The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-04-17
Local NoUea.

The Indianapolis Iron-rail Rolling Mill starts
up to-day. commencing on 1.5OO-ton contract
for the Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific.
Friends of the Bee Line system are much
elated over the advance in stock of the e., c., C..
x l., and predict that it will now go up to par.
The Turner's Society yesterday arranged with
the Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis & Chicago
for grand excursion to Louisville, KY, the LIST
Sunday in May.
The management of the Louisville, New
Albany q Chicago road were the first it is
stated, to ask that the ticket agent at Louis
willie. KY, shonld be checked up their receipts
t0rily
day or two ago, ohair-car porter on one of
the roads running west from Indianapolis
called at a ticket-scalpers office, on Illinois
street, ana offered 20 sell seven unlimited
tickets. The superintendent of the road was
apprised of it, ana is now investigating the
matter.
A prominent railroad official who was in the
city Yesterday states that the general offices of
the Toledo, Cincinnati & ST. Louis road will
undoubtedly be removed to DAYTON, o. In fact.
George SandersOn, the coming general freight
agent, states that Dayton is to be his bead
quarters
Passenger men of the California lines are hay
ing serious time securing Knights Tempar
organizations which propose to visit San Fran
cisco at the coming cOnclave. They find it more
Difficult to Induce them TO take roundabout
route than it is to induce granger or emigrant
party, as knights Templsr are, many of them, as
well posted as the railroad men,
A Chicago, St. Louis & Pittshurg passenger
conductor yesterday remarked that he was as
much surprised that he still retained in the
service of the company as he would have been
had he been discharged in the last few
DAYS, so general had the report become that
spoilers were working the c., ST. L. & p,
ana general spring cleaning was to De INDUCED
in.
Commissioner Fink announces that by agree
ment between the trunk lines the basis of west
bound rates TO the points named below will be
follows: Bluffton aud Hartford City, Ind,
same as Newcastle, Ind; Cambridge City, Ha-
gerstown and Dunrelth, Ind, same Indiana
polls, Ind; Milton. Connersville and Rushville,
Ind, all classes cents per 100 pounds above
Indianapolis, Ind.
The combined roads under the mana cement of
Captain Hayes and Colonel Hoxie have
mileage of 5,9SS miles, the largest number of
miles in any system in the world, An official of
the Wabash proper states that one OF the first
movements VIII be TO place The track between
Toledo and st. Louis in No. order Then other
divisions, the old l., P. Il G. among the number,
would receive attention.
Columbus, Ind, is being canvassed thoroughly
TO learn the feeling uf the business men as re-
CARDS the proposed extension of the Bloomfield "
Bedford road to Columbus, where connection
would be made with the Vernon division of the
&C., L., st. L. IL c. road; and much enthusiasm is
manifested In fact, says a Columbus man. sail
are redhot for it except one or two parties who
have a leaning toward the Pennsylvania COM
pany, which owns the j., NJ. o. L. road
The Bee Line people have increased the speed
of their express freight trains. Now the Chi
oago, st. Louis & Pittsburg company is figuring
TO shorten considerably the running time of
i.s through freights. The Lake Shore people,
who were the first to put fast express
freight trains, are landing goods in Chicago
forwarded FROM New York IN three TO three
and One-half days time. Five years ago six
days was thought to be good time; fifteen years
ago, eight days.
May l is the date fixed upOn by General
Passenger Agent Ruggles, of the Michigan Cen-
trial. for putting on their new diYing-cars These
promise to be the most elegant, cOmmodiOus,
and best arranged of any similar the
country. EVERYTHING will be provided on a lavish
scale of beauty and magnificence. Mr.. Rugges
has worked hard to obtain new designs for every
article to be used The Wabash train out of In
dIanap0lis at 11:40 p. NJ. will connect closely
diningcars.