The Indianapolis journal., 1904-03-08

as against S729,1S7.S7 in the corresponding
two months of 1903 a decrease this year OF
| $1S,6S2.6O.
Personal, General and Local Notes.
The Big Four is handling over 5000 loaded
| cars per day.
NJ W. Mansfield, who left on Sunday for
California, expects to be absent six weeks.
W. B. Ryan has been appointed traffic
manager Of the National Railroad of Mex
| leo.
General Managers SchaT, of the Big
| Four, and j. A. Barnard, of the Peoria &
Eastern. are in Peoria to-day.
The Baltimore & Ohio is considering plans
| for erecting new general offices at Baltl-
more and remodeling the buildings recently
| burned
Harry Brown has been appointed ticket
| agent of the New York Central at St Paul
and will assume the duties of the position
| on March 10.
1t is stated that General Manager William
| Chamberlain, of the New York, New Haven
| & Hartford, will retire in April and the po-
| sition will then be abolished.
l.. G.. Cannon, former auditor of the l.,
| +. & c., now connected with a banking
firm in New York, is West for a day or two
| 10 attend the funeral OF his mother.
| A circular of the Chicago Great Western
announces the appointment of III. Ernest
as freight auditor of the company at 81.
| Paul, vice j. A. McCaskey, transferred.
| sistant general freight agent of the Great
Northern to succeed +. II. Fogarty, VINO
recently resigned to become general agent
OF the Northern Pacific.
Samuel B. Sweet general freight agent,
and Assistant General Freight Agent Max
| well, OF the Lake Erie & Western, have
gone to Chicago to attend meeting OF the
| Central Freight Association.
| The Chesapeake & Ohio announces that 1t
| has disposed of its $4,000 of AZ per cent.
| coupon bonds maturing in 1902. and the
| proceeds will be used in the purchase OF
| new locomotives and new cars.
| l.. j. Farritor superintendent of the
/ eastern division of the Wabash, with head
| quarters at Peru, is spending much or his
| time looking over the terminals and get
ting acquainted with employees.
Assistant General Superintendent Boomer,
of the Lake Erie & Western, and Attor-
| ney Cockrum, of the Lake Erie q Western.
| are in Peoria to-day attending meeting or
the Peoria & Pekin Union Railway Com
! pany.
AS soon as the frost is out OF the ground
work will be resumed on the line the Gin
| cinnati, Hamilton * Dayton is building
from Delphos TO Mandate, TO connect the
| Findlay, Fort Wayne & Western with the
| c., H & d.
Commencing with March all car service
| matters of the Peoria * Eastern are to be
| kept entirely separate from those of the
| Big Four proper, which necessitates j. X.
| Cavanaugh. car-Service superintendent, in
| creasing his force several clerks.
The New York, New Haven & Hartford
| has decided to extend its dining-car service
| now in use on the Shore Line between New
| York and Boston over the Springfield di-
| vision, and hereafter every through train
| will haul dining car
| II. NJ. Waite, superintendent of the Queen
| & Crescents Cincinnati division, who spent
| Sunday in the city, has returned to his
| headquarters. He says the Florida travel,
| which has been very large the past winter,
] continues considerably in excess of former
years in March
Prof. r. Dewsnap, of the Manchester
| University of England has been sent to
| America by English railway owners and
| operators to investigate American railway
methods and on his return he will report
to the higher officials of English roads the
| results of his investigation.
The Wabash announces that the trains
! to be run i'm connection with the Cincin-
natl Hamilton & Dayton will be run
through solid between Cincinnati and st.
| Louis, all trains on the Wabash main
| line will be too heavy to admit of making
| any addition 10 the number OF cars hauled.
c. E. Henderson. second vice president
of the Philadelphia Reading, who has
| not been in the best of health, said TO be
largely due to his close application to his
| duties, has been granted a three months
| leave of absence by the directors when
ever he chooses to avail himself of it. and
| he plans to go abroad about April is.
E. p. Kearney, formerly train dispatcher
| of the Panhandle, who a few months ago
| accepted a position with the Terminal Rail-
| road Association at St Louis and resigned
on March l to become connected with the
appointed supervisor of mails of the Rock
Island system with headquarters at Chi
| cago.
The Wabash is steadily pushing every
piece Of work in its extension TO Pittsburg
| and eastward Twenty-Five miles of track
| have been laid between Pittsburg and Min
go Junction. and track laying on the Ohio
line will begin April l. Work on the new
station at Pittsburg is being pushed Wig
orously and the waiting room will be ready
| for use by May /.
r. NJ. Alexander, having resigned as as
| sistant trainmaster of the Wabash s
| western division, the position mas been
| abolished y. G.. Carter has been appointed
! trainmaster with headquarters at Stand
! berry, Mo, and will have charge of the
| eighteenth and nineteenth districts. j.
| Laughlin. trainmaster. will have charge OF
| the seventeenth district.
An attempt is TO be made to adjust the
| differences IN merchants rates to New
| York and other Eastern cities. Contrary
to an understood agreement, the ST Louis
lines announced reduced rates 10 Eastern
points Chicago lines were not pleased
over this action and have also announced
reduced rates, and ii is hoped that an ad-
justment will be reached without much
delay lest II lead to a general demorali-
Zation.
The appointment of George n. Ross as
traffic manager OF the Toledo, St Louis 4
| Kansas City created some merriment In
freight circles. Ii was understood that Mr.
Whitney retired from that position on tn,
road on account of the firm stand that
President Shontz took regarding the main
tenance of rates, and the new traffi,
manager had the reputation in past year.
of being a rate slasher they are at theil
wits end TO understand what is gained b,
| the charge.
General Manager Pennington. Of the So,
| line, let the contract yesterday to finisl
the grading of the Glenwood extension L
the boundary line az Emerson. The TIM
limit is Nov. j. The contractors will be
gin grading from both ends OF the lin
and at intermediate points and will rusl
! the work. The firm will employ thre
thousand labOrers two thousand teams an,
| four steam shoveis. The contract calls 70
grading from Otter Tail TO Emerson. ahou
two hundred miles.
Wairen ]. Lynch. general passengc
| agent, and II. NJ. Bronson, assistant gen
| eral passenger agent OF the Big Four
| O. Z. McCarty. general passenger agent o
| the Baltimore a. Ohio Southwestern: ID &;
Edwards, passenger traffic manager OF tn,