
fast trains between Cincinnati and ST.
Louis thirty minutes. Last year il cut the
time of these trains two hours.
The New York Railroad Club will to-
morrow night celebrate the thirtieth ami
versary Of its organization. Colonel Nj. Nj.
Forney. who will then complete his fftieth
year i'm railroad service. will read a paper
on "Reminiscences Of a Half Century"
Both the Hartman syndicate and the
Gould people have made offers. il is stated,
for control of the Chicago Great Western.
but their bids We're rejected. The Chicago
Great Western has no bonded debt and is
for sale, and President Hill says the price
must be considerably above any offer vet
made
L. Fl. Parker. superintendent of the
Monon. was in the city yesterday TO attend
a meeting OF the executive of
the Union Railway Company. He says the
company now has a steam shovel al work
near Lafayette and three construction
trains distributing grave ballast on differ
ent parts OF the line.
At the beginning the American locomo-
tive works had a working capital OF So
10000. which has been considerably In
also set aside N,SO0,OOO 10 enlarge the ca
pacity of it's plant. The several works now
turn out 2.15O locomotives a year, and IL is
proposed ia increase IL 10 5000 locomotives
per annum.
George II. Thompson. travelling agent of
the Plttsburg & Lake Erie. has been pro-