The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-28
Personal, Local and General Notes.

The new shops of the Baltimore & Ohio
at Castle JUNCTION Will be completed TINS
month, and will be among the best equipped
on the b. & o. line.
Frank Van Dusen chief assistant general
passenger agent of the PENNSYLVANIA, left
on Sunday night for New England on
vacation OF one month.
On Aug. Carl II. Fisher, travelling pas
senger agent of the Hooking Valley, will
retire, and William II. Hartsought, rate
clerk, will succeed MIN.
A circular announces the resignation of E.
L. Somers as general Western freight agent
of the West Shore road and the appointment
of S. ID. Barlow to this position.
S. ID. Kinney. formerly of the Baldwin
locomotive works. has been appointed SUI
perntendent of motive power of the plant
of the Santa Fe at Cleburne, Tex.
E. f. Smith. ticket agent of the Big Four
at the cOmpaDyS uptown office, and q. A.
Deane, who represents the Missouri Pacific
at indianapolis. returned yesterday from a
meeting of passenger men held in Kansas
City.
The Southern Railway Company has or
ders out now for la new locomotives; 80 of
these will be built by the Baldwin works,
delivery to begin in August. and 81 will be
built by the American works, to be deliv-
cred by June, 1904
Moses Y. Norton mate his last run on
Saturday as a passenger conductor the
Pennsylvania, having been pensioned. He
has been in active railroad service more
than half a century, and with the Penn
sylNanld thirty years.
S. L. b. Morse announces his retirement
from the traffic department of the Southern
Pacific Company to become associated with
the house of d. j. Sully & Co.. New York
city. where he will heartily welcome his
friends on and after Sept J.
The annual meeting of the Central Asso-
citation of Railroad Officers. comprising
men in the operating department of all the
principal railroad systems between Column
bus. o., and Kansas City, and Detroit and
Houston. Tex, is being held at Detroit.
l.. H. Van Allen, late superintendent Of
the Lehigh Valleys Buffalo division, has
accepted the position of superint endent OF
the Pere Marquette. and a. NJ Smith has
been transferred to Buffalo 10 take charge
! of the company's extension TO that city.
T. NJ. Kehoe AZ Co.. of Terre Haute. Ind.
have filed with the Interstate Commerce
/ Commission a complaint. alleging that the
criminative rates on hay, and eXactIng rel
atively niger rates on that product than on
grain and products.
Henry a Bishop. formerly purchasing
Hartford. who has been acting in the ca
/ pacity of vice president OF the Western
/ Maryland & West Virginia Central, has
! been appointed vice president, with head
/ quarters in Baltimore.
y party CT nine engineers Is now making
/ a resurvey OF the Columbus, Sandusky &
! Hooking Valley Railroad. The party has
| the record of title in the various counties
! through which the lines run, and a survey
| will be made to perfect the tide.
Ford Wood. general freight agent of the
| Peoria & Eastern. returned last night from
trip the line He reports the pros
/ pect for an excellent corn crop from Spring
i field. o., 10 Peoria. ILL.,. excellent, and the
/ wheat oats and hay crops already har-
vested were very satisfactory.
Vice President Brown, of the New York
/ Central. says that j. p. Bradfield is a big
I enough man to fll both the position Of gen.
/ aral superintendent and that of assistant
! general superintendent. from which he has
been recently promoted, and the latter
position will probably not be filled.
Stephen Van Horn, for many years con-
1 tracing agent of the Lackawanna freight
| department. has rendered his resignation,
Il 10 take effect Sept. l. He has been con-
nected with the company many years, and
has acquired competency SUFFICIENT 10 be
/ comfortable the remainder OF his life.
Col Samuel Moody. assistant general
| passenger agent OF the Pennsylvania lines