The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-14
Local Notes.

Wednesday next is the day fixed upon for the
presidents of indianapolis roads to have con-
ference here.
The Cincinnati, Indianapolis, st. Louis q Chit
cagO people have arranged for a cheap excursion
by their line to Louisville, KY. on Sept. 20.
The Midland line, which is the more promi-
nent of the fast-freight lines operating over the
l., B. IL w. system, has In the last ninety days
increasedits equipment 800 cars.
The earnings of the Indiana, Bloomington &
Western road for the week ending September 8.
were SS8, SS1 .46. Increase over earnings cor
responding week. 1882, SIS, $50 08,
The Chicago & Eastern Illinois are euuippipg
their passenger engines with the Hunter spark
arrester, which is performing satisfactorily
on several locomotives of the Vandalia road.
In the month of August the receipts from the
sales OF tickets over the Chicago Indianapolis
AIRLINE at the Alabama street station was
S671 IS; at the Massac husetts-avenue station,
$204,7O. Total, $976.35.
The receipts from the sale of tickets at the
observation-disclosures depot in the month OF
August amounted to $7,642. Tickets of the
Decline, the Wabash, and the CHICAGO & Indian
apolis Airline are now sold at this station.
T. n. Jarvis, general manager of the Traders
Dispatch. who has been in the city for a couple
of days, left for ST. Louis last night. This line
purposes to arrange for carrying dressed meats
and VIII within a few days let contracts for the
building of SOC refrigerator cars.
The Jay Gould system of roads give notice
that they Will receive household goods III less
than carload lots coming from connecting lines
and destined to points on their lines without re-
curing prepayment, providing the connecting
line guarantees charges on the same.
The general freight agents OF the Western
lines considerably disturbed that the Wabash
has come in here and taken freight for Peoria at
six cents per one hundred pounds, the regular
rate on the class of goods carried being ten
cents per one hundred pounds. The freight is
forwarded via Peru.
In the months of July and August passenger
trains on the middle division of the Indiana.
Bloomington q Western paid so cenrs per mile
run. The management or many OF the old roads
would be well satisfied did their trains earn that
amount per mile. The Peoria division OF this
system pays 81 40 per mile on trains run.
In the month of August the Chicago & Indian
apos Air line brought into indianapolis 564
carloads of merchandise, 20 carloads of live
stock ara So empty cars; forwarded from this
point 215 loaded and 22l empty cars-total, l =
100 cars. There was an increase in August of
224 loaded and AS eIhpty cars IN number han
died as compared with the July movement.
The Wabash people are testing a locomotive
stack on the main line, the invention of Master
Mechanic Barnes. 1t is intended to be IA perfect
spark-arrester and smoke-cOnsumer. The stack
Is a straight cylinder, and contains upon the in
side number of cast-iTOn rings OF varying sizes,
which arranged in a cOncal shape ana are
so connected with the exhaust that all cinders
are ground up and their fire extinguished before
they are expelled through the sieve at the top of
the stack.
Within the last six months there have
been fourteen elevators, with aver
grain, erected on the middle division
of the Indiana, Bloomington & Western road,
and four elevators are now being buit at differ
ent points on TINS division. 1t is questionable if
improvements of such character to such an
extent have been made on any other 100 miles
of road in this country, the Northern Pacific NOT
excepted. Larger elevators may have been
built, but not as many on the same length of
road.
The general passenger agents of Indianapolis
lines have received circular from Commissioner
Daniels, of The Colorado pool. asking them to
withdraw from sale Colorado tourist tickets on
the 18th day of September, 1888, as none of
these tickets dated after Sept Is, 1888, will be
ton, Conductors and train agents have been
instructed TO decline to honor Colorado tourist
that are dated after Sept. Is, or that are pre-
sented for passage after midnight of Sept. 80,
1888.