The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-07

The Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton would
be doing at least IS per cent. more bust
ness had 1t the power to move the freight
offered.
Four system 646053 passengers, against COL,
200 In June. 1902. an increase over June. 1902.
of 44S47.
j. r. Chesbrough, assistant passenger
agent of the Vandalia- Pennsylvania at st.
Louis. has returned from quite an ex-
tended Western trip.
]. w. Maxwell. of Dallas, Tex, general
superintendent of the Missouri. Kansas &
Texas, has been promoted to general as
sistant manager of the property.
The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy has
advanced the wages of its passenger men
II and freight trainmen Is per cent, being
the second advance within year.
]. McGill, passenger conductor on the
Big -Four. who was injured in wreck
the Chicago division a few days ago. is
still unable to attend to duty, but Is i'm
proving.
The st. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern
Incorporated in Illinois last week and will
build line from point on the Iron Noun
tain road TO junction with the Illinois
Central
c. c. Riley. formerly with the Big Four
in this city. now car service superintendent
of the Chicago Great Western, will on July
10 go to the Erie as car service superin-
tendent
A. P. Connaly has been promoted from
assistant on the sixth division of the Sea
vision, succeeding V. 4. Maxwell, who re-
tired on July /.
General Passenger Agent Fee of the
Northern Pacific, says the hotels in yell
lowstone Park are not overcrowded and
there has been no intention of closing the
park during the present month.
The indianapolis division of Railroad AS
ISOLATION officers held a meeting yesterday
and perfected arrangements for attending
he Detroit 10
tional Association OF Railroad Officers.
The Local Freight Association yesterday
held its last meeting until September and
the time was occupied in considering re-
quests CT shippers for changes in some
lires OF freight in their classification.
Warren j. Lynch. general passenger agent
of the Big Four, was in the city yesterday
He is greatly pleased over the large pas
senger business the road is doing. 1T oeing
largely in excess of any former period.
Engine No. $40. one of the first to be
equipped with the inventions of Cornelius
Vanderbilt. is now In daily service on the
ordered 100 OF this type Of engine con-
structed for it's line.
The Philadelphia & Reading has posted
notices at its new locomotive shops that
hereafter its 1000 employees in that depart
ment would work but five days in week.
The receipt of many new engines is given
as the cause of the new order.
o. Z. Farnam, who has been yard
master in the gas-coal region of the Balti-
more & Ohio, has been promoted to train
master of the Pittsburg division of that
road. He Will have charge of all the yard
operations between Glenshaw and City
Farm.
S. F. b. Morse. assistant passenger traffic
manager of the Southern Pacific. who has
rendered his resignation, will engage in
commercial pursuits, having become quite
wealthy through investments. Mr.. Morse
left the Big Four in 1894 to assume his
present position.
On and after Aug. / the city freight
freight after 4:3O y. m. and all orders TO
be shipped the same day received from
business houses of Indianapolis must be in
before l o'clock p. m otherwise the order
will be shipped the day following.
IL is stated that the PENNSYLVANIA. the
Erie the New York Central. the Chesa-
peake & Ohio the Baltimore & Ohio and
the Norfolk & Western will each issue
notes for 81. 100000, running for three years
at per cent. with a ! per cent. commits
sion 10 purchase the Hooking Valley road
General Agent F. Coles. of the Lake Erie
& Western, Peoria. ILL.,. was ia the city
yesterday. He states that the shipments
of grain from Peoria are now avera sing
day and of whisky twenty five, and the
eastern lines out of Peoria ara doing the
best business in some years.
Five hundred and fifty miles of the Los
Angeles a. Salt Lake Railroad has been
completed. and cash payment of SIS COO. 900
TO complete the deal. The actual price paid
for the $50 miles OF track was 81 500 600 and
the remainder of the s1S.000.oO0 was for prom
erty at San Pedro harbor and Los Angeles.
Samuel b. Sweet. general freight agent
of the Lake Erie & Western. has returned
from weeks stay at Sandusky. lie re-
marked yesterday that during the week he
Was absent there was marvellous erowth