The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-20

fersOnaI, General anu Local notes.
The Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern has
passenger engines ordered from the Bald
win locomotive works.
w. c. Arp, superintendent of motive of
the Vandalia. and d. F. Crawford, super
are I'm Pittsburg attending a meeting of
officials.
G.. +. Thomas has been appointed as
sistant general freight agent for the Chi
cago Great Western, vice G. r. Berry,
resigned to accept service with another
railway company.
f. III. McHenry. recently of the Canadian
Pacific at Montreal and formerly of the
fourth vice president of the New York,
New Haven q Hartford.
AT meeting of the board of directors
of the PENNSYLVANIA Railroad Company
held yesterday. Henry Tatnall, of Phila-
dephia. was elected treasurer and sixth
vice president of the company.
l.. Smith. chief claim clerk of the Cleve-
land, Akron & Columbus division of the
Pennsylvania, who has been confined for
some weeks with typhoid fever at the home
of his parents. returned yesterday
George A. Cellar, superintendent of tel
egraph of the Pennsylvania lines west.
the telegraph system of the Vendala for
several days, has returned to Pittsburg
A local division of the Order of Railway
Telegraphers will be instituted to-day at
Portland Me, making seven locals on the
Boston * Maine Railway. Vice President
Person, of this city, will deliver an ad-
dress.
Inquirer-The Panhandle's indianapolis
and Chicago line over the INDIANAPOLIS
Peru a. Chicago between Indianapolis and
Kokomo Junction was established Feb IA.
1855. The Lake Erie & Western now owns
the l., p. & c.
In a run of seventy-one miles, between
Midland City and Columbus, the Worlds
Fair Special. of the Baltimore & Ohio made
up Il minutes of lost time, for portion of
the distance attaining speed of eighty
miles an hour.
Fast freight service has been inaugural
ed between Columbus and Chicago by the
Ohio Central lines in connection with the
Nickel-plate. The arrangement went into
running through to Chicago.
Z. A. Ford. passenger traffic manager of
the Pennsylvania west and general pas
senger agent of the Vandalia, was in the
ence with Receiver Malott, of the Wanda
liza, and officials of the Pennsylvania
The International Freight Claim Asso-
citation to-day elected the following Of
first vice president. Il; l. Calkins, New
York; second vice president Joseph Gray.
Savannah: secretary and treasurer War
rem Z. Taylor, Richmond.
Harry Drew, promoter and general man.
ager of the Chicago, Indiana & Eastern
road. has returned from the South much
improved in health. He is proud of the
increase in business on the road, especially
in passenger business between Muncie and
Chicago in connection with the Panhandle
The Grand Trunk officially announces
that the statement that IL intends TO make
a general increase in rates is Incorrect
The management says IL is not considering
any general increase, and that while some
changes are to be made I'm the ordinary
course of business. each increase will be
settled on its merits.
Reports from Albuquerque, Window.
Needles. Saigma. Barstow, Point Rich
mond and San Bernardino from General
Manager Wells. of the Santa Fe. are TO
the effect that every boiler maker has
struck at the points named. Manager
Wells states that he has applications from
many places from boiler makers wishing
work. He has announced that the strik.