The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-07
Personal, General and Local Notes.

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of the Lake Shore, has returned from a
trip TO Mexico and California.
William Hodgson. general freight agent
OF the Vandalia, was in the city yesterday
in conference with Receiver Malott.
The Louisville & Nashville reports an
increase of $4,000 in net earnings for Feb
ruary. The gain for nine months is about
$500 900.
E. III. Hartman starts this week on an
extended trip throughout the West, and
while absent will inspect the entire South
ern Pacific system.
1t is stated that the Illinois Central is
planning to establish shops in Evansville,
Ind, this season. for repair work, which
will give employment to 100 men.
j. q. Van Wrinkle, general superintendent
of the Big Four. who has been i'll for a few
days, is reported better, and he will return
to his official duties in few days.
With the selection of Robert Williams as
general superintendent of the Toledo, St.
Louis q Western the headquarters have
been changed from Frankfort, Ind. to To-
ledo, o.
Colonel T. Cory Winans, general travel
ing agent of the Cincinnati, Hamilton &
Dayton, who was taken i'll while on a trip
last week, was yesterday reported improv-
ing and out of danger.
The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific an
nounces the appointment of i. n. Gray as
passenger agent in New. England, with
headquarters at Boston, vice Il. a. Finch,
transferred to Chicago.
r. B. Kendig, former chief draughtsman,
has been appointed mechanical engineer of
the Lake Shore. The office of assistant SUI
perintendent of motive power held by Mr..
Vaughan has been abolished.
S. A. Cellers. recently appointed supern-
tendent of telegraph of the Pennsylvania
lines West, and w. McGrafton, supern-
tendent OF signal service, will to-day trav-
Ell over the Indianapolis 81 VincenneS.
Employees and officials of the passenger
dpDartmpnt Northern
sented Chas. S. Fee, their retiring chief
with a handsome silver table set of 129
pieces as token of their personal regard.
George. III; Cornwall, contracting freight
agent of the Great Northern, has been
transferred as travelling freight agent for
the road, with headquarters at Cleveland
o., where the company is building up a
heavy traffic.
The Panhandle employees in the various
shops have just been placed back to the
regular fifty hour week labor from their
shorter winter schedule. The roadmen on
the Baltimore & Ohio have also been placed
on its regular summer schedule, ten hours
a day.
Officials of the Big Four both passenger
and freight, are endeavoring to secure a
more suitable location for their offices at
Columbus, O. The erection of new
freight depot at that point will be begun
In short time, and, with enlarged yards,
will cost SIPS, 600.
The Missouri Pacific interests have unit
ed under the corporate name OF the Kan
| sas-Missouri Elevator Company, to build or
lease large grain elevators at Kansas City.
The company has already begun replacing
the elevators that were destroyed during a
flood at that point last year.
The Wabash earned in the fourth week
of March 1888, 422. an increase of SIS. 426 over
the corresponding week last year. In
March it earned Sl,75O6l6, an increase of
| SAC, 9S5. Since July l the road has earned
| ST. 81, 6s6 an increase of S1,57O,367 over the
corresponding nine months of last year.
c. F. Weinland. Chicago. has been elected
| president of the Illinois. Southern road, &c
succeed A. F. Williams, who has been
appointed auditor of that company and OF
the Southern Indiana Mr.. Weinland has
| also been appointed treasurer of the South
ern Indiana, succeeding l.. A. Walton.
| There are fewer complaints from local
merchants about freight delivery. Some
| of the fast-freight lines are now deliver
| ing freight in Indianapolis the third day
| after shipped from Boston and New York
| and conditions have much improved in
| the last week. The opinion of freight men
| is that the worst is over.
| AS a result of the suicide of William
F'laherty, agent of the Pennsylvania al
| Van Vert, three changes are announced
| +. M. Eakin, passenger agent at Lima, has
agent at Bucyrus and is succeeded at Var
Vert by John A. Burkett, and John Nj
Reed becomes passenger agent at Lima
| succeeding Mr. Eakin-
An official circular is received announc.
| ing the appointment of +. o. Mccormick
| as assistant director of the Hartman lines
| with headquarters at Chicago. His return
| East Is very gratifying to his former as
1 the Monon, the Cincinnati, Hamilton &
Dayton and later the Big -Four, he leaving
| the latter to go to California.
| During the worlds fair the Big Four will
| send the bulk of the business in both direc
/ tons to and from Western territory over
| the Peoria & Eastern. IE fact, large ton
mage which would naturally GO over tn,
| ST. Louis division is now handled over the
| Peoria q Eastern. The Chicago & Alton |:
| turning over to the Peoria q, Eastern a.
| Peoria daily train load of dressed meat:
shipped from Kansas City to Eastern
| points.
The Baltimore e. Ohio will spend a larg,
| sum of money the present season in i'm
| provement. Local banks now carry $1,000
| CO., which is at the disposal of the main
| tenance of way and the engineering depart
! ments G.. l.. Potter, third vice president
| says: II am not concerned with banl
| deposits for new work. and am, therefore
| not speaking authoritatively, but am salts
| fled the improvements talked of will b,
| carried out.
| The Pere Marquette has issued a cir
| cular canceling all arrangements with lax,
lines for the coming season. both freigh
| and passenger. The company purposes in
| aUgurating frequent and fast service o.
! it's own from Chicago and other center.
| TO all Lake Michigan points. The Michigan
| Central is said to have entered into trait,
arrangements with the Dunkler- William.
| Company and other steamship lines to han
die its business.
Directors of the Chicago, Burlington 4
| Quincy Railroad have issued new bonds
| aggregating S14.o00.O00. which will be used
| according TO the New York Herald 10 funC
| the floating debt and short-term obiga
| tons of the company, incurred in maxim,
| general improvements during the last tw,
| years. a part of the bonds will also b
| used for the purchase of equipment Tn
new issue will Gear interest at the rate o
| per cent.
| The railway bureau has decided to con
| tinue its warfare against ticket scalpers
| The protective bureau has warned all road
| in the United States to make preparation
| TO have all tickets honored TO or from 81
| Louis sent to the auditors and carefuIl
| scrutinized, and any alteration or forger
| of tickets is to be Immediately reported n
| Chicago headquarters. The chairman O
| the association says: Our organization
| prepared TO act without delay If forge
tickets are discovered on any line"
An official of the Pennsylvania, i'm com
menting on the report of the earnings TO
| February. said they were regarded as fair
~ satisfactory. The features which AT
| forded the greatest satisfaction was tn
| comparatively small increase in operatin
| expenses. in spite of the extremely unfavor
| able weather during the month. The lin
| west of Pittsburg felt more severely tn