The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-23
Personal, Local and General Notes

Earnings of the Hooking Valley road for
the second week Of January were $94, l16,
a decrease of 81, 500
NJ A Gould general superintendent of
the Missouri Pacific. who has been in Peru
on a brief visit, has returned to Kansas
City.
r ID. Cassanave. in charge of the worlds
fair exhibit of the Pennsylvania, has about
completed the plans for the engine-testing
plant.
A. Beckett. general master mechanic OF
the Louisville * Nashville, who recently
rendered his resignation, will retire on
Feb. /.
II. NJ Langworth has been appointed as
sistant auditor of passenger receipts of the
pennsylvania, succeeding h. w. Dunbar,
deceased.
r. c. Wallis, who has been appointed
freight agent of the Illinois Central at
Evansville, has assumed the duties Of the
position.
f. Harlow and Brick Fowler represent
ing the Illinois Central. Miles F'lack, the c.,
Il. q O., and j. b. Rucker the Louisville
* Nashville, were in the city yesterday.
The stockholders of the Little Miami
Railroad Company will hold their annual
meeting next Tuesday at Cincinnati, when
four directors will be elected to serve for
three years.
In recent interview President Under
wood, of the Erie said that the annual
passenger traffic on the road last year, in
Guiding the ferry service, transported over
100000 people.
John Reid of Chicago. one of the Oldest
| railroad ticket printers in the country and
| known to every passenger official, is dead;
| also j. NJ Drummond former vice presi-
! dent OF the Wabash.
| The Illinois Central has issued an order
that all persons in charge Of livestock
| shipments may ride passenger trains i'm
mediately preceding or following the freight
train transporting the cattle.
! The Illinois Central has declared the reg
dividend -
payable March l. and the Grand Rapids &
/ Indiana has declared a dividend OF 115 per
/ cent. on its deferred stock, payable Feb ].
William H. Bancroft, who, on Feb |. will
/ become general manager of the Union Pa
/ cine & Oregon Short Line, is siXty-five
/ years of age but is considered one OF the
most active and capable railroad officials
| in the country
] +. II. Short for many years treasurer of
/ the Cincinnati. Hamilton x Dayton, who
! has been quite i'll for some weeks, is not
/ rallying TO the extent that his friends had
hoped he would, and is still confined to the
\ house and quite feeble.
/ III. w. Kingsley has assumed the duties
/ of chief clerk in the Office of AlonZo Rob
/ OF the Wabash. Mr.. Kingsley was formerly
/ chief clerk I'm the transportation depart
ment Of the road at st. Louis.
/ The appointment of a successor to Col.
| 5. +. Gray as assistant general freight
agent of the Pennsylvania lines west of
Pittsburg is now in the hands. Of Vice
/ President Wood who is expected TO an
! nounce the appointment I'm a few days.
John Houser, chief clerk in a freight Of
| flee at Detroit, who died quite suddenly,
was buried to-day at Peru. Ind Mr.. HOu-
i ser was born and raised in Peru. His IA
/ ther was for many years a conductor on
the indianapolis, Peru * Chicago road.
] ]. H. Maddy, chief clerk 10 Third Vice
/ President ID. l.. Potter. of the Baltimore
/ & Ohio. has been promoted to the position
of special agent of the company. with
| headquarters in Baltimore, and is sue
| ceeded by j. w. Coon, who has been chief
clerk 10 the general manager.
Western roads have agreed to combine
| the Western and TranSmissOuri Mileage
! Bureau and place both under control of Il.
| +. Mcleod at Chicago. INTERCHANGEABLE
| mileage tickets of the Western Passenger
Association viii not be good in transmits
souri, territory and vice versa.
The Rock Island will join with the Great
| Western in building an immense freight
/ house and constructing other terminal IA
| cilities at Omaha, and IL has transpired
| that both OF these roads are behind the
| company which recently procured the fran
| chise for new bridge across the river.
John Roach, assistant road foreman OF
| engines OF the Pittsburg division Of the
/ Panhandle, who died very suddenly at
| O'Clock on Wednesday with a stroke OF
| apoplexy, was buried at Columbus yester-
/ day He was an engineer on the Panhandle
| for many years. and ran between Indian
| apolis and Columbus.
| General Superintendent Schoyer of the
| Pennsylvania lines West. has been going
! over the Western lines this week looking
| after proposed improvements. He states
that the Pennsylvania will continue its