The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-18

Coal traffic from the Clay county block coal
mines is seldom lighter than at the present time.
The average shipments the last two weeks will
not exceed 100 cars per day.
The Indiana Supreme Court couvenes one week
from next Tuesday, when the question at issue
between the Union railway ana c., H. & D.
company Will be submitted and Herewith Pc
tition urging that the case be advanced on the
docket, an early decision beng desired.
The indianapolis car-works are working about
One-third their usual number of men, turning
out but five cars per day. They are now build
ing so cars for the Pennsylvania company.
These cars are thirty-four feet long, some four
inches higher than the ordinary cars, and are
very substantially built in every respect.
The Indiana, Bloomington d Western people
have offered the management of the Lacka-
wanna fast-freight line very favorable terms if
they will operate over the l., B. & W. system.
This would let the line into Indianapolis and Peo-
ria at once. and eventually into. st. Louis,
everything indicates that the l., B. IL W. people
Will build the st. Louis extension
The lunch.basket system, Introduced on Mon
day last on the Cincinnati, Indianapolis, st. Louis
d Chicago road is working admirably. Dinner
Brothers, who have the matter in hand, have
the thing already we'll systematized, orders for
lunch being sent ahead by telegraph aud inme-
diatelv on the arrival of the trains Lafay cite
the lunch is distributed in baskets per order.
1t is stated that the Great Eastern line pro-
poses open for business at Indiana polls at an
early dav. This company is making preparations
for the rapid transit OF freight across the ocean
in connection with the Alien line OF steamers,
and in addition they are taking traffic to New
York over the Delaware, Lackawanna q West
5rn and to Boston over the Central Vermont
To be IN fashion, General Freight Agent Page
or the Cincinnati, indianapolis, st. Louis e. Chi
cage road, has issued a circular, under date OF
May IL, TO the effect that the company will not
he party 10 or participate in any cuts rates
OF classification, directly indirectly, nor III
any form of irregular billing, and all officers
aud agents of the traffic department hereby
distracted accordingly.
W. s. Weed, secretary of the Lafayette east
bound freightpool association. and general
freight agent of the Lake Erie & Western road.
has called a meeting of the general freight
agents of the Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific, the
Louisville, New Albany & Chicago, the Cincin-
natl, indianapolis. st. Louis & Chicago railroads,
to meet at Lafay elite, Ind, with him on the 22d
instant, TO talk over pool matters, and harmon
izs, II possible, the interests of the shippers and
of the roads centering there.
To comfort creditors of the Indianapolis & ST.
Louis road whose claims date back to the time
when the road passed into the hands of re-
ceiver, the Journal gives the statement of one
of the attorneys IN the case, which is that Jud
lirunmond expects, some time next month, to
decide the rental question at issue between the
Parker syndicate and the l. & st. L. COMPANY.
Judge DrnuImond expected to reaoh the cas- e last
month, hut the resignation of Judge Gresham
was unable to do 50. The creditors, the attorney
says, nave no reason for anxiety, as the money
will be paid into the court to liQuidate their
claims whenever the court orders It,
Commencing with Monday next several
changes In running time on the Wabash Detroit
4 indianapolis VIII take effect, The first train
will leave the Union Depot at $50 A. NJ, running
through to Michigan City, and will connect
closely with trains for Toledo aud Detroit at
Peru. The second train will de-
part at 3:45 P. NJ. running TO
Michigan City and making q Toledo and
Detroit connection as well. The third train will
leave the Union depot at 11;40 2. NJ, running
through to Detroit, where connection is made
with the fast express east over the Canada
Southern road. On this train a chair-car and
sleeping coach will be hauled. Thelast replaces
the train recently taken off
The general passenger agent of one of the In
annapolis lines says 1t Is useless to talk about re-
storing passenger rates while such competitors
George Washington Smith, of the Lake Erie
Il Western, and George SandersOn, with the To-
ledO, Cincinnati IL St. Louis, are in the field, as
they seem determined to demoralize rates
whether t results favOrably to the roads they
represent or not. The general passenger agent
then cites the recent cut rates to the Dunk
ards by these lines. and a more recent cut to
Cincinnati on the Knights of Pythias excursion
ists, where the Lake Erie g. Western cuts the
rate for round trip tickets from Findlay to Gin
cinnati to 81 per mead, although the l.. f. Il W.
covers butsevepty of the 24O miles.