The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-01-03
Personal, Local and General Notes.

The Nickel-plate has placed an order for
1000 freight cars, $4,000 pounds capacity, TO
be delivered in March or before if possible.
President Cassatt, of the Pennsylvania,
is reported TO have said that the time
would soon arrive when passes would be
unknown.
Il. T. DUNCAN. mayor of the city of Hunt
ington. Ind. has been appointed claim
agent of the Wabash's eastern division,
succeeding j. l.. Head.
F.. H. Tristram, travelling passenger agent
of the Wabash, will be promoted to as
sistant general passenger agent, with
headquarters at Pittsburg.
On Tuesday evening the employees of the
mechanical department of the Wabash gave
a banquet at Peru to Master Mechanic Nc
Kee, prior to his departure for his new
field of labor.
Citizens of Wabash, Ind, nave entered a
protest TO President Ramsey, of the Wa
bash. because the Continental Limited does
not stop at that point, and have asked that
it be made to do so.
The receipts of the parcel room at the
Union Station for 1901 were a few dollars
short of $1,000. Ten years ago $1,000 per
annum from the parcel room was consid-
cred a good business. =.
A proposition to make the same rates as
those which were in effect last year to New
Orleans for the Mardi Gras, TO be held in
that city from Feb. 4 to IL, is being voted
upon by Western lines.
William c.. Ella, formerly with the Big
HONAf ~ ~ 1901
way Company, has been appointed route
Inspector of rural free delivery, with head
quarters at indianapolis.
H.. X. Brady has been appointed transport
tation Inspector of all Pennsylvania lines
west OF Pittsburg, vice Thomas Foley, who
has gone to the Baltimore & Ohio as as
sistant TO the general manager.
The Wabash announces that it has ADAM
doned the use of the old Eel River road,
and will. while its substitute is being built.
handle it's train through Toledo i'm connec-
ton with the Michigan Central.
Chester II. Speers has been appointed
general passenger agent of the Colorado
Midland. a position vacant for some time,
and +. ID. Hunter has been appointed as
sistant general freight agent of the same
road.
George c. Kimball. who built the Chicago
& Indiana coal road and served as vice
president of the Chicago & Eastern Illinois
for several years, died at Grand Rapids.
Mich, on Saturday, aged seventy-three
years.
George c. Thompson has been appointed
auditor of the coal traffic department of
the Philadelphia q Reading. vice II. w.
Hancock. resigned. Mr.. Thompson has
been in the auditing department. over twen-
ty years.
F.. VI. O'Dowd. chief clerk in the freight
department. of the g, II. & d.. has been
appointed freight claim agent. succeeding
John 4. Weigel. resigned to become traf-
fc manager of the Philip Carey Manufac-
turing Company.
The Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton has
an organization called the board of fed
Grafton, which includes in its membership
officials and employees. and is introducing IL
on it's newly-acquired lines, the Findlay,
Fort Wayne * Western.
The Northern Pacific has discontinued
news agents on all of its trains. Daily pa
pers will be carried on the dining cars of
through trains and supplied by the walters,
and on local trains must be purchased be-
fore taking the trains.
The New York Central is rapidly relieving
the congestion of business at Buffalo. ham
ding 5000 cars per day between Buffalo and
New York. The road has commenced taxi
ing 500 carloads of grain per day from
elevators for seabOard points.
The official statement of Andrew Wood,
agent of the Big Four at indianapolis.
shows that in 1901 there were loaded and
unloaded at the city freight depots %. l12
cars. an increase over 1900 of 1852 cars, and
the best years business i'm the roads his
tory.
The official report of D.. T.. Bacon. general
manager of the Car Service Association.
for 1901 shows that the association handled
during the year 374.S60 cars. with an aver
age detention OF but 1.61 days. This is an
increase over 1898 OF 81. JOG cars. but two
more stations are lncluded-Muncie and
Alexandria.
The pension plan on the Pennsylvania
and other systems has cut the older en-
plOyes out OF a chance for promotion, as II
has been decided TO advance only men un-
! der forty or forty-hve years OF age. The