The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-07-28

There Is a brisk movement OF grain to Cleve
land and Toledo. more especially to the latter
point. and q large per cent OF this business Is
carried by the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton
lines
The Cincinnati. Indianapolis, st. Louis &c Chi
cage. In connection with the Goodrich line of
steamers out of Chicago, will. on the 4th and
5th of August, carry passengers from In
dianapOlis to milwaukee at 81 round trip.
An observing business man, yesterday, re-
marked that whenever he heard OF a company
which had projected q new road or laid it out
on the map, and then asked townships the
line for aid to make the preliminary survey,
he put them down as bogus enterprises.
The Indiana, Bloomington & Western psssen-
ger department are getting out some attractive
and elegant bills advertising their road and the
pleasure resorts II reaches. They have also is
sued folder. neatly gotten up, giving their own
timetable ana that of their connexions.
The attention of General Freight Agent Gays,
of the Indianapolis & st. Louis road. is called
to the fact that he has bolstered
west from Indianapolis that MERCHANTS OF Dan
vile and points this side are hauling their freight
by wagons.
The passenger and freight traffic out of Indi-
road, IN the year 1882. increased some
Is per cent. over that OF 1881. and present in
dcations are that the earnings this year will
run % per cent. ahead Of those of 1882, say one
OF the officials.
The report that the Vandalia proposes to
place wike-awake outside man aJ Indiauap-
oils to work up west-b0und business is worrying
agents of competing lines at this point as with
the advantages the Vandalia possesses IL Ia a
hard road to fight when they make but little
exertlOn for business.
V. L. MalOtt has more front dockage at MichI-
gan City than any other party or frfu along the
harbor. His frontage covers SPA Ineal feet.
While vice-presldenG and general manager of
the In dianapolis, Peru a. Chicago road he pur-
chased the frontage, surprising that the time
would soon come when these dookage facilities
would be needed.
The Roing-mill company have within the
last few DAYS made contracts to furnish rails
which Will keep them bpsy some weeks. Beside
the order given them by the Cincinnati, Indian
ap0lis, st. Louis g. Chicago road for 300 tons, to
be used on the Greensburg. Hope & Columbus
extension, on Wednesday last, they yesterday re-
ceived an order from an Arkansas railroad COM
pany for 800 tons, cash on delivery.
The suit whIoh has been pending some ten
years between the property holders South
Tennessee street ana the Indianapolis Rail
ROlling-mill Company has been settled the
foot. The report that the Indiana, Blooming &
Western Railroad Company furnished the money
to settle THIS litigation, and that the L., B. & w.
were to use the Rolling mill tracks as part Of a
line to get through the city has no foundation.
Some five mouths ago the superintendent of
one or the indianapolis lines, which employs
s0me sixteen conductors, redues ed tire aiirnad
reporter of the Journal to not mention that
"spotters" were working their road, the superin-
tendent promising that II their conductors we're
dishonest and any OF them were discharged,
tue journal should be one Of the first papers AN
pfised Of what was done. Meeting tho superin-