The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-28
Personal, Local and General Notes.

Personal, Local and General Notes.
The Indianapolis Railroad M,n's Building
and Savings Association now has nearly Sl,-
100000 loaned out
Trunk line passenger officials estimate
that no fewer than 100000 immigrants Will
enter this country during the present year.
The Grand Trunk is the first road in
Canada to install free libraries on it's trains,
and their introduction is said to meet with
favor.
General Manager Schaff, of the Big Four,
has been elected a director of the ST. Louis
Terminal Association, succeeding 4. r.
osborne, resigned.
one Of the most complete and costly sig
was Installed on Saturday at Syracuse
junction by the New York Central.
Trainmen on the Great Northern will be
assessed $50 each TO pay the expenses or
their committee while Ii was engaged In
ST. Paul In arranging advance wage scales
The Louisville & Nashville has again ar
ranged for the summer season through
Memphis-New York service in connection
with the Pennsylvania that was effective
last year.
Edward T. McCabe. chief clerk of super
intendent of maintenance of way on the
Pennsylvania line west, died last week
from consumption when en- route to Ashe-
vile, n. G.
The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy has
cut down the time of its limited train be-
tween Chicago and St. Paul to meet the
schedules of it's competitors, and there Is
talk of still further reduction.
George Daniels, general passenger agent
of the New York Central, and A. 5. Hanson,
general passenger agent of the Boston q
Albany road, passed through the city yes
terday morning, making brief stay.
Auditor Merton, of the Union Railway
| Company and Belt road has taken pos
session of his quarters in the Union
Station. and with his clerks occupies three
light cheerful and commodious rooms.
c. B. Reynolds has been appointed train
master of the Chicago terminal division OF
the Pennsylvania line, vice j: III. Conveys,
who takes the position OF assistant super
intendent of the Cleveland & Pittsburg road.
A. j. Smith, general passenger agent of
the Lake Shore road, who has been quite
| III at his home in Cleveland, Is recovering
and his condition is such now that there
| ness.
The Pittsburg & Lake Erie road has in
| stalled q complete plant for supplying its
engines with purified water. Arrangements
| have been made by which passengers on
that road will be served with distilled
water.
| Success has attended the system estab-
| lished year ago by the Northern Pacihc
| of having an expert travelling locomotive
| fireman to instruct regular fremen how to
maintain maximum of steam with min
| imum of fuel The coal bill already shows
| a marked reduction.
| ern Railroad Company have authorized the
| voting trustees to consent to an increase
of the capital stock from 100000 to s26..
| 100000. 1t Is planned TO construct seVeral
| extensions to coal mines and other branches
! to get a share of the lake trade.
The Chicago Eastern Illinois yesterday
| opened up it's freight lines between Chi
| cago and ST Louis and passenger service
| will be started later. The route is over the
| Chicago & Eastern Illinois tracks to Shell
| byville. ILL.,, and thence over the Big Four
O. hi will
to 26S miles.
The Big Four will, on June 3, run spe-
| cial train of eleven cars from cleveland TO
| Columbus oil account of the state Republic
an convention. A second section will be
| run over the same road, carrying Senator
| Hanna, Colonel Herrick, the gubernatorial
candidate, and other distinguished politi-
clans
| Ninety-minute service has been inaugu-
rated between Philadelphia and Cape May
| by both the philadelphia q Heading ana
| the Pennsylvania Railroad. The schedule
| became effective Monday, and eacn ROAD
came into its terminals promptly on the
| minute. Each has two trains in both di-
| rections daily.
| John Ermiah assistant trainmaster of
| the Monongahela division of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad, has been appointed super
| intendent of the Monongahela River Rail-
syiyania and Vanderbilt interests. The APP
| pointmeDt is effective June l. Mr.. Ermiah
| commenced service on the Pennsylvania as
/ a Telegraph Operator.
General Manager Mummert of the In
| diana Car-service Association, is much
| pleased with reports he hears from agents
| and shippers of the operation of the new
rules which have lately become effective.
1t has bettered conditions. he says. fully 80
| per cent. Car detentions are much less
| than under the old order of things and
| fines for demurrage are much less fire.
| quent
The position of superintendent of Pitts
burg terminals is to be abolished and the po-
sition of general agent at that point, form
erly held by Robert Pitcairn: is to be re-
| portation department, takes the position.
For the position of superintendent of tele-
| graph, to be vacated by Charles M. Schaf-
! fer, A. Keiser, passenger trainmaster Of
| the Pittsburg division, is appointed.
The Wabash Railway lines earned in the
| third week of May s435,6 l5, an increase over
The Toledo, ST. Louis & western earned in
| the third week of May S0,556. an increase
| over last year Of S0S6. The Evansville &
May sss.5s4, an increase of $3.50 The EV W
ansville & Indianapolis earned in the third
week of May s7.OS6, an increase Of s1,O35.
Isaac S. Louck, auditor of disbursements
| of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Rail-
| road whose home is In Topeka, Kan. died
suddenly Wednesday at the Grand Pacific
| Hotel, Chicago. He was found in his room
tending physician, was apparently from
| uraemia. He stated, however, that lit was
| a case for the coroner, as Ii would be
necessary to determine officially the cause
| of death.
1t is stated that the row between Mr. Cas-
satt and George Gould, which has resulted
| i'm the Pennsylvania chopping down the
| Western Union poles along the right of
way In Pennsylvania, has had much to do
| with the bearish sentiment toward railroad
| stocks Traders have said that when two
| great interests like the Gould and Penn
sylvania crowd could afford to engage in
| a fight il was time for the small fry to
unload their stock.
The Legislature of Florida has passed a
bill TO aid in the construction of the ST.
| Andrew, Quincy & Northern Railroad. The
| act carries with ii a grant of 5000 acres
| of land for every mile of road constructed.
| 1t is stipulated that the road must be COM
| pleted i'm two years to be laid with seventy
| six-pound steel rails, and that the land is
| not to become the property of the railroad
| until completed. The proposed road opens
up a section of Florida that is now will
| derness.
Joseph Ramsey jr., president of the Wa
BASH and President Blair. of the Little
| Kanawha extension, in Pittsburg. Mr..
! Blair states that the company has not
been given permission by the government to
build bridge across the Ohio river below
| Parkersburg, and that the bridge soundings
were made week ago for future develop
ment He hopes, however, that work on
the extension will be taken up this year
Mr. Ramsey is there making special sur
| vey of the field.
The rumor of the merging of the Chi
caPo Milwaukee e. St Paul and the Mis-