The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-10-08

Winter tourist rates will go into effect
Oct. Is instead Of Nov. as in years past.
A. ". Ault has been appointed cashier
of the Panhandle at richmond, Ind., vice
j. Z. Likens, deceased.
A. r. Crabbs has been promoted to chief
train dispatcher of the Iowa division of the
Chicago & Northwestern.
The Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton had
a special car last night to Detroit, carry
ing delegates to the national convention OF
Street Railway men.
Charles z. Finch, agent Of the Norfolk
q Western, at Norfolk, has been appointed
forwarding agent of the Seaboard Airline,
Vice j. w, Connell.
The familiar name of Indianapolis &
Vincennes has been erased on all passenger
coaches used on that line, and the words
Pennsylvania Lines" substituted.
l.. E. Wakeley, general passenger agent
of the Burlington, has appointed G. E.
Michel travelling passenger agent OF the
lines, with headquarters at st. Louis.
Since Oct. 1 nineteen firemen on the
Pennsylvania lines west have been pro-
NOTED from freight to passenger runs as a
step toward fitting them for engineers.
c.. II. Munich, superintendent Of motive
| power of the Wisconsin Central, has been
appointed to the same position on the Den
yer & Rio Grande. He recently resigned
his former position.
The Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Mag
aZine for October contains a number of
we'll written articles by authors of consid-
| cradle prominence and is one of the best
numbers yet issued.
The Big Four has fourteen of the Chau-
tauuua type of engines in service, eight
running on divisions between Cleveland
and st. Louis, the others between Cleve-
land and Cincinnati.
A. j. Mccarthy, chief rate clerk of L. w.
Wakely. general passenger agent of the
Burlington & Missouri. has been promoted
to chief rate clerk of the Chicago, Burling-
ton & Quincy in Chicago.
William Rech has been appointed chief
train dispatcher of the Colorado Midland.
Mr.. Rech was formerly telegraph operator
of the late Major Simpson when general
manager of the Vandalia.
NJ. Roberts, superintendent of motive
power for the Kansas City Southern, this
| week removed his headquarters from Kan
sas City TO Pittsburg, Kas., where the COM
pany's shops are being enlarged.
The facility with which a railroad can
provide a special train was shown last
week by the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy,
which had an engine and four cars in the
station thirty minutes after ordered.
H.. r. Quigley. for some years chief clerk
of the Big Fou shops at Bellefontaine
has resigned and accepted a similar posi-
ton in the office of the superintendent of
motive power on the Chlcago Great West
ern.
The Vandalia's new Atlantic type en-
CINE, Charles Scott, engineer, on Monday
hauled train No. IL from Greenville to
4 IDS 81 ~ III AiACo III
minutes. There were nine cars in the
train.
George w. Myers has resigned as a pas
senger conductor on the Michigan Central
He is sixty-f0ur years old and has beer
in railroad life forty-nine years. thirty OF
which he was in the service of the Mich
igan Central.
Passenger traffic on the eastern division
of the Peoria q Eastern has so increased
that the passenger department Is seriously
thinking of putting on a through coach
between Columbus and St Louis, to b.
hauled on Train IL
f. A. Ford. general passenger agent oi
the Pennsylvania lines West OF Pittsburg
was In the city yesterday enroute 10 Pitts
burg from St Louis, where he attended the
funeral of the wife of j.. NJ. Chesbrpugh
assistant general passenger agent of the
Vandalia.
l.. B. Freeman, formerly with the Penn
s~ylvania at indianapolis, now district pas.
senger agent at Columbus, o.. was in the
city yesterday. He visited the uptown
Offices of the Pennsylvania and pronounced
them the most artistic and handsome In
the country.
George T. Gunnip. general agent OF the
passenger department of the Santa Fe
was in the city yesterday. He reports tbs
indications for a heavy California traffic
the next few months as exceedingly prom
Using, and the company Is arranging for the
best OF service.
Emmett A. Gould has resigned as super.
intendent OF the eastern division of the
Wabash Railroad 10 succeed Daniel Hardy
> Pacific at st. Louis. Mr.. Gould has held