The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-19
Personal, Local and General Notes.

j. A. Barnard general manager of the
Peoria & Eastern, who has been absent sew
eral days, returned last night.
A Pennsylvania official stated Yesterday
that the company on Thursday had 1900
loaded cars to come west between Jersey
City and Pittsburg.
The Hooking Valley road earned in the
second week Of March S125, 351 % a decrease
as compared with the corresponding week
of 1903 of $2,S7719
Switchmen of the Big Four have griev-
ances and committee was in the city yes
terday to confer with j. Q. Van Wrinkle,
general superintendent
The Baltimore & Ohio earned, gross. in
February, S4,63i, 500, an increase over Febru-
ary 1909, OF 1924; net 81 .160 421, decrease
compared with February, 1903 of s2l4. SOS
Charles Stimson, general agent of the Big
Four at Lafayette, was in the city yester-
day hunting empty cars. He says business
at Lafayette Is being sacrificed for lack of
cars to move it.
George Il. Cellar, recently appointed
superintendent of the Pennsylvania lines
west, has this week been inspecting the
Vandalia and the Grand Rapids & Indiana
telegraph lines.
j. A. Pool, general foreman of the Sea-
board Airline shops at Americas. Ca, has
been appointed general master mechanic for
the fourth and fifth divisions OF the road
with headquarters at Savannah.
The Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton has
prepared plans 1T,s, for me new depots at North
division. The question of a new depot at
Metcalf has not yet been settled.
The Baltimore & Ohio announces the APP
pointment of r. c. Shafer to the position
of general contracting agent He succeeds
+. Nj. Booth, who has accepted a similar
position with the Seaboard Airline.
l.. Il. WATSON, who has been soliciting
freight agent of the Norfolk & Western at
Cincinnati for two years past, will, on
April i, take the position of travelling
freight agent of the line. with headquarters
at indianapolis.
Walter ]. Redman, who has been in the
police service of the Pennsylvania Com
pany for seven years, the two last years
as lieutenant of police, has resigned. His
services are spoken OF in most compli-
meptary manner.
yesterday, and on April ! will be retired
under the rules OF the Pennsylvania on a
monthly allowance Mr.. Lanigan has been
in the service of the company for forty
| years, most OF the time at Fort Wayne.
George Johnson. superintendent of car
repair work on the New York, Susquehanna
& Western for thirty-one years. has re-
signed and accepted a position with the
| Westinghouse Company. j. Nj. McMullen
| his assistant, succeeds him in the place va
Gated.
j. w. Burdick has been relieved from duty
| as superintendent of telegraph of the Della
| ware K Hudson, and will hereafter devote
| his entire time to his duties as general pas
| senger agent. Il. w. Crowley has been alp
polhtSu Ills SuScSsSOl DIS superintendent OF
| telegraph.
| D. l.. Robb, the newly appointed travel
| ms freight and passenger agent of the
| Northern Pacific in Columbus, O.. territory.
| is his first trip. He succeeds L. w. Pun
| mel. who was appointed district passenger
agent of the road, with headquarters AT
| Indianapolis.
! The names of the Pennsylvania Short
| line trains from Pittsburg TO the St Louis
| train. Fort Wayne route. THE Expo
| Train" neon train. Panhandle route The
| Worlds Fair Special evening train, Pan
| handle route, THE st. Louis Limited
| The passenger men who attended the
| spring time-card meeting OF the Southwest.
! ern system of the Pennsylvania lines held
| in Columbus. to discuss worlds fair trans.
portation matters, have returned. w c.
/ Downing represented the Vandalia and u
| w. Taylor the Louisville division of the
4 Pennsylvania.
| n. II. Charlton, who has been appointed
| general passenger agent of the North
| Pacific. with headquarters at Portland
| Ore, Is n son of James Charlton chajrmar
! of the Transcontinental Passenger Asso
| George Charlton head of the passenger de.
| partment of the Chicago x Alton
The Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton will
| the coming season do good deal of bal
| lasting on its main line. The Indianapoli,
| division comes out of the winter in fine con
dition as to its tracks, but the northern di
| vision has suffered somewhat by the sever,
! weather and the frost coming out of IN,
| ground has made it somewhat rough
1t is stated that the proposed pension pla,
| of the New York Central is meeting favo
among employees. Representatives of thu
| employees say that IL means a new departure
In dealing with the men, and the sligh