The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-07-25
Personal, Local and General Notes.

w. H. Thomas, agent of the Pennsylvania
at Youngwood yards. mas been promoted TO
trainmaster.
The Illinois Central will build a third ele-
vatOr at New Orleans. The three will have
a capacity to hold 100000 bushels.
The Santa Fe has at last obtained a fran
chise which will enable IL to enter Oakland.
Cal, and to establish ferry TO San Fran
cisco.
The August meeting of the Central Pas
senger Association. which was TO have been
held at Putin Bay on Aug. Is. will be held
on Aug. g.
The Lake Erie & Western has the sleep
ing car space taken of seven cars out of
Muncie to the h. of +. encampment at San
Francisco
Brick Fowler. representing the passen-
ger department of the Illinois Central, and
n. Nj. Breeze the Chicago & Northwestern.
are in the city.
Fl. NJ. Bronson, assistant general passen-
ger agent of the Big Four, is on a Western
trip. He was in Chicago yesterday and viii
be in Peoria to-day.
Charles o. Johnson, agent of the Chicago
Great Western al Kansas City has had
his duties increased and been given the
title of general agent.
Two new complete trains are being built
for the Illinois Central which il is promised
will eclipse any passenger equipment that
has so far been produced.
In their eagerness to get business pas
senger officials OF several lines are already
booking theatrical companies for the fall
and winter entertainments.
]. w. Maokay, who died this week in
London. was a director of the Southern Pa
cifc and of the Canadian Pacific and large
holder of securities of both.
T. L. Albeit travelling freight agent of
the Lake Shore-Lehigh Valley fast freight
line, with headquarters at indianapolis. will
on Aug. l go to Columbus, o.. as agent of
the line.
Such rush of freight car building as is
experienced now is without precedent.
About every company has placed orders
and ,nany roads are building cars in their
own shops.
Work has been begun on the Big Four's
new rOundhOuse OF tWenty-six stalls at
Springfield o. II will have a light repair
shop in connection the cost of the improve
ment being $4,000.
The excursion of the Cincinnati. Hamil-
ton & Dayton TO Niagara Falls Aug ,
in connection with the Michigan Central
bids fair to be one of the largest ever run
by the G. II. & D.
5. X. Blair superintendent of the Nick
el-plate. has not yet so far recovered from
his recent illness as TO perform his usual
duties and is visiting friends in northern
Ohio for few days.
The Chicago Great Western is receiving
twenty new coaches. They are lighted By
fourteen opal electric lights have broad.
high backed seats and are heated BY steam
from the locomotive.
Before the close OF 1902 the Transsiber-
ian Railroad. the longest continuous line
in the world. Will be completed. The road
will be $500 miles in length and has cost
the Russian empire S315,OoOOO0.
The Pennsylvania lines west will this
week open two new passenger stations, one
at Richmond. Ind, on the Panhandle the
other at Petoskey. on the Grand Rapids K
Indiana. Both are model stations
The passenger earnings Of the Erie lire
in the fiscal year ended June 30 are highly
creditable TO the passenger officials OF the
road. the earnings increasing over $500 90
as compared with the preceding year.
The fiscal year with the Chicago & North
western closes with an increase in earn
ings over the year ended June 80 1901, OF
$. 407SI2- Like the Big Four. the c. & y. w.
is one OF the Nanderbilts best properties.
Sugar rates from New Orleans to st.
Louis were reduced on Wednesday from %
TO 10 cents per 100 pounds 10 meet COMPETE
ton or water rates, TO Louisville from j. 10
Is cents and 10 Cincinnati from 10 10 1914
cents.
Travelling Freight Agents ]. F. Thomp-
son, OF the Santa Fe, J. F. Nallery. OF the
Chicago. Burlington & Quincy. ]. B. Yok-
OF the Chicago & Alton, were last even
ing's arrivals in the city.
General Passenger Agent Wood. OF the
Pennsylvania, denies that his road will de-
sert the anti-pass agreement at the end OF
the nrst year or Its operation. He adds
that. so far as he knows. its provisions
have been observed b. all trunk lines
corps OF thirty-fve engineers employed
by the Wabash on Wednesday started from
Locust Grove. Pa. 70 locate a line for the
Gould are at Berkeley Springs six miles
from Hancock. Md. the base OF the survey
ing operations.
General Manager Nelson. OF the traction
bash that it will be impossible for the linz