The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-30
Personal, Local and General Notes.

s. w. Maxwell trainmaster of the
Springfield division of the Cincinnati, Ham
iltOn x Dayton, is confined at home by ILL
ness.
The Travelling Passenger Agents Associa-
ton will meet this year on Dec. Is in the
City OF Mexico, after the close of the
worlds fair
NJ. d. Woodford. president of the Cincin-
natl, Hamilton 81 Dayton, is in San An
tonic, Tex, and reports from him are that
his health is improving.
Charles Meyers, claim agent of the Big
Four, will accompany j. q. Van Wrinkle.
general superintendent of the Big Four, who
will leave on Monday for Mexico.
Superintendent A. Beamer, of the Idaho
division of the Northern Pacific, announces
that passenger trains will run to Adrian.
via the Washington Central, beginning
Feb. /.
j. A. Scott, assistant general passenger
agent of the Illinois Central, accompanied
by his wife. who has been for several days
with friends in this city, left for Memphis
last evening.
The Pennsylvania signal department has
installed another station al Bourbon. 1t is
operated by twenty-eight levers. 1t is To-
Gated at the crossing of the Indiana, Illinois
& Ohio road.
1t is stated that the Cincinnati, Hamilton
& Dayton, in connection with the Wabash,
via Springfield, ILL.,. will establish fast pas
senger service this spring between points on
its lines and st. Louis.
The board of directors of the Boston &
sented 5000 to the Employees Relief Asso-
| citation of that road. The association now
| has membership of 1904.
w. L. Andrews, who has been coal and
! coke agent of the Baltimore & Ohio with
headquarters in Baltimore, has resigned to
| become traffic manager of the Consolidated
| Coal Company of that city
The Missouri Kansas & Texas Friday
announced 12-cent rate on wheat and corn
| from Kansas City to Galveston. effective
| on Feb. l. The present rate is IL cents on
| wheat and 16 cents on corn.
| The executive committee of the Brother
| hood of Locomotive Engineers. in session at
| Albany, n. Y, adopted resolution indoors
! ing Frank NJ. Baker, a locomotive engineer
for state railroad commissioner.
| G.. H. Mills. who for twenty-three years
has been connected with the coal department
| of the Lackawanna road, and a well-known
| railroad man, will retire from the service of
the company on Feb. to engage in the coal
business.
George G. Conn, general agent of the Pere
Marquette at Milwaukee. has been appoint
| ed general freight agent of the 500 line
with headquarters at Minneapolis. succeed
| ing w. l.. Martin, who was promoted to
freight traffic manager.
E. H. Kennedy has been appointed auditor
of the Pittsburg & Lake Erie c. II. Bron-
sons connection with that line in that posi-
| ton will cease on Feb. l. Mr. Kennedy has
| had training for the position that makes
| him very competent to occupy ii.
RokuZo Kaneko, assistant general freight
| agent of the Nippon Railway of Japan, who
| has been in this country several months
studying Pennsylvania Railroad freight and
| transportation methods. will to-day start on
his return to his native country.
The Southern Pacific literary bureau is
| preparing an eating house guide for the ben
eft of tourists. The booklet will contain a
| list of approved restaurants, hotels cafes
| and lunch counters in every town of impor-
lance on the Southern Pacific lines.
| ID. G.. Edwards, passenger traffic manager
| n the Cincinnati. Hamilton e DAYTON John
| S. Lazarus, freight traffic manager of the
| Springfield division of the c., II. & D., and
| H. NJ Bronson, assistant general passenger
agent of the Big Four, have returned from
| the ST Louis meeting.
| One of the big locomotives recently DUR
chased by the Wabash is now In the shops
| at Fort Wayne, being equipped with the
| Habicorn cylinders and equipments which
go with them. This is taken as evidence
| that engine No. 414, equipped with this de-
| vice, is giving satisfaction.
| The Chicago Great Western has made an
| unexpected reduction in its rates from Kan
sas points and Nebraska territory to Chi
| cago and Minneapolis and ST Paul The
| those points have been resorting to under
! handed schemes 10 get business
The Toledo Terminal Company, which op-
crates the line encircling Toledo, has filed
a suit against the Michigan Central. charg-
| ing the latter with entering into unlawful
| conspiracy with other roads entering To-
| ledo not to deliver freight to the plaintiffs.
| although the shippers have ordered.
The changes which were intended to have
been made in the time card of the Pennsyl-
| vania lines west, last Sunday, affecting
/ several divisions and establishing new mail
and express trains from New York TO Chi
| cago will become effective Feb. l. The
/ flood was the occasion of calling off the
| change on last Sunday.
Owing TO the extension and installation
OF extra automatic signals and the inter-