The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-27
Personal, Local and General Notes.

The passenger rate mems committee OF
the Central Passenger Association will hold
a meeting In Chicago Nov. 80 to be fol-
lowed by banquet.
survey has been completed for rail-
road from Kiakhta, Siberia, to Picking by
way of Ougou. The length of the road
will be about 200 miles. 1t will give a
short cut to the Chinese capital
President Cassatt and other officials of
the Pennsylvania were in Pittsburg on
Tuesday and Wednesday inspecting ter
minals and for the purpose of closing
number of recent real-estate deals.
J. ]. Corners, an old Erie passenger con-
ductor, has been promoted. His duties will
consist of instructing conductors who are
promoted from freight to passenger service
in the methods of reporting tickets, etc.
Ticket agents at the Union Station report
the revenue from the sale of tickets this
Thanksgiving as fully large the
same occasion last year. despite the trolley
lines, which cut more or less into the near
by towns travel.
The Lackawana began fast freight serv-
ice on Monday between New York and
western cities. The train is scheduled to
deliver freight in Chicago the third morn
ing after shipment and to the western
points on much the same schedule.
One of the fastest runs on record was
made on Tuesday by the Continental Linn
tied train on the Wabash between Mont
pelier and Peru, loo miles being covered
in lis minutes, twelve minutes for stops to
be deducted. The train consisted of five
cars, including Pullmans.
Harry Rhein, general passenger agent of
the Lake Erie & Western, has returned
from New York, where he attended meet
ing of passenger officials of the Vanderbilt
lines. The st. Louis exposition came in for
large share of attention, methods of adver-
Using receiving most of 1t.
B. F. Hill. Northern passenger agent of
the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis,
spent Thanksgiving in the city. He reports
the outlook for business to the South this
| winter being
new trains the Chicago 81 Eastern Illinois
has put on are very handsome and are al
ready doing good business Next month
the other two lines via indianapolis will be
in operation. giving the best service this
territory has ever enjoyed.
George A. Chesbrough, western passenger
agent of the Lehigh Valley road. has been
promoted to general eastern passenger
agent, succeeding A. A. Heard, recently
appointed assistant general passenger agent
of the Delaware & Hudson, and w. B.
been promoted to the position of western
passenger agent, succeeding Mr.. Ches-
brough; George Wade. jr., succeeds Mr.
Wheeler as northwestern passenger agent
Nashville, and his death the other day
served to call attention to the fact that
very few of the officials and employees OF
that road thirty-one years ago now
! alive. Mr.. Gavin held the throttle of the
engine that hauled the Lawrence Barrett,
special train from New Orleans to Mobile
| in two hours and forty-five minutes. Only
| two of the old engineers who were in serv-
| vice with Gavin at the time are still in serv.
| ice on the road-P. j. Donnell and Thomas
| Goodlow, the latter now conductor Of q
| passenger train.
Changes have been made in the voting
| trust of the Seaboard Airline Railroad
| and in the executive committee of the com
pany, which places the railroad under the
| control of the Ryan-Blair syndicate, says
| the New York Herald. This syndicate re-
| Gently agreed to advance funds to rehabil
| tate the property and was given equa
| representation on the board of director.
with the southern interests and the Laden
! -Thalmann syndicate. 1t Is said
| meeting of the voting trust and of the exc
! cutive committee had already been held
| and the changes which placed the Blair
| Ryan syndicate in control had been made
| Up to the present time it has not beer
| necessary for the American Foundry Com
| pany to close any OF it's plants; they ar,
| now running full time and an official say.
| they are hopeful there will be revival lii
demand about the first of the year. Bust
| ness has been slow for several weeks blu
our plants have been busy getting ou
orders booked earlier In the year. TIL
| company's freight car plants, of which
there are fifteen, are located in differen
parts Of the country. The car and foundr,
| company realizes that 1t is obliged to fac
| new conditions and may not have sufficien
business for all these plants. In that cas-
| the best equipped and most advantageous,
| located will be operated.