The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-02-04
Personal, Local and General Notes.

On Feb. 1 F. B. Choates assumed the
duties of general agent of the Southern
Pacific and the Union Pacific at Detroit.
]. j. Turner. third vice president of the
Pennsylvania west, states that the Penn
sylvania special trains are annulled but
temporarily.
There were loaded and unloaded at the
city freight depots of the Big Four in jan
uary 7,424 cars, an increase of 1861 over the
corresponding month of 1902
Work on the Prospect-street subway is
progressing rapidly. The bridge is near
completion and the fills being made.
The work complete will cost $4,000.
The Illinois Central has placed con-
tract with the American Car and Foundry
Company for 1000 freight cars, to be
equipped with Kindle trucks, the cars to
be $1,000 pounds capacity
Trains OF the Chesapeake & Ohio are
again running with their usual regularity
The company has built an extra track
around the landslide which occurred on
Saturday, which will be utilized temporar-
lily.
Thomas Campbell, passenger agent of the
Wisconsin Central who has been at Mud
lavia Springs for some weeks, has not i'm
proved in health, as was hoped. and yester-
day started in a special car to Mexico, ac-
companied by his wife.
The Pennsylvania Company, in addition to
taking off the special trains Nos. %
and 20 between Chicago and New York, will
also discontinue train No. z, run between
Columbus and Cincinnati, daily, 1t taking
passengers from the special trains
Within the last few days it has developed
that the Wabash has secured at Toledo
options a number of properties needed
TO give the road a connecting link at that
city with an Ann ArbOr road, which the
Wabash purchased few months ago.
The traffic officials of Pittsburg have COM
pleted their new organization and selected
Charles w. Clark, general agent of the
Erie. president of the club. As an initiatory
step elaborate dinner will be given at
the Hotel Henry at p. m. on Friday.
Charles Stilz, general ticket agent at the
Union Station, reports that the revenue
from sales of tickets for January was
IS. 5000 In excess of January last year,
which. under weather conditions the first
half of the month, is a very favorable ex-
hibit.
j. Z. Field, who has been traffic manager
of the Atlantic. Knoxville & Northern, has
resigned and the position has been abol-
travelling freight and passenger agent in
the north, has been appointed general
freight and passenger agent.
The Pennsylvania is this week sending
checks to employees who served as men,
bers of the National Guard during the an
thracite strike. Several hundred men are
benefited by the disbursements, which will
include the increase in wages granted to
the company's employees while the strike
was on.
The Peoria & Eastern handled in jan
uary 20,O43 loaded cars an increase of 3,o15
over January, 1902 or 17.2 per cent. This
road Is so well supplied with locomotives
that 1t has experienced but little diff
Guilty in handling its business with a
promptness which is favorably commented
ON by shippers over that line.
Frank ]. Reed, general passenger agent
of the Monon, is gratified with the actual
results in the increase in revenue of the
lines for 1902. January began this year
under favorable earning exhibits. Every
was shown over each month of 1901. and
1903 starts with fully as favorable exhib-
its.
The Pennsylvania and Baltimore & Ohio
will soon begin to feel the aid from the new
engines which have begun to arrive. This
month and I'm March 80 new freight loco
motives to be brought into use on the
two systems. The Pennsylvania has be-
tween fifty and sixty freight and passenger
locomotives scheduled to arrive within the
next sixty days.
Opposition is developing to the Pttsburg
& Lake Erie conducting its proposed sea
shore excursions with Boston as the radiat-
ing point. The company desires to oper-
ate summer excursions to Boston on the
same basis as does the Pennsylva mia and
the Baltimore & Ohio TO Atlantic City, and
such privileges are opposed by the two
last named lines.
The report from Detroit is that fully
10000 freight cars are blocked at that point
because of lack of facilities for crossing the
Detroit river Inc ice DiOckdue mas been
raised for week. but the roads have not
yet caught up with the immense arrears
that had piled up. there being loaded cars
both east and west-bound. from the Michi-
gan Central, the Pere Marquette. the Grand
Trunk. the Wabash and the Canadian Pa
cifc.
The Brightwood branch of the Young
Mems Christian Association has decided
TO erect a better building than that at first
contemplated, and President ingalls, has
increased his subscription from $4,000 "a
| $1,000. The employees are making good
Roadway in raising the 5000 of the sum
needed 10 erect the new home. When COM