The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-25
Personal, Local and General Notes.

A. ]. O'Reilly, general agent of the Monon
at this point, has gone south to spend
Christmas with his family.
C. III. Hunt. general agent of the Lack
awanna at st. Louis, is spending Christ
mas with his sister I'm this city.
The Panhandle yesterday received two
new heavy freight engines of the H-6A
type, assigned to the Indianapolis division.
Joseph NJ. Graham, chief engineer of the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, will. it is an
nounced. resign Jan !; to become chief en-
gineer of the Erie Railroad
Fred H. Tristram, assistant general pas
senger agent of the Wabash at Pittsburg
passed through the city yesterday on his
way to Kansas City to spend Christmas.
H. T. Nicolay has been appointed COM
mercial agent of the Chicago, Milwaukee
e. ST. Paul at Buffalo. a position that has
been vacant since the death of T. A. Will
son.
The freight department of the Baltimore
&, Ohio on Wednesday announced an adj
vance of one-half cent a bushel in the lake
and rail grain rates, the new schedules to
become effective on Jan. 1.
The Green Bay, Oshkosh. Madison &
Southwestern Railway has filed articles of
incorporation. The company will build a
road from Green Bay to Madison, $50 miles,
to connect there with the Illinois Central
The Peoria & Eastern is receiving five
new consolidated freight engines. The road
has been so short of power of late that it
pressed it's new large Atlantic type pas
senger locomotives into the freight SER
vice.
The Michigan Central Railroad report for
the year ending Dec. 81, partly estimated
shows: Gross earnings, $50 900, an in
crease of sS.1s4.s1l: net earnings. s3,7f,oOO,
an increase of $153, 422; surplus, 1924, $50, an
increase of s165.S54.
p P. Wright, assistant general manager
of the Lake Shore Railroad, will retire on
Jan. on full pay. Mr.. Wright entered the
the Erie from 1873 to 1881, and again with
the Lake Shore since.
w. III. Fisher. general passenger agent of
the Hooking Valley road. passed through
the city yesterday on his way to Joliet, H.,
with his family to attend a reunion of the
Fisher family, at which four brothers and
two sisters, with their families. will be
present.
Passenger officials of the Lake Erie &.
Western say that an increase in passenger
traffic is already noticeable in the Gas
Belt territory and between Indianapolis and
Kokomo, on account of the road meeting
the rates on passenger business made by
the trolley lines.
There is much complaint on the part Of
shippers over the inability to get cars to
their complaints been so bitter. Farmers
are quite as anxious as are the grain mer-
chants to avail themselves of the present
condition OF the market.
F. NJ. Mcclellan. for many years pas
senger conductor on the st. Louis division
of the Big Four, died yesterday morning
quite unexpectedly from pneumonia He
was a prominent member of the Order of
Railway Conductors. and highly esteemed
by the officers of the road.
G.. c. Cleveland. chief engineer of the
Lake Erie a. Western, who, a month ago.
left for Panama, has not been heard from
and his friends are somewhat anxious con-
corning his whereabouts. He was expected
to return a day or two before Christmas
but has not yet made his appearance.
H. c. Dunkle. the newly appointed general
superintendent Of the Erie. to fill the place
of John c. Stuart, promoted to general
manager, has arrived in Cleveland TO as
sumo his duties. Mr.. Dunkle is an ener-
getic railroad man. and is highly spoken of
as to ability in the various lines of service.
The Lake Shore * Michigan Southern
Railroad Company's report. ending this
Dec. 81. partly estimated. shows: Gross
earnings $34 $4,000. an increase of 81. 162 70S;
| net earnings sl1 1861. 600. an increase OF sl37-
9S4; construction and additions, "a 395. 600. an
! Increase OF sl.626.2i2; surplus, s752,0l3 a
| decrease of 50. 750S55.
Louis Stimson. passenger conductor on
| the Evansville e. Terre Haute. Is spending
| the holidays with his brother In this city,
| and with another brother in Chicago. Mr..
stimson has been an employe Of the Evans