The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-12-01

their trains MT Oakland City until the latter puts
up the cash for the privilege so TO do.
O. Watson, agent of the Blue Line, last night
removed his office from Virginia avenue TO
very pleasant room in the Scottish Rite block.
To-day the c., l.. st. L. & c. management take
two passenger trains off Of the Greensburg IL
Vernon road for the winter months, to cut down
expenses
The earnings of the Wabash, St. Louis & Pa
citic road for the third week in November were
1871 ,29O, an increase over the corresponding
week OF last year of $l3, 1894.
On Dec. 16 the Chicago & Indianapolis Air
line so changes the running time OF their Chi-
cago express that close connection will be made
with the fast trains over the c., H. & L
The uptown Union railway ticket office was
opened one year ago to-day. The sales of tickets
the first month were $7,910, and they have
sr&adlly increased from month to month, until
t"v& have reached in November $2l AGO. This
Is gSOS evidence that the office and those IN
charge of 1t are thought well of by the travelling
public.
The Vandalia closes for November 200 tons
ahead in the dead freight pool out of East 81.
Louis, and 270 carloads ahead i'll the livestock
pool. Still there are those who object to an in
crease in the Vandalia per cents in either of
those pools, although there has not been a month
this year that there has not been malt called,
that the other roads might buy up their per
cents
The two new Woodruff sleeping coaches put
on this week to run between Louisville and chi
cagO over the ]. NJ. e l. ana the c., st. L d p,
are certainly deserving of favorable mention,
rs III some respects Lhey are u inner COdGH Lnan
Pullman's best, and in every respect equal,
while the finish is grand and attractive. The
more modern improvements and little conven-
fences about the coach are seemingly unsur-
passable.
The vandalia and the Chicago, st. Louis &
Pittsburg to-day commence hauling their own
trains over the Belt'road. This will throw three
Belt road crews and engineers out of service
The former roads, however, have agreed to
give the crews employment. Probably two
more crews will be relieved in the future
The l., 3. IL W. viii BEGIN to use the Belt road on
Monday, or at least orders to such effect
have been issued.
All passenger trains of the Cincinnati, Hamil-
ton IL Indianapolis, the Connersville aocomoda-
ton excepted, are run through now solid 70
Cincinnati. not even changing engines at HaInil-
ton. Two of the heaviest and best passenger
engines and two of the most experienced and
best engineers on the man line, namely, Gay
lord and Conn, have been transferred to the In
annapolis division to handle the through express
trains.
telegram from Gallon gives q narrowing re-
port of changes to be made in operations of the
Indianapolis division of the Decline system
which will Obige a number of engineers and
train crews to remove from Gallon to Indianap-
Oils a. O'liara, acting superintendent, last
evening stated that the change only
transferred one train crew, far
as running of engines between BrightwoOd and
Gallon was concerned for some months. All pas
senger engines had been run through.