The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-11-22
Local Notes,


The large amount OF rain falling is worrying
railroad arrangements somewhat, lest they are
to have trouble from high waters.
The luach-basket system, SO popular on the
Wabash route, has been extended to the Peoria
division under Superintendent Armstron
The earnings of the Indiana, Bloomington &
Western road in the week ending Nov. Is we're
S54, 76411, slight decrease compared with
the earnings of the corresponding week 862.
Commissioner PiersOn has issued call for
meeting of the joint executive of the passenger
department at the office of Commissioner Fink
on Dec. IL, to consider whatever business may
come before them.
There is the best of authority for the state
ment that all outside passenger offices in this
city are to be closed to cut down expenses This
will be du town when the orderis carried out,
ana the only city in the Union SO tied up
The advance on lumber on Nov. l has put a
decided check on the east-bound shipments. In
October 270 carloads of hardwood lumber were
shipped from Indianapolis This month there
has been but twenty-five carloads shipped.
The Straight line indianapolis & Evansviile)
was opened for business by Receiver c. ]. Hep
burn on Sunday. Trains leave Evansville at
$50 A. NJ. and $3.50 p. M, and arrive at Washing
ton, on the Ohio IL Mississippi road, at 11:40 A.
and $40 P. NJ.
Excellent authority says that President In
gals has perfected arran gements with tho Bal
timore OHIO people TO put on line of through
sleepng-eoaehes between Chicago and Washing
ton and Baltimore Dec. 1, over the O., L., ST. l.
& G. and the B. & o.
Tho officials of the Cincinnati, Hamilton &
Dayton lines start on their semi-annual inspec-
ton trip to-day, going over the d. 81 NJ. division
to-day, over the indianapolis division on Friday,
and over the other divisions on Saturday, Mon
day and Tuesday next.
General passenger agents of Indianapolis
roads state that not at any time for years have
rates been so we'll Maintained as at the present
time. 1t is only through scalpers that rates
being cut at all, and these cuts are in most cases
made by agents of connecting lines.
The citizens of Lafayette are so anxious to re-
tain the general offices of the Lake Erie g. West
ern road that they are raising the money to pay
the rent of tho several rooms they need for
offices. Outsiders think that Lafay cite has sunk
about enough money in years past TO help that
road, ana should not now begin paying its office
rent.
Paymaster Shepherd, of tho Wabash system,
will pay on the Indianapolis division Tomorrow
This places the several Indianapolis roads in
good shape as TO the payment OF their EN- ployes,
none being behind except for services rendered
~ the preceding month. The Bee-line, which
pays the 25th of each month for services of
the preceding month, will be the latest in send
ing around the pay-car.
Since the Chicago & IndaGanOlls Airline ami
the Cincinnati, Hamilton e. Indianapolis put on
through coaches between Chicago and Cincn-
natl, the coaches have been transferred from one
road to the other by running the respective
trains over the "Y." yesterday the J., NJ. 6 |.
people, who own 700 feet of the track constiGut.
ing the ~" notified the above roads that they
could not transfer their cars over the "Y"
While arbitrators may adjust per nts be-
tween competing lines more fairly than do the
arrangements of the Pennsylvania roads, it is
not always satisfactory. Prior to the estab-
lishment of the Chicago and ONO river pool, it
is stated that President Ingalls,, of the c.. l., ST.
L. & c., proposed TO c. C. Waite, yiee-president
of the O., H. Il ID. lines, TO arrange their own
per cents on Indianapolis and Cincinnati bust
ness, taking the basis of the Shoemaker pool
which WAS go per cent. of the passenger bust
to the c., l., ST. l.. e e., and 40 cent. to
the c., H. & l.; in freight traffic, Co.'S per cent.
to the g., L., St. l.. d c., and 1913 to the C., II. &
/. Mr. Waite wanted larger per cent. Now
the arbii traitors come in and cut the c.. II. & l.
down per cent. on passenger business aud 3 %
per cent, on freight traffic.