The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-05
Personal, Local and General Notes.

The Hooking Valley road earned in jan
uary $3.50, 492. 81, an increase over January,
1901, of $3,252.41.
Two engines of the Cincinnati Northern
road have been transferred to the Big Four
to help move the rush of business.
Henry Clute, a Vandalia engineer, is
thought TO be fatally i'll with typhoid fever.
On Monday he passed his fiftieth birthday.
The advance in wages at shops OF the
Pennsylvania Company at Fort Wayne,
noted on Feb. !, averages 50 each to LOO
men.
sleepers between Toledo and st. Louis for
the accommodation of the Toledo and Fort
Wayne travel.
The first six months of its present fiscal
year gross earnings of the Northern Pa
cihc increased $5,129,S22; net earnings in
creased SIS 1872.
The Santa Fe ranks the list in February
Observation-Disclosures in dividends 81
1887. The Great Northern stands second.
paying out in dividends 81. 165, $40.
The passenger equipment of the Cincin-
natl Northern Will be renovated and re-
painted at the shops Of the Big Four as fast
as the shops can MAKE such improvements.
Harry Miller, general manager, and w.
G.. Arp. superintendent of motive power of
the Vandalia. were in the city yesterday in
conference with V. L. Malott, receiver of
the lines.
+. F. Needham, formerly assistant master
mechanic OF the dDaSn SHOPS at Decatur,
has been placed in charge of the company's
shops at Ashley. This is a promotion with
increased pay.
Joint Ticket Agent Algeo, OF the Cincin-
Eati. Hamilton * Dayton and the Monon,
was in Cincinnati yesterday in conference
with Passenger Traffic Manager Edward, of
the c., H. * ID.
With the transfer of the headquarters of
the general freight agent of the Pennsyl-
vania from Columbus TO Pittsburg. the
freight business of the lines will no Looked
after by the general agent of the Star
Union line.
The traffic of the Lake Shore road at
Fort Wayne has so increased hat the
company has put on a night switching en-
CINE and crew in addition TO a day crew.
and il is understood will become a fixed
feature at that point.
An ordinance has been passed by the
Dallas CTex.) City Council prohibiting tran
silent ticket spectators operating there
during the Confederate reunion. Railroads
now promise a rate of l cent per mile to
the reunion. April q TO %.
The committee of twelve appointed bv the
Central Freight Association 10 see that
rates are maintained held it's first regular
meeting yesterday in Chicago. and will
hold them hereafter every Tuesday. The
committee has already begun to do effective
work.
Coal traffic over the indianapolis & Vim
cennes is now the heaviest at any time in
the roads history. the company delivering
mere Tor distribution III To 100 carloads a
cay. \ considerable portion of the coal
goes to gas-belt territory and northern
Indiana.
So crowded for room is the Big Four
at fits shops In Nation that plans have
been prepared for their enlargement. and a
good deal OF new machinery will be mr.
chased for the enlarged plant. The round
house will be replaced the oming season
with n new one.
II. c. Adams. chief train dispatcher of the
Northern Pacific. has been transferred
from Grand Forks. y. D.. to Tacoma.
Wash. Mr.. Adams began his railroad work
as a messenger boy of the Pennsylvania
lines, learning telegraphing at the time he
was acting in that position.
j. l. Withrow. the oldest operator in time
OF service on the Big Four lines. yesterday
succeeded J.. ID. Jones as chief train dis
patcher at Springfield. O. He has been
with the road twenty-nine years. and was
while j. a. Rose was superIn-
tendent OF the Cincinnati division.
The strike trouble as Washington. Ind.
has led a number OF towns on the line Of
the Baltimore * Ohio Southwestern TO en-
deavOr 10 secure the shops. making PROM
ises OF land and subsidies 10 secure them.
North Vernon. Ind. is agitating such a
move with considerable earnestness, IL Is
stated.
Who is backing the Chicago & Cincin-
natl Railway Company, better known as
the Cincinnati. Richmond & Muncie road,
Is still a mystery. There is a rumor that
the Hartman syndicate is behind the pro-