The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-10-16


cation. and President Pierce will be re-
elected. call was also issued to the UNI
derwriters of the s250OO,O0O bonds to De
their subscription on Monday next. This
will amount in round numbers to Sl5,OOOOOo
and the proceeds of these bonds will be
applied to the extension plans Of the COM
pany.
Personal, Local and General Notes.
General Manager Wilson, of the Wander
bilt fast freight line, was in the city yes
terday.
Charles A. Durham has been appointed
assistant ticket agent of the Chesapeake
q Ohio at Cincinnati.
The Nickel-plate has fitted up a special
car for party of twenty-five hunters In
the northern part of the State who will
leave to-day for Greenville. Me.
The directors of the Grand Rapids & In
diana have declared q quarterly dividend
of 1h per cent, payable Oct Is.
H. McReynolds, freight agent of the
pennsylvania lines at Cincinnati, has re-
signed, and A. L. Robinett succeeds him.
John McClurg. formerly master mechanic
ago accepted a similar position on the
Denver & Rio Grande, has resigned.
John A. Sargent, traffic manager Of the
Central Coal and Coke Company, has been
road, succeeding W. W. Pagan, resigned.
The friends of Charles w. Bassett, gen.
eral passenger agent of the Baltimore &
Ohio at Pittsburg, presented him on Mon
day night loving cup. Mr.. Bassett's once
has been transferred to Baltimore.
John Wells, formerly with the Ohio &
Mississippi. now traffic manager for Ar
mour & Co., Chicago, is in the city, the
guest of his brother-in-law. j. A. Barnard,
general manager Of the Peoria & Eastern.
The friends of w. b. Leeds. president
of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific road,
are uneasy regarding his health. He is still
suffering from the effects Of an operation
for appendicitis undergone last summer.
carloads of dry hard wood, which is to
be sent t. Utica, N. Y, and distributed
among TIE employees of the Mohawk &
Malone Railroad, who are in great need of
fuel.
The Lake Shore will build a freight loop
around Cleveland for its through freight
traffic, and all through traffic via Cleveland
on the Lake Shore Is to be handled over
this route. thus avoiding delays incident
in that city.
Engineer Hunt, of the Wabash, who was
so terribly burned several months ago by
a gasoline explosion, by which his wife lost
her life, is at the hospital at Peru, and is
recovering fast as could be expected
from his injury.
The announcement Of the absorption Of
the Mineral Wells e. Northwestern road
by the Gould system was made yesterday,
President l.. NJ. Fouts retiring i'm favor of
will operate the road.
1t is stated that the annual report of
the Pullman Company, to be submitted
Nov H. Will make most It. satisfactory aasfa
will approximate s10,000,000. or an increase
of $4,000 over the preceding year.
A new steam shovel has been purchased
by the Vandalia and been placed in service
steam shovel in the State. 1t averaged
200 cars of gravel day, which are being
distributed on the Logansport and Toledo
division of the Vandalia.
The annual report of President Harris
shows that the c., B. & Q. expended So
100000 in the year ending June 30 on con-
struction work and new equipment. The
company now owns LIE locomotives, III
passenger cars, 2s6 mail and baggage cars,
2,7l5 box and stock cars. and u.279 coal,
fiat and oil cars.
The Baltimore & Ohio has secured an
option on the Paramount Clarksburg
shut out Wabash interests. which has the
uncompleted line in view. expecting to
strike the heart of the great Paramount
coal region, where there are thirty mining
villages in thirty-two-mNe run.
The employees of the eastern division of
the Wabash will present to E. A. Gould,
who resigned superintendent to become
general superintendent of the Missouri Pa
cific, fine watch at a banquet to be held
when Mr.. Gould returns to Peru to vote.
The men have already raised nearly 81 900
for the affair.
1t is announced that the offices of the
trainmaster and train dispatcher of the
eastern division of the Big Four will be es-
tablished in Terre Haute. The headquar-
tiers are now at Nation for both subdivi-
sions of the st. Louis division. The eastern
division Is from Nation to indianapolis
and the western from Nation to st. Louis.
The Chicago & Rock Island will abandon
it's line to Minneapolis and ST. Paul via
the Minneapolis & St. Louis on Nov. 2, and
Is.,A Ill
Cedar Rapids & Northern division. On
the same date the Illinois Central will open
its new route to Minneapolis and St. Paul
via the Minneapolis & 81. Louis from AL
bert Lea.
The Erie Railroad has within the last
five months purchased 500 acres of ground
near Cleveland. which insures the success
OF its plans for mammoth freight yard
and shops at that point The shops will be
built in Randall, a suburb OF Cleveland.
and will do the repair work of a large
portion Of the Erie system. About s. 200, 00O
will be expended in such improvements.
While the exact terms of the agreement
between the Chicago, Milwaukee & st.
Paul and the Union Pacific, whereby the
former will get an outlet to the Pacific
coast from Omaha over the Union Pacific
and Central Pacific, are not given out Ii is
understood that the St. Paul road is given
the same facilities as the other transcon-
tinental roads in handling through bust
ness.
W. H. ANSNidhs plColucut VI the new
York Central and the Lake Erie & West
ern, will arrive in the city to-day on the
Southwestern Limited, In his private car
accompanied by his wife and Miss Murray
Belle Curran At this point the party will
separate. the. two latter going to Texas 10
visit sister of Mrs. Newman and Presi-
dent Newman going over the Big Four to
Chicago.
| Prussia is determined to acquire six OF
| the principal railroads remaining in private
hands. The first is the East Prussian South
ern, the second the Marienburg- Mlawka
the third the Altdam- Kolberg the fourth
the Stargard-Kuestrin, the fifth the Kiel-
/ Flensburg and the sixth the Breslau-War-
saw. the whole amounting to SIS miles. with
| $40, 0o0 capital, for which the govern
ment has offered somewhat larger sum.
| President Hooley. of the Evansville &
/ Terre Haute, says that IL is only fair &c
state that the condition shown in the recent
/ that the present management Is doing VIVA,
IL can to restore the property. 1t has writ
/ ten off from the assets carried on the books
81 000, Co., which had no real value IL has
expended $lS9,S19 TO make good depleted
| equipment. and has set aside $3.50 900 for ad-
| ditional equipment.
| The St Louis & San Francisco Is push.
/ ing the construction of its thirty miles OF
road from Grandin TO Thebes, which will
connect its line with the Chicago IL East.
| ern Illinois, recently acquired by the for
mer, which make the st. Louis & San Fran.
cisco one of the partners In ownership OF
| the bridge over the Mississippi at Thebes
| IL is stated that the Big Four may become
| a joint owner of the bridge for the benefit
| of it's Cairo division
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