The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-21
Personal, Local and General Notes.


Claude Hill, representing the Wisconsin
Central. and c. E. Spaulding, the ST. Louis
& San Francisco, are in the city.
Benjamin Kelsey. formerly Of this city,
now travelling passenger agent or the Big
Four, with headquarters at Cleveland, was
in the city yesterday.
The Carthage & Western, new Gould
line, has been opened for traffic. 1t en-
tiers a section which has hitherto been with
out railroad facilities.
Farmers in lilo, Idaho, have offered
bonus of $4,000 bushels of wheat to the
Northern Pacific or any other road that
will build a road to that town from Guide
sac.
On Monday last the Pennsylvania Linn,
tied, consisting of twelve cars, was hauled
from Altoona to Harrisburg, 132 miles. in
152 minutes, with one stop and one slow
down.
Charles H. Epson. for ten years with
the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton, has
resigned and accepted position with the
Dodds Manufacturing Company as its trav-
cling representative.
Joseph Ramsey ir president sr Of the men Wa
when definite action will be taken as to
improvements at Pittsburg proper and as
to railroad extension.
The report is revived that j. r. Woods.
general passenger agent of the Pennsylva-
MIA lines east, is to be made passenger
traffic manager and that George w. Boyd
will succeed Mr.. Wood as general passen-
ger agent.
b. F. Yokum. president of the ST. Louis
& San Francisco. is to be the executive
head of the entire Rock Island system.
He will succeed w. B. Leeds and will have
complete control Of the operations Of the
entire system.
Word has been received from New York
that G.. c. Waldron, city passenger agent
of the Chicago & Northwestern at New
York city, who has been seriously Ill with
pneumonia, Is convalescent and his recov-
ery is assured
The Michigan Central will build new
station on Gross island. pleasure resort
on the line 1t will be an attractive strue-
lecture and will be a great accommodation
to summer travellers.
The Minneapolis. Superior. st. Paul &
Winnipeg Railway has been successfully
road to completion. AS projected, the road
will run from St. Paul to Duluth, prac-
tically an air line. 137 miles in length.
A. L. Klank. industrial agent for the st.
Louis e. San Francisco system, including the
Chicago & Eastern Illinois, was in the city
yesterday calling on local agents and set
ting forth the plans of the lines he rep
resents for settlers in territory on their
line.
The drilers have arrived at Little Hook
ing and commenced drilling for the $780,
600 bridge of the Wabash across the Ohio
river. This bridge will be about one and
one-half miles in length and the longest
structure of that class in that part of the
country.
]. Souers. who has been general yard
master of the Nandalia at Brazil, has been
appointed agent and general yardmaster
of the Vandalia at Effingham. n. Fisher,
agent at Efhngham. succeeds to the vacancy
made through the death Of III. Griscom,
late agent at Decatur. Ill.
The report that John Francis is to be
made general passenger agent of the Chi
cago. Burlington & Quincy. with headquar-
tiers at Chicago, Is confirmed Mr. Francis
Is Denver road
been without a general passenger agent
since the resignation of T. s. Eustus.
S. S. Bridgers. commercial agent of the
Norfolk & Western with headquarters at
Indianapolis, has returned from the COM
pany's headquarters. He states that the
work of double tracking the line is being
pushed at many places and the business
of the road is unprecedented in volume.
In the division at Chicago of the party
of SEQ tourists carried over the Pennsyl-
vania on Monday the party was divided
the Chicago. Milwaukee * st. Paul getting
$50 passengers. the Chicago. Burlington &
Quincy 1885, the Chicago & Northwestern
225 and the Santa Fe taking the remainder
T. NJ Pierson, of this city. who was unan-
imously elected vice president of the Order
of Telegraphers at their recent convention
states that there were 215 bonafide dele
gates and about seventy-five visitors This
was by far the greatest and most bust
nessiike convention ever held by the tel
egraphers. The organization is free from
debt and the Union Trust Company reports
$4,000 in cash TO the associations credit.
Mr.. Pierson was given an increase in SAL
airy OF 5000 per year. The next convention
will be held at Buffalo, y. Y.
Western railroad officials are much elat-
ed the outlook for crops. The grain
producing section OF the country is in the
Central and Western States. and when a
great crop is assured IT always means a
continued heavy traffic the next nine
months OF the year after the harvest. The
recent warm weather has greatly improved
the outlook for corn and oats, and a big
wheat crop is already assured. IL nothing
now happens TO the crop the West will en-
joy an unprecedented year of prosperity
as good crops mean prosperity for the
transportation systems
The Pennsylvania has under considera-
ton the placing OF track tanks on the
Pittsburg Fort Wayne & Chicago division
These tanks will be one and one-half miles
long and scoops will be placed In the engine
tenders TO be able 10 take an eight or ten
inch stream while running at full speed
The company is pushing grading on its
double track between Atwood and Columbia
City and within a few weeks long stretches
of double track will be opened to traffic