The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-14
Personal, Local and General Notes


In April there arrived and departed IT
the Union station 4,26S trains, handling
3. S62 cars.
W. A. Roberts has been appointed agent
for the Panhandle at New Cumberland
vice b. IL. 'Busby. transferred.
The new switching tariff prepared by
roads centering at Indianapolis becomes
effective to-day and shows there are s73
private switches in the city.
On Thursday 150 representa- tives of the
ireignt departments of the railroads CENTER
ing at Kansas City spent the day in going
over the terminals at that point.
At the annual meeting of the Delaware
az Hudson Railroad Company authority
was given to move the New York offices
10 some other point on the road
William Henry. a former train dispatcber
on the Pennsylvania lines west, passed
through the city yesterday en- route to Las
vegas, N NJ, to become train dispatcher on
| the Santa Fe.
W. s. Keats has been appointed CONNER
cial agent of the New York Central and
| West Shore at Albany. He will he in
charge of freight traffic in the Albany. Troy
| and Schenectady district
| President ingalls,, besides being president
of the Big Four. is president of the Mer-
| chants National Bank at Cincinnati and
| between the two positions he is quite busy
but says he never enjoyed life more than at
| the present time.
| The new time card of the Baltimore g.
| Ohio will go into effect Tomorrow. A
| new train each way will be put on between
ST Louis and Pittsburg via Columbus. to
between the points named.
| III. Z. Beedle, of the Big Four. has re-
signed and accepted the position of chief
| freight clerk of the Illinois Central freight
| department in Evansville Ind succeeding
| T.. Z. kellar, who resigned to take charge
| or the Evansville traffic bureau
The Illinois Central has established a
european freight agency, with Headquarters
IN London; and placed Donald Ross, chief
| clerk of ]. p. Hartman, in charge The
illinois Central expects to work UP a big
business in Europe via New Orleans
The conductors grievance committee OF
the Great Northern has had conference
| with q. L. Sladen, general superintendent
| OF the road, and the members are returD
| ing home, having had all of their grievances
| adjusted satisfactorily. Most of them. il
Is stated, were OF minor consequence
| G. c. Germany, for ten years assistant
| ticket agent of the Erie in Cincinnati. has
| been promoted to the position of passenger
| agent at st. Louis He is succeeded at Gin
| cinnati by +. G. Caddy who has been sec
| rotary to General Agent Holabird. assist
| ant general passenger agent of the Erie
| The roads in the Central Passenger Asso-
citation have decided to grant stopovers in
| chicago on al tickets sold in connection
| with the worlds fair. and a committee has
| been appointed to confer with the Western
Passenger Association to arrange a com
mon basis upon which stopovers will be
| authorized.
Three million first mortgage per cent.
| bonds of the Chicago, Indianapolis & ST.
| Louis Short-line, guaranteed principal and
| interest by the Big Four have been sold
| by that company 10 j. p. Morgan Il Co.
| This provides all the money necessary to
| pay for the construction of the short-line
and the St. Louis terminal.
II. f. Carey, district passenger agent of
the Southern Railroad in Jacksonvilie Fla
has been promoted to general passenger
| agent in Washington, and j. C.. Lusk. dis.
trict passenger agent in birmingham. has
| Harrison succeeds Mr.. Lusk as district
passenger agent.
| For the first time in seventeen years
| there Will be no excursion of PENNSYLVANIA
employee to Rome City this summer. The
| ger equipment in use constantly and IL will
be impossible TO furnish fifty cars at one
| time for the excursion when the world 5
| fair business will be the heaviest.
| A bill has been filed in the United States
| Court asking injunction to restrain the
/ Central Railroad of New Jersey from using
an automatic scoop in taking water while
| the train is in motion. Caleb n. Devinney
/ claims to be the inventor of the SCOOP and
| has already succeeded, il is alleged, i'm pre-
venting its use by the Pennsylvania. and is
| unlawful use by the Central road
| Secretary Taylor. OF the Master Car
| Builders and Master Mechanics Associa-
ton. announces that the roads in the trunk
line territory cas-. of Pittsburg and Buffalo
the New York Central. the Erie and the
| Hudson-have advised that they will ex-
tend the courtesy of free transportation 70
| Saratoga on account of the June conven-
ton of the members of those organizations
| who are employees OF the railroad and tc
their families.
III. ii. Perkins, for long period lake
| freight agent of the New York Central In
| Buffalo. has been assigned TO other duties
| and is succeeded By c. VI. Williams grair
agent of the Lackawanna. and formerly
With the New York Central. There arr
| many rumors OF other changes under con
| sideration or definitely decided upon amone
the men of the New York Central, but Ii
! the absence of official confirmation NOR.
reliable Information has 10 be awaited
The fact that the Western Passenger AS
ISOLATION has taken no steps TO aid in the
arrangement OF stopovers at Chicago OF