The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-02
Personal, Local and General Notes.

The Chicago & Alton will soon have all
its yards lighted by electricity.
The Southern Pacific has begun the work
OF installing interlocking plants at all i'm
portant crossings of it's lines by other roads.
By instructions from Vice President
Hays. of the Grand Trunk. strict civil
service will be introduced all over the sys-
tenn.
Samuel FELTON,, president Of the Chicago
& Alton, ~emphatically denies that he is to
resign and take the presidency of the
Southern Pacific.
Big Four stock is now quoted above par,
and as it has stood ut 500 per share or
over for some weeks ii can safely be set
down as a par stock.
4. ]. Hayes. general yardmaster of the
Wabash at Peru, retired yesterday to ac-
cept a position with another road. Mr..
Kayes's successor has not been named.
The new passenger station of the Big
Four at Wabash will be opened for bust
ness on May l, and officers of the road Will
be present and make it an interesting oc-
casiOn.
The Erie and Hooking Valley roads ex-
pect 10 open their new station at Marion,
o., May 1. and probably the Columbus,
Sandusky & Hooking will also arrange TO
use #.
The new car building plant that the Louis
vile d Nashville will erect at Pensacola,
Fla, will cost $4,000 when complete and
VIII give employment TO several hundred
skilled workmen.
The Chicago. Burlington & Quincy has
been making some very fast runs. on Mon
day one Of its fast express trains was
hauled fifteen consecutive miles at a speed
of ninety miles an hour.
The Missouri Pacific yesterday occupied
its new freight offices in St. Louis. En-
graVed notices have been sent to friends
of the road and its patrons inviting an in
spectiOn OF the new offices.
c.. s. Sims. whom Benjamin McKeen sue
ceeds as superintendent of terminals of the
Baltimore & Ohio at Chicago. goes TO New
York as superintendent of the New York
division of the Baltimore * Ohio.
There were handled on the Big Four
system in March los. 042 loaded cars, against
141. 7S4 in March last year. ON the Peoria
& Eastern there were handled 1866 loaded
cars. against 1880 in the corresponding
week OF 1901.
Erie officials have notified their con-
ductors that they will be paid 3 cents per
mile instead Of paying by the hour. and
brakemen . cents per mile. The decision
affects all trainmen between New York
and Chicago.
The st. Louis Railway Club will hold it's
annual meeting on April IL. and ]. X.
the Illinois Central. Will favor the club
with a mechanical paper. Officers for the
ensuing year will be elected.
In March the largest number of men
were employed in shops of the Pennsyl-
vania lines and the largest amount OF work
turned out In the history o. the Western
lines. This statement includes new work
rebuilt. equipment and general repairs.
In March there We're unloaded and loaded
at the Big Four city freight depots S.2l5
cars, an increase OF 500 cars over March
last year, and the tonnage per car was
6 per cent. in excess OF last year. as a re-
suit of the better methods of loading.
Yesterday all indianapolis lines put in
effect the new rules regarding the marking
of freights 10 be shipped. every piece 10
have the initials OF the party 10 whom the
- ara GhfnnaA anI tNC -
marked plainly-the town, county and
State.
T.. r. Postlethwaite. assistant 10 A. ].
Cassatt, president OF the Pennsylvania, and