The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-27
Personal, Local and General Notes.

The Adams Express Company will on
July / succeed the American on the Buff
sylvania.
III. NJ. Bronson. assistant general pas
senger agent of the Big Four, was in Chi
cago yesterday and will be in Peoria to-
day. returning this evening.
A. NJ. Schoyer, general superintendent of
the Pennsylvania Northwestern system,
is with his family. spending his vaca-
ton at Walton lake, Michigan.
Freight traffic officials of the Illinois Gen.
trail have adopted a uniform CLASSIFICATION
greatly simplify the routing of traffic.
H. H. Tracy has been appointed private
secretary to General Manager Wells of the
San Pedro line and ]. c. Faris chief rate
clerk to the freight and passenger depart
ment.
The Great Northern and Northern Pa
cifc have withdrawn the one-way settlers
rate west of st. Paul, because of falling
off In business. Reduced rates will be
made, however, to parties.
w. B. Riddle. recently appointed freight
representative of the Great Northern, has
resigned, he having accepted a position
with another company after five years
service on the Great Northern.
The Erie now has three fast passenger
trains from Chicago to New York one of
which accommodates visitors going to Cam
bridge Springs and Chautauqua. No excess
fare is charged on any of these trains.
T.. L.
neapolis & St Louis general freight agent 8
office, has been appointed commercial agent
of the road at ST. Paul, succeeding E F.
Farmer. resigned to go into other business
The Wabash earned in the third week of
June $4l0S16, an increase over the corre-
spending week last year of s4S,7 76. In the
present fiscal year the road has earned
SIS. S96246. an increase over the correspond
ing period of 1902 of 81. 915, 297.
Additional charges have been made
against Joseph c. Mennes, timekeeper of
the Erie Railway at its North Patterson
shops. He is alleged to have padded the
pay roll and collected the salaries of dunn
mics amounting to fully $1,000
The Chicago Great Western will to-mor-
row put in effect its new passenger train
schedule between Chicago ana St Paul
reducing the running time fifty-fve min
utes from the old time agreement which
will probably inaugurate a rate war.
The new 100000 hotel that the Santa Fe
is erecting at Grand Canon, Arizona. to be
called Bright Angel Tavern" is nearly
completes. and Fred Harvey. formerly SUI
perintendent or dining car service of the
Pennsylvania, will have its. MANAGEMENT.
A Buffalo paper revives the rumor that
George ii. Daniels, general passenger
agent of the New York Central, is to
be made passenger traffic manager and
says that Harry Parry, of Buffalo will
succeed Mr.. Daniels as general passen-
ger agent.
The committee of track officials NJ tbs
trunk lines and Southern roads. which met
on Thursday TO consider the advisa biIity of
readjusting the export rates on flour from
Missouri river territory deemed IL expedi
ent TO let the existing arrangement stand
for the present.
The Toledo & Ohio Central contemplates
extensive improvements at C0Iumbus q,
Six new tracks over three miles I'm length
will be laid north of the present track. The
additional yardroom is made necessary nv
the unusual business which is coming to the
road. especially in its coal traffic.
An official of the Pennsylvania announces
that there Is entire harmony among the Of
ficials of the Baltimore a Ohio, the Read
ing and the Pennsylvania lines despite ru-
mors to the contrary, and adds: AS they