The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-06

The Office of tho Peoples Railway Company
on Virginia avenue, opened a few weeks ago
with flying cOlors, has been closed, no longer
atfording loafing place for fortune seekers.
The suit of Mrs. Anna Hayden VS.. Conductor
Crockett of the Chicago, st. Louis & Pittsburg
road, in which she asks for S5 600 for rough
usage on the part of Crockett, comes Jp TO NOR
row for hearing
The Chicago & Indianapolis Airline connects
with the Indiana, Iowa * Illinois road at Shelby,
and the two companies have appointed A. L.
Philips joint agent The interchange of traffic
between the two roads promises to be beneficial
to both roads.
The Louisville, New Albany & Chicago road
has in freight service $40 cars, as follows:
Eight hundred and nlnety-nine cars, capacity
10000 pounds each: 677 cars, capacity 81, 600:
564 cars, capacity $4,000; 1000 line cars, ca
pacity 10000.
The real estate department recently organized
by the PENNSYLVANIA company, which controls
all railroad interests west of Pittsburg, is now
in working order, with L. NJ Gilbert as manager.
The buying and selling of all property for the
company and all matters where the rights of the
company regards real estate are in question
are turned over to this department.
There was quite stir in freight circles vester.
day over a bold stroke for business of the Union
Line, which operates over the Pennsylvania sVs-
tenn Representatives of DrouIn & Co. and Cum
mings e. Co, both leading grain firms in PhIa-
de phia, it is stated. were the market offering
one TO three cents per buShel more grain if
loaded in Union Line cars than other grain men
would bid.
Arrangements have been made by which the
Traders Despatch will operate over the middle
division of the Indiana, Bloomington & Western
system, as well as over the division west of In
dianapolis Heretofore the Traders Despatch
has worked out of this section over the Ciucin-
natl, Hamilton & indianapolis road. Ill the
month of August taking out OF this section an
average OF twenty-five cars daily.
The terminal facilities of the Chicago, St Louis
& Pittsburg road at Indiana polls are now the
best of any road running in here at any point
in the State. The new depot is completed and
occupied, and with the old depot. which is the
largest ana of the best in the State, gives
ample room to handle their immense business
The approaches to both depG6s give plenty of
room for the drays, and ut Il heavy exnense have
been graded and powdered.
The Pennsylvania Company in the case of
every person injured in the wreck few weeks
since, just south of Seymour, on the Jefferson
vile, Madison & Indianapolis road. proposed to
pay each person reasonable damages for injuries
then received, vet an official of the road states
that with one or two exceptions the parties ha We
preferred to go into the courts where they will
likely be given less damages than the railroad
company would nave willingly paid.
Columbus o., has one of the most prosperous
Railway Mems Christian Associations in the
country. In the mouth of August tho rooms
were visited by 3,643 persons The association
publishes monthly paper Any railroad tele-
graph or express man may become a member nv
filling out blank card and becoming regular
contributor in Whatever amount he wishes to
give. Manager McCrea, of the Pennsylvania
lines west of Pitsburg, Is very active IN advance
ing the interests of the association.