The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-02-17
RAILROAD JOTTINGS.
THE CITY.

The case of +. ID. Anderson of GTeencastle,
against the I. & st. l.. road. for $4,000, Is on
trial at the Hendricks circuit court.
The opening of the Paris and Decatur
road was celebrated at Paris yesterday. The
day closed with a magnificent banquet.
The new Paris and Decatur road will open
up a large business over the Vandalia line to
St. Louis. There will be ageneral reduction
of rates in consequences ofthe resulting COM
petition between the two main lines.
The Indianapolis and st. Louis road has
had but five accidents during the year end
ing February LIST. 1874, and in no instance
did the damages amount to more than $500.
f. P. Freeman agent of the National Line
at New York. was in the city yesterday.
The Terre Haute road Is receiving freight
at this point for the Paris & Decatur road.
A "bucking" match took place yesterday
between a 'camel. backed" pony on the /.
c.. Il H. road and a ten wheeled engine on
the L. & st. l.. road. The 1. G. & II. pony
came off victorious.
John Dudley, a striking engineer Of the
Jacksonville road, has been reinststed and
takes charge of the Cambridge branch.
The receipts of the Jacksonville road for
the month ending January 31st are: Pss-
senger, s1,574.25; freight, sl,s72.s7; total,
$3,447.l2. ..t|l
]. H. Richards, formerly an employee of
the Union railway company, has leased the
hotel in ~Indianola, known heretofore as the
Hathaway House.
THE TAT
An amicable arrangement has at last been
effected between the directors of the La
Fayette, Muncie s. Bloomington railroad
and the La Fayette & Chicago (short line).
The contract secures to the La Fayette, Mum
Gle & Bloomington, an extension of twelve
months on their Indebtedness, and
will enable them to complete their
road at an early season. The contingent
stock, which will be due when the iron is
laid, will be amply sufficient to pay the
floating debt. According to the agreement,
the Lafayette, Muncie & Bloomington road
secures an annual rental of the track of the
Cincinnati, Lafayette & Chicago from Lafay-
cite to TempIeton for fifteen thousand, pay
able semi-annualIy in gold. This is ten thous-
and dollars a year more than formerly has
been paid. The year dates from
January LIST last. The judgments
against the Lafayette, Muncie Il
Bloomington road held by the c., L. & G.
to the amount of S45. 900 are entered up salts
1dcLOTllY, various Regal proceedings DcuQluk
have been dismissed, and the short line
agrees to an arrangement by which its traf-
nc destined to various eastern points are
transferred to the L., NJ. & b. road. Other
points of difference have been settled very
satisfactorily to all parties concerned, and
will rojoice over the improved prospects OF
the Muncie railroad.
A dsstardlY attempt to wreck passenger
train is related by the Ledger-Standard OF
the 18th: Yesterday afternoon, as the four
clock train on the Short Line, between
this city and Louisville, arrived opposite
she Mccullough farm, the wheels Of the
locomotive struck a rail which had beer
placed across the track. The engineer did
not discover the rail untiltoo late to stop the
train, but fortunately the rail broke and
the train passed in safety. General ticket
agent Anderson was on the train at the
time and the cars were filed with passengers
Had the train been thrown from the track ii
would have been a miracle had they all es-
capped. A drunken Irishman in the depot al
Louisville, it was believed, placed the raj
on the track, but there was not sufhcien'
evidence to Justify his arrest. 1t appear:
tina the man boarded the four o'clock train
from Louisville, and not having the where
with to pay his fare he was put off the train
near where the rail was found. He took
passage on the up train, getting on board
about where he was landed by the dcwr
train.
The Rockville Republican commences
series of articles givinga review of the his
tory of the L~ogsnsport, Charlottesville an6
South Western railway. 1t says: eff il
scanning its workings, they show gross in.
capacity, enormous greed, and somethin,
much worse than either-the reader mus
not be surprised, for this is but a type, will
a few exceptions, Of all the railroads bull
in this country in the last ten years." Ate
producing an array of figures which it isdit
hcult to comprehend, it arrives at the con
-clusion that 100000 of the money receive,
for bonds are unaccounted for, and contin
ues: IThe pond business is not yet fully dis
posed of. A second mortgage of half a mil
lion was placed on the road, and bonds 70
the same were executed. They were no
sold, however, but were pledged for q loal
of $500, 900, which, with the net proceeds Q
the first bonds, makes the convenient sum Q
$500 600, which somebody has got. No dol
lar of it ever went ON the road, that is Ger
tain, though it could al. be used there to ad
vantage in putting the property in shape I
accommodate the wants OF the public, an
in order that the road may be operated in
more economical and profitable manner"
The boilers from the republican conven
ton, held at P~ittsburg, met on Monday eve
ming and nominated David Kirk, indepen
dent, for mayor. There is great excitemen
over the split in the party.
The boys of Kew Bedford call the cit
marshal blessed, as he has kindly designat