The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-23
Local, Personal and General Notes.

Local, Personal and General Notes.
e. w. Meddaugh, for twenty years gen.
eral counsel OF the Grand Trunk. died on
Monday at Point Farms
The vandalia has this week received six
new heavy freight locomotives of the
heaviest type used on Western roads.
The Supreme Court of Georgia has decided
that railroads can refuse to transport luna
ties. owing TO annoyance to passengers
M. r.. ingalls,, president Of the Big Four,
will sail for Europe on Jan. g. and will
also visit Egypt. He will not return until
May.
George Mapes, VINO has been freight agent
of the Lake Shore at Elyria, o. for forty
one years, and never lost day, retired
from the service on Monday.
John Miller, who for many years was
passenger conductor on the Grand Rapids
& Indiana, now running out of Springfield.
Mo-, on the San Francisco road, is visiting
friends in this State.
M. o. Ginty, passenger conductor on the
Pennsylvania will to-day complete twenty
six years of service with that company.
He began as a brakeman and has been in
continuous service since.
Gross earnings of the Chicago Great
Western for the second week of December
| show an increase over the corresponding
week last year of S4.5S1. Since the begin
ming of the companys fiscal year an in
| crease of S412,llD is shown.
All berths in five Pullman sleepers have
| been taken for the special train FROM Cleve-
| land which the Big Four will run to Flor
| ida and Cuba on Jan. II, and before the
| train starts the expectation is that the big
| gest party which has ever gone South will
| be booked.
| All but one of the Western railroads have
| agreed to discontinue the custom of having
| their own conductors on tourist cars. Pas
| senger officials of the transcontinental lines
| have been discussing the question for some
| time and expect to reach an agreement so
| as TO put the order in force Jan. /.
| of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific, has
/ been appointed also general baggage agent
| of the Chicago, Rock Island & FL Paso, and
| w. j. II. leahy, assistant general passenger
| agent of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pa
/ cific, has had his jurisdiction extended over
| the c., r. /. & El Paso.
/ The independent entrance into Chicago of
| the Pere Marquette system and the acquisi-
| ton of its own terminals in Buffalo is of
| greater moment to Chicago and the West,
| says an official OF the road, than appears
on first thought. The addition OF the Pere
| Marquette 10 the trunk line family with
/ the New York Central. the West Shore and
| other roads at Buffalo makes 1t strong
bidder for both freight and passenger traffic.
The Western Passenger Association. the
| Southwestern Passenger Association and
i the Transcontnental Passenger Associa ton
| have been unable 10 agree on the form OF
| the clergymens rate card this year. and
/ the applications will not be ready until the
| first of the year. To insure against any
| inconvenience to ministers each of the roads
has sent out circulars notifying its agents
4 that the 1903 card viii remain effective up To
! and including Jan. 81,
| The Wabash made fast run with a train
i load OF poultry from Kansas City TO New
| York, the train starting on Saturday after
noon. Ii consisted of nineteen refrigerator
| cars filled with dressed poultry. The run
was under contract aud consequently even