The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-10-19

An eating-house, barber.shop and oigar-stand
have been added to the cOnvenIences OF the
Brightwood home for Bee-line employees.
The Erie Pacific Despatch give notice that
they are again in the arena for business. This
will give gossiping railroad men something to
talk about.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company have de-
clded to establish the headquarters of the gener-
al freight agent OF the main line between Pitts
burg and Philadelphia.
Court Holiday, secretary of the railroad COM
mittee of the Board of Trade, is stirring the In
dianapois & ST. Louis Railroad Company up
over alleged Determinations against Indianap-
oils.
The indianapolis & St. Louis company is re-
eeiving all classes of freight for St. Louis and at
this distance matters seem to be moving along
as smoothly as ever with this road at the west
ern terminus.
The good people of Dennison, o., are reported
to be good deal disturbed over a rumor that
when the Pennsylvania company complete
their extension at Columbus, o., the shops at
Dennison will be removed there.
Lumber rates advance Nov. 1 five cents per
100 pounds, ana, in anticipation of such ad-
vance, lumber dealers and staye men are making
heavy shipments eastward One line yesterday
had calls for foruy-two cars to load with this
class of freight at this point.
Cars of the New York, West Shore & Buffalo
road, OF $4,000 pounds capacity, are coming
into this section for business. These ears were
built at Pullman, rest on a heavy truck, have
double-aetion brake, and are supported In the
center by four iron trusses running lengthWlse
of the ear
Six passenger coaches for the Cincinnati,
Hamilton Dayton road, built at Pullman, came
in over the C., l., st. L. IL C. road yesterday.
they are built especially for suburban travel,
the c., FL. Il D. proposing to increase the number
of suburban trains out of Cincinnati, now that
they have a double track some thirty miles out.
AS for some years past the through Wagner
coaches between st. Louis and Boston over the
beehne; New s 1ork Sep M ana Boston al
months, and the sleeping coaches will be put on,
to run between Cincinnati and New York on the
Eastern fast express, which has been running
but few months.
The Bee line people are somewhat dis
turbed that the Lake Erie 81 Western
is entering their territory and and ent
Washington Smith cut the regular rate, $25, to
$18, to parties who were going so Texas point,
the L., E. & w, working in connection with the
Chicago Alton.
A prominent railroad mau yesterday rem arked
that what Indian apOlis needed was handsome
building with the Board Of Trade rooms on the
ground floor and 100 rooms in the second, third
and fourth stories for railroad offices. Now the
fastfreight line offices, pool offices, ETC.. were
scattered all over the city, when all should be in
the building with the Board of Trade.
OF the twenty seven men who went from the
T. III. & l. yards here and at Terre Haute to help
the Vandalia out OF It's strike troubles at Sc.
Louis all but two three have returned. They
say that on their arrival a committee of strikers
informed them that they could remain In St.
Louis but they could not work in the yards, and
there was police or military to protect
them, and they did not care about being brought
home in box, they returned
The Presbyterian synod closed its session at
Fort Wayne Wednesday. Resolutions were
unanimously passed, by rising VOTE APPROX
ing the course OF President Bennett H. Young,
of the L., N A. & c., railroad, prohibiting Sab
bath work on his road and commencing his ex-
ample to the consideration of other railroads of
the State. An indianapolis railroad official
asked the railroad reporter of the Journal yes
terday II there had not been enough OF this free
advertising of the L. N. A. q c., system. He
noticed that when business was heavy they
freight trains readily the less pretentious
roads. For two Sabbaths past he had noticed
heavy freight trains gong north over the Chi
cagO d Indianapolis division.