The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-06

There will be general meeting of the
Central Traffic Freight Association at Chi
cago June 10 and ii.
A. j. Leahey, freight claim adjuster of
the Cincinnati Hamilton d Dayton, was
in the city yesterday.
l.. H. Mummert general manager Of the
Indiana car service bureau, has gone West
on three days trip.
J. @. Van Wrinkle, general superintendent
of the Big Four, is seriously i'll with stom-
ach trouble and is confined to his home
j. NJ. ODay, car-service superintendent
of the Chicago & Eastern Illinois, was in
the city yesterday examining the methods
of the Big Four of keeping trace of its
cars.
William Henry Canniff has been elected
president of the Nickel-plate by the direc-
tors for the sixth time. He began rail-
reading in 1868 as a night Waterman at a
roundhouse.
Transportation officials Of the Pittsburg
& Lake Erie are working on new time
schedule to go into effect June IA, when a
new train or two will be added to the
through service.
z. T. Steele, soliciting agent Of the Ala
bama Great Southern, has been appointed
commercial agent of the company at Bir-
mingham, and I. Craven has been appoint
ed soliciting agent.
The party of Pennsylvania passenger Of
ficials who went to st. Louis on Thursday
will return this morning, and will leave
indianapolis at Sis a. m. on their return to
Eastern headquarters.
The Vandalia handled i'm May at Indian
apolis 1904 cars, bringing in e.197 loaded
cars and i95 empty cars; forwarded west
4,SOo loaded cars and 2,Sl2 empty. OF the
inbound movement 562 cars were loaded
with live stock.
F. L. MacFarlane has been appointed
storekeeper of the Lake Erie & Western at
Lima, o., vice III. X. Fredericks, recently
resigned. Mr. MacFarlane comes from
nd IA hoe por.1n xval h.
Lake Shore road.
A special train passed through the city
last night over the Pennsylvania carving
the returning delegates from the conven-
ton of Presbyterians recently held in San
Francisco. The train consisted of a bag
gage car and seven Pullman cars.
NJ f. Tuttle. formerly train dispatcher
OF the Pennsylvania. who accepted a posi-
tion with the Baltimore * Ohio at Cleve-
land a few months ago. has Just recovered
from an attack OF typhoid fever, which con-
fined him TO the house for eighty days
Frederick Vigor. who has held the posi-
ton of assistant cashier OF the Panhandle
at Columbus, has been appointed chief clerk
TO w. G.. Pennell, general agent of the Big
Four, succeeding Edward Foster, resigned.
Mr.. Vigor was formerly with the Big Four.
An official of the Lake Erie & Western.
In speaking of the exemption from acct
dents which the road has enjoyed the last
two years. said that the robins had i'm
proved the opportunity TO build their nests
and hatch their young birds in the wreck
ing cars.
j. T. McGaughey. who has been promoted
to commercial agent of the Great Northern
Railway at Cleveland. and w. H. H. Winn.
recently appointed successor TO Mr. Nc
Gaughey as travelling freight agent at Chi
cago. Ills. were I'm the city yesterday call
ing on local freight men.
The Monon people can now proceed TO
make contemplated improvements at Louis
VILE In the way Of building q large freight