The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-10
Personal, Local and General Notes.

w. III. Conner general agent of the South
ern Pacific, and l.. Liscom, travelling freight
agent, are In the city.
The Wabash earned in the fourth week Of
June S56O379, an increase over the same
week last year of S122, 119.
Repair work is growing with the Pennsyl-
vania Company to such an extent that the
shops are being run extra hours.
A number of machinists at Indianapolis
have gone to Fort Wayne to accept service
in the Wabash shops at that point.
On Sept. l the general offices of the
Nashville, Chattanooga & ST. Louis, located
phis.
The Southern Railway Company filed a
100000 mortgage to pay for 100 locomo-
tives and 1000 freight cars to be delivered
within the next four months.
The Boston & Albany, after two months
trial of serving meals in dining cars by the
card at loss of $500 per month has decided
to go back to the table d'hote plan.
w. A. Peters. agent of the Toledo & Ohio
Central at Columbus, will on Sept go to
Detroit as agent, succeeding l.. p Lewis,
who has been transferred to Columbus, o.
Thomas SWEET. agent of the Illinois Gen.
trail, Is in the city. He has just served three
weeks as one of the grand jurymen Of Cooke
county, Illinois, being foreman of the jury.
The gross earnings of the Wheeling &
Lake Erie for June show an increase over
June, 1902, of $0216. The earnings of the
month were the largest in the roads his
tory.
William Ripley has been appointed chief
train dispatcher of the Colorado Southern
Mr.. Ripley was train dispatcher at Mont
pelier, o., for the Wabash until quite re-
Gently.
H H. Roberts. representing the passen-
ger department Of the Lehigh Valley, is in
the city. He states that his road is sharing
in the heavy travel moving all over the
country.
The Wabash is now operating the Mari
Cleveland q he
Kanawha under one management. Super
intendent Riddle. of the former. is super
intendent of both roads
II. s. Storrs, general superintendent of the
Lake Shore and the Lake Erie and Western,
was in the city yesterday for a few hours.
He is of the busiest men in railroad
service, having large mileage of road to
look after.
On Sunday special train of ten cars on
the Santa Fe, carrying Shriners on their
way to Saratoga, made the run from Kan
sas City TO Chicago ASS miles. in eleven
hours and thirty-five minutes, an average
of NEARLY forty miles an hour.
Announcement is made that W. E. Lang
don. travelling passenger agent of the Erie,
has been made general agent of the COM
papy at Mansfield, Q. Mr.. Langdon was
formerly agent at Akron and has been
travelling passenger agent since 1901.
Leslie z. Farmer, commissioner of the
Trunk-line Association, and George W.
Boyd. general passenger agent of the Penn
sylvania lines east of Pittsburg who came
West with the remains of Leona wife of
Mr.. Farmer, and party expect to return
East tonight.
Grand Trunk officials expect that the
work on the Buffalo division which has
been under way for eighteen months will
be completed by the end of the present year.
and the company will then be in position
TO operate double-track system from To-
ronto 10 Buffalo.
Travelling statesmen have complained so
bitterly that train No. AZ. which hauls the
Fort Wayne and Michigan division train
over the Big Four. did not stop at the Mas
sachusetts-avenue station, that an order
has been issued that hereafter this train
should stop at that station for travellers.
1t Is stated that the Grand Trunk ros.d
win be running Its trains into Toledo by