The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-24


Local Notes.
Local and through travel is improving hand
--snely, The food scare is wearing off.
Paymaster Sheldon, of the Bee Line, will pay
the employees at this point to-day for January
service.
The general manager of the Continental line
announces that the roads over which they
,BperHte are again i'll running order.
Butler & McDonald's per cent, allowed them
bv the court for collecting the L, B. & W. back
pay claims under So 600, will yield them $751;
OFT IS.
The Wabash system increased its earnings the
second week in February nearly $4,000, not
understanding the elements have been 80 severe
On railroad operations of late
The Cincinnati, Indianapolis st. Louis & Chi
,Dago company yesterday reoccupied their round
hOnse and shops at Cincinnati. The principal
Damage noted is rust of the machinery.
The "5ears have started story that the
Wabash system will show deficit below fixed
charges for the year 1882 of 100000. Sixty
days ago they placed the figure at ST 100000
The Bee IAne people have already added 10
their power this year three frst-elass engines of
their own build. Nine of the Nickel Plate en-
gines are still in service on the Columbus divl-
eion.
Two indianapolis firms have been placed on
the black list by the railroad companies for al
cts who were not entitled so to do, and hereafter
the railroad officials propose sell tickets of
this class to parties who are caught Transferring
them.
General Ticket and Passenger Agent Bronson,
Of the l.. B. & w, announces that they are now
ready to sell tickets to all northwestern points,
the Chicago, Burlington IL Quincy people tele-
graphing laRt evening that the damages to their
track from the high waters had been repaired
and trains were running on schedule time.
Crates have been solid since Thursday morn
men and shippers, and freight men have now
only their own popularity or that of the line
they represent on which TO work up business
That rates have been little weak up to Thurs
day, since Feb. L, is quite readily conceded
The Pittsbure, Cincinnati & st. Louis company
propose TO increase the popularity of their line
with shippers of live stock by equipping their
stock trains with the air brake now being used
successfully on stock trains run over the Penn
sylvania road proper, where twenty five miles
per hour Is the regular running time of stock
trains
General freight agents of Western roads ex-
prees the opinion that the traffic arrangement
which the Vanderbilt management has entered
into with the Canadian Pacific will tend to do
much toward checking the Grand Trunk road
IN rate emitting at least. The Grand Trunk peo-
Pile would hesitate in engaging in a war with the
Vanderbilt roads TO such an extent as to bring
On general war between the Trunk Lines.
j. NJ. Stirling, assistant chief engineer of the
Louisville, New Albany & Chicago road yester-
lay, with other parties interested in the Chicago
d indianapolis Air Line made "trip the
road on special train Mr.. Stirling expresses
the opinion that there Will be 10 trouble in get
ting the track in shape 10 put regular trains
within thirty days. He reports q large amount
of business along the line awaiting the opening
OF the road TO moveit.
W. Fairbanks Yesterday paid in to the clerk
of the United District Court the sum of $685.
45449, to liguidate back-pay claims of the In
dianap0lIs, Bloomington & Western Railroad
Company. The work OF dsburslng this sum will
necessarily be slow, there are 1852 claims,
and on each the interests per cent. from April
IL, 1879, TO Gct0ber 81, 1881, 6 per cent since
that date-must be computed and per cent on
each claim for attorneys fees.
Veteran railroad men state that this has been
the hardest winter for successful railroad opera
tton this country has ever experienced, while in
the Northwestern and Northern States the roads
tend with. In the Middle and Western States
there have been ice elubaTgIes and floods, which
were much more dangerous and damaging to
railroad business than snow, and one of the big
Items has been keeping 10 repair the telegraph
wires.
larger number Of car-counlers have been
patented than of any other appliance to make
more safe railway operations, yet coupler
which all roads are wiling to adopt is to be in
vented. A general manager, who is anxious to
that ia serviceablennd at the same time practI-
cal. last evening remarked hat he had exam-
lned all the more prominent couplers vet pat
ented and none OF them possessed the qualities
needed.
For some months past shippers have been get
ting good deal of free tel-gra phiug, some
freight agents going so far as to order goods for
ahippers by telegraph TO secure their business
This leak is now to be stopped. Commissioner
Fink, by circular, announces that the executive
committee OF the trunk lines, at their meeting
the 2lst resolved that and after March /,
1888, charges on all such messages must he pre-
paid, and that the trunk lines will not partcl-
pate in any expense arising tom payments by
such agents