The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-09
Personal, Local and General Notes.


against a, 446, ga In 1f01.
Notices have been ISSUED by the Pennsyl-
vania that during fully and August their
city ticket offices wiSl close on Saturday at
p. m.
New rails. bridge Work and other improve
ments this season bn the Denver & Rio
Grande will requiretan expenditure of ST.
100000.
The Order of Railway Telegraphers has
asked for a conference with the Illinois
Central officials on .June l, looking to an
advance in wages.
The general freigbf officials of the Union
Pacific are on an extended Eastern trip,
visiting Buffalo, NV York. Boston and
other Eastern points
The Monon will NEXT week begin receiving
5000 tons of new Steel rail. weighing sew
enty-hve pounds tot the yard, which will
be laid on the Indianapolis division.
Passenger officials state that the rush
of homeseekers to the Northwest is prac-
tically ended and THAT the traffic is again
at its ordinary volume on all roads.
There were handled on the Big Four sys-
tenn in the first seven days of Mey 80 931
loaded cars an indf'ease over the corre-
spending seven days fast year of 3,796 cars
On Wednesday of this week the east
bound twentieth century limited of the
New York Central made the run from Ruff
falo to Syracuse, 149 imiles, in 146 minutes
Employees of the Pennsylvania Railroad
time have been ordered to return to ten
hours per day ami Saturday forenoon
work.
Riley Miller, for many years a passenger
conductor on the Pennsylvania. who ten
years ago went to ths Denver & Rio Grande
in the same position is visiting friends in
this section
New assignments If territory have been
given the general district and travel
ing agents of thet Great Northern, in
which the road will lie better represented in
Indianapolis territors than heretofore.
Lines of the TranScontinental Passenger
Association have abandoned the idea that
under the Elkins law they cannot give half
rates to travelling officers of the army and
navy and their families and to clergymen.
The Pennsylvania u providing for emerg-
encies on its fast trains between Pittsburg
and Cleveland, and IN order to do so the
company has 1nstallSd gas and electric
plant on all cars an9 all trains on that di-
vision.
j. Q. Van Wrinkle. General superintendent
of the Big Four. Will leave this morning
for French LICK Springs to be absent ten
days. He wishes " understood that he
goes for pleasure, Dot on account of iii
health.
Representatives of she per diem plan will
meet in Chicago to-day The Big Four
will be represented by j. r. Cavanaugh.
the Cincinnati. Hamilton * Dayton by G..
H. Waldo and thel Vandalia by III. G.
Sleight.
President Stickney.l of the Chicago Great
Western, is said TO! be figuring to take
over the Des Moinesf& Southern road pre-
paratory to the Great Western going across
the Missouri river aid into Nebraska and
Kansas.
o. w. Runyon, general yardmaster of the
Pennsylvania at Columbus. o., was I'm the
city yesterday. He states that the Pennsyl-
yania lines are at la4t free from congested
business and movingi more freight than at
any former period.
w. W. Atterbury. general manager of the
Pennsylvania Railroad, accompanied by his
stan of officers from Philadelphia, has for
three days been inspecting the Pennsyl-
vania main line and all it's branches. He is
expected west next week.
The Missouri Pacific has recently placed
an order for 5000 new freight cars. to be de-
livered during June. July, August and Sep
TENDER. OF these 400 will be box cars and
500 stock cars. The receipt of this addi-
tional equipment viii greatly facilitate the