The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-20

Samuel Rauh president of the Belt Road
and Union Stockyard Company, left last
night for Pittsburg.
The Queen & Crescent has issued an IL
Illustrated book full of valuable information
regarding its line 10 Florida and New
Orleans.
III. G. Bibble has been appointed travel
ing passenger agent of the Chicago, Rock
Island & Pacific at Salt Lake. vice Frank
Smith, resigned.
c.. w. Pierce, for many years general
agent of the American Express Company.
at Boston, has been appointed superintend-
ent of the New England Line.
]. A Gibson master mechanic of the
shops of the Peoria & Eastern. at Urbana.
ILL., was in the city yesterday in conference
with General Manager Barnard.
Col Ashley w. Cole. president of the
will retire from the board and Capt. Joseph
Nj. Dickey will be appointed his successor.
The Baltimore & Ohio will spend 81. OOO, 600
at Holloway, on the c., l.. * w. branch
twenty-f five miles west To; of Bridgeport; o.
headquarters.
Mrs. Susan c. Pefferman. mother-in-law
of l.. F. Loree, president of the Bati-
more & Ohio. is dead at the age of sixty
four years. The remains will be taken to
Logansport for interment.
Jan. s, 1902 was the date of the Park
avenue tunnel disaster on the New York
Central, and a claimant who sued for $4,000
$4,000. the largest sum ever given for a
single limb. The damages for this wreck
have reached $4,000.
A. Wagner, for twelve years agent of
the American Express Company at Upper
Sandusky, o., has been transferred to
Delaware, o., succeeding V. ID. Stayman
who has been agent at that point thirty
seven years. o. +. Taught succeeded Mr.
Wagner at the former place.
Officials of the Illinois Steel Rail Com
pany are surprised by the large volume
of applications that have come from en-
ployes for stock in the company. Under
its plans of profit sharing, which became
effective Jan. 1, fully two thousand en-
ployes have applied for stock.
The leasing of Pullman private cars for
the of one person or family in travel
ing. which was, up to recent years. an
unusual occurrence, has increased to such
an extent that ii is now stated that this
company has an average of twenty-four
private cars on the road all the time.
c. c. Pierce. freight claim agent of the
Lake Erie & Western, will retire from that
position on Feb. l. and his duties will be
looked after by the auditing department,
of which w. A. Wildhack is the head. and
is TO become secretary of the Commercial
Trust Company, recently organized i'm this
city.
+. NJ. Byron, recently appointed to repre-
sent the Vanderbilt lines on the Pacific
coast, writes that he is settled in his new
offices, which are the handsomest in the
West. He represents the New York Gen.
trail the Lake Shore. the Nickel-plate.
the Lake Erie & Western and the Big
Four.
Oscar Severance. formerly live stock
agent of the Vandalia al Indianapolis now
holding a similar position with the company
at St Louis. is thought to be fatally ill.,
Traffic Manager Graybill, of the Belt Road
and Union Stockyards, was last night sum-
moned to St. Louis, he being a close friend
OF Mr.. Severance.
1t is stated that the Chicago. Rock Island
& Pacific syndicate has given up the idea
of securing control of the Erie 1t is I'M
derstood the valuation placed upon the
property by its owners was considerably
above the sum the Western interests are
willing to pay. The possession of a line
between Chicago and the seaboard is not
essential 70 Western roads.
Frank Wilson, late chief clerk to J. Q.
Van Wrinkle. general superintendent of the
| Big Four. yesterday notified the executive
committee of the Indiana Car Service Asso-
citation that he had decided not TO accent
the position of general manager of the as
ISOLATION. vice ID. T. Bacon. and had ac-
cepted a position with the Lake Shore road
at Cleveland I'm the office of the general SUI
perintendent as general utility man.
The gross earnings of the New York.
| New Haven a. Hartford for the first half
| of the year justify the belief that for the
entire year ending June 80 for the first
time in the roads history. its gross earn
ings will exceed $50.0o0.0oo There has been