The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-07-27

The shops of the Wabash company at Carmi,
as well at Butler, have been closed this week.
Paymaster Lewis, of the Louisville, New Al
bany & Chicago road. yesterday paid on the
Chicago Indianapolis Airline for Juno serv-
ice.
The Indiana, Bloomington Il Westera yester-
day took into Columbus, O.. thirty three caacnes
heavily laden with excursiORists to the soldiers
reunion.
The Cincinnati, indianapolis, st. Louis & Chi
cage, commencing with Sunday next, will sell
drip tickets between ali stations the
eastern division at one fare.
Tickets for the Acton camp-meeting this year,
the first week, Park Assembly week, will be sold
at 65 cents, Indianapolis to Acton, round trip.
After the first week the rate is reduced to so
DENTS, round trip.
The watermelon traffic lie proving quite hon
ANA for the kOkOmo division or the Chicago st.
Louis & Pittsburg road. Yesterday two trains
were sent north, hauling fOrty-five loaded cars,
thirty-seven OF which ere loaded with water
melons.
As now located, the track of the Belt road ex-
tension crosses the track of the middle divieiOu
of the l.. B. q W. twice within 1000 feet. and
the l., B. Il W. people have asked the Belt road
to relocate their line that their track shall be-
crossed but once.
Freight men predict that south-bound business
brighten up considerably, and that the Southern
States will call on Indiana and Illinois tor grain
and provisions in larger quantities than in either
OF the last two preceding years.
The statement in one of the city papers that
the indianapolis & VRcennes road last year
behind 100000 was incorrect In paying
fixed charges and operating expenses there
only $50, 900 deficit which the Pennsylvania
lessee was called upon to make up.
As many pleasure seekers are aw atting cheap-
rate excursions to Northwestern points, 1t lie
of the Northwestern lines have agreed 10 sell no
GLASS OF tickets this year below the rate for
tourists tickets.
Bee-liue engine No 602, one of the new mo-
AZ hpulan tV-nn naf of
i've stock in one train from Brightwood to Union
City in three hours and forty-three mtnutes dis
tance, seventy whine miles The stock oars were
nearly all new, and the train, although u stock
train, attracted attention.
The JeffersOuyille, Madison 4 Indi Anapolis
and the Cincinnati. Indianapolis, st. Louis &
Chicago roads have placed tickets ON lie at the
Union railway office, for the Southern Exposi-
ton at Louisville, XIV, at 81 20 r0undtrip. The
exposition continues one hundred days, and
these special tickets will be sold only on Weanes-
day and Saturday of each week up to Nov. 10.
The Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton. IN con-
nection with the New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio
and the Erie, are pressing Commissioner Fink
to increase their per cent. on the east-bound
pool, both dead freight and live stoOs, Like the
vandalia at East 81; Lous. the G., II. & D. is
petitors for east-bOund business to buy up their
per cents.
Tn Pennsylvania Company ia said to be nege-
tiating to secure control of tine property of the
Michigan g. OHIO Railroad Company. The Mich
igan Ohio owns large docks and other vaua-
bile property at Toledo. Pennsylvania people
said to look kindly upon the property, as af-
fordng them a short southeast cutoff from the
Grand Rapids and Indiana road through Toledo,
and by the Toledo e. Northeastern a eonnec-
ton with Fort Wayne
The light east-bOund business the White line
is doing in this section, as compared with former
years. is a matter over which there Is some COM
ment. IL should he borne in mind that until
within year a large per cent. of the business of
the l., b. q W., which now goes Mullaud-line
went White-line, ard In their New England busi-
ness they have been severely crippled by the
Erie fast-freicht, which until 1881 carried little
New England business
The Indiana, Bloomington & Western company
have notified the parties occupying their grounds
south of the Vandaia freight depot, South
Tennessee street, as coal and wood yards. to va
cate the grounds within thirty DAYS, This aD-
tion on the part of the company Is creating some
comment in railroad circles. General Manager
Henderson. of the L.. b. & W, when asked the
reason why such an order had been issued, an
swerod the railroad reporter OF the journal; Il
prefer not TO state the reasons, sir"
Somebody, through the newspapers. is urging
on the Chesapeake & Ohio people to purchase or
lease the Louisville, Evansville & st. Louis Air
line, aud that somebody makes the statement
that II the Mackey syndicate or Il. & 4. II. com
pany secures the Arlne,it will urn yer all east
bound business to the O. & Nj. and Vandalla
roads, cutting off the Chesapeake q Ohio from
all Its Eastern business a large portion of which
is now passing over that line, BY the by, the
latest report ia thar the Maokey syndicate are to
lease the Airline for forty years, finding it i'm