The Indiana State sentinel., 1874-02-10
RAILRoADJOTTINGS.

The South Bend Tribure says thGt T..
rIoughman, agent of the L. S. IL M. Stall
rroad station at Mishawake is preparing a
history of the different agents that have
been employed by that company here; also
the amount of business that has been done
here by the company since its organization.
AN engineer on the L. p 81 G. road re-
reently shot AID killed wild turkey as 1T
was flying ove- his train. Assthe train was
moving at the time, the engineer is entitled
to the champien's belt.
TIE vevay Democrat says: AT a meeting
of the stockholders of the o. & N. railroad
held.at Cincinnati on Saturday. Last, the pres
ident of the RisEg Sun, Auro raand Hardin
town railroad was elected director.
Notice is given that an electian Will be
heldat New Albany on Tuesdav,'the oath Of
February. for the purpose of electng thir-
teen directors for gthe Louisville, New AL
bany and st. Louis Airline railway.
The Lafayette Courier says Supe- ntend-
.-ent waldron and ,Ar. Fowler made an in
Yesterday. Additional facilities are re-
quired - new machinery and additional
hands. ALI the rolling stock of the road is in
use night and day, and the demands upon
the repair shops are increasing daily.
The Decatur Eaglesays of the progress on
lthe railroad near the-state line: The -engin-
-eers on the Toledo, Thorntown and St.lIsouis
railroad have not advanced as far as week
,pected. The Vsnwert Bulletin of last week
said they we re in Jackson township, some
fifteen miles northeast,ef Vanwert. As the
rains have lied E,he creeks and sw2&es thar
progress is slow, aud they will do well to
reach VanWsct th is week 1t will take them
fully one week to reach tlis place from Van
Wert.
The Montioallo Herald gives notice that
the Ghicagoand South Atlantic railrosd com
Gpany nrgently request that the eosnties
along,the lineia this ststeskave their quotas
raised!by the GEst of April. This order ex-
tends t9 the. Ind annapolis, 1elphi and Chi
-esgo railroad and the Indianapolis and We
vsylrailToad. The latter company has been
Off cially notified to proceed forthwith in
raisingtteir quotas.
Ihe Ply mouth Democrat s9ys: Some un-
kEswn party ON last MondayInight ran the
push. car.sn the L, z: & Q. rale-oad down TO
a meeting about a mile south of here, and
LEFT the car standing on the track. When
the night express came along itsran into the
car. nesuiting in a s.nash-up to<tae head light
and ether damage to the engine.
There isses awakening on the Zine of the
proposed road from North Vernon to Day
tom Ohio. The Corner Stone says: The
short line Railroad route reached College
corner, Ohio, on the 10Th inst. Mr. Acton
reports good route.
A stirring meeting was held at Muncie,
last week. to wake up 4 he extension of the
Cincinnati, Wabash g. Michigan Railroad,
sometimes called the White Pigeon road,
fl ON Marion to Muncie. The following res
eol ution was adopted: >ResotUed, That this
1In seting aaost heartily approves Of the
,PrI position to extend the White Pigeon
and Indiana Railroad from Marion to this
M &C e. and we viii cooperate with all pacties
intel 'ested ia any practicable measures that
.D1sy be calcGiated 70 secure and build khe
road.
New Albany has been visited by an agent
ofsEne lish CAPITALISTS Mr. Harold, who cane
toeIqU1re into the seonditienof affairs OF the
Louisvi lie, New Albany and st. Louis Air
and 81 he T resources OF the country through
which th road runs.
The LIE 1ger Standard says: He carries
with han back TO London a msss of statis-
ties and fieures bearing upon the interests Of
the AirGin e, which will place tho road in a
very favorable light before the, capitalists he
represents, and by WHOM he was specially
sent here DO ,xamine as 10 the .cendition of
the company
A freight trs in off the tack of the I. b. &
w. near CIrsw i,1rdsville is said to haze caused
the detention of trains on that road yester-
day.
Three ear loads of eggs and dressed poul.
try and one,esr of live poultry were shipped
east yesterday from this city by the Pan
Handle.
Some of the o. NJ. q J. boys were engaged
yesterday at testing some OF the Henrysille
iron ore, improvising an ordinary coal stove
as . smelling furnace.
III. w. Hubbard, Of the Vandalia road. is
suffsxing from severe cold, which tempors-
rily units hin tor business.
A collision happened yesterday at the
junction ofthe I. and st. l.. and the l., G. and
l.. roads. between two switch trains. The
switch was set for q l., B. and w. train
which was coming down the L. and st. l..
track.
A Pan Handle train was coming down the
I.,C. * l.. road, at the same time, the L, b. q
w. train being its whole length ahead. The
PHI. engine neglecting to slack mp. plunged
itself into the rear of the l., b. q W., and the
consequence was demolition OF several
cars, and the engine shot ahead into God
dard's atone yard in search OF tombstones.
The front wheels were entirely of tie track.
The arrangement was bat temporary, how
ever.
Eumor has It that the old wages Of en-
gineers on most of the railroads, recently
reduced 10 per cont. viii bo resumed on the
Lat Ct March.