The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-11-26
Local Notes,

The Vandalfa people got their bridge in at
cartersburg yesterday, and last night trains
were running through usual time.
The Cincinnati, INDIANAPOLIS, St. Louis Chi
oago road, at stations on the main lne last week,
gathered up PA carloads of live stock.
The L. N. A. & c. people propose to establish
passenger Office at Cincinnati. and push the
Monon route between Cincinnati and Chicago via
Indianapolis for all there IS in it.
Tomorrow the Indianapolis & st. Louis man
agement begin the work of putting in the auto
matte mterlocking signal switch on the west
side. 1t will control all switches between the
Belt road and che intersection of The 1. & st. L.
with the l., b. & W. tracks.
belief prevails that with the advance in
east-bound rates to-day there will be an advance
in grain and provisions, and that within the
next ten DAYS there will be more property NOV
ing over the roads than there has been at any
time for some months past.
Grading between Plymoth and South Bend, on
the LOSansport extension OF the Vandalia, is
being pushed with vig0r. The weather could
not be better. and prospects now ara that the
trains of the Vandalia will he running intu South
Bend thirty days earlier than has been anrici-
pated.
Manager Richardson, of the Chicago & Ohio
River pool, purnosed to get the executive COM
mittee of the pool together i'll this city this
week, hut on Saturday he received n telegram
from j. N. Mccullough saying it would be I'M
possible for him To he here, consequently the
conference Is deferred for week
Ii q. Townsend, general passenger agent or
the Wabash road, has got oubs neat brochure
explaining standard Time as applied TO railroads.
White answering as an advertisement, it is of
value In giving Information regarding the
cent revolution in time. On one page is a map,
coors representing the localities governed by
the several standards of railroad time.
The citizens of Logansport, on Saturday even
ing last, met TO talk over the projected railroad
from Wheeling, West Virginia, to I.ogansport.
The proposed road Is to run from Wheeling to
L0Eanspurt in almost n straight line, and the
right of way has been secured as far Mt. Yer
the meeting To he held on Tuesday at Button,
Ind. in the interest of the enterprise.
While in Chicago last week President Ingalls,
perfected arrangements with the Chicago g.
Rock Island people which will largely increase
the freight traffic over the Kankakee e. SEN
eca division, and, IN fact, VIII probably effect
the c.. l., ST. L. g. G. system entire. hut the K.
IS. division more especially fast freight
line, which stands among the highest, is. to WORK
It's northwestern business over this route,
A considerable number of the cars of the New
York, Buffalo IL West Shore road are coming into
this section for business, land of so superior build
they that they attract considerable attention.
The cars are bnilt at the Pullman car works.
have capacity to carry 10000 pounds. and
weigh little over "a. 600 pounds. The trucks are
some heavier than under the ordinary bOx.car,
hut, while substantial in their hnild, they are
finely proportiUned and neatly finished.
The passenger department. of the Cincinnati,
New o. leans & Texas railway Uhe Queen Sc
Crescent route) send the Journal n0Uhy and
highly tmhellished folder announcing the open
ing of the New Orleans & Northeastern railroad,
completing the new fast aud short line between
New Orleans, and Cincinnati and all points East
and West. Patrons are assured of absolute COM
BILE road-bed from the gulf coast to the Ohio
river,