The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-23
Personal, Local and General Notes.

NJ Z. Ingalls,, president of the Big Four
is expected home to-day from the East
Oliver Morton Watts. of Terre Haute, has
been appointed city ticket agent of the Big
-Four at Its uptown office in Indianapolis
The struggle between the Michigan Cen
trail and the Pere Marquette over Michigan
passenger business is becoming extremely
sharp.
In granting the demands of the men on
the Big Feur as TO increased wages the
pay roll of the company is increased Sl4O-
90 a year.
The American Express Company is fitting
up new offices in Cleveland, o., which when
completed will give that company magnifi-
cent and thoroughly modern quarters.
W. c. Sechrist, who represents the Van
derbilt lines at Portland, Ore, has returned
TO his headquarters. after a months visit
in New York and other Eastern cities
The Wabash is receiving from Pittsburg
steel rails in large quantities and Is dis
tributins them between Maumee, o.. and
New Haven, Ind, distance OF eighty-fve
miles.
1t is stated that the Chicago Great West
ern will withdraw from the Western PAS
senger Association, the cause being that
the Great Western was fined SIS for cutting
the rate from Omaha to Minneapolis.
Harry j. Rhein. general passenger agent
OF the Lake Erie * Western, left yesterday
for New York to attend meeting of the
general passenger agents of the Vanderbilt
line to arrange the winter time table.
The annual report of the Pennsylvania
will show that in the year ended June 80
the Pennsylvania carried on its Eastern
lines 20. 4S9.l63 passengers, and on the en-
tire system East and West 115,S4S,S4l pas
sengers.
BY an arrangement with the Chicago
Rock Island & Pacific the Great Western
will soon run tourist sleepers to California
by way of Ell Paso. The arrangement will
give the Great Western two routes TO the
Pacific coast.
Some of the roads in the Central Pas
senger Association are objecting TO some
of the rulings made at the recent meeting
in Chicago. The smaller lines are the chief
directors and declare that the rules are
too arbitrary.
The November number of the Sunset
Come From" THE Commercial Awaken
ing OF Russia" Course OF Empire" Roo
and Reel at Webster Lake" and other In
teresting matter.
George Kittredge, chief engineer of the
Big Four. was In the city on Saturday. II;
states that the trouble of the contractor:
over the improvements on the Cincinnati
division at Sunman's Hill has been adjusted
and the work is vigorously proceeding.
There is little doubt now that the expert
ments the Chicago Great Western has beer
conducting with acetylene gas headlight:
will result In their use on all engines of tn,
road Those on which the lights have beer
tried have proved successful In every par
ticular.
F. r. Scott. formerly superintendent OF
| the Indianapolis Belt road, died last week
at Galveston. Tex. where he was superin-
tendent of terminals. lie was nephew OF
the late Horace Scott who for years was
superintendent OF the Louisville division OF
the Pennsylvania
IL is understood that negotiations are
pending by which the Lake Erie & Western
will secure ten heavy freight locomotives
purchased recently for the Lake Erie Ali.
ance & Wheeling; The traffic OF the Lake
Erie * Western is so heavy as to require
more power at once.
Operating officials OF all roads centerips
at Toledo except the Toledo, St Louis /
Western have agreed upon a plan Pa,
switching interchange cars whereby eacl
road will deliver cars to yards TO the con
Meeting company In that city instead o.