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

A. l.. Kuhn has been appointed engineer
of maintenance OF way of the Big Four'S
Michigan division, vice w. +. Kendall, re-
signed.
On May the Pennsylvania will put on
the Atlantic City special TO run daily be-
tween Washington and Atlantic City ex-
cept Sundays.
The management of the Illinois Central
on its machine shops in Memphis, the es-
timated cost of which is $250,000.
The Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton will
on May 10 put on sleeping-car service to
run nightly each way between Indianapolis
and ST. Louis in connection with the Wa
bash.
Railroad friends of Samuel b. Sweet, gen.
eral freight agent of the Lake Erie &
Western, who will leave on Monday for a
trip abroad, will give him a supper Sat-
urday night at the Columbia Club.
Friends of S. ]. Henry are of opinion
that he will be selected general freight
agent of the Santa Fe & Topeka. He re-
Gently resigned the position of traffic man
ager of the Cripple Creek Short-lne
President Mellen. of the New York, New
Haven d Hartford. is at ST. Paul: mean
time, the talked-of strike on. that road
hangs fire, as it is understood there Will
be no strike until he returns from ST.
Paul.
w. p. Deppe, assistant general passenger
agent of the Big Four, with headquarters
at ST Louis, was in the city yesterday
ant general passenger agent Of the road at
this point.
A party of fifteen occupied a special par
lor car over the Cincinnati, Hamilton &
go TO witness the christening of the ex-
cursion steamer Indianapolis, to be
launched to-day.
The Rock Island people are experiment.
ing with steel passenger cars. The COM
pany has just received Il number of new
cars. ana will put them in service on the
ST Louis line during the worlds fair
They are built with = view to safety in
case of wreck.
Friends of c. w. Creighton, general
superintendent of the Pennsylvania grand
division. who is now in southern California
where he has beer for several months on
health that he will shortly return to his
post at Altoona.
Capital Express is the name selected
by the Pennsylvania lines West for Train
been announced. The name Capital is
considered more appropriate, being taken
from the train operated through the cap
itals of Ohio and Indiana.
A special meeting of the board of di-
rectors of the Wheeling * Lake Erie will
be held next week TO ratify the purcha Sc
of the Pittsburg, Lisbon & Western and
the Youngstown & Southern railways The
Gould interests have had an option on
these roads for some time.
Freight officials of the Erie will hold
their regular quarterly meeting in this city
on May 20. General Agent Tennis yester-
day made arrangements to entertain the
visitors. including a trip around the Belt
and a visit TO some of the manufactures,
packing houses and stockyards.
on May IL the Panhandle will run a
special train TO carry the St. John Com
mandery of Logansport, TO indianapolis.
the occasion being the semi-centenniaI
conclave of the Grand Commandery of In
diana. Logansport expects to have the
largest delegation at the conclave.
c. NJ Burt. general passenger agent OF
the Jersey Central. has been elected chair
man, and o. p. McCarty, general passen-
ger agent of the Baltimore * Ohio South
western. secretary of the Board of Arhi-
tration. created for the purpose of adjust
ing disputes which arise in passenger cir
cles.
John Strain, the oldest baggage master
running on the Pennsylvania lines West
will retire on the pension roll, May 81
He will be seventy years old next Sunday
and has been employed fifty-one years
with the Cleveland-Pittsburg division