The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-22
THE DAYS RAILWAY NEWS.
The B., S., o. & B., Reorganized, Will
Be Extended to Seymour.
Big Demand for Consciousness Good
Another Western Road Aiding In
dianapolis Scalpers.
Personal Points.

J. A Rodgers has been appointed roadmaster
OF the Louisville, New Albany q Chicago main
line. vice t. L, Waggoner resigned.
George Bender, superintendent of the Ken
lucky Central division OF the c., l., st. L. & c.,
has gone East, to be absent ten days.
C. C. Gale, late superintendent of the Indiana
polls & St. Louis road, WAS in the city night be-
fore last. Mr.. Gale is located at Junction City,
Tex, has fine sheep ran che and is in good health
and spirits. but weighs eighty pounds less than
he did when he went South, some rev weeks
Bnee.
The whole Bee Line fraternity spent Yesterday
in the city, President Devereux gathering them
In for a conference and the laying out of an ag-
Rressive policy to secure their share of business.
There were present at the conference. President
Devereux, General Manager Thomas, Snperin-
fendents Blee, Burrows and Even, General
Passenger Agent A ]. Smith, Assistant Passen-
ger Agents ID. B: Martin and David Edwards,
Assistant General Freight Agent Fl. W. Gays.
Chief Engineer Beach, and Master Mechanic
Turrif The officials scattered last evening, most
OF them going TO their respective headquarters
Local Notes.
Six and one-half miles of sidetraek is to be laid
at once in lengthening out sidetracks at points
On the Indianapolis & st. Louis road
The steam shovels and gravel trains on the In
dianapolis e. ST. Louis are in operation day,
night and Sundays, working two sets of men.
The earnings of the Wabash, st. Louis & Pa
efac railway for the second week of March were:
1885, 1881, OPS; 1882, $s44,525; increase, $780,
500.
The Louisville, New Albany & Chicago COM
paAy has hired a colored man for brakeman on a
freight train. and the white brakemen are good
deal disturbed over this new departure.
The 500 cars which 7. A. Lewis is instructed
to order built are for the Great Western Dis
patch, which will operate over tho Chicago &
Atlantic, not the Erie & Pacific Dispatch
The new passenger depot of the Cincinnati,
Indianapolis st. Louis & Chicago road at Gin
cinnati, into which the Bee Line and probably
the Marietta & Cincinnati NOW the Cincinnati,
Baltimore & Washington will run, IL ia under
stood viii be called the Grand Central Depot, as
Cincinnati now has union depot.
E.C Murphy, superintendent of the Detroit e.
Indianapolis division OF the Wabash, and W. G.
Bala, master of transportation of the Louisville,
New Albany e. Chicago road, meet here to- day
to arrange running time for trains for the por-
ton of the Wabash road which tue Chicago &
indianapolis Air Line wil1us to gain an entrance
into the city.
General-manager McCrea, of the Pittsburg,
Cincinnati q St. Louis lines states that the p c..
4 st. l.. company has ordered twen;y-eight new
ffrstclass gines which. added to the thrty-five
he has been instructed 10 nurchase by the Chi
cago. St. Louis & Pittshurg company, will in
crease their power sixty-three engines within
the next few months.
The Cincinnati, Indianapolis, ST. Louis & Chi
oagO management have decided, with the taking
effect Of the spring timetable, to run the A. NJ.
train through to Seneca, making a connection
with the Pacific express OF the Chicago g. Rock
Island road westward To 40 tins the train
would leave indianapolis at 1880 A. NJ, instead
of 8 A. NJ, as It now does
Superintendent Macleod, of the Louisville, New
Albany & Chicago system, states that when they
begin running their trains On the Chicago q In
diaDapolis division into the Union Depot they
will he some of the handsomest arriving there.
-Four line new PASSENGER engines Will maui the
through trains, which will be made up COM
pletely OF new equipments.
The treasury of the Union Railway Company
is somewhat depleted. The Bee Line owes for
three months transfer over the Belt road; then
the Union Railway Company refuse the rental
from the Cincinnati Hamilton & Indianapolis
until the question at issue between the two COM
pantee is settled by the courts; and, put this and
that together, Treasurer jackson is troubled TO
make both ends meet
the virtuous Missouri Pacific is apparently
working through the scalpers at this point, who
are selling tickets to Kansas City at 5000, the
regular rate being S1325, second class, and the
limit gives the purchaser one day and night
ftop-of AT st. Louis. The tickets read over the
L, B. & W. to Danville. the Wabash TO ST. Louis,
the Missouri Pacific to Kansas City, and chair
cars free over the latter line.
Fast-freght line men report orders for cars in
excess of the number at command. While bust
ness from Indianapolis proper is light, ship
mente from points west of here are heavy. In the
movement of cars both East ana West, ninety
five per cent. reported to be loaded, west
bound traffic being equally as heavy as East
bound business. Rates are firm by all lines
agents. showing disposition to adhere strongly
to the tariff rates.
One of the Bee Line officials stated last even
ing, that the company had been seriously cOnsid-
erfDg the putting on of a new train between st.
Louis and New York, and Cincinnati and New
York, limited in character, bnt, after taking "a
careful survey OF the situation, had come TO the
conclusion it would be a poor-paying enterprise,
but that with the taking of effect of the spring
timetable they would make important
change in the leaving time of one of their ex-
press trains out of Cincinnati