The Indianapolis journal., 1902-09-24
Personal, Local and General Notes.


H. c. Rouse. president OF the Missouri,
official inspection covering all points
reached by the road.
The st. Louis q San Francisco will open
its Oklahoma & Western Railroad to Law
ton, o. T., on Oct. l, and will inaugurate
passenger and freight service.
Representatives of Western and central
States lines will hold a meeting this week
to discuss rates to be graded on account
of the Louisiana purchase exhibition.
G. E. Schaff, general manager of the
Big Four and president of the Chicago e
Southeastern, who has been inspecting the
latter read. has returned to Cincinnati.
The Erie Railway Company has this week
put on line Of new sleeping cars between
Hornellsville and Boston to run daily. The
train will make close connection with the
western train.
One of the vandalias new Atlantic type
of passenger engines on Saturday night
hauled the fast mail train OF eight cars
from Effingham to East st. Louis ninety
eight miles, in ninety-six minutes.
The Toledo, st. Louis & Western in the
second week in September, earned s53. .94l.
last year. Since Jan. the road has earned
$780, .9lS. against s55O,23 last year and $430,
290 in 1900.
There were handled on the st. Louis
division of the Big Four on Monday 1.ls6
loaded cars. the road bringing into In
dianapolis from the West fifteen heavy
trains. This division of the Big Four is
now in the lead.
The Southern Pacific. within the next few
days, will receive 10000 tons OF steel rails
from Germany. The reason for the order
being placed In Germany was that the rail
| mills OF this country could not furnish
them as promptly as desired.
The Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen.
| of Fort Wayne. claims TO have the largest
! membership OF any lodge In the State. ex-
| ceeding. II is stated, the indianapolis lodge.
| with eleven applications pending.
Everything indicates that the Chicago
Rock Island & Pacific will run its first
| train into st. Paul over its new line on Oct
3 Chief Engineer Waite inspected the work
| the manner In which II has been done
William r. McKeen. who was president
OF the Terre Haute & Indianapolis Rail-
road Company from 1867 to 1896 and is
now director. I'm the city yesterday.
On Oct u he will celebrate his SEVENTY.
| third birthday. He is in excellent health
The Big Four is pushing the improve
ments between Greensburg and Lawrence
ours In ELIMINATING curves and reducing
Is expected that the large locomotives will
haul from ten 10 fifteen cars more over this
division than under present conditions.
| An Official OF the Philadelphia a Read
ing Is quoted as saying. regarding conces.
| sions TO the anthracite coal miners. that
| II any concessions are granted TO ths
miners every omclal or the PHILADELPHIA a
| Reading. from President Baer down would
resign as there would be no peace at the
collieries.
Owing 10 the manner I'm which annual
passes and return passes. beside season
tickets. are used Unfortunately by Others
than those TO whom they belong. the pa 3
senger departments OF number of roads
are considering plan by which every
owner will have his photograph on his
annual pass.
Since the Pennsylvania acquired the
Long Island Railroad It has improved to