The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-11-14
Local Notes.

The Chicago st. Louis e. Pittsburg Company
is putting up railroad clocks, at the more i'm
portant stations, of design which was original
with Chiefengineer Becker.
| The announcement of advance of east
bound rates November 26, has created a great
demand for cars, shippers being willing to take
cars OF any agent who Will furnish them.
| On the 18th of Oct. last VIM. Foster, of Fort
! Vile, threw stone at passenger train. few
days since he was arrested, and yesterday had
his trial. fined $25 aud sent to Jail for thirty
| days.
| Passeuger-pool Commissioner Pierson is this
| week investigating the methods by which pas
| senger rates are cut Indianapolis would be an
excellent field for him to learn the tricks by
which it is done.
general manager on yesterday remarked,
as soon as we get the new standard time to
working well, the next move Will be to abolish
the confusing division of the day into A. NJ. and
P. M, and number the hours from one to
twenty four.
| Negotiations are pending which will probably
result in the Red line fast-freight reaching this
section over the Chicago & Indianapolis Air
line instead OF over the Wabash the old l.. P. &
C. dlvisIOn-the Red line leaving the Lake Shore
road at OTIS, on the Airline.
| A growing disposition among railway authori-
ties to increase the speed of both passenger and
| freight trains is now TO be noticed. The better
r0ad-neds and more Substantially built equip
ments make 1t as safe to run freight train now
| twenty five miles per hour as it was to run
| train twelve miles per hour ten years ago.
grand idea for the railroad companies whose
lines center here to close all tsde offices, leav
ing the held clear TO the Union railway ofiices
and ticket scalpers. He thinks it hardly fair
| that the outside offices should mix in, as they
often undersell the scalpers, which seems I'M
called for.
| A stock com paDy has been organized, consist
| ing of George Hunter, General M. G. Hunter and
Mr. Van Mugs, of Bloomington, to manufacture
| the Hunter Smokestack and Spark arrester,
which is giving such satisfaction That the Van
dalia people have decided TO equip all their pas
senger engines with 1t. The Chicago Sc Eastern
Illinois will, as WELL adopt it.
party who was on the Inside when the nego-
tatiOns of the Decline for the control of the
Terre Haute 6S Southeastern road we're pending,
says that the Bee-liDe still have the securing OF
| the control of the road In view, but hope by
| dilly-dallying in the matter to carry out their
| plans on more favorable terms than those which
| were dropped few months ago.
News received from the north, Yesterday
made it evident that navigation on the lakes
had received it's setback for the winter months,
leaving the railroads clear held TO move the
| immense corn crop as soon as In condition to
| move. II the trunk lines for the next four
months can keep their pool intact, maintain
rates, and mold western connections up to rates,
large earnings are certainly in prospect.
| The passenger equipments of the Decline
proper, more especially the motive power, are
now in fine condition. Within the last eighteen
months several heavy new passenger en-
giues have been built and others rebuilt at the
Brightwo0d shops and in the rebuilding all
modern improvements in Hre-boXes, boilers,
stacks, etc., nave been introduced. Yesterday
No. 1876 was turned out of the shops and is said
| to be model passenger locomotive.
| The Blue line management have just issued in
pamphlet form a revised tariff, east bound, and
| in addition to the tariff the work contains a
valuable railroad map-naps OF the cities of
Boston, New York and Philadelphia. The Off
cial east-boupd classification contains interest
ing information regards the capacity, charges,
etc, all Eastern elevators; in fact it is tho
| most omplete work of its character which has
been issued by any fastfreight line manage
ment.
| The Union Railway Company and roads cen
terirg here are under obligation to the travelling
public TO provide some better method at once by
which the latter may be able to obtain informa-
ton regards the arrival and departure of
trains at the Union Depot, more especially as
under the change to take effect ON Sunday next
the travelling public will be more or less in doubt
as to the movement OF trains. While the ques-
| ton of when and where to build a new Union
Depot is pending, a room, even If of small pro-
portions, should be fitted up near the ticket
office, and well-pOsted man De placed in the
| office 60 give information promptly and in a
gentlemanly, pleasant manner. Indianapolis ia
getting u bad name abroad, so trou blesome is it
| to get questions regarding the movement of
trains and the connections made answered in an
accommodating and easy-tO Misunderstood man
! ner at the Union Depot.