The Indianapolis journal., 1903-02-13
Personal, Local and General Notes.

Southern Pacific colonist rates have been
accepted by twenty-five roads and will be
in effect until May is.
1t is stated to be the intention of the pres
ent owners of the Chesapeake & Ohio to
double track its entire system
The Wabash earned in the first week of
February 1856. .995, an increase over the cor
responding week of 1902 of S32. S52
E. F. Kearney, late tranmaster of the
Panhandle, has accepted the position of
superintendent OF terminals at st. Louis
The Erie Railroad has fitted up a hos
pital car for service on it's New York di-
vision, which is very perfect in every de-
partment
electric headlights. 1t Is intended to equip
all the passenger locomotives with electric
headlights
The Big Four lines proper earned in the
first week in February 1926, 277.73. in
crease over the corresponding week of 1902
of SIS. .S01.37
W. F. Martin. division superintendent of
the Southern Pacific. has been appointed
general manager of the FL Paso & North
eastern Railroad.
President Hunt, of the Detroit Southern,
before going abroad. authorized raise
of 10 per cent. in the wages Of all train and
yard men on that road.
II. c. Edwards has been appointed master
mechanic of the northern division of the
Chicago Great Western, including the Oma-
ha division when completed.
The plans for the new shops at Dennison
to be erected by the Pennsylvania Com
for rebuilding the entire plant and the erec-
ton of large Office building.
A. w. Smith, who has succeeded S. T.
Crapo as superintendent Of the Pere Mar
the latter was the Chicago & Eastern
Illinois and did much to develop the prop
erty.
The funeral services of w. II. Coleman,
late general freight agent of the Vandalia,
will be held at the residence of his brother.
in Logansport, Ind, at 2:30 on Saturday
afternoon. His remains will be buried at
Logansport.
The Illinois Central has under considera-
ton the shortening Of its line between
Cincinnati and Memphis and New Orleans
by building a road from Mayfield to Gull
bertville, Ky, across the country, a dis
tance OF twenty miles.
A. w. Noyes, travelling passenger agent
of the Chicago Great Western, w. II. Con-
ner, general agent of the Union Pacific, p.
Pummel, representing the Northern Pacific
Irelgnt department, and j. B. Yoakim, OF
| the Texas Pacific, were In the city yester-
| day.
| The Monon people are proud of the in
| crease in freight traffic into and out of Indi-
annapolis. For years If the company ham
| died at this point 300 to 400 loaded cars per
week 1t was thought to be doing well. Now
| the train records shows from 600 to 200 per
week.
The Monon, as shown by the official state
ment, earned i'm the first six months of it's
| gross, 81, $40, ,S95 an increase of $1S2,917 OPP
| Grating expenses. 81. sos 470. an increase of
ssS.670 Net earnings. S1.oi1.424. an increase
| of $S4.270.
| President Ingalls,, OF the Big Four in
commenting on the line getting entrance
! 10 Pittsburg, said the building of the con-
nection will be good thing and had been
discussed some time ago, but no action
| looking towards the construction of a line
| has yet been taken.
] On Feb. Is r. A. Brennan rate clerk of
| the Big Four, will take the position of chief
| clerk of General Agent Ennis, of the Ka-
1 nawha Dispatch at this point. NJ Ford, of
| the local freight Office. succeeds Mr.. Bren-
nan as rate clerk in the Office of Seth
| Thomas. commercial agent.
| Samuel b. Sweet general freight agent of
| the Lake Erie * Western, said yesterday
| that the best evidence that he had of an
| easing up in the freight situation was in
| the fact that the company was now loading
/ go TO 900 more cars daily on the system
| than at any time in January.
The Erie has under consideration an ad-
/ vance in wages of several thousand en-
of revising the wage schedule is now in
/ progress. Communications are being sent
| to division superintendents for suggestions
as to the revision to be made
w. c. Arp. superintendent of motive
| power OF the Nandala. who went East last
week. had two purposes-one in connection
| with the new engines being built for the
/ Vandalia, and the other relating TO his
prospective transfer to Pittsburg as gen.
eral superintendent of motive power.
| The Southern Railway, in accordance
| with its plan for developing and enlarging
| Its system, has begun the laying of a Sec
ond track from Washington to Orange a
distance of eighty-five miles, at a cost of
1 $2,oo0OO. The company contemplates
doube-tracking the entire Southern system
proper
| speed of over eighfv-fwo miles an bour
4 for a distance of fifteen miles is at
tanned by the Midland Railway Company.
OF England. with a new compound engine.
| Mechanical engineers OF this country who
| knew that the engine was being built are
/ considerably interested I'm the development
/ of this locomotive.
| Thirty wives of railroad men In Fort
Wayne have instituted the Sunshine di-
vision of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers. with Mrs. Allen Need. president.