The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-23
Personal, Local and General Notes.

w. I. Cannon, secretary Of the Union
Railway Company, accompanied by his
family. will leave to-day for Michigan for
a ten days vacation.
Last October receiver MaIott of the VAN
dalia. purchased 3l1.0O0 cross ties, to be used
on the main line. The last Of these will be
delivered this week.
Many of the Wabash passenger Offices are
now adorned with a handsome large bou-
quet of golden rod which has been selected
as the official flower for the Wabash.
s. NJ Rankin, chief clerk for Charles
Watts, general superintendent of passenger
transportation of the Pennsylvania, is con-
fined TO his home at Avalon by illness.
On Aug. w. b. Galloway, formerly adj
vertising man of the Cincinnati, Hamil-
ton & Dayton, will take the position of
general passenger agent of the Cincinnati.
Richmond q Muncie.
A special train on the Toledo, st. Louis &
Western made the from st. Louis to
Toledo on Monday in ten hours and thirty
minutes, the fastest run that has ever been
made by that road between those points.
c. c. Denton, superintendent of the din
ing car service of the Nickel-plate road,
and thirty-eight of his associates have gone
to Putin Bay for several days. The party
occupies a Pullman coach and also has a
dining car.
The pay cars of the Pennsylvania. the
Big -Four and other Indianapolis lines were
very prompt this month in making their
rounds and the pay rolls of a majority of
the roads are the largest OF any June in
their history.
The Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton yes
terday transferred engine $50, rebuilt at the
companv's shop at Indianapolis, To the Gin
cinnati, Indianapolis & Western road.
making six OF the c., II. * ID. engines
transferred to that road.
Negotiations which have been in progress
for some time past, by which the removal
of the passenger headquarter offices of the
Chicago & Eastern Illinois may be made to
SoI c~a ~ <arr
are said to be practically completed.
The ballasting with gravel of the Cincin-
natl, Indianapolis & Western road from De-
catur 10 Springfield moves rather slowly,
The company has four freight engines haul
ing gravel, one at work in the pit, and will
add fifth engine to-day.
General office employees of the Pennsyl-
vania west of Pittsburg will hold their ninth
annual outing at Conneaut lake on Satur-
day This event has become one of the
pleasant features of the summer season
and each year the crowd grows larger
Three special trains Will be run TO carry the
excursionists.
The Evansville & Terre Haute earned in
the second week of July So, 1872. against $50.
1i9 In the corresponding week last year; the
Evansville q indianapolis s1,06s, against 81
577; the Toledo. st. Louis & Western &7.
against s46.37o last year; the Pere Marquette
sS02. 997, against s1s5.15S in the corresponding
week last year
The indianapolis division of the Cfncin-
natl. Hamilton * Dayton will turn over tC
| the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern fol-
its Atlantic City excursion. July 90 two
| sleeping cars, every berth taken. The Bal
timore & Ohio Southwestern expects to take
| ont of Cincinnati on this occasion twenty
! eight well-filled sleeping cars
The report given circulation by a New
York paper to the effect that Alexander
| Robertson, superintendent of the middle al.
| vision of the Wabash. will be removed from
| that division 10 accept better position
| with a road In the East is untrue. saws
| President Ramsey. and there Is no thought
| of transferring Mr.. Robertson.
| General Manager Dickinson, formerly
| with the Missouri Pacific now general man.
| ager of the Kansas City, Mexico & Orient
| linz, says tbs work on the new line is being
] pushed rapidly and that within six weeks