The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-01-15
Local Notes.

2.PM.
Local Notes.
This Bee Line last week forwarded East from
this point ,l70. and the Pittsburg. Cincinnati &
st. Louis 80 loaded cars
OF the 1929 loaded cars the Vandaa brought
into this station last week, 40 were laden with
coal ane 235 with live stock.
The Cincinnati, Indianapolis, st. Louis & Chi
eago delivered at Cincinnati. last week, 795; for
warded from that point, 853 loaded cars.
Indiana and Ohio have become the fighting
ground Of the express companies. Each is en-
desvoring to crowd the other off of the reads
over which they operate.
The locomotive iremen Of Terre Hadte will
celebrate with banquet and ball. on the 27th OF
February, the eighth anniversary of the organ
izaton of their lodge Several members or the
Indianapolis lodge have promised to be in at
tendance.
The five Western lines last week brought into
Indianapolis 3,S47 loaded cars, as follows: Iudi-
ana, Bloomington & Western st Louis divison),
$40, Peoria division, sos; Cincibnat Indianapo-
lie, st. Louis q Chicago, 665: Vandalia, ,l29;
indianapolis & ST. Louis, ,235.
superintendent Watts, of the second and third
80 divisions of the Pttsburg, Cincinnati & ST. Louis
lines, to-day puts in operation new plan for
running train men on these divisions, by which
they Will become as competent to run on the
Bradford as on the Chicago division.
The 1--we stock movement over indianapolis
roads is now very heavy. Last week the Bee
Line forwarded East 254 carloads of cattle ana
hoes. The Vandaha brought into this station
235 carloads. and on the line Of the Cincinnati
Indianapolis, st. Louis & Chicago road PIP car
loads OF stock were gathered up during the
week
Patrons OF the Cincinnati, Indianapolis. st.
Ions g. Chicago road will be granfed to learn
that the Illinois Central, over which tracks the
forincr runs into Chicago is to have better depot
facilities, the Illinois Central and Michigan Cen
trail companies having fully decided to join
hands and erect grand depot at Chicago. The
present depot of the Illinois Central is a delapl-
dataa, RECONSTRUCTED affair."
Inquiry among railroad officials shows that
Sunday passenger trains are poorly patronized,
and no money is made in running them, nut
arrangements continue to run them culy because
their competitor does An officer of an Indian
a,.aiis line Yesterday remarked that he had
hoped that the movement a couple of years ago
to discontinue as far as possible the running OF
both passenger and freight trains Sunday
would become popular, but the reform seemed
TO have been dropped.
The rumor is again afloat that the Pacific Ex-
press Company, which operates lines in
which Jay Gould Is interested. to open an
office at Indianapolis This company has now
under control something over 1900 miles of
railroad and stage lines, and about 400 offices,
having connections and through billing arrange
ments unsurpassed by any similar organization
IN the country. Its territorial limits are extern
eiye, reaching from Detreit in the North to New
Orleans in the S0nth and from Toledo. o., in the
East, TO Ogden, U. T., in the West
General News.
The New York Central road last year moved
over its Buffalo division 1S0,29I freight cars,
There was an average of thirtJ-eigh ears to a
train. which makes n total of 81 $50 trains.
1t is quite definitely settled that the trains OF
the Nickel-plate will run into Chicago over the
Lake Shore tracks as soon as tine weather will
admit of properly arranging the tracks. The
annual meeting of the stockholders of the Nick
el-platt road, which occurs Jan. 80, is one in
which much interest is taken.
wurpT rrJE
January 18th and the Wabash pay-car has not
yet reached the indianapolis division, and the
company is now two months and fifteen days
behind on Its pay-rolls, and employees all along
their lines In Indiana becoming much dis
satisfied. The only excuse given is that the
paymaster is getting around as fast he can.
1t is folly TO attempt to pay off so extensive a
system with one pay-Urain, and if the company
expect good and Wiling service from employees
In the several departments, they viii at once
put on an additional pay-traln The officials
say there is plenty OF money in the treasury to
pay the men. If so, the honorable thing TO do
would be to furnish facilities for distributing it
more promptly.
LAW WHICH SHOULD BE OBSERVED.
Within the last few months the Journal has
several times called attention to the fact that on
several Of the Indianapolis lines passenger trains
were not brought to a staud-stil at the Belt
road crossing, and that an accident serious in
character would yet result from such reckless
ness. As some of the engineers may not be
posted as TO the law in the matter. below is given
an extract from the Indiana State law:
''5ection $50. Whoever, being the engineer OF
any locomotive running upon any railroad track
upon or over which passengers are, or may be
transported, runs his locomotive across, or upon
the track OF any other railroad, upon and over
which passengers are, or may he transported,
without frat coming to full stop before crossing
such other track, and without first ascertaining
that there is no other train or locomotive in
appFOacn1ug about
other track; or who runs, or permits his locomo-
tive 10 cross such crack when locomotive is in
sight, approaching and about pass upon and
over such crossing on such other track, shall, on
conviction thereof be fined in any sum not more
than 81 900 nor less than 800, and in addition
thereto shall be Imprisoned IN the county Jail for
any period not more than one year nor less than
three months, and II any person shall be Injured
or killed by reason of such crossing such engi-
neer so violating the provision of this section,
shall be imprisoned in the State prison for any
period not more than fourteen years nor less
than two years"
HONORABLE ACTION.
The Pennsylvania people VINO purchased, on
Wednesday last, the Columbus, Chicago & In
diana Central system OF roads, are inclined to |
act very honorably with the bondh 1ldes and
stockholders who did not join the I1slof iu
the reorganization scheme, and the pulc 8siaH T
committee have extended the time TO- tlai-
coming into the new company to Jan. 22 Rs /.
the terms of the agreement the con uany viii /
reorganize with a capital of $1,000 0Ol. h- I
vldedIinto $4,000, 600 of common Took suH ?
$50, 900, 900 of preferred, with n bonosa debt Oh /
500, 100000 Bonds will be issued, bona elr I
bond, in exchange for those secured b. vine eld 7
consolidated mortgage, and the hudsfs 1914 !
receivejn compensation for the uIuliatsf Z
interest $3.50 in cash on each out of tn 50 500 /
600 due from the Pittsburg Cincin Oats e 81 /
Louis Railway, and $500 IN PREFER stock