The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-05
Personal, Local and General Notes.

]. d. Clark, car service agent of the Big
Four, is i'll with pneumonia.
The Pennsylvania handled at its local
yards on South street last month SOB load
ed cars, $50 more than in January, 1903.
The Hooking Valley road earned last
month 1892, 5000, a decrease compared
with January, 1903, of $Ss. $3.50; of this de-
crease, S2S6o9.95 was in the fourth week
The Big Four is erecting large sawmill
and creosote plant at Shirley, Ind il be-
ing the intention to treat crossties and
bridge timbers with creosote before using
them.
From March 1 to April 80 a $33 rate will
be in effect on all roads between Chicago
and San Francisco and other points pro-
portionately, and large patronage is ex-
pected.
Marquette, has been appointed travelling
agent of the Hooking Valley road. His
duties will be auditing the accounts of the
local agents.
H. C. Shields, late division foreman of the
motive power and equipment department
or the Lackawanna, has been appointed
master mechanic of the Lehigh a. New
England Railroad.
w. L. Nichols, superintendent of the c.,
G. d L., will succeed r. A. Allen as gen.
eral manager 1t is believed Mr.. Allen will
go TO the Chicago & Erie Railroad as as
sistant superintendent
1t is stated that General Manager Schaff,
of the Big Four, favors changing the di-
vision points Of the Cleveland and Indian
apolis division from Bellefontaine, o., to
Union City, Ind, and that doubtless such
an arrangement will be made.
I William d. Bishop, ST.. vice president of
the board of directors of the New York
New Haven & Hartford Railroad, and for
many years prominently identified with the
management of the road, died at his resi-
dence in Bridgeport Conn, yesterday.
1t is announced that Pere Marquette Of
fcials have definitely decided to make New
Buffalo division headquarters for freight
trains instead of Michigan City, as predict
ed some time ago, and IL is thought the pas
senger division will also be located there
j. w. Barrie, the newly appointed engi-
neer OF maintenance of way of the Toledo
division of the Pennsylvania lines, has en-
tered on his active duties. Mr.. Barrie goes
from Chicago where he has been connected
with the terminal company for a number of
years.
The Official Guide has been entered at
the Postoffice Department at Washington
long litigation in which the publishers car
ried the case TO the Supreme Court This
reduces the postage on the Guide from %
cents to cents.
The Michigan Central has under contem-
platiOn extending it's Hauptman branch of
the Mackinaw division to Houghton lake
and establishing a summer resort there
Houghton lake is the largest inland body
of water in Michigan, and has fine beaches
for bathing facilities.
The transmissouri passenger officials have
completed arrangements to put 1900 in
Interchangeable mileage ticket in force on
March l. The tickets will be good on all
roads in the territory west of the Missouri
river and east of the Rocky Mountains, and
will be honored on all trains.
In January the Big Four system carried
4I3,4 40 passengers, a decrease as compared
with January, 1903, of 1,647 The number
carried the first three weeks of the month
was handsomely in excess of the cor
responding period OF 1903, but bad weather
~ Co, n -aeI- H.. H..
hibit.
Frederick w. Taylor has been appointed
agent of the Pennsylvania road at North
Philadelphia TO succeed r. Layton, whose
promotion to assistant claim agent was an
nounced day or two ago. Mr.. Taylor
comes from Newark, n. j.. and has repre-
sented the Northern Central as freight
agent.
A circular announces the appointment of
c. A. Van Dusen as assistant superintend-
ent of the first and third districts of the
Toledo division and Toledo terminals of the
Wheeling & Lake Erie, vice H. w Nc
Masters. who succeeds Mr. Van Dusen &c
assistant superintendent of the Cleveland
division.
The new compartment cars now running
on the Pennsylvania lines and the Vandae
proving very popular. John Chesbrough
general passenger agent OF the Vandalia
who was at first opposed 10 compartment
cars, has become firm believer I'm such
service.
F. w. Barnard, commercial agent of the
Chicago. Milwaukee q st. Paul has ten
dered his resignation 10 accept the position
OF traffic manager OF the Escanaba a Lake
Superior. He will leave for the Northwest
at once. Mr.. Barnard has long been i'm the
employ OF the ST. Paul and is well ac-
quainted in the Northwestern territory.
The Interstate-commerce Commission has
decided that the action of the three rail-
road companies entering Hutchinson. Kan.
in dividing rates on salt with the Hutchin-
son q Arkansas Railroad, a so-cailed rail-
road company, Is unlawful and that the