The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-04-23
Local NoUes.

The Chicago, ST, Louis g. Pittsburg company
has adopted the Bnrner system of car records,
dating from April 90
The Skinner Silent Line is loading lot of cars
at one of the city elevators, and agents of the
legitimate freight lines considerably torn up
over the matter.
Last November the Journal mentioned the
fact that "spotters' were working on the p, G.
& St. L., and they have been some division of
the road since that time
The Baltimore & Ohio and the Indiana, Bloom
tngton Western roads are landing freights in
indianapolis, forwarded from Baltimore, in
three days time from shipment.
The Cincinnati, indianapolis, St. Louis g. Chi.
cage delivered at Cincinnati. last week, of OF
the main line, Sl6 loaded cars, and forwarded
from that point 1,102 loaded cars
Charles Greeuleaf of this city, on Saturday last
received an order from II. Hinckley, of Boston,
president of the Mexican Central road, for three
hfty-fve feet wrought iron turntables.
Last week 63S cars were handled on the Rush
vile, Greensburg q Vernon division of the C., L.,
st. L. & c. OF this number, 435 were loaded
cars The business of this division Is steadily
Improving
The c., st. L. & P. people now propose to place
check upon their conductors by statiOning
tioket-recelvers at all terminal points, and con-
ducfOrs will be required to 90 Immediately from
their trains 70 make reports and turn over their
tickets and cash receipts.
Master Mechanic Prescott of the Vandalia
road, laHt week turned out of the shopR AT Terre
HanIe fine passenger engine by reminding No.
169, which couple of years ago tumbec off a
trestle. and was so badly broken to be deemed
MT subject only for the scrap shop
The Chicago, 81. Louis & Pittsbnrg has made
strike for some of the live STOCK traffic out of
Chicago The first train ont was last week, and
the run was made from Chicago TO P,tisburg in
fwentT-nine hours and thirty minutes. This is
considered the fastest Tins ever made between
the points above named.
The five Western lines last week brought into
q M bur lad
Indiana, Bloomington & Western, St. Louis Al
vision III; PeorIn division 42s: Cincinnati In
annapolis, st. Louis & Chicago, 535; Indianapolis
& ST. Louis, 1.016; VAndalia LII. This il the
highest inbound movement in any week for
some months past,
Z, A. Scnrader traffic manager OF the Illinois
Midland road, states that the road is earning
quite handsome sum above operating ex-
penses ANA this money ~ being invested in m-
prOvements to the r0adhrd and equipments.
Several hundred steel rails are TO be laid this
season, and the entire rolling stock OF the road
generally repaired
General Master Mechanic Turreff, Of the Bee
Line system, states that two of she ten-wheel
engines which are To he built at the Mattn0u
BhOps are on the stocks. Lust year 10 cost
ne proposes 10 ent the cost down 10 SIS, 300, and
build JUST as good u locomotive. This same pat
tern of engines will not he furnished by locomo-
tive works at less than Sl2 900.
An engine was sent 10 Lngansnort on Saturday
last for the use OF the trHck-layers the extern
sion of the Vaudaa north from that point.
IrtSluenC mchetn expects 10 nave regular trains
running between LoganspOrt and Lake Maxim
klckee by July !. The extension of the road to
South Bend is SIM unsettled At South Bend
the peope are asking prices that will make the
cost of getting into that city nearly 800. 600
Unless better figures than these can he made
the road may not be built through to thar city
Tor Two or three seasons at least,
The new passenger engines No. II and 70 on
the Cincinnati, indianapolis, ST. Louis 81 Chica o
road are now in service hauling the express
trains between Cincinnati and INDIANAPOLIS and
are making an excellent record. No 70 on Satrir-
day hauled eight coaches twenty-three miles IN
twenty-eight minutes with perfect ease These
engines, empty, weigh $4,000 pounds The
drivers are five feet nine inches in diameter; air
brakes act on the drivers The boiler is fifty.
Jonr inches IN diameter; there 1872 fues and
they make steam with remarkable readiness.
One of the spoilers, or railway detectives, as
ne desired TO he called, in conversation at the
Grand Hotel on Friday evening last, remarked
that the Journal had charged that they never
worked on a road that they did not bring charges
against most of the conductors. This, he said
was, untrue: that within TIE last year some OF
their detective force had worked on two Indl-
annapolis roads. On one no conductor was found
or reported to he making false reports on the
other bur one OF twelve conductors was detected
~ dishonesty: another made wrong entry in
MS cash receipt statement, hut turned In the fun
amount of money he collected