The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-09
Personal, Local and General Notes.

Summer time schedules on the Pennsyl-
vania lines become effective May %.
The Hooking Valley is double tracking
t~wenty-four miles of its Hooking division.
The Wabash is equipping it's St. Louis.
Chicago and New York fast trains with
electric fans.
The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy earned
in March $165. 246 more than in the cor
responding month of 1901.
Tracks of the Lake Erie & Western and
of the Chicago. Indiana & Eastern at Mum
Gle were connected yesterday.
c. B. Ryan. Western general passenger
agent of the Chesapeake < Ohio, is on a
Western trip in the interest of the line.
The Santa Fe has taken the initiative in
providing chair cars for colored people who
ride on its trains between Galveston and
Houston.
Samuel b. Sweet, general freight agent
of the Lake Erie * Western, who has been
in New York several days, is expected at
headquarters this morning.
Joseph Ramsey. president of the Wabash.
was in Cleveland yesterday attending the
annual meeting of the Wheeling & Lake
Erie, of which he is also president.
F.. \. Ford. general passenger agent of
the Pennsylvania lines west. is EN- route
him his wife and daughter. Mrs. II. w.
Villas.
w. C. McGrafton, superintendent of tele-
graph of the Pennsylvania lines west. and
Signal Engineer McKim yesterday in
spected the lines on the Indianapolis d
NlncenneS.
S. B. Kramer, formerly chief train dis
patcher on the Vermont Central, has been
appointed TO a similar position on the
Grand Trunk. Mr.. Kramer was formerly
a telegrapher on the Big -Four.
II. ]. Rhein, general passenger agent of
the Lake Erie * Western. was in Cleveland
yesterday attending a time schedule meet
ing with the Lake Shore and the Big Four.
From C1pVa1an6 no will 90 RI NaU York
At the annual meeting next month of
the stockholders of the Chicago & North
western six directors will be elected, and
the understanding is that a new element
will be introduced in the roads affairs.
The position of assistant general passen-
ger agent of the Chicago. Milwaukee & St.
Paul has been offered to ]. Q. Pond, gem
eral passenger agent OF the Wisconsin Cen
trail, and he has the offer under cOnSidera-
ton.
William HodgOn has been appointed COM
mercial agent of the Panhandle at Column
bus. and will have charge of the freight
business originating at that point and OF
the interchange of traffic with connecting
roads.
w. B. Galloway. general advertising agent
of the Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton. is
making a trip over the lines preparatory
TO getting out his summer advertisements
and securing matter for the c., II. & D.
Magazine.
Train IA on the Panhandle on Tuesday
was hauled from Indianapolis to Columbus,
1S3 miles, in 210 minutes, making three
stops. The train consisted of six cars. in
charge of Conductor Fletcher. with II. Jim
hey. engineer.
The strike of freight handlers on the
Pennsylvania at Pitcairn has been broken.
The strikers demanded liz cents per hour.
instead of handling freight by the ton. The
demand was refused. and many of the
strikers have returned TO work.
c. b. Foster has been appointed district
passenger agent OF the Canadian Pacific
at St. John, n. b, and E. y. Bender. pur-
chasing agent of the line. succeeding NJ.
T. Williams, who has retired from railroad
work after forty years of service.
The statistics Of the Chicago * North
western and Of the Chicago. Milwaukee &
ST. Paul show a remarkable similarity. For
m the Chicago. Milwaukee & St.
Paul received 0.S6 cent per ton mile and
hauled an average OF 236 tons per freight
train mile. while the Chicago & Northwest
ern received 0.S5 cent per ton and hauled
20 tons per train mile.
L. .. Fritch is now superintendent of the
Indiana division OF the Baltimore * Ohio