The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-10-27
Local Notes.

The Des Moines, Osceola & Southern Railroad
Company are about closing contract with the
Indianapolis Rolling-mill Company for several
hundred tons of rails.
The officers of the Indianapolis Eel River G.
Southwestern Company assign their chief
reason for building to Vincennes that they may
get good ST. Louis connection over the ONO &
Mississippi road.
The new train for Chicago over the Cincinnati,
indianapolis. st. Louis & Chicago road, which
leaves Indianapolis at A. M, and the return
train which arrives here at 6:25 p NJ, have be-
come popular and paying trains, although they
have been on but sixty days.
The Cincinnati, Indianapolis, st. Louis & Chi
cago road yesterday gathered up at stations on
the western division ninety-three car. loads of
live stock. Thirty-one were delivered to the
Bee-line twenty to the Indianapolis stock
yards. and the remainder went through to Gin
cinnati.
Superintendent Turner of the Indianapolis &
Vincennes road, has issued notice TO conduc-
tors and brakemen that they must see that pas
sengers have tickets before taking passage on
their trains, and he asks passengers to purchase
tickets before the arrival of trains that there
need be no delay of trains at stations.
Commissioner Fink is again pressing the east
ern roads out of indianapolis to reorganize their
pool Two of the roads would prefer to enter
into traffic agreement for one year, and each
road work regardless of per cents, but all agree
to strictly maintain rates, aud any road which
cuts the rate should pay heavy penalty.
Paymaster Shepherd of the Wabash system,
Yesterday paid the Indianapolis division for
September service, it being the first time since
the Wabash took control of the l., p. e. c. road
that it has paid in the second month for service
performed in the month preceding. Hereafter
Mr. Shepherd expects TO pay on this division by
the 24th of each month for the service of the
month preceding.
The Willingness with which the Nickel-plate
people allowed the Vandala company to cross
its track is matter OF favorable comment. The
last few years it has been one of the dsgraceful
features of railway management that no line
was constructed without the Interference of the
older roads, either by veXatiOus legal obstacles
or by bold infractions of the peace, more esDe-
cially If likely to be a competitor.
Prospects are now good that Monon. the point
where the Louisville, New Albany 81 Chicago
road intersects the Chicago d indianapolis Air.
line, will get the new shops. The Lafayette
journal has a long article on the subject, in
which it calls upon the citizens of Lafayette to
arise from their knees, where they have so long
been in abject submission to the L., N. A. & c.,
and tell President Young to go to-anywhere
he pleases.
The Nickelpa Is steadily gaining a better
traffic foothold, and is daily becoming more
important factor in railway circles. few
weeks since melton was made in the Journal of
the aggressive steps the management had made
to secure portion of the livestock trafiic from
this section. The road has now been admitted
to the Midland States Lumber Association, a
pool formed by the following lines for transac-
| lions i'll lumber traffic: c., c., c. g. l.. B. & o.,
l., B. & W., C., II. & D., ID. & NJ, Ohio Central,
| c. H. V. & T., and w. & L. e. This opens to the
road new flelo for operations.