The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-26
Local Notes.

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Local Notes.
Paymaster Sheldon. of the Bee Line system,
pays on the, l. & St. L. division to-day for JAN
aary services,
IN the week ending Feb. 81, the Bee Line for
warded east from this point 1891, the Pitts
burg, Cincinnati g. ST. Louis PAL loaded cars.
The five Western roads last week brought into
shis station 3,469, as follows; Vandaia 1.2I1;
C. l., st. L. 81 C.7,679, I. & ST. L. 741; l. B. 81 W,
Peoria division, 446. St. Louis division 3o4.
I During last week, at Toledo and several other
points the Wabash system, dynamite was
nsed to great advantage in clearing the track of
immense gorges of ice which had lodged thereon.
White river has receded to such extent that
the repairing OF the Indianapolis & vincennes
bridge ceulI be commenced yesterday, and
,snnbahly by Wednesday it will be saft to run
trains over
Roadmaster Henry, OF the Indianapolis & st.
Louis road, is still in IA dilema to know what has
become of the 5000 feet of steel rail which was
swept away in the flood on the Wabash week
or more ago.
The wires on some portions of the Wabash
main line are still down. Between Springfield,
Ill, and st. Louis practically new lines entire are
10 be put up, and the ground is so frozen that t
Is impossible to set poles
1t Is STATED that the annual report OF j, H.
Devsreux, president of the Cleveland, Columbus,
Cincinnati 81 Indianapolis road, Will show the
ret earnings for SS2 Of the Bee Line proper to
have been $500, 000 in round numbers.
The Bee Line system has nineteen general Of
feers, twenty division officers, twenty-five dis
trict and general agents, 1873 ticket and freight
agents, 300 engineers the same number of fire.
men. and in their saops 1900 men are en-
ployed.
A freight man who last week Travelled over a
large portion of the WaSasi, system states that
on the various lines in the system, fully 1000
loaded cars are detained by washOuts of roadbeti
other which peSulfa
thesevere weather for railroad operations the
iast three weeks.
A. J Smith, general passenger agent Of the Bee
bine system, has commenced the publication of
aimOnfhly paper, under the title of tina Bee Line
GazRtte. The February number is excellent in
itsnechanical appearance, and contains much
Information regards the Bee Line system and
railrnad interests of the country.
At the meeting of general freight agents, held
in Commissioner Fiuk's office, New York, last
week, no specific charge that any road had been
curling through rates in direcI or indirect man
ner was made, yet so strongly was 1t lntimated
that such work had been going on, that o, B.
Skinner, traffic manager of the Bee Line, and H
W. Gays, general freight agent OF the 1. & st. l..
5.vlslni, each thought II necessary to arise and
defend their lines against such insinuation.
At the suggestion of the rOadmaster of one of
the Indianapolis roads the superintendent has
issued order that all bumpers be removed
from the end of short switches on their system,
aud that trainmen shouldpaY all damages here
after which are the result OF careessness in let
ting cars off the eud of the track which is be-
eOlglng quite "a huge item i'll expenses and at the
Wnds OF long switches pile or DIRT Is to take the
place of bumpers which cost, II properly con-
strueted, some $3.50. The superintendent ex-
presses the onini0u that after two three train
men find their monthly salary eut down one-half
or more, the other men will be more cautious in
backing trains off over switches, breaking
couplings, tearing trucks from their fastenings,
ETC.
The live stock traffic out of East St. Louis has
reached such proportions TO be one of the
most important features of business with the
has yeB by ne means reached its highest tonnage,
although Is ,S91 carloads were shipped in 1882.
Two new cattle companies have recently been
incorporated in Illinois, the headquarters to be at
the National StOckyards, East st. Lous--the Co
manclBe Land ard Cattle Company, with a capt.
tai of 81 1926 900, with the following incorpora-
tors r. ID. Hunter, Albert j. Evans, Henry l..
Newman, Ezekiel j.. Newman and Watson i.
Farr Als0the Rnnning Water Land and Cattle
Company, with ascapi al stock of $500. 900, the
Sncorporators being r. D. Hunter, Albert j.
Evans aud David Hunter. Parties who are &C.
quuinted with the situation predict that these
firms Will Increase shipments from thai point 30
per cent.
The general passenger agents in their rules re-
garding the dating ahead of limited tickets are
certainly more strict than the business requires.
Local ag ants are often seriously inconvenienced
and the travelling public as we'll, through the an
bitrary rules. Saturday last a case right to the
point was cited. An elderly gen leman was in
the city and wished to purchase seven ticSets to
Texas point. He proposing to start Monday
or Tuesday next. Before taking the train at In
diaAapOlis west, he has to come in eastern
line twenty-five miles, and will have very close
connections at indianapolis. Not being a we'll
posted traveller he wished TO purchase his tickets
ahead and only step from one train TO another at
Indianapolis. Yet the agent dare not sell these
tickets until the day the party leaves. The point
made is that the agent should have some dscre-
ton in the matter and have the authority TO
sell tickets dating them ahead for parties who
would not take advantage Of such fayors.
General Notes.