The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-23
Personal, Local and General Notes.

Milton Knight, vice president of the Wa
oash, has returned from the Pacific coast
greatly improved in health.
=. n. Sterry, general solicitor of the At
chison, topeka Santa Fe coast lines died
at Los Angeles. CAL, Thursday morning
Mark Ford. recently contracting freight
agent of the Great Northern has been nro-
NOTED to general agent of that road at ST
Louis.
The Cincinnati. Indianapolis & Western
will erect at Montezuma, Indiana model
coaling station equipped with improved
hosting apparatus.
The gross earnings of the Chicago Great
Western for the second week of Nav show
an increase of S23,421.2 "a. For the two weeks
the increase was $37,S05.
II. G. Stiles. general agent of the Cincin-
bba Hamilton fSa Dayton at
much improved in health.
In April 4,5l5 passenger trains were ham
died at the Union Station, against a 474 in
April last year On these trains were ham
died 26,4lO cars. against 25.O50 last year.
w: H. Newman. president of the New
York Central. who was for some weeks
considerably out of health, is much better
and is now attending closely to business.
Agencies of lines in the Gould system will
be increased in some directions and consoli-
dated in others. Those at San Francisco
and southern California will be combined
The statement is made that the forth
coming report of earnings of the Pennsyl-
vania lines for April which will be issued
next week, will be the best issued for a
year.
The Panhandle trainmen are out with
their summer uniforms, which are unusual
ly attractive and made especially so by the
gold mountings the uniforms of con-
ductors.
The Western Passenger Association has
agreed TO drop action against the Toledo
St. Louis & Western as to its dealing with
scalpers, providing 1t will agree TO stop the
practice
The gross earnings of the Detroit South
ern for the second week of May were s., 4S4
in excess of those of the corresponding
week last year For the two first weeks in
| May a gain of $s.767 is shown.
The Pittsburg. Fort Wayne & Chicago is
bringing large numbers OF Italian laborers
| TO the West TO work on improvements in
progress. The foreigners are housed and
| fed in box cars that have been equipped for
| that purpose.
Charles Crosley of The Belt road offices.
will on June 1 take the position of chief
clerk to Auditor Merton of the Union Rail-
wav Company. Mr.. Merton has taken more
room al the Union Station preparatory to
| increasing his force.
| The Baltimore & Ohio will create the
Office of travelling agent subsidiary TO the
necessary to inaugurate this new office be-
cause OF increasing business drawing upon
| the division superintendent
| w. L. Laird. travelling freight agent Cor
the Chicago Great Western. was in the
city yesterday. He states that the COM
pany has made arrangements to open two
new towns every month for the next wear
along its Omaha extension. The first town
| 10 be opened. June 1. will be Lidderdale In
| Carroll county. iowa
| The special funny number OF the Book of
| the ROYAL Blue consists of autograph con-
| tributions from weil-known newspaper
| humorists, poets and philosophers OF the
country with photographs and biographical
| sketches. The book Is full of enjoyable
| reading matter. and Is one OF the best
| issues ever sent out by tie company
| At a meeting Of the directors of the West
| err Pacific Railway. held at San Francisco.
| II was decided to issue $4,000, 900 In bonds
for construction Of the road It was also