The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-05
Personal, Local and General Notes.


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Personal, Local and General Notes.
s. +. Balloon, assistant engineer Of the
Lake Erie & Western was called yester-
day to Edgewood, H.. to attend the funeral
of his mother. tt
Frederick James, until recently train
| master, has been appointed superintendent
| of the Omaha division of the Illinois Gen.
| trail, succeeding A. Philburt.
Division Operator j. G. Jennings, of the
| Pennsylvania lines west, is on a trip look
| ing into the installing of new furnitures
and new instruments upon the telegraphic
| tables at the important stations.
A telegram was received yesterday at the
/ Lake Erie g. Western offices announcing
| that G. c. Cleveland, chief engineer, would
sail yesterday morning from New Orleans
| for Port Lucien, South America.
General Passenger Agent Morton and all
| the travelling passenger agents of the Mis-
souri,, Kansas & Texas are making trip
over the entire system. The trip will cover
fifteen days and the party travels only in
| daytime
| Owing to the extensive changes in time
| tables taking effect Dec / or Whereabouts
! the edition of the Official Railway Guide
will be deferred for a few days after the
/ LIST in order that the new schedule may be
| published therein.
| An impression prevails that the projected
! extension of the Binghamton Southern
road. in New York State, are backed by
simply link In the Wabash system from
Pittsburg to New England when built.
General Freight Agent ]. d. Hill. of the
| Panhandle, and his son. ]. c. Hill, assistant
| chief clerk in the general freight depart
ment of the Pennsylvania at Pittsburg.
| passed through the city yesterday en- route
to Texas, where Mr.. Hill owns a large
ranch.
NJ. d. Schaff, late superintendent of the
| Peoria q Eastern, has been appointed
| trainmaster of the Chicago, Peoria & st.
Louis, with headquarters at Springfield,
| ILL.,, vice w. III. Calvert, resigned. Mr..
schaff is brother of c. E. schaff. gen.
eral manager of the Big Four.
Fourteen firemen on the Nickel-plate sue
! cessfully passed the examination in book
of rules and time cards at the office of the
company in Fort Wayne on Thursday. The
young men have gone to Stony Island to
complete examination in machinery prepa-
ratory to acting as engineers.
Martin NJ Sheehan, agent for the Erie
and the Wabash Railways at Tonawanda
for several years, has resigned TO accept
the position OF superintendent of the Buff
falo, Rockport x Oicutta division or the
International road, succeeding John NJ
Joyce, with headquarters at Lockport.
| 1t is stated that the trouble which has
arisen over the Grard Trunks Canadian
between Chicago and New York of excur-
| sions annually during the holidays, a prop
osition which has been a pet scheme with
General Passenger Agent Cooke, OF the
Erie.
p s. Eustis, traffic manager of the Chi
| cago. Burlington d Quincy, who was pros
| trated with pneumonia and left Chicago
Nov. to try the benefit OF warmer ell
| mate, is recovering, and after leaving Cali
fornia and spending a few weeks In Col
| orado is expected to return to Chicago
| some time In January.
Statements that the ST. Louis Terminal
| Association contemplates purchasing the old
| Alton bridge over the Mississippi river,
some twenty miles from ST. Louis. are err
roneous. The association. it is authorita-
lively stated, has no interest in this mat
ter, but II is understood that several sub
sdiary lines are negotiating for the prop
erty.
d. L. link. agent of the Big Four and
the Pennsylvania at Cresson, o., was retired
Dec. 1 and has been placed on the pension
list of the company, having reached the age
limit of seventy years j. E. link, his son,
has been appointed his successor. d. l..
link became joint agent at Cresson in 1865
and was one of the Oldest agents in the
service of the company.
3. F. Winchell, third vice president of
the Rock Island and first vice president of
the st. Louis & San Francisco, was in Fort
Worth. Tex, on Thursday, and asserted
merger of the st. Louis & San Francisco
and the Rock Island in the Southwest; the
two roads would continue to be operated
as separate properties. The report Of a
| merging of the interests grew out of the
fact that the st. Louis San Francisco
line in the Southwest would be merged.
| The presidents of the roads in the St
Louis terminal met in New York yesterday
| to consider plans connected with the i'm
| provement of the Union Station at St
Louis. These plans involve an outlay OF
aboue s6,ooo0oo and 1T is expected that the
| proposed improvements will be completed In
| time to handle with greater facility the rush
of travel to the exposition. A bond issue
has been authorized to meet the necessary
J expense but because Of existing financial
conditions attempt has been made tC
dispose Of the bonds.
In the case of s. Martens against the
) Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company
involving the long and short haul question
the Interstate-commerce Commission yes.
terday held that the lumber rate of 10 cents
for the shorter haul from intermediate points
to Louisville as against cents for the
| longer haul from the same points to Nash
| Vile was unduly discriminating. The com
mission decides that difference of / cent
| in the rates is sufficient to effect the differ
ence in circumstances and conditions be-
tween the two points and that any greater
difference is in violation OF the interstate
commerce law.
II. B. Ledyard, president of the Michi
gan Central, told a reporter of the Detroit
Free Press that the story that he is to re.
foundation. He says he has not resigned
| and has no intention of doing so at pres
: ent. He added: THAT I will ultimately
retire u.s. of course. probable, unless die
in harness, but that / will do so by Jan
1, or that / have decided to do so at all
. | Is not true, and l cannot see any reason
, | Tor a relteratlOn OF the TunOr. MT. IL HON
! medeu has been general manager for the
last six months. The business of the road
is being satisfactorily transacted, and
see no occasion for change"
The San Francisco Chronicle says tn,
North Shore Railroad, running from Sau
salito to Cazadero, is about to pass into tn,
| hands OF the Santa Fe Railroad Company
the information having been given out semi
officially by President John Martin. 1t Il
said that the North Shore shareholder.
will receive 500 a share for their stock. TIL,
| road IL Is said. Is wanted as a connectin,
link in the Santa Fe Company's new line 4
Eureka, Humboldt county, the right o.
way and terminal facilities being consid
cred of great value in this connection. T.
meet the requirements of the Santa +,
purposes the main line OF the North Shor
| will have to be Strengthened in places ans
| converted into a standard gauge road.
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