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

The Chicago & Alton has taken the lead
in a movement TO abolish hotel ticket Of
fees In Chicago.
Buffet service was introduced on April 1
on all through passenger trains of the To-
ledo. st. Louis & Western.
Chief Engineer Kent, of the Monon, was
in the city yesterday looking after some
contemplated improvements In the yards.
William r. McKeen, ex-president of the
Vandalia, who has been in California a
week.
Vice President McCrea. Of the Pennsyl-
vania, who has been in Chicago and Grand
Rapids this week, has returned to Pitts
burg.
Mayor Hayes. of Baltimore, says the
Wabash has been entirely eliminated from
consideration as purchaser Of the Western
Maryland.
Outside ticket Offices of all Indianapolis
lines show substantial gains in revenue
from sales of tickets last month over
March, 1901.
]. H. Sullivan has resigned as road mas
ter of the Detroit Southern and has accept
ed a position With the Memphis, ST. Louis
& Southeastern.
W.. N. Snipes, formerly a passenger con-
ductor on the Indiana, Bloomington 81
Western, now the Peoria & Eastern, died
at Louisville on Sunday.
On April l j. c. NJ. Baker completed his
twenty-eighth year of service with the
Pennsylvania, nineteen years OF the time
holding his present position.
The Pere Marquette Company has adj
vanced the pay Of it's section men to SIPS
per day, employees in the yards to $40 and
section foremen from $40 to $50 per month.
L. A. Hall. chief clerk of A. B.. Starr.
general superintendent OF freight traffic of
the Pennsylvania lines west, died in Pitts
burg on Wednesday after a few hours i'll
ness
John S. Long, a retired capitalist who
died a day or two ago at Louisville. was
largely interested in the building of the
Texas Pacific and the Chesapeake & Ohio
Southwestern.
John S. Lazarus. rafic manager of the
Indiana, Decatur & Western, and r. p. AL
geo: district passenger agent of the Cincin-
natl. Hamilton q Dayton and Monon, are
in Cincinnati to-day.
The eight trains which made UP the
Overland limited over the Chicago & North
western, the Union Pacific and Southern
Pacific cost $2,00,O00. and are very COM
plete in appointments.
Frederic Smith. who has been in Buffalo
representing the Chicago, Rock Island a
Pacific for some years, will go to Kansas
City To represent the line, and is succeeded
at Buffalo by A. S. Collins.
j. G. Shillinger. engineer of mainte-
nance of way of the Big Four. underwent
an operation at Springfield, O., on Tues
day for an obstruction of the bowels. The
surgeons think he will soon recover.
The receipts from sales or tickets at the
Union Station for March were S12. 737. AZ in
excess of those of March, 1901. The sales
of mileage were the largest of any month
in the years that mileage has been sold.
On April l C.. 5. McManus succeeded w
Z. Ryder as SUPERINTENDENT of the Char
lotte division of the Southern Railway. Mr..
McManuS, until recently, was general SUI
perintendent of the Elgin. Joliet & Eastern.
President FELTON,. of the Chicago & AL
ton. denies that nc Is slated for the nresi-
dannx~ of tho GnrfhaFn PQrihn III CofI fha
same thing about the Chicago & Alton be-
fore he left the Queen q Crescent for that
road.
President Hartman. of the Southern Pa
ciic, denies that there is a combination of
railroads to oppose the reorganization of
President Roosevelt. He adds that the
roads should be made to obey the inter-
: state-commerce law.
on April l Frank Nay. general auditor
of the Minneapolis q st. Louis, removed
the headquarters of the auditing depart
ment of the Iowa Central from Marshall
town 10 Minneapolis. and now has eighty
men under his direction.
+. II. Coffin. who has been in the service
Of the Wabash continuously as passenger
and ticket agent at ct. Louis since Feb. ],
ISIS. has retired. and is succeeded by t,
+. Harrington, who has been ticket agent
at Springfield, ILL.,, twsnty-eight years.
J. w. Rhienhart. formerly with ths
Santa Fe. now president OF the Chesapeake
& Western, states that the line will at once
be extended 100 miles through the coal
fields of West Virginia. its western ter
minus to be at or near Parksrsburg, Va.
Engineers and hremen on the middle d.
vision of the Wabash presented w. Scott
Cooper. retiring general foreman. Will a
gold watch and Chain and a knights
berly as master mechanic OF the Wabash
shops.
On April l John f. Vallery assumed the
duties Of general agent Of the Chicago
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cept mrs new position his friends in Chi.