The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-20

Columbus, o.
The ear pin GO of the Cincinnati, Indianapolis,
ct. Louis & Chicago road for the week ending
March Is, were SOL 191. 10; increase over CORE
spending week of 1882, $G,2s5.9s.
Paymaster Shepherd, of the Wabash, did not
appear yesterday. Probably lie was detained
by The furry of snow The boys have worked
nearly three months without receiving a nickel
for it.
Indianapolis has fourteen railroads centering
Bere and the general office of but one, the T.,
B. & W. Cleveland has seven railroads, and the
general offices of the seven roads are located
there,
Colonel Hill, superintendent of the vqndaa,
has issued a second circular positively pro-
hibiting all employees from coupling cars by
hand the rules requiring the use of stick for
this purpose
Eastern parties are endeavoring to infuse
new life into the Lake Erie &c Western road by
stating that the Cleveland, Columbus, Cncin-
natl & indianapolis want it. OF course it is
marine story.
The earnings of the Indiana BloOming ton &
Western system, Ohio Southern division ex
cepted, for the second week in March was $685.
T2471: increase over corresponding week last
year $16,9O2.G4
e. b. Stahlman vice-president and traffic
manager of the Louisville, New Albany &
Chicago syo- - Geographical last evening THAI
the Chicaro - INDIANAPOLIS Air Line Will be
opened for business between Indianapolis and
-De4ahi. Monday. March 30.
Geneial freight agents at this point, last even
sng, received circular from Commissioner
Fink, dated March II, giving notice that on
and after April !, the basis of east-bound rates
will he on lumber and tenth-cass from Chicago
TO New York 80 cents, Chicago to Boston So
cents.
J. b. witty, roadnaster of the Union rail way,
has invented switch stand which superihtend-
eDU Whitcomb, who is now testing it on the
Union tracks, says eclipses any swtchstand yet
invented Tie stand rests on two head-bloeks,
making 1t stand very solid, and when the track
is thrown locks itself at the ton, center and bot
tom; is operated much easier than any switch
nov in use, and costs from 81 to Sc less.
Master Mechanic Warren, of the Indiana,
BloomihgtO G Western, is now bhilding at its
shops on the Wesside, passenger engine which
he expects will be a superior locomotive, more
especially in making steam, as there will be
100 f1ues in the bnler Twenty years ago, when
trains were not run at a high rate of speed, u
hner with seveuty-tve to ninety fues eOA-
sidered to furnish ample heading surface, but
year by year the number has been increased,
until most passenger engines have lao to $50
Fred Peck, chief engineer of the proposed st.
I4nuis extension of the Indiana, Bloomington &
Western, is in the city. Mr. Peck has, for sixty
hHys past, been taking sOundngs along the pro-
posed line, ana he states that the people thereon
are very enthusiastic and anxious it should be
Quilt. Interesting facts regarding the route,
when it will he built, etc, promised at
eerly day. The JOHfRAl has permission to say
thai theafne mapped out by Fl. c. Moore has
been abandoned, and u more feasible one Sc
lfcted,
The stockholders of the Chicago, St. Louis &
PTtsburg, the reorganiZed Chicago, Columbus &
Indiana Central road, meet here to-day to elect
directors William L. Scott, of Erie, Pa: j. N Nc
Cullongh, Pittsburg, and Thomas ID. Messer are
expected in the city to-day to attend the meet
ing The capital stock is fixed at $1,000 900.
The same board OF directors Will likely ba
elected for the Indiana as were for thn Ohio di-
vision as follows: william l.. Scott Erie Pa;
Charles ]. Osborn, New York; George b. Oberts
and John P. Green, Philadelphia; ]. N. McCul-
lougt ana Thomas ID. Messler, Plttshurg; Courad
Baker, Indianapolis George Hnadly, Cincinnati,
and Alfred L. Dennis, Newark, N j.
OF the 1,156 back-pay claims under $1,000,
sine from the indianapolis, Bloomington e. West
err Railroad Company, all but eghty-eight had
been PAID up to last evening. The remaining
Claims are all small ones. as of the 1884. 600 bnt
$4,000 ia left to be paid out. ONLY 40 of the
original claimants had disposed OF their claims,
she banks which recently offered rs cents
jhe dollar gathering in but six. The parties
who most prohted by the delay of the l., B. &
W. IN paving these claims those who
hunght In at 90 cents the dollar a claim of
Si,318, held BIZ II. Northrop, deceased formerly
aj-weier under the Bates House, and $3.50
hunght at rhe assignee's sale of tile Indanap polls
Brass ana supply Comnany. These parties got
the full face of the claims and per cent. inter
eat.
It's quite evident that the Pennsylvania peo-
Pile believe that they have thrown off of them
selves the REMEMBRANCE OF the Indianapolis Il
ST Louis road, and through it the lease
of the Terre Haute, Alton Il st. Louis, as
President Roberts, in his annual report, says:
t5uce the last report the Pennsylvania railroad
snd Pennsylvania companies have disno - of
their interest in the Indianapols & ST.
bns. Cincinnati & Indianapolis Railway
Company. Under this sale the latter com
pany assumes all your Obligations In connection
with the lease of the st. Louis. Alton 81 Terre
Route railroad, and the pending litigation reln.
tive thereto, and your company is relieved from
making further bu rdensOme advances on behalf
ofa road that IL no longer necessary to tire pro-
section of your interests west of Pitteburg,"