The Indianapolis journal., 1903-02-18
General, Local and Personal Notes.

L. II. Mummert. the newly elected gen.
eral manager of the Indiana Car Service
Association, assumed the duties of the posi-
tion yesterday.
j. A. Simmons. who represents the West
Shore fast freight line in this territory, left
last night for French Lick Springs for
two weeks stay.
The territory of A. d. Perry travelling
passenger agent of the Chicago & Alton,
with Office at Indianapolis, has been ex-
tended to include Cincinnati.
S. X. Blair. superintendent of the Nickel
plates western division, who has been i'll
for a couple of weeks, is rapidly recuperat-
ing and was at his Office on Monday.
Richard F. Gusweler has been appointed
freight solicitor of the Hoosac Tunnel line
at at oinoinnarI, ,i1 vice Edwin simon, resigned
ilton & Dayton.
Chief Train Dispatcher Mel. of the Rio
Grande, has rendered his resignation TO ac-
eept a more responsible position with an
Grande from the Wabash.
A number of local passenger men are
planning to attend the funeral of the late
Thomas Campbell at Cincinnati, probably
on Friday. Mr.. Campbell died of Brights
disease at Aguas CaIiente. Mexico. and his
wife Is en- route to Cincinnati with his re-
mains.
The Southeastern Passenger Association
will convene to-day at Palm Beach. Charles
Stone, of the Louisville & Nashville; Harry
Fuller. of the Chesapeake & Ohio; W.
Rinearson, of the Queen g. Crescent and
w. Hasson, Of the Illinois Central, are in
attendance.
Anton Schneider, who left New York some
weeks ago for Peru, has been appointed
chief ,,ineer of the Cero de Pasco Com
pany Mr.. Schneider had charge of the
work of locating the Oregon ShOrt-line, and
made quite reputation by the skill he dis
played in locating it.
The date on which the order to increase
the minimum charge from Is cents to 25
cents for 100 pounds of excess baggage shall
go into effect has been changed from March
to April /, owing to the protest of the
large wholesale houses which employ so
many travelling statesmen.
An agreement has been reached between
President Ramsey and the committee rep
resenting the Wabash firemen. 1t is said
that the demands of the committee for a
change in the classification of the locomo-
granted. The demands of the firemen did
not include an Increase in wages.
The Big Four Company has under con-
temptation spending considerable money
not only on the st. Louis division, but the
Michigan division. during the coming sea-
son. On the Michigan division number
of new depots will be erected, bridges re-
newed, twenty to twenty-five miles of new
steel laid and several bridges rebuilt.
The Lackawanna carried in 1901 Is. O25. .996
passengers, and in 1902 15,52S, $751; The an
thracite tonnage of the road produces 63
per cent. of its total freight revenue, con-
a
may be expected as result of the anthra-
cite coal strike, but it's heavy passenger
traffic will overcome much of this loss.
The Evansville & Terre Haute earned in
the first week of February S27.156, an in
crease over the corresponding week of last
year of s4.544. Since July / the road shows
an increase of gross earnings of $147S02, and
the management OF the property Is elated
over It, The Evansville & Terre Haute
is increasing in Importance as coal line.
The board of managers of the Union Rail-
way Company held their regular monthly
meeting yesterday and confirm ID the re-
port of the executive committee as to the
successor of ID. t, Bacon, iate general
manager of the Indiana Car Service As
sociation. Several reports concerning fin
ished improvements and those proposed
TO be made were read.
The Transportation Club formed at Cleve-
land of railroad men is meeting with hearty
support from the entire fraternity of that
city March has been selected as the
night to accept the constitution and by
laws and also map out the work that is
to be done hereafter. Mr.. Constans OF the
b. & O., has been elected president of the
association, he having been conspicuous
In its organization.
The extraordinary occurrence on the
Southern Railroad. when high-priced ia st
train was backed twenty miles to pick I'M
three persons of social prominence led the
passengers. of whom there were twenty
six who had started for New Orleans, en-
tering a protest They united in drawing
up and signing a public protest against tie
mismanagement of the road. Such a docu-
ment from a party of railroad travellers is
unique.
IL is reported that George b. Harris.
president OF the Chicago. Burlington *
Quincy. will soon retire and be succeeded
The retirement OF Mr.. Harris will be i'm the
nature of a surprise. he has done much
| to develop the Burlington. and under his
J direction Its passenger and freight traf1c.