The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-29
Personal, Local and General Notes.

The surgeons on the Wabash will meet
in ST. Louis In annual session Nov. II.
The Nickel-plate. officials will move into
their new offices at Cleveland on Monday.
The Wabash on Monday began hauling it's
Continental limited train with New At
lantic type Of locomotives.
The Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton will
on Sunday, run an excursion from Cincin-
natl to Decatur, the last of the year.
Charles Watts. general superintendent of
passenger traffic of the Pennsylvania lines
west, left Stony Creek, Va, last night, on
two weeks hunting trip.
It. j. Ratler. agent of the Baltimore &
Ohio at New Concord, o., has resigned and
been appointed dairy freight agent with
headquarters at Sioux City, Ia.
The earnings of the Wabash for the
third week of October increased $4,000 over
the corresponding week OF last year and
the increase since June 80 is sl.093,000
The annual reunion and conference of
freight and passenger officials of the Santa
Fe will be held in Kansas City. Dec Z,
and 1t Is expected all divisions will be rep
resented
Statistics just prepared show the net
to have been s24S,9O0.572, an increase over
the corresponding period last year of
S30, 81. sos.
Passenger business in and out Of Indian
apoliS the last few months has exceeded
that of any former year. and it has had its
effect on the baggage department where
from 2oo TO 5000 more pieces have been
handled monthly than ever before.
The Panhandle is so cramped for room for
freight cars that il has decided TO convert
it's passenger equipment yards. near the
shops. into additional freight yards and con-
struct two long sidings between the shops
and lrvington for passenger car tracks
John Beckett, of Salt Lake former dis
trict freight and passenger agent of the
Denver X Rio Grande. died quite suddenly
a few days since of acute pneumonia. He
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in the country, owning large ranches in the
West.
The thirty-first annual convention of the
American Association of Travelling Passen-
ger Agents will be held in New Orleans,
beginning Nov. TO- On the trip through
from New Orleans, and while in that city.
many visits will be made 10 points OF in
terest.
special train bearing the officials of the
Hooking Valley line will leave Columbus q
on Monday. Nov. 3, and put in the entire
week inspecting the property. The inspec-
ton viii include the GAINESVILLE * Western
the Kanwaha & Michigan, and the south
ern terminal of the road.
General Passenger Agent Galloway. of
the 500 line. is spending few days in
New York city, for what purpose is some
thing he does not disclose. but il is thought
IL is in correction with the Forthcoming
lines on immigrant traffic.
Chief Engineer Wallace. of the Illinois
Central. in company with division super
intendents and roadmasters. yesterday be-
tracks from Chicago to Omaha and from
Omaha 20 Memphis. The six succeeding
days VIII be devoted TO inspection from
Memphis south
1t Is stated that the Chicago. Burlington
& Quincy has increased % per cent in
gross and S per cent in net earnings since
the Northern Securities merger, while the
Chicago. Milwaukee & ST. Paul. practically