The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-07-24
Local Notes.

The second week of July the Indiana. Bloom
ington & Western railway earned SIG, 955 an in
crease of Sc, 179, aud the Ohio Southern Sc GA
en- increase of S4sS.
The Vandalia Company proposes TO build sew
eraI new depots on the Eogansport division this
season. Plans ana specifications for q fine depot
at CrawfOrdsville have been completed.
General Passenger Agent Stevenson. of the C. !.
Fl. g. d. ltnes yesterday instructed agents at
this point to sell rOund-trip tickets Cincinnati
on Sunday at one fare (S3.50), until further
orders
c.. H. Briggs, master df TRANSFORMATION of the C.
W. &c NJ was in the city yesterday. He says that
the Cincinnati, Wabash & Michigan company
is about to perfect arrangements for running a
line of boats from Benton Harbor to Milwaukee
well as TO Chicago.
Officials of indianapolis roads are finding some
difficulty In placing orders for steel rails for early
delivery Ii Is stated that there is considerable
inquiry for Immediate delivery, The mills are
sold for sevearl months ahead, but continue to
quote at 1884, $50 cash at mill
Michigan City people are comforting them.
selves with the bel1ef that the Louisville. New
Albany d. Chicago will soon have the airline di-
vision in SoUd shape, and that they are soon TO
have two trains day to Indihnapaii instead of
one, which the Wabash now affords them.
Several passenger agents Of Indiana roads
have gone to New York to attend the meeting to
be beid in that city today, 20 consider che dis
eontinu@nce OF commissions on business from
differential fare points and the application of
the varions new lines for difrerenta rates.
superintendent SaIa, OF tho Chica go & Indian
apoiis road, and A. Grlggs. muster of Transport
tatiun of the Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton
lines, VIII he in the CITY to-day TO arrange for
running the through freights of tho two roads
as to move the business more promptly more
especially Cincinnati treIghts.
AS the represent atives OF the Cineinnti. Hainil-
ton & indianapolis road at this point feel that
an injustice was done them in the statement in
Saturday g journal to the effect thar through
the scalpers, they were cutting rates, II is bnt
just to state that investigation DOES not sustH1u
the allegation, and the statement is oheerfuIly
corrected.
East-bound traffic at Indianapolis proper ia i'm
proving very slowly, but from points west of
here there is a marked increase in business the
last three or four days. Little of the property
That not ooHs eued to interior New York aud
Now England points goes to some OF the lake
points, Toledo, Cleveland and Sandusky
From an officer of the Indianapolis, Eel River
& southwestern road it is learned that the steel
rails to lay the track with are already contracted
for. and the party who contracts to build tho
road 10 to do the grading, purchase and lay the
cross-ties, lay the track. and build the bridges.
The. contract tor the work Will probably be.
awarded ON Thursday of this week. Ten bids
have been received, one from New York. three
from Ohio parties, two from Illinois and one
from Kentucky contractors. The indianapolis
bidders are Thomas Morris. chief engineer of
the G.. I. st L. IL c. Kearney Graham of the In
diana Construction Company, and jackson &
Thomas who are building the Belt road extern
sion.