The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-27
Personal, Local and General Notes.

fersOnaI, LOcaI anu ueneruI NOteSs
Calvin Skinner has taken charge of the
shops of the Peoria * Eastern at Moore
land.
John II. Upp. for five years freight agent
for the Lake Erie & Western, has rendered
his resignation.
The Big Four and the Cincinnati, Hamil-
ton q Dayton will inaugurate their Sunday
summer excursions April is.
j. d. Brown, ticket agent of the Lake
Shore at Cleveland, is touring California
and expects to be absent some weeks.
The Hooking Valley road earned in the
third week of March $99.975S2 an increase
over the corresponding week last year of
$5,701.42.
Frank Trumbull, who Is well known in
Indianapolis railroad circles and now pres
ident of the Colorado Southern, is seriously
i'll at st. Louis.
the Cincinnati, Richmond Muncie, has
taken charge of the shops of the Colorado
Southern al Como, Col.
James Hanna, who has been auditor and
treasurer of the st. Louis Terminal Rail-
way Company, retires on account of poor
health and advanced years.
The Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton, in
connection with the Baltimore e. Ohio yes
terday transferred several carloads OF
soldiers from Dayton to Washington.
1t is reported that w. C. Stith. who has
been identified with Western railroads since
1SU, is to be appointed assistant to A. {.
Bird, traffic manager of the Gould lines
The Panhandle this week received two
Atlantic type passenger engines from the
schenectady locomotive works and six Class
b switch engines from the Altoona works,
w. 7. Darling, chief engineer of the
Northern Pacific announces the appoint
ment OF L. III. Grassland as division en-
gineer. vice j. A. Kyle. recently resigned
j. T. Burrows has been appointed general
baggage agent of the Lake Shore, vice John
Freeman, deceased. and o. l.. Mitchell gen.
road.
The Lake Shore will expend several hun
dred thousand dollars in adding to its track
age facilities at Collinwood and Noting
ham, o., the work to be completed this
summer.
r. j. Van Dyke has been appointed trav-
cling passenger agent for the Denver &
Rio Grande for this territory, vice l.. b;
Eweland, deceased. His headquarters VIII
be at Chicago.
general passenger agent of the National
Railroad of Mexico. Mr.. Young has resided
in Mexico for some years, but was FORM
erly connected with the Pennsylvania.
1t is said that William Gibson, formerly
division superintendent of the Big Four,
afterwards division superintendent of the
Baltimore & Ohio, will succeed L. g. Rawn
as general superintendent at Pittsburg.
The Big Four is now doing the heaviest
local business at indianapolis in its his
tory, loading and unloading at its city
freight depots, aside from it's switching
tracks, three hundred or more cars per
day.
]. A. Barnard, general manager of the
Perio e. Eastern, left last night for Peoria.
He will spend two or three days on the
western division in company with his chief
engineer, and will consider proposed i'm
provements.
Arthur NJ. Watt, superintendent of mo-
tive power and rolling stock Of the New
York Central, has rendered his resignation.
Mr.. Watts retirement is for personal rea-
sons and bears relation to the accept
| ance of another position.
The big railroad shops at Defanco, Pa.
which have been idle for several years, will
be reopened at once and 600 men will be
given employment. 1t is believed the Penn
sylvania is back of the company, which has
purchased the shops from the Lehigh VAL
ley road.
General Manager Kruteschnit, of the
Southern Pacific, Chief Counsel Herrin.
Traffic Manager Stubs and Chief Engineer
Hood are route from San Francisco to
been treafed bv their sudden departure
| from the Pacific coast to the East.
w. L. Hudson, who recently pro-
NOTED to road foreman of engines Of the
Pennsylvania Philadelphia division, has
been requested by his friends to visit Der
| ry this evening where he was located
| for some years. The occasion will be the
presentation of a fine gold watch by his
| friends and Subord1nateS.
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| bash states there is no truth in the report
| that the company is buying terminal prop
erty in Philadelphia. He states positively
| that the efforts of the Goulds to reach the
seaboard at present are concentrated on
| the completion of the Baltimore route via
| West Virginia and western Maryland.
| Edwin s. Hooley, president; George H.
| Bell vice president; II. b. Brooks, director;
| f. p. Jeffries, general manager, and III. K.
| Allen, auditor and purchasing agent of the
| Evansville & Terre Haute Railroad, arrived
at Evansville IL a private car last night,
| road. They report the road in good condi-
| ton.
Eastern railway lines have given general
| notice that the embargo which has existed
| for months against traffic from Western
! lines has been raised, and that the Eastern
| lines are in normal condition. The sltua-
| ton was relieved somewhat by the loading
| of about 1000, 900 bushels of wheat on lake
| steamers to await the opening of naviga-
| ton.
| On April 1 Major ]. E. Dawson. general
| agent of the Great Northern at Butte,
the Great Northern and the Butte, Ana
/ conda & Pacific. This appointment means
several promotions. Edward j. Healy, chief
clerk, will become general freight agent.
| and H. Gray will be appointed general
agent of the freight department, the posi-
| ton made vacant by the promotion of Mr..
| Dawson. -.
| A. j. Smith, general passenger agent of
\ the Lake Snoic, says Coihpebtioh Is not
| affecting the Lake Shore its through
| business between Toledo and Cleveland
| and Chicago. and between Cleveland and
| Buffalo 1t was never IS heavy in any form
| er year as for the past few months. The
| road is not affected by the competition on
| through business, as it gives business men
| marked advantage In time made by the
| electric lines.
| President Newman, of the New York Gen.
1 trail and other Vanderbilt lines, confirms the
| report that the link between the Vanderbilt
1 roads. the Lake Shore and the Deep Greek
| Railroad. will be constructed A corps of
| a double track line. The new road will
| connect with the Lake Shore at Franklin.
| Pa, with the Beech Creek road at Brook
| vile and with the Philadelphia q Reading
| Railroad, recently acquired by the Wander
| bilt and Pennsylvania interests jointly.
| When completed the new road will shorten
| the time between Franklin and New York
| by over three hours, and If desired give the
| Pennsylvania road another outlet to the
! West.
1t is stated that James McCrea, presi-
| dent of the Union Railway Company, has
| selected a Pittsburg man as successor to
way Company The employees in the au-
| ditor's office presented Mr.. Vinnedge with
| a letter expressing their regret that he
was to sever his connection with the Union
| Railway Company and also a handsome
| double inkstand in carved wood elegantly
| finished Mr. Vinnedge began his railroad
| career driving stakes in 1879 on the Indiana,
| Decatur & Springfield, then accepted a
| clerical position under Mr.. McNeale; later
he became auditor of the company. and in
1852 entered the service of the Union Rail-