The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-05
Personal, General and Local Notes.

The Pennsylvania yesterday let the con-
tract. for 1900 freight cars, TO be delivered
as early as practicable.
Seventeen Pullman cars carrying marines
en- route to California will pass through the
city tonight over the Big Four lines.
Samuel b. Sweet. general freight agent
of the Lake Erie & Western, who has been
East on business trip, is expected home
to-day.
f. w. Schwarz, secretary of Pennsyl
vania Railroad branch lines. passed through
the city yesterday en- route to San Diego for
his health.
1t is stated that negotiations are pend
ing which will probably result in the Chesa-
peake & Ohio securing control of the De-
troit Southern.
Horace G. Burt, former president of the
Union Pacific. was a passenger on the
steamship Korea, recently seized by the
Japanese at Nagasak.
Levi D. Clerson, a conductor on the Penn
sylvania. has been retired on pension after
forty-three years OF service. He was
seventy years old on Feb. 8.
The Hooking Valley road on Thursday
received the last of its ten passenger en-
gines, the order for which was placed with
the Brooks locomotive works ninety days
ago.
Richard TuIl, who on March 1 assumed
the treasuryship of the Philadelphia &
Reading Corporation, was the recipient of
and we'll wishers.
The Western Maryland will appeal from
the decision of Judge Dobler, refusing to
grant an injunction to restrain the Balti
more & Ohio from diverting freight from
the Western Maryland.
The new block at the corner of Michi-
gan and Jackson boulevards, Chicago, Is
completed and the general offices of the
Chicago, Milwaukee 81 st. Paul will, after
May l, occupy three of its floors.
l.. A. Mummert, manager of the Indiana
Car-serVice Association, and j. Il. Divers,
travelling superintendent, have this week
been visiting agents and the association
representatives at other points in the State.
John Cost, chief clerk TO Thomas Smiley,
general agent of the Lake Shore-Lehigh
Valley Dispatch, has resigned to accept
position with the Van Camp hardware store
as It's traffic manager. He IS succeeded by
y. L. Dowd.
The Hooking Valley road earned in Feb
ruary s3795OS. an increase over February of
last year of 6426. For the eight months
ending Feb. 20 the road earned 1856 ,795. an
increase over the corresponding period last
year of $17O4 69.
The Four Hundred, an American journal
of travel. has as its frontispece for its
March number, a picture of Miss Agnes
Mullen, general advertising agent of the
MOnon, and pays a high compliment to her
ability and fitness for the position she
holds.
The Pennsylvania has just completed an
all-steel coach at its shops at Altoona, the
first of the kind ever built for the road.
No wood was used. 1t will be tested as to
the practicabilitv of such cars. and if This
proves a success others will be built of the
same class.
Announcement is made that Edward S.
Hooley x Co have exercised their option
on the Des Moines & Fort Dodge Railroad
Company and the property is now in the
hands of the new syndicate. The names of
the members of the syndicate have not yet
been announced.
F. c. Fargo. superintendent of the Indi-
ana and Ohio divisions of the American Elk
press Company, who has been in Florida for
several weeks, writes that his health is
much improved and that he will. with his
family return to Indianapolis the latter
part of the month.
Chief Engineer Cleveland and Assistant
General Superintendent Boomer, of the
Lake Erie & Western, who have been in
Cleveland the greater part of the last week
comforting with Lake Shore officials regard
ing improvements to be made on the Lake
Erie & Western during 1904, will return
this morning.
The territory of Frank Boman, district
passenger agent of the Chicago & Alton,
has been extended TO include the portion of
New York State south of the New York
Central and West Shore roads Mr. Bo-
mans district includes New Jersey, Penn
sylvania, Delaware. Maryland, Virginia and
West Virginia.
II is stated that the New York. New
Haven & Hartford has taken over the Fair
haven & Westville trolley system, with
trackage of 10 miles. The chief motive
tenn is said to be the breaking of possible
long distance electric parallels In the, fu-
ture between New York and Boston.
c. L. Kimball. who succeeded II. r. Der
ing as assistant general passenger agent
of the Pennsylvania at Chicago. has met
with warm reception, and although a
new Chicago official he Is by no means
new Pennsylvania representative He sue
ceeds II. r. Dering, deceased, whose many
excellent traits made him an unusually pop
ular passenger official.
There was an interesting meeting held in
Steubenvile on March !, OF carpenters of
the railroad shops at that point. when three
men. who had been retired on pensions
were present and II. Pollock, master car
builder paid tribute 10 them, speaking OF
their long. faithful and honorable work for
| the company. one of whom had been identi-
< fed with these ShODS for forty wears Each