The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-04-18


The granger and old women ''spotters, on
the Pennsylvania lines have disappeared, and
the scare with the passenger conductors is grad
ually dying out.
The Vandalia and Wabash have settled their
troubles at Logansport, and track-aying on the
northern extension CT the Vandalia line Will be
commenced to-day.
The steel-rail mill will be started up to-day
running off a few tons of rails to see if the ma
chlnery is properly adjusted. Il is expected
some parts or the machinery viii need more or
less alteration.
P 8. O'Rourke, superintendent of the Grand
Rapids & Indiana road, telegraphed that there
AZ no truth in the rumor that spoilers were
working on that line and that several conduct
Ors had been discharged.
The executive committee and superintendents
OF the indianapolis roads com prising the Union
Railway Company meet to-day, and it is init
mated that change is to be made in the chief of
the Union Railway detective force.
There is a little friction between the express
COMPANIES at this noint. Competitors alege
thatthe agent Of the United States Express Com
pany in a sleek way, is cutting rates, and Of late
has not been covering his tracks well, as the say
ing is.
An official of the Pennsylvania road proper
VINO few days since rode over the Vandalia
line, remarked that the portion of the western
division, which is ballasted with broken stone.
was In every respect as solid and smooth as the
best piece of track on the Pennsylvania proper.
The Louisville, New Albany & Chicago man
agement have arranged for the fitting up of sew
eral of their new coaches with chairs, proposing
to put chair cars on the main line between Lou
lsville and Chicago, May l, and on the Indiana
polls division when through trains are put on.
The Wabash road, says the LoganspOrt Pha-
ros, is virtually without section men, at least on
this part of the road. On the three sections
leading out Of this city, east and west, only one
man, ASIDE from the three section bosses. is
employed. The company, however, is looking
for men who will work for 81 10 per day.
II N. Jarvis, general manager of the Traders
oh 1aff fnn anefaxr IN
apOlls Is the terminus of the line at present. in
this direction. The line reaches indianapolis
over the Cincinnati, Hamilton a. Indianapolis.
and Mr.. Stanbery, who is to be agent at this
p0int is said to be well posted in freight matters,
and will likely get fair share of the business.
W. 81. Smith, general manager of the Lacka-
wanna Fast-frelght Line, left for St. Louis yes
terday. This line operates the Bee Line
system, running over the Indianapolis & st.
Louis road west Mr.. Smith says the line is to
be largely equipped, aggressive in its policy, and
fast time with freights is to be their hobby. The
eastern termini of the line are New York and
Boston.
Paymaster Shepherd, of the Wabash system,
paid on the indianapolis division, yesterday, for
February. Mr.. shepherd cheered the boys by
stating that in month two the pay-car
would be around more promptly, and from an
other source it is learned that there to be
pay masters on the wabash system proper, and
the territory will then be divided between the
two. The change is TO be made as soon as
matters can be arranged.
EThe Indiana, Bloomington & Western people
.
changes in the time schedule of their passenger
trains; will put additional train between
Springfield and Columbus, O., and well put
on chair-cars between Indianapolis aud San
dusky. The bold strikes the l., b. & W. is max
ing for passenger business in all directions is in
creasing the revenue from this department
handsomely and worrying competing roads.
The Vandalia people now expect to have their
per cent in the livestock pool out Of East st.
Louis increased to 80 per cent. This road now
gets 20 per cent, the Indianapolis & st. Louis,
Wabash and Alton p per cent. each, and the
Ohio & Mississippi IL Per cent. The Alton
claims that it is entitled TO as large rcentage
as the Vandalia, AID the Wabash is Directing to
its percentages The Chicago & Alton is said to
be the most troublesome member in the pool.
To an outsider it would seem that they should
have the least to say, and smaller per cent. of
the business than even the Ohio & Mississippi
does.
The three-mile side-traek on the vandalia, be-
tween Brazil and Knightsville, has been COM
perintendent I'LL and N. X. Elliott master OF
transportation were in Brazil, and decided to
put in additional side tracks, remodel buildings
and make other improvements at that point. In
fact, Improvement TO roadbed Is the most notice
able thing on the Vandalia its entire length On
the main line twentythree miles of steel
rails has already been laid this year.
Two steam shovels are cutting down grades,
stone and gravel is going on at the rate of a mile
"a day, and on the Logansport division 100 car
loads OF gravel is distributed daily, and i'm
prOvement to the equipments well is being
pushed. Seven of the thirty-two passenger
engines have, within few weeks past, been
equipped with air-brakes on the drving-wheels,
Western roads have been added to the equip
Melts within the last sixty days.
General News
The management of the Nickel-plate road have
ordered 1000 fat and coal cars built in their