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

Engine No. 8, just out of the Vandala shops
at Terre Haute. yesterday hauled five cars eigh-
teen miles in nineteen minutes and thirty Sec
Obas-
The passenger engines on the Chicago, St..
Louis & PiJtsburg road, Indianapolis division,
in the month of August averaged to run 3,740
miles, freight engines, 1924 miles.
An elegant parlor car came through from Chi
cago over the C., l., ST. L. q c. carrying a large
number of delegates to the conductors annual
convention, which convenes in Cincinnati to-
day,
Engine 341 on the indianapolis & Vincennes
road, shown by the official record, in the
month of August ran 1904 miles. An average
of 1000 miles per month is looked upon by rail
road men big performance for an engine.
Captain John Dodd, who is securing the right
o! way for the projected Toledo, indianapolis &
Western road, was IN the city Yesterday and he
states that he Is having excellent success, aud
the people on the proposed line are very enthu-
siastc, and promise TO aid financially the enter
prise.
Engine No 463 on the Chicago St. Louis &
Pittsburg road has been thoroughly rebuilt at
the Indianapolis shops, under the supervision of
Master Mechanic Arp, and it is expected it will
now be one of the fastest runners on the road.
Among the more Important renewals were cylln-
ders, fre-box, cab and air-brakes to operate on
the drivers.
The track of the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Day
ton system is now double from Cincinnati to
New River, distance Of twenty-nine miles and
yesterday the company commenced using it the
entire distance. This win enable the C., II. & d.
to make faster time between Cincinnati and
Hamilton and run as many trains as their DuSl-
ness Will require safely.
The good people of South Bend are in high
glee now that it is definitely fixed that the Van
d2lia extension will go to South Bend, and pos
sibly that 1t will be the northern terminus The
contract for grading, cr0ss-tieing and laying or
the rails has been awarded TO Tuttle & Toner, and
they have sub-let the work IN sections Of one TO
five miles. All the contractors will he at work
on the line next week, and although they have
until the first day of next May TO complete it,
they expect to have 1t done about the 5th of De-
cember should the weather prove any way IA
VOrahle.
Section bosses and section men on the entire
Pennsylvania system of roads getting their
sections i'll order for the annual inspection of
road-bed by the general officers. and IN no former
year on the lines west OF PittsOurS has there been
so much pains taken, even going so far as to rake
the stones from the track TO distance of seven
feet on each side. The weeds have also been cut
down, and new ballasting added in all places
where necessary. tits stating nothing that Is not
rOad-bed OF the c., st. L. & P. now compares IA
vOrably with the best roads west of the Allegheny
mountains.
J. w. Sherwood, superintendent of the Gin
cinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis q Chicago road,
is somewhat disturbed over Item which APP
peared in yesterdays journal to the effect that
the trains over the eastern division OF the c., l.,
st. l.. q C., which leave Indianapolis at 4:30 A.
NJ, aud arrive at indianapolis at 10:4U p. NJ,
were to be taken of, which he says is true,
as they are among the best paying trains the
company has. The railroad reporter of the
Journal when writing the item was rather sur
prised but as 1t came from the district passenger
agent 1t was supposed to be true and the funny
part of 1t is he still in lists that they come
of. But at the present writing we will take
superintendent Sherwoods statement as the
correct one, and he says they are not To come OFT.