The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-07-23
Personal, Local and General Notes.

Edward Shattuck, foreign freight agent
of the Hoosac Tunnel line at Boston, is in
the city.
Wabash earnings the second week in July
were $780,, 047.35, an increase over the cor
responding week last year of S2651.
1t is stated that grain is beginning to move
South for export via New Orleans by train
loads, requiring two or three full trains
Gaily.
a rumor is current that Paul Morton, vice
president of the Santa Fe, will succeed
Stuart Knott as president of the Kansas
Southern.
The first excursion of the Cincinnati.
Hamilton & Dayton to Fort Wayne over its
Findlay division was a success, the train
carrying 6S5 eXcursionists.
The Pullman Company is building three
fine observation cars, to be hauled on the
new twenty-hour trains put on by the
Pennsylvania between New York and Chi
cago
patch will meet tomorrow at White
Sulphur Springs 70 effect a reorganiza-
ton of the lines. Western agents will be
present.
The PENNSYLVANIA has purchased extern
sive tracts of land not far from the mouth
of it's proposed Long island tunnel. This
ii is stated, gives the Pennsylvania all the
land it needs in Long Island City for the
Long island tunnel on the east side of the
river.
Charles Clarke. now freight agent of the
Grand Trunk at Detroit, will on Aug l
take the position of manager of the Milwau-
kee & Michigan division of the Grand
Trunk Clarke was formerly contracting
agent of the road in Indianapolis and ada
cent territory.
Henry Dolman has been awarded con-
tracts to build a fourteen-stall round
house of the Big Four at Brightwood an
addition TO the shops 300 feet in length and
seventy-hve feet in width, and an addition
TO the upholstering shop of the company
at that point.
The Illinois Central is sending out large
quantities of descriptive matter relating to
the health wells and mineral springs in
southern Illinois and western Kentucky.
Many of these resorts have been known for
years. but this is the first attempt to
pOpularize them.
The express companies have arranged for
special watermelon trains, composed of eX-
press cars. to begin running next Monday.
This is new departure. and the trains will
be run until the crop in Kentucky and
southern Indiana has been marketed.
A division of the United Order of Railway
Employees was organized at Louisville on
Sunday with l.0l0 charter members. The
Francisco and F. W Fortsing. one of the the
vice presidents. states that the order now
has $4,000 members.
Colonist rates identical with those which
took 10000 settlers 10 the Northwest in the
spring will go into effect again in Septem-
Der and October. and IL is believed the low
rate may be continued beyond October.
Tickets will be sold good one way or round
trip when desired.
Joseph Ramsey, president of the Wabash.
says there Is absolutely no truth in the re-
port that the Wabash will utilize the Ro-
chester Pittsburg & Beech Creek road as
one of the connecting links to reach the At
lantic seabOard. The Wabash, he says,
does not desire any composite route of that
kind.
Thomas O'DOnnell has been appointed by
the joint inspection bureau of Buffalo as
arbitrator, succeeding j. r. Petrie on his
retirement. Aug. l. His duties are 10 settle
all questions of cost or repairs to cars
which are damaged on Buffalo roads and
10 determine what damages are and who is
responsible.
There is good authority for stating that
negotiations are about concluded for close
traffic alliance between the Chicago &
Eastern Illinois and the ST. Louis South
western. which will establish a new
through line from Chicago TO the gulf.
Railroad men say IL will be OF great advan-
tage 10 both properties.
Two locomotives a day are now being
turned out at the Brooks locomotive plant