The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-24
Personal, Local and General Notes.

Coal traffic with the Southern Indiana
Road now being a little light, the Big Four
has leased three of its heavy freight To-
comotives.
Articles of incorporation have been filed
by the Chicago. Joliet & Iowa Railway
Company, which proposes 10 construct
railroad from Chicago to Monmouth
The Big Four last night had a special
train turned over to it at st. Louis by the
Missouri Pacific, carrying eight carloads
of United States soldiers for Columbus o.
The Illinois Central has divided the divi-
sion between Paducah and Louisville and
has appointed j. 7. Cheek chief dispatcher
FIR one division and E. f. North chief of
the other.
II. NJ Bronson. assistant general pas
senger agent of the Big Four, is in ST. Louis
comforting with Assistant General Pas
senger Agent Deppe as to st. Louis EXPOSE
ton matters.
j. F. Thompson, commercial agent of the
Santa Fe; George T. Gunnip, general agent
of the passenger department of the same
line, and II. Van Dyke representing the
Denver & Rio Grande, were in the city yes
terday.
That the Cincinnati Hamilton & Dayton
is not feeling the trolley-line competition to
any great extent is shown in the fact that
in 1903 the average earnings of its passenger
trains were ST per mile run. This in
cludes all divisions.
Work on the Indianapolis Southern is
being pushed vigorously. The friction be-
tractors has been adjusted. The projec-
tors of the road were in no manner con-
nected with the difficulties of the last few
days.
President Howard Elliott of the Northern
Pacific, who has been in New York attend
ing a conference of the traffic directors of
the Hill-Harriman system, has reached st.
Louis en- route to his headquarters. to
which he will go after spending day or
two with his family in that city.
Yesterday was the first day in ten weeks
that the Big Four, on It's st. Louis di-
vision did not run a special No. II, the
Southwestern Limited being late Yesterday
it was but few minutes late. The New
| York Central, not the Lake Shore, is large
| ly responsible for the numerous delays to
| this train.
The Chicago & Northwestern is success
fully accomplishing difficult piece of track
depression in Milwaukee at expense of
| q million dollars. The work begins at
Lafayette Place and extends north to the
| city limits, a distance of about two miles,
and will be of great advantage when COM
pleted in the movement of trains.
| 1t is said that the Chicago Great West
| ern and the Missouri Pacific will build a
| joint line from st. Joseph TO Atchison on
| the Kansas City side of the river and the
Great Western, in turn, Will use the Mis-
| souri, line from Atchson TO Kansas City.
The fact that the Missouri Pacific is sur
| veying for a double track between Atchi-
son and Kansas City gives color to this
| statement.
A monster petition has been prepared by
/ lumber men in the Northwest, bearing TO-
| 900 names, TO be presented to the traffic
| officials of all roads that carry Puget
/ Sound products to Missouri river points.
asking that the rates on Puget Sound for
| lumber be reduced from fifty cents TO forty
| cents per hundred pounds, claiming
| that they are entitled TO it as a matter
of right and justice.
r. E. McCarty, superintendent of the
| Pittsburg division of the Panhandle; A
| Keiser general superintendent of tele-
graph. and A. H. Rudd. engineer of main
| tenance of way, who have been in Europe
| will go before President Cassatt and sub
NIT a report of their investigations.
George Gould president OF the Gould lines
has this week been inspecting the south
| western system and spent Monday in Gal
| weston. Mention was made recently that
| the Gould and Rock 1sland-Frisco inter
ests are contesting the Southern Pacific
| and Louisiana and il is intimated that Mr.
! Gould has plans to parallel the Southern
| Pacific from Houston TO New Orleans.
Under the present status of the Rock
| Island there are Il, 4S3 miles controlled by
two separate corps officers. and severa
| of the subordinate lines have some officia
| existence. but the process of amalgama.
| ton will go on. reducing the number OF
| live corporations and simplifying the pow
| or and the responsibilities of the chief Of
| ficers heads of departments and centraliz
| ing them into the Rock Island system.
| The tTackage agreement between the
| Michigan Central and the Pere Marquett,
| must receive the approval of the Canadian
Governor General before the matter can b,
| settled definitely. While the arrangement.
| have been approved by the stockholders OF
both roads the approval of the GovernOl
General and counsel has to be advertised
for sixty days, and then there must be
hearing, which has been set for March /.
Jules Lombard, who was recently retired
as agent of the Star Union Line a Omaha
on a pension, has been admitted to practice