The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-08

volney T. Malott, receiver of the Van
dalia, Is expected to return from the East
to-day.
Fl. F. Houghton, assistant general super
inteEdent Of the Big Four, Is in New York
attending a meeting of the committees of
the American Railway Association.
Beginning Dec. 5 the New York & Jack
sonville sleeping cars on Trains Al and 66
via the Pennsylvania and Seaboard Air
line commenced running through to Tampa.
The Grand Rapids & Indiana has appoint
ed A. z. Garrison, passenger engineer, to
the office Of travelling engineer, newly
created position. His headquarters will be
at Kalamazoo.
w. c. Fargo, superintendent of the Indi-
ana and Ohio division of the American Ex-
press COMPANY left for Florida Yesterday
to spend a couple of weeks with his family,
who are in that State for the winter.
John H. Hanna, division freight agent of
the Grand Trunk, has resigned on account
Of Ill health. His associates gave him a
banquet at King Edward Hotel in Toronto
of $1,000.
G. E. Schaff, general manager, ]. Q. Van
Wrinkle, general superintendent, and Will
liam Garstang, superintendent of motive
power of the Big Four, are making an in
| spection trip and yesterday went over the
Cairo division.
j. H. Jones has been appointed travelling
passenger agent of the Illinois Central, vice
l.. +. Montgomery, deceased, and George
E. Sample succeeds Mr.. Jones as assistant
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service of the Central.
| G. H. Waldo, car service superintendent
| of the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton, was
| in the city yesterday looking up cars. He
| says the road is in need of all the cars it
/ can command and it Is his chief study now
\ to keep the cars in constant service.
| A Wabash construction gang is busy ex-
| tending it's tracks to a connection at Fort
Wayne with the Findlay, Fort Wayne 81
| Western. The extension was to have been
| completed Dec. /, but delays were en-
| countered which prevented carrying out the
plan.
| transportation situation in Kansas City as
| regards flour shipment. The difference
| which led the Missouri Pacific to break
| from the agreement has been adjusted in
| meeting of the Trunk Line Western Asso-
| citation.
w. C. Cushing, chief engineer of the
| Pennsylvania Southwestern System, is in
the city comforting with M. w. Mansfield,
| superintendent of terminals of the Pennsyl-
vania and of the Indianapolis q Vincennes.
regarding contemplated improvements at
/ Indianapolis.
| The Lake Erie & Western and the Pere
| Marquette are jointly building a new pas
senger and freight station at Belfast, Ind.
| The station is of novel construction, COM
| bining freight and ticket Office and dwelling
house for the agent in the second story Of
the building.
| Express business is unusually heavy.
| Nearly all the slower passenger trains are
hauling express cars. the through express
| trains hauling four to six and the
companies are considering putting spe-
cial fast express trains, at least during the
| holiday season
Shore freight officials, including the di-
vision and travelling freight agents, are ar
ranging Tor a meeting at Indianapolis
within short time. Such a meeting was
held two years ago, and the results were
quite satisfactory.
The division of the Lake Shore Road be-
tween Toledo and Elkhart is credited with
being one of the best pieces of track for
fast service in the country 1t is not an
unusual thing for fast trains to make a
speed of ninety miles hour over a large
portion Of the distance.
George w. Weldon, of Minneapolis has
been appointed district passenger agent OF
| the Pennsylvania Railroad, with headquar-
ters in Cleveland. Mr.. Weldon succeeds
c. l.. Kimball. recently appointed assistant
| general passenger agent of the Pennsyl
vania lines, with headquarters at Chicago
George Gray, general superintendent Of
the Cincinnati Indianapolis & Western, i,
In Peoria to-day attending meeting of th'
will be in Springfield. ILL.,, and will meet of
fcials OF connecting lines and arrange
| new time schedule for making good pas
senger and freight connections.
NJ L. Ingalls,, president of the Big Four
passed through the city on his way to Chi
cago last evening. In speaking of freigh
and traffic conditions on the Big Four, h,
said the chief trouble was on the st. Loui.
division. where extensive improvements ar,
in progress. but which will soon be fal
| advanced as to overcome the congestion.
The report of S. T. Cotters. superintend
ent of the merit and demerit bulletin of tn,
Eastern division of the Wabash for Novem
Der gives six engineers. two fremen, TIVE
J brakemen and one switchman merit mark
and six engineers, four firemen, six con
ductors. five brakemen. three switchmen
one agent and three operators demeri
marks.
Harry Miller as general manager OF tn
Chicago. Rock Island & Pacific, railroa,