The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-25
Personal, Local and General Notes.

II. X. Gays has been appointed assist
ant general passenger agent of the New
York * ottawa road, with headquarters at
Ottawa.
T. II. Hubbard has been elected presi-
dent of the Toledo, ST. Louis &, Western
with office in New York. succeeding Mr..
Henry Birch.
The striking Santa Fe machinists have
received their first weeks pay from the
organization. The married men get 81 and
the single men S. week.
Frank j. Reed, general passenger agent
of the Monon, was in the CITY YESTERDAY
evening. He reports their French Lick
Springs train doing good business
Larry Sullivan, for many years with the
Big Four. but for the last twelve years
auditor of the Chesapeake & Ohio is in
poor health and has gone abroad for a few
weeks.
T.. Il. Hutchinson, claim agent of the
Pennsylvania lines West, with headquarters
at Indianapolis, is in St Louis attending
the national convention Of Railway Claim
Agents.
The Hoosac Tunnel Fast Freight Line
operated over the Wabash and the West
Shore. will on June l open an office in
Toledo with r. c. Sprott in Charge as
commercial agent
The Kentucky cadets will pass through
the city to-day over the Big Four, en- route
to ST Louis. They travel on a special train
of eight cars, including Pullman cars. and
are expected TO reach indianapolis at IL a.
IN. to-day
The Pittsburg and Toledo syndicate which
is financing the entrance of the Waba IN
into Pittsburg will be called upon within
the next ten days to provide the last $780,
600 of the total of $20,000.000,' which il is
pledged TO supply
j. r. Cavanaugh, car service superintend-
ent of the Big Four; II. D. Sleight car
service superintendent of the Vandalia and
E. Waldo, car service superintendent of the
Cincinnati Hamilton x Dayton, are in
Washington attending the annual meeting
of car service superintendentS.
Edison ]. Weeks, general passenger agent
OF the Philadelphia & Reading, has gone To
Redlands, Cal, to meet his wife and daugh-
ter. who have been there for some time
and will bring them East with him Miss
Weeks has been quite i'll, but is said to be
much better now.
The Railway Transportation Association
and the International Association of Car
Accountants and Car Service Officers ron
resenting a majority of the railroads IN
this. country and Canada, at separate meet
iugs, in Washington yesterday effected a
consolidation under the name of the As
ISOLATION of Transportation and Car Ac-
counting Officers.
The main contract for the construction
of the new shops of the Pennsylvania near
Trenton was awarded on Monday The
buildings viii cover large area and will
cost $500, 00c. i. McMannis. who has the
contract to excayate the foundations. has
already begun work. Minor contracts vet
10 be let will swell the total cost of The
new shops TO N,OOo.OV0.
At no point in the country is the tonnage
OF freight handled we'll maintained ar
at indianapolis. The fact is cited thai the
Big Four Is handling over three hundred
loaded cars in and outbound daily. and on
Monday handled SI2 loaded cars at Indian
apolis. The Panhandle and other lines
show equally heavy tonnage. and freight
officials think 1t speaks we'll for Indianapo-