The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-06-05

general passenger agent OF the Chesa peake
81 Ohio. at Richmond, viii succeed G. p.
Ryan as Western general passenger agent
r. H Wilbur. general superintendent OF
the Lehigh Valley road who has been in
Europe six weeks. returned on Saturday
and on Tuesday resumed the duties of his
Office.
The directors who were elected by the
Iowa Central and the Minneapolis & St
Louis is taken as an indication that the
Postal telegraph will supersede the West
ern Union on those lines.
II. c. Blood has been appointed general
freight agent Of the Boston q Albany, sue
ceeding Mr.. Perkins, who has retired from
railroad work. Mr. Blood was formerly
agent of the Blue line in Buffalo.
Lake Shore officials are considering the
advisability Of hauling passenger cars on
fast mail train No. 50 between Buffalo and
Chicago If this is done it will be the fast
est service between the two cities.
w. p. Deppe, assistant general passen-
ger agent Of the Big -Four. in the city
yesterday. He is much pleased over the
passenger business, which is the most sat
isfactory in the history of the road.
Marvin 5. Lane for twenty-six years SUI
perntendent of the wrecking crews on the
Lake Erie & Western, died at his home
in Peru on SATURDAY. For two terms he
was member of the City Council of Peru.
From a source thought to be reliable il
is learned that the deal leasing the New
York New Haven & Hartford to the Penn
sylvania has been consummated and that
Pennsylvania on July l.
Col James G. Everest, general travel
ing passenger agent of the Chicago, Mil
waukee & st. Paul, was in the city yes
terday, having far recovered from his
recent severe Illness as TO look after ter
ritory under his supervision.
The freight movement on the middle d.
vision of the Pennsylvania for May was
.465 cars, being next to the greatest move
ment in the history of the road. which was
in October last year when ,S26 cars were
handled between Harrisburg and Altoona.
Notice is given Of the appointment of L.
S. Mcclellan travelling passenger agent of
the Wabash lines at st. Louis, to be gen.
erel Western passenger agent with head
quarters at Kansas City, succeeding II. s.
Garland, resigned on account of i'll health
On Sunday the Indiana, Illinois Iowa
will abandon its passenger depot at South
Bend. and all its trains will arrive and de-
part from the Lake Shore station, the
Three rs now being Vanderbilt interest.
The road will continue to be operated sep
arately.
c. L. Blackman. Eastern passenger agent
of the Big Four, II. A. Wells, of the Balti
more q Ohio Southwestern, and G.. B. Wy
quarters at Buffalo, have joined forces and
conduct their business in the same Office
in that city
General Agent Brown. of the American
Express Company, increased the salary of
a number of his depot men on June / s.
per month. He also on the same date APP
pointed c. B. Caldwell night depot agent,
a new position created on account of in
creased business.
The new fast train OF the Chicago &
Northwestern from Chicago to Denver is
known, west-bound, as the Colorado Spe-
cial, and st-bound, as the Chicago Spe-
cial Its running time lowers the time
OF all trains run heretofore two and one
half hours, and is hfty-five minutes quick
| er than any other line.
a. j. OReilly, general agent at this
MOn0n from
Reading, Pa, whittier he went TO bury
his brother, who was killed while passing
| from one coach to another. The train was
| running very fast. his hat blew off and
| he grabbed for 1t just as the train struck
a curve and was hurled over a pile Of
| cross ties near by. His neck was broken.
The local freight association has elected
| j. H. McNeeley, agent of the Indiana polls.
Decatur x Western, president, vice Caesar
Rodney, deceased; +. L. Sawyer, agent of
! the Panhandle, vice president and f. Barr
| of the weighing and inspection bureau,
| secretary. The association adopted appro-
| pirate resolutions on the death of Caesar
| Rodney, who for years had been president
| of the organization.
Miss Helen Gould and party Of friends
| rode from Poughkeepsie, n. Y, to larry
| town on a milk train last Friday, having
| missed a regular train on the New York
| Central. When the milk train came along
| Miss Gould said she would ride in the ca
! boose. The station officials offered TO put
on a coach, but she said the old caboose
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| friends got aboard
| The Wabash is not letting its Pittsburg
| extension check improvements on the Wa
bash proper. Twenty miles of new heavy
steel rails are now being distributed, stone
| arch bridges will replace iron and wooden
| structures new seventy-foot turn tables
| are TO be put in al Fort Wayne and Peru,
| and at the latter place a new building for
the use of the Y NJ c. A erected Much
4 ballasting will be done TO perfect the stand
| ard OF the road.
| case which recalls the great Chicago
| strike of 1894 will be tried this term IN
| the Circuit Court at Laporte, Ind. The ac-
/ ton is for $4,000 damages, brought by the
| administrator of a man named Graham
| who was brakeman the Lake Shore
| road and who killed during the strike.
| The case has been continued from time to
| time eight years. A. G. Harris OF this
1 city, and Otto Gresham are attorneys for
| the plaintiff
| The Baltimore & Ohio announces the fol-
| lowing appointments of division freight
| agents: Pittsburg and Connellsville divi-
sion, II. NJ. Matthews, office at Pittsburg;
| Cromish, office at Pittsburg.; Cleveland
/ division c. A. Constans. Office at Cleve-
at Columbus, o.; Chicago division. c. T..
| Wright. office at Sandusky. o. The div-
sion freight agency at Tiffin, O., is abo-
| ished.
The Senate committee on Pacific railways
| has reported favorably through Chairman
| Dolliver the House bill permitting the
/ Santa Fe Railroad Company, land grant
/ road, to make a formal transfer OF it's
| line to the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
/ Railroad Company. The Santa Fe line is a
| part of the transcontinental system of the
/ Atchison line and its stock is owned by
| that company. The change of name is
| asked in the interest of economy in book
| keeping.
| c. w. Bassett, who on June l took the
position of general passenger agent of the
| Baltimore & Ohio, will have charge of the
| entire lines east of Pittsburg. comprising
1896 miles. In the reorganization plan to
| be announced soon b. N Austin will re.
| main general passenger agent of the lines
| west of Pittsburg. 1t is evident that d.
| b. Martin, passenger traffic manager, will
| assume a more aggressive attitude and
| secure the share of business the b. & o. is
| entitled to.
| A meeting 70 reorganiZe the entire traffic
| department of the Baltimore & Ohio Rail-
| way opened at Pittsburg yesterday in the
| office of G. ". Barrett the newly-appointed
| general passenger agent of the b & O.
| system east of the Ohio river The BUSH
| tirely gone over and many changes il is
| said will be made. Among the prominent
| officials present are d. b. Martin, general
| passenger traffic manager; B. NJ Austin
| general passenger agent at Chicago: O. p
| McCarty. general passenger agent at ST
! Louis: NJ. G. Carroll. passenger agent at
Cleveland and George d. Haven. special
| agent at Baltimore. The meeting will be
continued until to-day.
Policy Players Heavily Fined.
Horace Heston, Los Seaton and John
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