The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-31

The Car Accountants meeting will be held May
%, in Philadelphia, not Cleveland, was unin-
tentionally stated in yesterdays Journal.
The Cincinnati, indianapolis, ST. Louis & Chi
cagO road to-day receives two new passenger en-
gires from the Schenectady acknowledgements.
Understanding office No. Will open next
! week, an old Panhandle passenger man having
leased room on South Illinois street for that
business.
the T., B. d. W. the third week in March were
$3.50. an increase over last years correspond
ing week of S3, 49l 40.
Tanners Creek is now troubling tho Ohio &
Mississippi people, and yesterday they were
obliged to run their Cincinnati trains over the
C., l., St /. & G. to Greensburg, and then over
the @. d " to Vernon.
Monday next, one week. the Bee Line people
shorten the running time of some of their eX-
press trains between indianapolis and Cleveland,
and lengthen the running time OF the same trains
on the indianapolis & st. Louis division
A heavy freight engine, class sd E." was re-
ceived yesterday on the indianapolis division of
the p, &. d ST. L. road. These engines are ten
wheelers, and VIII haul thirty loaded cars up tho
Jaekson-llil grade, the heaviest on the road
The force Mt the Bee Line shops at BrightwOod
has been somewhat increased, and n large
amount of new work, as well general repair,
is 10 be done there this season. Three tirst-cnss
''Mogul" engines are now in process OF construc-
iipn.
Tho coal traffic OF the Indianapolis & Vim
sho position of superintendent of the limo
was from ten to twelve cars per day, and he has
Increased tins business on the line to fifty to
sixty cars per day.
Monday next the new Middle and Western
classification takes effect by which rates on
10Th class lumber and rough stone. reduced
5 CENTS per 100 pounds, ana there other
slight reductions in rates certain articles by a
change in their classification.
The Illinois Central neople have adopted the
plan of the Boston & Albany road, aud an-
pOuUce that. commencing with ADril l. they will
sell commercial travellers excess baggage
money cnup0n-ticEets and the Bee Line people
contemplate adopting this plan.
]. Il. Mcleod, travelling freight agent of the
Cincinnati, Hamilton e. Dayton lines, returned
yesterday from quite an extensive Western
trip, and he reports that there is u large amount
at grain, produce etc, vet to come for ward, and
expresses the opinion that business will be good
for some time TO come
Monday next the Bee Line, in connection with
tine Lake Shore, New York Central and Boston
4 Albany, put on express freight-trains between
st. Louis, Yew York and Boston. The running
time of these trains, between Indianapolis and
Cleveland will he fourteen hours and the entire
distance the speed of the trains is to average
twenty miles per hour. IL is stated that these
trains will carry the ButfIo 81 Western or Silent
Line business, aad further, that this line has
Neen put on 10 stay.
The Chicago, St. Louis & Pittsburg company
at once, il seems 10 take the aggressive they
having decided to build branch from Piqua, on
their main line, to Troy This is only eight miles,
hut 1t is one of the best points for business on
the middle division On the Indiana Bloomington
& Western road. James McCrea, manager OF
the Panhandle; John +. Miller, division superin-
tendent, ana NJ. J. Becker, chief engineer,
Thursday went in carriages the line be-
tween Plqua and Troy, IN company with dele
CATION of Trojans who met them at Piqua.
superintendent Watts, of the Chicago division
of the p, c. & ST. L.. proposes that improve
ments on this division shall keep pace with
those on other divisions. He states that enough
steel rails To lay sixty miles of track have been
purchased for him, and Will he put down as soon
las warm weather comes. The steel will take
the place of iron rails on the Chicago and Brad
ford divisions, and will make continuous line
of steel rails from Chicago to Bradford. 1t Is
also said that the company proposes to put on
additional gravel trains this summer, ana get
the track In the best condition possible.
The remaining ticket agents, policeman,
telegraph operators and baggage men at The
Union Depot the anxious seat
lest some party makes an affidavit against
them that they discriminate in giving
information. These employees could
hardly be blamed were they to their boots
freely on some of these fellows, who, evidently
for purpose, annoy them by asking which is
1.-THE best route, etc, TO certain points where the
proprietary and leasing lines of the Union Rail
way Company come into competition. The
remedy for ali these troubles woul be the nstab-
.lishment of an Information bureau at the Union
Depot.