The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-10

W. d. Miner has been appointed a So
licitor of the Union Star line at Columbus,
newly created position.
The gross earnings of the New York Gen.
trail for August were S.092. 629. an increase
over August last year of $3553S2.
l.. f. Loree, president of the Baltimore &
Ohio, is expected to arrive home from his
summer sojourn in Europe next week.
Col. -. T. Clapp. private secretary to
Joseph Ramsey, president of the Wabash,
has gone to California on a VACATION trip.
The annual meeting of the stockholders of
the Toledo & Ohio Central was held on
Tuesday, and all the old directors were re-
elected.
of the Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton, has
returned from Mackinac, where he spent
his vacation.
A. c. Bird, vice president and general
manager of the Missouri Pacific and the
Iron Mountain, is making an inspection of
the Iron Mountain.
Joseph Brown, general agent of the
American Express Company, accompanied
by his wife, has gone to the northern lakes
for few days recreation.
Travelling Passenger Agent E. d. Cakes,
of the Lehigh Valley, who recently re-
signed, goes to the Wabash as assistant
passenger agent, and will make his head
quarters at Decatur, H.
Frederick Schaff son of C. Z. Schaff,
general manager of the Big Four, who
graduated from Culver this summer with
high honors, will enter Purdue next term.
TO study mechanical engineering.
The Panhandle will to-day open six miles
of double track on the Indianapolis di-
vision, and on Oct. / open six miles addi-
tional. making the first thirty-eight miles
west from Columbus double track.
General Joseph Stockton, general agent in
Chicago for the Empire fast freight line
for the last thirty-eight years, having
reached the age or seventy, has been re-
tired under the rules of the Pennsylvania
pension system.
General Manager Garrett of the Cincin-
natl New Orleans * Texas Pacific, has
appointed w. A. Short superintendent of
signals. newly-created position. The work
heretofore has been under the superintend-
ent of telegraph
The immense traffic the PENNSYLVANIA
handles on its Philadelphia division is
shown in the movement for August Dur
division 1885 cars; 71,0i2 were t-bound
and 4.913 west-bound.
The Barney-Smith ear works. Dayton, o.,
Is building number of coaches for the
New York Central The new coaches will
seat eighty-four persons, twelve more than
the coaches the Lake Shore recently re-
ceived from the same factory.
To provide against the possibility of
coal famine next winter the Chicago, Mil
waukee & st. Paul is storing immense
quantities of coal in West Milwaukee,
Since Aug ! 100000 tons have been stored
from the company's mines near Spring VAL
ley. ILL.,. where the company gets a large
Der cent. of its coal
Robert j. Gross, second vice president OF
the American Locomotive Company has
returned from his trip around the world in
the interest OF the company He left Dun
kirk late in February, sailing from San
Francisco. to the Philippines, to Japan, TO
Corea, siam, China. Russia, Norway, Swe-
den. Germany. France and England
On Oct work on the Pennsylvania tun-
mel and the erection OF the Central Station
In New York city Will be begun. Presi-
dent Cassatt met his engineers this week
in New York and the problems discussed
relate mainly 10 the operation OF the tun-
mel. the necessary supports for the under