The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-07-08
Personal, Local and General Notes.

The Four Track News for July, published
by the New York Central. is filled with
good reading and excellent Illustrations.
The st. Louis & San Francisco, on Sun
day inaugurated through sleeping-car serv-
ice between st. Louis and Oklahoma City.
Work on the new Observation-Disclosures
dollar passenger depot at Upton will be
commenced to-day by the Lake Erie &
Western.
f: A. Sweat, yardmaster of the Santa Fe
at Las Vegas, has been promoted to as
SlStant general manager of the lines, vice
ID. c. Cain, resigned.
The local freight association held its
monthly meeting yesterday and had a very
pleasant session. There were no grievances
or charges of any sort presented.
The Indianapolis Passenger Association
will meet to-day to consider granting re-
duced rates TO Forepaugh's circus and 9TH
er entertainments to be given at this point.
Officials of the trunk lines state that there
is no truth in reports that the New York
Central and the Pennsylvania will discon-
tinue their twenty-hour trains between New
York and Chicago.
Brick Fowler, district passenger agent
of the Illinois Central. is in the city. He
says the road is building UP a very hand
some travel from Louisville South, which
is steadily increasing.
The warmer weather has given new i'm
petus to travel to cooler pleasure resorts.
Last night the Big Four Knickerbocker
hauled two extra sleeping cars Tor New
England points well filled.
The Chicago & w was the
first line to build west from Chicago and
is the first to complete a double track from
Chicago TO Omaha, having put IL first in
use on Sunday, a distance of 500 miles.
The grand jury of Buffalo. n. Y, has re-
turned indictments against five ticket
scalpers for forgery. They are accused of
changing tickets 10 read New York" in
stead of Batavia" increasing the value of
the tickets tenfold.
The resignation of c. F. Resseguie as SUI
perintendent of the Eastern division of the
Santa Fe is said TO be due to the enmity of
Third Vice President Kendrick, and, to
keep Kendrick, President Ripley had to
sacrifc Resseguie.
1t is understood that F.. w. Thompson,
assistant general passenger agent of the
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific, will be
promoted to general passenger agent. vice
John Sebastian, made passenger traffic
manager of the lines.
The passenger department of the Cincin-
natl. Hamilton & Dayton has issued a very
attractive itinerary OF summer trips TO
Michigan resorts, mentioning some of the
places of interest and neatly illustrating
the points of greatest interest.
George Rech. ticket agent of the Penn
sylvania and Vandalia. states that the re-
ceipts at the uptown office from sales of
tickets in June were 40 per cent. in excess
of June, 1901, and that July starts as If
ii would excel the record of June.
The Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton will
on Sunday, July 10, run an excursion from
Dayton and points OF the main line 70
Fort Wayne. it being the first run since
the c., H. & d. came into possession of the
Findlay, Fort Wayne & Western.
The new per diem rule is all ready max.
ing trouble. the coal miners claiming that
they will be unable TO enforce ii. The
market is not always in condition to take
the coal as soon as mined, and as a re-
suit the cars must be held for storage
and under the per diem plan the rentaI
on the cars will eat up the profit in a short
time.
The new freight yards Of the Philadel-
phia. Wilmington & Baltimore, a Pennsyl.
vania line. at Wilmington. are completed
and are operated on what is known as the
Hump" system" by which il is possible
10 cut from thirty 10 forty cars every
ten minutes. A transfer station has beer
erected there and will give employment &c
a large force OF men.
The Arkansas & Choctaw Railroad ha:
been purchased by the ST. Louis & Sar
Francisco Railway Company, giving the
Frisco road ninety-ive miles OF newly.
constructed track through the Red river
district in Indian Territory. II is said the
consideration was about S.e0.OO. The for.
NAL transfer will take place on July 10
Passenger conductors say that peopl,
are now in such a hurry that they are be.
coming apparently absent minded and are