The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-15

Edison ]. Weeks. general passenger agent
OF the Philadelphia Reading, has re-
turned from his vacation.
". T. Malott, receiver of the Vandalia,
is spending the week with his family at
Michigan pleasure resort.
General Manager Murphy, of the Gin
cinnat. New Orleans & Texas Pacific, has
returned from trip to Europe.
Edward F. Cost. general traffic manager
OF the Seabord Airline, accompanied by
his wife, is visiting friends in the city.
w. B. Patterson has been appointed trav-
cling auditor of the Lake Erie * Western,
with headquarters at Upton, vice II. w.
Sheehan.
Samuel 3. Sweet. general freight agent of
the Lake Erie & Western, is spending this
week in Boston attending Scottish Rite
eonvocation.
The Santa Fe yesterday closed contract
with the car works at Terre Haute for $50
refrigerator cars, to be delivered at the
rate of six day.
The Big Four comtemplates putting much
faster passenger service on the Michigan
division with the taking effect of its fall
and winter time schedule.
The publication of a series of descriptive
and illustrated articles on important cities
and towns along the lines of the Baltimore
& Ohio has been begun in the Book of
the Royal Blue"
The officials of the Baltimore & Ohio are
arranging to give President Loree and
a royal welcome They will return on the
Kaiser William der Crosse Sept. y.
w. p. Trickett. commissioner of the Kan
sas City Transportation Bureau, says the
situation has greatly cleared at that point.
and II the present speed is kept up there
will be no excuse within a week for the
Santa Fe or any other road to keep on an
embargo.
The Big Four now has its fifteen new At
lantic type of engines in service making
thirtN-twO passenger engines q
now owned by the company, besides a num-
Der of large teD-wheel passenger engines,
and the road is in good shape as to passen-
ger power.
& Western at Upton Is completed and the
different lines of service which are TO oc-
cupy II are moving in. The building is
said to be much superior in style of
architecture TO the general offices at In
dianapolis
S. III. Thomas, son of Seth Thomas. COM
mercial agent of the Big Four at this point,
who was recently appointed live stock
agent at the Union stockyards, has so
much increased the shipments of live stock
that he is handsomely complimented by
his superior officers.
The Lake Shore does not propose to be
deprived or Its reputation for fast pas
senger train time. One day last week a
fast train ran from Cleveland 10 Elkhart
Ind. 30 miles, in Isl minutes. This does
not, however. beat the run of last July for
the same distance, which was made in
ia minutes.
Hugh Mann. brother of b. B. Mann, vice
president OF the Canadian Northern while
track-laying on the extension of the road
was accidentally killed on Saturday. He
was the inventor OF the Mann track-laying
machine and interlocking switch. and Ii
was in connection with the working OF a
track-laying machine that he was killed.
Harry Diehl is said TO be the only person
living who was one of the general officers
of the Indiana, Bloomington & Western
Road when IL opened for business and Ford
Wood, now general freight agent of the
road. is the second general freight agent
the road has had, his service dating since
the time IL was opened for business.
w. w. Davis. formerly foreman OF the
shops at Dennison, o.. has made arrange
menfs TO move him family TO Columbus,
where he will all the position to which he
was recently promoted. On Saturday a
large number Of his former shopmates