The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-28
Personal, Local and General Notes.

The Chicago Great Western announces
the opening of its new Chicago-Omaha line
to passenger and freight traffic on Dec. 6.
Announcement is made that after Dec.
the Lake Shore-Lehigh Valley fast freight
line.
George w. Graves, superintendent Of the
Springfield division Of the Cincinnati. Ham,
ilton & DAYTON, returned yesterday from
Chicago, accompanied by his wife.
F.. Knickerbocker has been appointed
ticket and freight agent Of the Grand Rap
ids & Indiana road at Lynn, Ind, vice +. H.
Hartley, resigned.
The Wabash received from the Baldwin
locomotive works four heavy switching
engines. completing an order for twenty
five, with two exceptions
The Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
of Buffalo claims the largest membership
500 members. Every road that enters Buff
falo is represented.
The Lake Shore will have trolley conapeti-
ton between Erie and Cleveland, the cleo
trio lines having agreed to establish .
through service between the cities, q
distance of 100 miles.
Harry Miller, general manager Of the
Vandala, returned from New York yes
terday. accompanied by his son. who was
operated on for appendicitis few days
ago and is doing well.
Live stock rates from all parts of the
country west of the indianapolis Union
Stockyards. to Chicago, Kansas City and
ST. Louis, are now the best maintained in
the history of the roads.
John Chesbrough, assistant general pas
senger agent of the Vandalia, in the
city yesterday. He is looking for great
years business in 1904 in connection with
the st. Louis exposition.
Through the slight increase in rates on
some lines of freight, earnings are showing
better results than before the advance be-
came effective. The advance was slight
III chi she
The Lehigh Valley Dispatch has issued a
new book on tariff. the most complete ever
published. In addition to having rates COM
plete, II has maps or all the cities on its
lines in which manufactures are created.
The Detroit Southern wants differential
rates between Detroit and ST. Louis, claim
ing that Ii should be put on the same basis
as the Glover Leaf, and has asked the
Central Passenger Associa ton for the privi-
lege.
who declared dividend Of 2 per cent. last
week on common stock. hope to be able
to continue paying dividends on this stock
This is the first dividend ever paid on this
stock.
The Wabash earned gross in the first four
months of it's fiscal year $685., SOL an in
crease over the corresponding period last
year of 81. 13l, 319. The net earnings for the
four months were $2591,710, an increase of
s265, 420.
The Detroit Southern earned in the third
week OF November s29. 1872, an increase over
the corresponding week last year of ST.
34S Since the fin ST of July the gross earn
ings to Sept. 80 were si45,6ls an increase
OF S73,55S
Negotiations are pending between the off,
Gals of the Pennsylvania Company and the
city officials of Pittsburg which, it is ex-
pected, will result in an agreement for a
date for conference on the Embarrassing
question.
Z. b. Lockwood. formerly auditor of the
Indiana, Bloomington & Western road
who has been in the city for a few days
will leave for SanduSky, o., to-day, where
he is engaged in business. He was with
the L., b. < w. from 1856 to 1900
Section bosses OF Indianapolis lines are
cleaning up all repair work preparatory
to reducing the section forces to the nor
NAL winter number. The repair work of the
past season has been unusually large and
the roads will enter the winter in excellent
shape.
The Chicago. Rock Island & Gulf Rail-
road Company has made formal applica-