The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-18
Local Notes.

The indianapolis car-works yesterday com
menced the building of 500 box cars for the
Erie lines, 10000 pounds capacity
In the eight months ending Aug 81 the Wa.
bash road earned $10,Sl2, 58S.S3, a decrease OF
1888 .34l AZ, as compared with the earnings the
corresponding eight months of 1882.
Overlooking cars OF 10000 pounds capacity
has now become so common that several of the
roads have given orders that all cars should be
weighed, and all cases of overlooking promptly
reported.
road is increasing Handsomely the last few
months. In August nearly 900 carloads were
brought into this station. Just there ia
trouble with the miners at Carbon and business
is light.
Work on the new Chicago, St. Louis & Pitts
burg shops, in the eastern part of the city is
progressing rapidly. The stone work for the
foundations of the several buildings is well ad-
vanced and the brick walls going up at a
lively rate. There are fully 225 stone masons,
brick-layers, helpers and carpenters now en-.
gagged on the buildings.
long train of Grand Trunk-line cars came in
yesterday over the Chicago & indianapolis Air
line to be loaded for the East. The appearance
OF these cars, which have been held out of this
section for eighteen months past, is creating
some uneasiness in freight circles, as a cut rate
usually accompanies trunk-ine car when 1t
comes to indianapolis for business.
The Decline people are getting better hold
of the through passenger business out OF Cincin-
represented
by Passenger Agent Edwards, and trains have.
been out of Cincinnati at more convenient
hours and at higher rate of speed. Every month
this year the receipts from sales of tickets at
Cincinnati have run from $500 to So, 900 ahead
OF those OF the corresponding month last year.
General Freight Agent Hibbard of the Van
dalia system. by circular, gives notice that j. r.
Kendall, assistant general freight agent of T.
II. & L. division, will have charge of rates and
other freight matters of the MaXinkuckee dvis-
ion the same as on LOgansport division. Tariff
an e = q T., Il wi
ion will be used on the eXtentiOn. Fret ght must
be prepaid TO all stations except Kewana and
MarmOunt.
There was an ugly head collision on the Chi
cago, St. Louis Il PIttsburg road, in the ROys-
vile cut, on Saturday night two freights com
ing together, both driven by mogul engines,
both of which were damaged several thousand
dollars. The neglect of a night telegraph oper-
ator at Knightsrown to give an order caused the
accident. Within the last thirty days there have
been head collisions on three Indianapolis roads,
and it might be well now to call halt
Colonel Hill, superintendent of the Vandalia
is not contented with having his track neatly
surfaced up, bitches clean and weeds cut, but
goes still further, and is now painting up the
depots, withdrawing sheds and outbuildngs,
ana even the fences on each side of the cattle
guards. The most needed improvement he is
making, however, this season. is the lengthen.
ing of eide tracks, that their freight trains
may promptly get out OF the way of passenger
trains.
Within the last two weeks damages from fires
along the lines of Western roads have been large,
the rank growth of weeds and grass furnishing
the means TO spread fires and burn up fences.
The damages from this source almost annually
when there is dry weather, would pay for eauip-
ping every locomotive on the roads with spark
arrester, were perfect one devised. A railroad
nan of large experience yesterday remarked
that inventors of spark arresters undertook too
much. They wanted as well TO invent and cOm
blne at the same time smoke consumer, fuel
saving and better draught stack, consequently
neither device has been q success, 50 far as he
had observed.