The Indianapolis journal., 1904-06-01
Personal, Local and General Notes.

The Lake Erie & Western carried into
Fort Wayne on its last Sunday excursion
5ol people.
All lines in Trunk-line Association terri
tory have arranged to run coach excursions
every Thursday of the present month, COM
mencing this week. TO st. Louis.
NJ. E. ingalls,, president, and c. E. Sehaff.
general manager of the Big Four, will re-
turn from St. Louis this morning and Will
remain in Indianapolis until afternoon.
Two Pullman cars carrying DR.. Lunn and
number of mayors Of English cities will
pass through the city this morning on
, Train q en- route to the worlds fair at
St. Louis. The party numbers twenty.
C. e. Schaff, general manager of the Big
Four, issued q notice 10 employees that no
passes will be issued to the worlds fair
at St Louis after Aug. 10. assigning as
a reason the expected rush of travel late
in the season.
C. E. Stone, assistant general passenger
agent of the Great Northern railway, and
| w M Lowrie general passenger agent of
the Great Northern Steamship Company
| are on a trip east visiting the local agencies
| and becoming better acquainted with their
work.
John B. Doyle for thirty-nine years a
| shipping clerk for the Louisville & Nash
| Vile in Louisville, KY. was buried on
Monday. He was sixty-eight years Old
| was an unusually popular man and the
| oldest employe as to time of service on the
| L. & n. road.
| 1t is announced that the Pennsylvania
will build another bridge across the AL
I Iegheny river at Pittsburg. 1t will be
built at the point where the Union bridge
| now stands and will be used exclusively
| for hauling freight of the Pittsburg, Fort
| Wayne & Chicago road.
| The business of the car service depart
| ment of the Big Four. which is in charge
| of J. r. Cavanaugh, is so heavy that he
| gives employment to seventy people, double
| the number before the Car Service Associa-
| tion became so prominent a feature with
| the railroad companies.
Albert Ingalls,, superintendent of the Bee
| line division of the Big Four between Cleve-
| land and Indianapolis. was in the city yes
| terday. He reports the business of the road
| as improving and is of opinion that freight
traffic from now on will be heavier than
| during the last four months.
John Cannon, jr., has been appointed
chief clerk TO General Manager w. j. Har-
| rihan. with increase salary of $40 per
month. This promotion is recognition of
Mr.. Cannons ability: 1t is understood that
at Gale. Ill, will be Mr.. Cannon's success
| sor.
| The running of compartment cars over
| the New York Central. the Lake Shore and
| the Big Four promises to yield excellent
results. These cars have only been on a
/ few days, and are running in both direc-
tions on the Big Four's fastest trains. Yes
| terday, west bound, there were but three
| unoccupied berths.
| The Pennsylvania has decided to postpone
! indefinitely improvements on its large
| stretch of dock property at Toledo. The
| plans and specifications are completed and
| in the hands of the civil engineers ready
| to begin operations when the retrenchment
| policy is abandoned. The improvements
| contemplate expenditure of about one
! million dollars.
! The annual banquet given to staff Off
| cials of the Southwest system of the Penn
| sylvania by General Superintendent
Peters will be held in the Union Station at
Columbus on the night of June 4. This
! custom was originated by Mr.. Peters last
year and he proposes to make il an annual
| affair 1t is expected that $50 officials of
the department service Will be seated nj
| the table
| Announcement was made at the general
! offices of the Southwestern system of the
/ Pennsylvania lines at Columbus yesterday
| that /. 100 shopmen would be laid off to-day
| to cut down expenses. OF this number
| 425 are employed in the Columbus shops.
1t is also announced 462 men in the main
! tenance of way department of the Pitts
| burg division have been suspended for the
| same reason.
The New York Central has equipped a
| locomotive for fire service in the Adiron-
| dack country, where forest fires are fire.
| quently troublesome. a consolidation en-
gine was selected and on top of the boiler
| a pump of large capacity was installed
| dropping into ponds or other water SUNNY
near the tracks and a long line of hose Is
| carried for fire duty
Wonderland the official publication of tbs
| NOflneTn II just OH the press. This
| publication has a reputation for its typo
| graphical beauty and illustrations but the
| present number seems TO be better ever
| than those which gave the magazine its
| reputation. The frontispiece is a hunting
scene in the West. This is one of the illus
trations of an interesting article on wild
animals. Throughout ii is most inter.
| esting number.
Detailed information of alleged hard
ships imposed upon shippers by the Chicago
Car Service Association. which comprise.
twenty-six railroad companies centering in