The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-04

Personal, Local and General Notes.
r. d. Hughes, general superintendent of
the American Express Company, was in the
city yesterday.
On Monday there were handled on the
Big Four lines GAS loaded cars breaking
all records for Monday.
In February there were handled on the
Big Four system AS, $40 passengers, 81, 100
more than in February, 1902.
A party of eighteen will leave to-day
over the Monon, the Chicago, Milwaukee &
ST. Paul and the Union Pacific for San
Francisco.
d. I. Bacon, late traffic general manager
of the Indiana Car-service Association, will
in a few days go to Florida for rest of
few weeks.
The directors Of the Chicago & Eastern
Illinois have declared the regular quar-
terly dividend of ~ per cent. on the pre-
ferred stock.
j. B. Fitzpatrick, master mechanic of the
been appointed master mechanic of the
Northern district.
j. Campbell, the veteran passenger agent
of the Pennsylvania, who has been con-
fined at home most of the winter by ILL
ness, was at the office yesterday.
One hundred sets of scales were at the
Union Station yesterday for distribution at
points in Indiana where the weighing of
mails commenced at midnight last night
Harry Miller, general manager of the
conference with Receiver Malott 1t is
not known who will succeed w. II. Cole
man, deceased, as general freight agent.
K. C.. Law. travelling freight agent of the
appointed general agent OF the company at
Detroit and Toledo, vice j. j. Campion,
resigned.
Charles NJ. DAILY, former general passen-
ger agent of the Lake Erie e. Western
on March / completed his first year as
chief assistant general passenger agent of
the Lake Shore.
The Santa Fe reports for January show
increase of S49S, 776 in gross and in
crease of $39,569 in net earnings. For the
seven months ending Jan. 81 the gross in
crease was N,311514.
William Fuller. chief car inspector of the
Big Four. on March completed his twen-
ty-fifth year of service in that line. He
began the Indiana, Bloomington &
Western, and is the oldest employee in that
line of service in the city.
Curtis Willard, general manager of the
Chicago, Peoria & st. Louis, retired on
March l and was succeeded by w. H.
Gridley, of St. Louis. Mr. Willard has
accepted the presidency of the Peoria a.
Pekin Terminal Railroad at Peoria.
1t is stated that if the Baltimore & Ohio
could handle all the business offered il in
the Pittsburg district IL would increase it's
earnings fully 20 per cent. BY the middle
of summer the entire line from Pittsburg
TO Philadelphia will be double tracked.
Prominent railroad officials express the
opinion that the so-called Elkins anti-re-
bate law will do little good unless the anti
pooling clause of the nterstate-commerce
law is abolished. and strong effort will
be made to get Congress to pass a law le-
gaizing pools.
Bernard Allison, for nineteen years spe-
cial advertising agent of the Missouri Pa
cific retired on March l to enter business
i'm ST. Louis. His associates presented
him with a magnificent suite of household
furniture as a testimony of their respect
and esteem.
All embargoes on freight recently placed
by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company and
the Pennsylvania lines west of Pittsburg
during the period of congestion have been
day sent to the principal shippers and con-
nections. The commodities affected are
grain. hay. lumber, ore and slow-line freight
destined to points east of Johnstown.
President Cassatt is authority for the
statement that the Pennsylvania Company
is about to place orders for new equip
ment which will cost s2400O,OoO This is
the largest expenditure for equipment ever
at one time. He states that the company
will enter the market Immediately for 49,
600 steel cars and for $50 locomotives.
The Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin says:
"a c. Bird, third vice president of the
Chicago. Milwaukee ST. Paul Railway
Company. will become on April / traffic
manager of the entire Gould system of rail-
roads in this section His general head
ident A. j. Earring, of the ST. Paul road,
practically confirmed the report, and Mr.
Bird did not deny IT,
The National Association of Railway
Agents will hold its next annual meeting at
Eureka Springs. Ark, on July 2l-24. A
special train will leave st. Louis by the
Frisco route at p. m. July Il. arriving at
Eureka Springs next morning at o'clock.
Two days will be spent at the Springs. The
special will then leave for Oklahoma City
the travellers spending the night as guests