The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-08
Personal, Local and e Notes.

H. c. Ferris. special engineer of the To-
ledo & Ohio Central, has resigned to ac-
cept a position with a construction COM
pany.
A number of union machinists have been
discharged by the Union Pacific road, Ii Is
nonunion constructed locomotives.
NJ, E. ingalls,. president of the Big -Four.
on Thursday. delivered an address before
subject was, Benefits of a College Educa-
ton"
A special train consisting of six coaches,
which carried the De Paw students yes
terday, covered the thirty-nine miles from
Greencastle to indianapolis in forty-three
minutes.
The contract for the extension of the
Chicago Great Western from Harlan, Ia,
to Council Bluffs, has been let to Winston
Brothers,, of Minneapolis, and grading will
be commenced at once.
At a meeting Of the board of directors of
the Central Vermont Railroad Company
yesterday E. III. Fitzhugh was appointed
vice president and general manager, to sue
coed K. S. Logan, resigned.
The Indiana, Illinois & Iowa. since Feb.
1, received seven of the ten engines build
ing by the Baldwin locomotive works,
which will greatly increase the power of
the line to handle its increasing business.
j. w. Patterson, who has been acting
chief engineer of the Pittsburg, Carnegie
81 Western, has been promoted to general
manager of the road, which Is the extern
sion of the Wabash system at P1ttsburg.
A telegram from w. w. Richardson, dis
trict passenger agent of the Pennsylvania,
who, with his wife. accompanied the lum-
bermen to Cuba, states that the party will
arrive at indianapolis at l o'clock to-day.
Capitalists of Tacoma have organized a
company to establish a car building plant
tc construct equipment for the Pacific coast
and later supply the needs of Alaska and
the Orient. Tn company starts with a
capital of 100000.
The Baltimore & Ohio announces that c.
w. Bassett has been appointed general
passenger agent OF the Plttsburg 81 West
ern, and w. l.. Cromish general freight
agent. The road is now a full fedged Bal
timore & Ohio line.
II. j. Falkenbache, general travelling
freight and passenger agent of the Mex
lean National has transferred his head
Mr.. Falkenbache was formerly with the
Hooking Valley road.
The new electric plant Of the Big Four,
which is to furnish 200 incandescent lights
for the freight depots at this point, includ-
ing the platforms, is about completed, and
will be one of the most perfect plants on
the Big Four system.
1t is practically settled that rates of fare
to Colorado, Utah and Pacific coast points
the coming season will be the same as in
1901; at least, that was the general express
SIGN Of the passenger men of lines inter-
ested who lately met in Chicago.
William Il. Hunter, formerly railroad ed
itor of the Chicago Record-Herald, who
resigned to become advertising industrial
agent of the L-ackawanna, will, on Feb. II,
retire from that position 10 be manager OF
the Force Food Company at Buffalo,.
The sensational advance in stock OF the
Lackawanna road 10 nearly $500 per share
Is said TO be in the interest Of either the
Vanderbilts or the Goulds, each being cred
tied with a desire to control the road, al
though each has made repeated denials.
A portion of the distance between New
York and Buffalo the Lackawana road
makes the fastest time of any of the lines
the 204 miles between Buffalo and Bling
hamton in four hours and thirty minutes,
time for making ten stops TO be deducted.
George r. Hazleton. district superintend-
ent of motive power or the New York Cen
trail. has had his headquarters transferred
from Depew 10 the main shops at Albany.
His friends at Depew, when the change
was made, presented him with a handsome
loving cup as a testimonial OF their friend
ship.
Thomas w. Place, master mechanic of the
Illinois Central. who was recently put on
the pension list. is sixty-nine years old and
had held the position forty years. In rec
IGNITION OF his faithful service the COM
pany is paying an his expenses for a six
months trip TO California. accompanied by
his wife.
1t is said to be improbable that the Van
derbilt people will attempt TO utilize the
Indiana. Illinois & Iowa road, recently
acquired, as a passenger line. it being a
belt line and therefore a freight line es-
sentially. To make a time schedule over
IL is almost an impossibility, so numerous
are freight trains.
Although owned by the Chicago. Burling-
ton K Quincy. the Quincy. Omaha & Kansas
City road will be operated Independently.
and with w. G.. Crimson as its general
manager as also will the Kansas City &
Eastern and the Kansas City, Peoria a
Chicago, owned jointly by the Burlington
and the Rock Island.
The Chicago Federation OF Labor. at its
next meeting, will take up the question