The Indianapolis journal., 1904-01-27
Personal, Local and General Notes.

Joseph Keavey, assistant general freight
agent of the Big -Four, is at a sanitarium
i'll with nervous prostration.
Z. H. Mcleod, the Oldest passenger con-
ductor in time of service on the Chesapeake
* Ohio, died on Monday at Covington, KY
The new freight depot of the Lake Erie
& Western at Lima, o., one of the largest
on the line, has been completed and is in
service.
The Globe Express Company, said to be
Gould enterprise, has been started I'm the
West and has succeeded the old express
lines on the Denver & Rio Grande.
William Garstang. superintendent of mo-
tive power Of the Big Four, went to Dun
kirk, n. Y, yesterday TO close a contract
for ten new Atlantic type locomotives of
the largest pattern.
]. d. Waldo trainmaster of the northern
division of the st. Louis & San Francisco
road, was in the city yesterday. He will
spend a couple of days with his mother
who lives in Arlington. Ind, and is quite ill.,
l.. G. Cannon, formerly auditor of the In
d1anapolis Peru & Chicago Railway Com
pany. later with the Colorado Midland, now
connected with a financial institution in
New York city. is so Ill as to confine him to
his room with grip.
G. w. Green, travelling passenger agent of
the Wabash. in company with fifty imple-
ment men on two special cars. arrived at
Anderson, Ind, yesterday, where the i'm
plement men will inspect the factories and
make some purchases
The Chicago & Northwestern is said to be
the largest handler of iron ore in the world
It has docks at three important points at
which aggregate of 5,7OOO 600 tons of iron
ore were handled i'm 1903. For this the COM
pany received in freight s., 100000.
The Missouri. Kansas & Texas is arrang-
ing TO supply rOomlng quarters for world s
fair visitors who go to st. Louis this year
The plan proposed is that the agents will
solicit business with the understanding
that the company will arrange the accom-
modations at st. Louis.
The New York Central has just settled
a claim of $4,000 as a result of the tunnel
disaster of two years ago. This is the last
case OF the twenty actions brought against
claim brings the total amount of accident
and death claims growing out of the wreck
up 10 Sl.240,000
Nearly all the roads in the Central Traffic
and Western Passenger Association have de-
| cided 10 issue orders disseminating CARRYING
| passengers on freight trains. This move i
/ meeting with opposition from the TRAVELLING
| Mems Association and wholesale merchants
| For years travelling men have used freight
| trains to q considerable extent where the
| passenger service is poor and they say that
| without the privilege IL would be impossible
| TO work many territories.
Indications point to a serious row amone
| the railroads over worlds fair rates 10
| St Louis Thus far the traffic officials have
| been unable 10 reach any kind of conclu-
sion. and there is little prospect that any
/ material reduction in rates Will be made
| until the latter part of the exposition Most
/ of the roads which have no terminals al
| St Louis take the position that they cannot
i permit the Generalization or the passenger
trafflc throughout the country for the en-