The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-03-08
Personal, Local and General Notes.

The Vandalia on Wednesday opened it's
new depot at Clayton Ind.
In February the Vandalia handled at In
dianapolis 11,06O ears, S,376 being loaded;
3SS were loaded with live stock.
Since the election of the new directors
of the Evansville & Terre Haute the COM
mon stock has reached II, and higher fig
ures are predicted.
W. j. Murphy gives notice of the ap-
pointment of w. A Weaver as superin-
tendent of the terminals and the Belt
Railway of Chattanooga, Tenn.
All through trains of the Pennsylvania
and of the Cleveland division of the Big
day. Trains and p on the Panhandle ar
rived close upon each other.
on Tuesday the first of this years home
seekers excursions was run to the Pacific
coast and intermediate. points. and every
thing indicates thu the year will break
all records in travel of this class.
The Union Railway Company yesterday
received 100 tons of new steel rails, weigh
ing 80 pounds to the yard and to-day and
tomorrow will receive three new heavy
switching engines for the Belt road.
The controlling stock of the Toledo, ST.
Louis q Western is held in trust so that
no outsider can secure control of the prop
erty except by united agreement. The sale
of the road means the whole or none.
The Illinois Central has begun the sur
vey of its proposed road from Paducah TO
Cairo via Barlow City. The Paducah, Cairo
~ Il
route and is said to be backed by a strong
road.
Hereafter, instead of being paid by the
hour, the work conductors on the Erie
lines east and west will be paid cents per
mile run and brakemen 2 cents per mile
The decision affects the trainmen from
New York to Chicago.
The Pennsylvania in connection with the
Plant system is running personally con-
Quoted tourist excursions from New Eng
land points to Florida. On Wednesday IL
delivered to the Plant system one train
in two sections, carrying 40 tourists.
After spending in round numbers s17.O0o.-
prOvement to roadbed in 1901 the Pennsyl-
vania has already planned work for the
present year which Will cost $11, O00, 600 aside
from the new work planned at New York.
The Chicago. Milwaukee & st. Paul mas
opened at Philadelphia handsome passen-
ger and freight office the finest in that
city. The office is finished throughout in
solid mahogany. George ]. Lincoln is com
mercial agent of the company at that point,
and through his influence the office was ar
ranged.
Chief Engineer Patterson. of the new
line of the Wabash into Pittsburg, has set
Feb l. 1903. the time the company will
open its Pittsburg line. This is the hrst
definite announcement OF the plans OF Pres
ident Ramsey. II Is stated that all OBJ
stacles to the Wabash entering that city
have been removed.
The following freight men were in the
city last evening: George Bemis, of the
Queen az Crescent: Charles De Armour
of the Southern Railway; s. c. Clark. of
the Chicago x Alton; W. NJ. Breeze, OF the
Chicago * Northwestern; I. r. SWEET, Of
the Illinois Central, and j Rucker, OF the
Louisville * Nashville
W. f. Wilson, general manager Of the
Vanderbilt fast freight line. who was in
the city yesterday, says that within a
week OF ten days cars will be plenty in this
section. The heavy SHOWS of the last few
days checked the movement just il had
fairly set in, but the SHOWS are rapidly dis
appearing and normal conditions are near
The Pennsylvania has ordered fifty-five
locomotives for its lines west of Pittsburg:
the Baldwin works are building twenty
five and the Pittsburg locomotive works
fifteen and fifteen are building at Altoona.
All Will be heavy engines with wide fire.
boxes, will weigh 1920 pounds, and will
have a steam pressure OF 2c5 pounds to
the square inch.
w. II. Mills, president Of the National
Association of Ticket Agents. reports that