The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-12
Personal, Local ind General Notes


meet those OF roads in the other States.
Personal, Local ind General Notes.
The Hooking Valley Railroad earned IN
the first week i'm March $95, 679. 20. in
crease ever the corresponding week of 1902
of $l.105M
n. a BEAUMONT of the Baltimore & Ohio
at GAINESVILLE, has been appointed to the
new office of general car inspector on the
Baltimore & Ohio.
w. j. Hartman is now air-brake instruc-
tor on the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific.
Mr.. Hartman for many years held the same
position on the Big Four.
j. L. Vallery, general agent Of the Chi
cago, Burlington & Quincy, is in the city.
Mr.. Vallery has represented this road in
this territory seventeen years.
Four hundred and fifty marines. en- route
from the Philippines to Norfolk, Va,
passed through the city yesterday over the
Big Four and the Chesapeake & Ohio.
Few roads are handling much freight
as Is the Lake Shore, according to mileage.
For February the official report shows an
Increase of $4,000 loaded cars over Feb
ruary, 1902.
The Baltimore G. Ohio and the Chesa-
peake 81 Ohio are taking all business that
the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton and
the Big Four offer, which is doing much TO
relieve the situation.
For many years the Columbus, Lima &
Milwaukee mas been seeking entrance to
Lima, and it is stated the new owners of
the company will extend the road into
Lima and probably to points south.
The private of NJ. Z. Ingalls,. presi-
dent OF the Big Four, which has been in
the shops at Brightwood for light repairs,
has been sent to Cincinnati for Mr.. Ingalls,
to 60 TO New York in this evening.
George Gardiner, chief clerk of E. o.
Mccormick, passenger traffic manager of
the Southern Pacific with headquarters at
San Francisco, is en- route East to attend
arnl Of h - hrlfl ,1r. ~
]. A. Barnard, general manager of the
Peoria x Eastern returned yesterday from
Peoria, where he attended the annual meet
ing or the Peoria, Pekin & Union Railway
Company, representing the Big Four and
the +. & z.
DIR. c. B. Stemen completed the twenty
seventh anniversary on Tuesday in the po-
sition of surgeon of the Pennsylvania lines
on its Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago d.
vision. During that time he has treated
Il. 900 sick and injured men.
Alex. Hilton, general passenger agent of
the st. Louis & San Francisco Railroad,
has been rendered the same position by
the Missouri, Kansas & Texas system to
succeed the late James Barker. 1t is said
that in all probability he will accept.
j. n. Stroud. travelling passenger agent
of the Colorado Midland, was in the city
yesterday. He states that he finds that
in making his rounds the prospects for a
heavy business to Colorado points and
the Northwest were never more favorable.
James Meehan, foreman of the Toledo
freight car shops of the Wabash. has ac-
cepted a good position on the Mobile q
Ohio under Mr.. Mckee. superintendent of
motive power and machinery, who was
formerly master mechanic of the Wabash
at Fort Wayne.
be operated directly under control Of the
Chicago Rock Island & Pacific. If the pro-
posed deal by which it secures control OF
wi he mill Of q N
line and will place 1t fourth in the list of
the great systems of the country.
+. II. Prince, president and M. ]. Car
penter. vice president and general manager
OF the Marquette road, are in Buffalo look
ing after terminal matters. One of these
officials says this extension into Buffalo
has become definite policy, and within a
few months trains will be arriving and
departing in that city over the company S
own rails.
The building of the Baltimore & Ohio cut
off from Cherry run to Harpers ferry
means important developments in the neigh
borhood of Shepherdstown, which will be
made the connecting point between the Bal
timore & Ohio and the Norfolk & West
ern. The railroad companies are buying
a great deal of land adjacent to the point
where connections are to be made with the
Norfolk q Western.
After sharp competition between the
transcontinental lines, the government con-
tract for carrying United States naval Off
has been awarded to the Union Pacific and
Southern Pacific railroads west of the Mis-
souri, river. Their bid, which submit
ted by the Southern Pacific, amounts to
about one-quarter of a cent a mile for each
passenger to be carried under the contract
The Big Four is now handling over six
thousand loaded cars per day, and the
number would be greater if the company
had cars and power to move the business
offered. The company is now receiving
fifteen new cars per day on the last thou
sand contracted for, and is really suffering
moro in car shortage than power short
age. notwithstanding the fact that it has
fully three thousand more cars in service
than year ago and thirty more freight
engines.
1t is unofficially announced that the Chi
cago division of the Atchison. Topeka &
Santa Fe Railroad, comprising the main
line from Chicago to Kansas City, will be
divided into two divisions with Fort Madi-
son, Ia, as the dividing point Superin-
tendent F. T. Dolan, of Fort Madison, will
move his offices and force TO Chillicothe,
ILL.,. and the Kansas City division will
Marcelinne Mo. The change, il is said
will take effect on April /.
Circulars announce the following appoint
ments: W. j. Edwards commercial agent
of the Nashville. Chattanooga & ST. Louis;
j. r. Manderfeld, travelling agent of the
Chicago & Northwestern; A. y. Graham
formerly travelling freight and passenger
w3th the Mexican Central, and G.. w. Lipp-
mar. city passenger agent of the Southern
Pacific at San Francisco. succeeding p. X.
Gordon, who will represent the Piedmont
Airline as Pacific coast passenger agent.
a. b. Starr. general superintendent of
freight transportation on the Pennsylvania
lines west Of Pittsburg. states that the
company has the situation now thoroughly
in hand, and the amount of freight await
ing movement from the various yards is
but slightly in excess of what is normal.
He further states that the only Pennsyl-
vania yards in Pittsburg territory where
the amount of freight on hands was above
normal is a few miles out of the CITY, on
the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago. At
Chicago the Pennsylvania has surplus of
empty cars.
The st. Louis g. San Francisco has placed
an order with the American Locomotive
Company for twenty-five engines and with
the Baldwin works for the same number
The American Company will build ten Pa
cific type. twenty-five ten wheeIers and Ave
will build fifteen simple ten-wheelers and
ten compound ten-wheelers. The Pacific
type compound will weigh $4,000 pounds
each. with 10000 pounds on the drivers The
Erie has placed an order for thirty switch
engines. thirty passenger engines and forty
freight locomotives.
The vigorous manner in which the Balti-
more & Ohio is antagonzing the Wabash
has reached new phase at GAINESVILLE O.
A week ago the Il. a. o. purchased the
Spaulding property. the Wabash key to the
terminaI site in that city. To offset this
Baltimore a. Ohio advantage the Wabash
asked the city for a franchise and ex-
pressed determination to buy the Spauld-
ing property from the Baltimore d Ohio
by having the property condemned for rail-
road purposes Hearing of this Intention
the Baltimore ONO, yard crew received