The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-11-07
Personal, Local and General Notes.

The Belt road now has to pay per diem
for use of cars on the same basis as other
Indianapolis lines.
The Cincinnati, Indianapolis & Western
Will run its last excursion for the season
to Decatur. ILL.,, on Sunday.
The Philadelphia & Reading has placed
a contract for seventy new vestibule pas
senger coaches for next years delivery.
The Belt road company has built a switch
to the horse barns at the Union stockyards
and horses are now unloaded and loaded
under cover.
The local tonnage of the Big Four in 1901
was p per cent. in excess of 1900, and the
tonnage In October, 1902, was 10 per cent
In excess of 1901.
Perrin A. Owens, accountant Of the Lee
high Valley road. has resigned to accept a
more lucrative position with the New York
Life Insurance Association.
Beginning next Monday the "E' Atlantic
type of passenger engines of the Pennsyl-
vania road will be run over the Indian
apolis division of the Panhandle.
Judson Keck, assistant trainmaster of the
Cleveland & Pittsburg division of the Penn
sylvania at Wellsville. has been promoted
TO trainmaster on the Marietta division.
A new electric power plant, one of the
largest and most complete on the Penn
sylvania system, was installed on Monday
at the shops of the Panhandle at Column
bus, o.
The extension of the Louisville & Atlantic
road to Beattyville has been completed
This is the road which the Monon once pur-
chased and over which there was much
litigation.
Several OF the ten-wheel freight engines
of the Lake Shore road have been trans
ferred TO the Lake Erie & Western, which
is short of power: Two are in service on
the Indianapolis division.
The Baltimore g. Ohio will on the ord
instant re-establish the Pittsburg- Cleveland
service discontinued last spring and will
run through sleepers between Cleveland
Baltimore and Washington.
The Lake Shore is doing the heaviest
business in its history. In October over
275.00o cars were handled between Chicago
and Buffalo. and on it's branches fully
15,000 more than in October. 1901.
John Chesbrough, assistant general mas
senger agent of the Vandalia and w w
Richardson. district passenger agent of the
Pennsylvania were in Columbus Yesterday
attending a time schedule meeting
The new joint passenger station of the
Big Four and the Lake Erie & Western at
Lafayette will be opened for business Mon
day evening with a concert The old Lake
Erie * western passenger station will be
converted into restaurant.
ID. H. Maloney. who as commercial agent
of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific was
transferred from Cleveland TO Pittsburg.
on leaving Cleveland was given a farewell
dinner and a handsome Knight Templar
watch charm as a remembrance.
The October output OF the Pressed Steel
Car Company amounted 10 5000 cars or an
average of Ill cars day for each working
day. For the year to date the output
amounts TO 22,402 cars, the value of which
was so. 100000.
George NJ. Corbaley has been appointed
travelling auditor of the Erie. Mr. Corbaley
resigned the chief clerkship at the local
freight office of the Cincinnati, Hamilton &
Dayton at Indianapolis last July TO accept
a position in the Erie accounting depart
ment at New York city.
James McDonough. road foreman of en-
gines of the Santa Fe. has resigned to be-
come assistant superintendent of the South
ern Pacific. Mr.. McDonough was the old
est employee in point OF service on the San
ia Fe. beginning twenty-three years ago as
a fireman.
William NJ. Greene, vice president and
general manager of the Baltimore <. Ohio
Southwestern. has been I'm the East for
several days and great many railroad
men look for important changes at the n
nual meeting. which may possibly afYect
Vice President Greene.
II is stated that the directors of the Pere
Marquette. which recently bought the Lake
Erie & Detroit River Railway, will afte1npf
to get into Chicago. It's western term:,al
now being New Buffalo fifty miles easf ~
Chicago. railroad Official In commenf.