The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-25
Personal, Local and General Notes

Personal, Local and General Notes.
Charles H. Little has been appointed
general agent of the Pennsylvania at
Quincy, Ill.
William A. Sullivan commercial agent of
the Chesapeake q Ohio at Washington, is
visiting relatives here.
1t is said that NJ. b. Cutter, general SUI
perintendent of the Lehigh Valley, will
return 10 Pittsburg in an official capacity.
Every scalping office in Atlanta has been
closed and the city is now free from
ticket manipulation. An important link in
the ticket scalpers' chain is broken.
Ralph Peters general superintendent of
the Southwest system of the pennsylvania
lines West, has been in PittSburg in con-
ference with General Manager @. L. Peck.
There arrived and departed at the Union
Station in January total of Ass trains,
against 1919 In January, lS8. On these
trains were hauled 26,345 cars, against a.
2Oi in 1893.
The Chesapeake & Ohio and the Norfolk
q Western have made excellent records in
moving treights, and nave had little trouble
comparatively speaking. with snow or Sc
we're weather.
1t is said that c. r. Capps, general freight
agent of the Seaboard Air line will
coed e. f. Cost as traffic manager, the
latter having been promoted to one of the
vice presidencies.
Assistant General Superintendent Boomer.
of the Lake Erie & Western, said yesterday
tlat the ROAD is now renewed OF congestion.
The last car of delayed freight was for
warded on Tuesday.
II. c. Shepard, the new assistant general
/ freight agent of the Pennsylvania at this
point, yesterday went 10 st. Paul to clear
up matters there preparatory to his per-
| manent removal here.
The management of the Glover Leac an
nOunces that after March l the pay car
| system on that road will be discontinued and
employees will be paid by checks d strib-
/ uted by the various agents.
w. NJ. Beuguard. general agent of the
! Chicago * Northwestern at Buffalo, who
| has been confined to his room with broken
leg, is on the way 10 recovery and expects
to be at his office on March 1.
President A. ]. Wheeler, of the Illinois
| Tunnel Company, announces that on March
l he will ask for bids for 1900 steel freight
/ cars, to be operated in the tunnels I'M
derneath the streets of Chicago
| III. II. Vaughn, assisted superintendent of
motive power Of the Lake Shore road, will
retire from that position on March / and
| go to the Canadian Pacific as superintendent
| of rolling stock, with headquarters at Mont
| real
The Santa Fe has purchased 100000 bar
rels of oil from producers at Batson, Tex.
/ The consideration is said to be $4,000, and
| the oil is being sent through pipe lines to
| Saratoga, where the Santa Fe has large
/ storage plants.
motive power, rolling stock and machinery
of the New York Central, was in Colling-
/ wood yesterday inspecting a new inter
| locking plant and the shops of the Lake
| Shore at that point.
| movement has been started for build
| ing a Young Mems Christian Association
clubhouse by railroad employees at FIT.
! after that line of work for Miss Helen
| Gould, has the matter In hand.
Marvin Hughitt, president of the Chicago
& Northwestern, and Samuel FELTON,, presi-
dent of the Chicago & Alton, speak of the
| report started by Chicago papers that the
! Chicago Northwestern to absorb
the Chicago & Alton as too foolish to talk
/ about The matter has never beenseven dis
cussed.
/ With the addition of the new library cars
on the Manhattan limited the Pennsylvania
has installed library on this train. The
I gers. Catalogues will be distributed and
books will be brought to the passengers by
the porter.
Eugene Zimmerman, vice president of the
/ Cincinnati Hamilton q Dayton, who. in the
! absence of President Woodford, is in au-
thority, is making an inspection of the line
north He is accompanied by NJ. L. Stern
4 berger. of Jackson, large coal operator
and director OF the road.
The sleeping-car line established two
years ago over the Chicago Indiana q
Eastern and the Panhandle, via Converse,
| is on a paying basis and IS proving a great
/ convenience TO patrons along the c. l. &
I Z. Last year it showed a 50 per cent in
crease in earnings over the first year oper-
| ated.
Minneapolis flour millers have appealed to
railroads for aid in securing cars In which
/ 10 load their output so as TO prevent curtail-
| ment OF production. Wheat arriving i'm cars
| OF roads that permit reloading for the East
/ commands a slight premium over wheat i'm
/ cars allowed TO go East Blockades at Chi
/ cagO and Buffalo are held responsible
Several important changes are announced
with the Union lines, the technical name
/ for all the fast freight lines operated bv
! the Pennsylvania. +. a. White has been
/ transferred from Sioux City to St. Paul
\ vice A. c. Shepard. promoted coming to
Indianapolis, and V. A. Lagen. VINO has
represented the line at Quincy, TO Sioux
! City.
g l. Wilson. chief engineer of the Gin
/ cinnati. Hamilton * Dayton. is spending
! a couple OF days at Toledo overlooking
the work of the new gravity yards at that
point. These tracks, including the pur-
| chase of right of way and construction. in
vOlved an expenditure of over 100000 and
I the work will be completed within the next
four weeks.
| r. d. ODonnel. general superintendent of
the Buffalo & Allegheny division OF the
Pennsylvania, is 10 go 10 Altoona as gen.
| eral superintendent OF the Pennsylvania
division. The granting of an indefinite leave
OF absence to c. w. Creighton, who now