The Indianapolis journal., 1903-11-18
Personal. Local and General Notes.

Personal, Local ana General NOtess
i NJ E. ingalls,. president of the Big Four,
will tonight start for New YORK.
Frank Wilson, general manager OF the
Vanderbilt fast freight line, was In the
city yesterday.
Gross earnings OF the roads in Michigan
for the first ten months or this year show
an Increase Of 10 per cent.
A j. Shulman, passenger and freight
agent at Buffalo Of the Canadian Pacific
left the service of the company on NOV.
Is.
The report that President Treusdale, of
the Lackawanna Railroad, Is TO retire,
was denied yesterday by Vice PRESIDENT
Loomis, OF that road.
The breach between the Queen q Cres-
cent and the Louisville Nashville Is ap-
parently widening, and a rate war on
Florida travel is imminent.
NJ d. Sehaff. formerly superintendent of
the Peoria & Eastern, has returned from;
/ Mexico, whittier he went to look after
position on a Mexican road.
Harry Miller, general manager Of the
Vandalia, has returned from New York,
whittier he went to be present at an OPP
Grafton of his son for appendicitis.
Thomas Shaughnessy died at Milwaukee
on Monday. He was father of Sir Thomas
Shaughnessy, president or the Canadian
Pacific, and was eighty-five years of age.
J. A Barnard, general manager of the
Peoria & Eastern, will to-day, accompanied
by Engineer of Maintenance Of Way Mil
lard. begin two days inspection of the
line.
Some recent changes in the traffic depart
ment Of the Erie are causing much gossip
and comment. and 1t is feared have not
strengthened the business Of the road with
the trunk lines.
October was the best month in earn
ings that the Chesapeake 6S Ohio has ever
known Both freight and passenger busi-
ness showed Increase, the former a
very handsome gain.
A. r. Sticknor. formerly chief clerk Of
the Lake Erie & Western at this point, was
in the city yesterday He is now in the
lumber business in Alabama and has made
a prosperous venture.
Samuel Strachan, who represents the
Blue, Ridge Dispatch. has leased a room
in the Postal Telegraph building. and
opened his Office. The line works over
both the Big Four and the c.. H. & d.
The Illinois Central fast train known as
the Eastern limited, running between
Memphis and Chicago and hauling sleep
| ing-car for Buffalo in connection with the
Big Four, has been discontinued for the
winter.
Fully 5000 homeseekers, it is stated, went
to Western points I'm October. Transcon-
tinental lines viii make another effort to
take out some OF this business to that
territory and will probably arrange rates
10 secure such result.
The improvements In progress on the
Vandalia are SO extensive as TO some
what interfere with the movement of
business and late trains are quite COM
! mon the last few days, but this will be
remedied before the end of the week.
The Panhandle on Monday put into op-
| Grafton its new coal docks at Washington,
| o. All freight trains will receive their sup
ply of fuel at that point. The docks are
| outwardiy patterned after the dock at Ft.
| Wayne. but the machinery for handling
coal Is entirely different.
President Ripley. OF the Santa Fe has
| taken occasion TO declare that all negotia-
tions with the Chicago. Rock Island &
Pacific TO n traffic alliance of, and
I the latter has no arrangement for run
| ming through train by way of Alber-
/ querque.
| J. G. Clair, New England agent of the
| Illinois Central. has been promoted TO the
position OF Industrial commissioner of the
road, and is succeeded New England
/ agent by j. Mclean, with headquarters in
| Boston. +. g. Bishop succeeds Mr.. Mclean
as Eastern agent, with headquarters in
/ New York.
/ f. l.. Pomeroy, assistant traffic manager
| OF the New York Central. H T.. Chaplin,
/ traffic manager OF the Boston & Albany
1 w. B. Poilett. fast freight line agent OF
| foreign freight agent OF the Boston * AL
bany. were in the city yesterday. and. ac-
companied by Big Four and Lake Erie q
/ Western freight officials, visited the more
| important shippers at this point
New railroad rates east OF Buffalo have
become effective. which means an ad-
vance OF half cent per bushel on wheat
| corn. oats and barley. In view of this
! the railroads. I'm Difference to the requests
| OF the grain trade will not. according 10
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