The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-10-16

Yesterday all northern tourists tickets went
of sale at the Union Railway ticket office. and
in their stead southern tourists tickets were
placed on sale.
The first cottage prayer meeting of the Rail
road Christian Association for the season will
be held at the residence OF H. c. Ferguson, No.
1879 East South street, this evening, at 1880
o'clock.
Officials of the Baltimore & Ohio road, yester-
day, passed over the Lake Erie & Western road
on a special train. This will give guessers an
excellent opportunity TO speculate on the object
OF their trip.
be a concert given, at the Mayhower Church,
for the benefit of John Scott, cashier of the c.,
L. ST. Il. d c., who has been seriously i'll for some
weeks and needs financial aid.
The Vandalia people are delivering several
hundred tons of old rails off of the T. H. q L.
division to the indianapolis MIL, for re-
rolling and they are t0 be used for sidet tracks,
when re-rolled, on the Vandalia extension.
For economy's sake three lads, two out of gro
cerles within year, are selling tickets at so i'm
portant an office as the Union Depot ticket
office. Passenger men say that but one of these
clerks is competent to fill ont coupon ticket.
Probably, were the Indianapolis & Vincennes
road better equipped, their earnings would foot
up more favoFably. There have been few periods
since the road was opened for business when
the locomotive power and freight equipments
were ample to move such business promptly
fthe "Unce Toms Cabin" troune, which went
to pieces on Saturday, George Dickson got the
dogs and Frank Palmer, district passenger
agent of the Wabash road. much to the the dis
gust OF competitors. got the people, tie tieketed
four to Rochester, N. Y; five to New York city,
and four to Boston.
The wooden bridge at Waldron, on the c., l.,
st. l.. & G. road, which a train went through "A
few days since, is being replaced with an iron
bridge, ami the rOad-bed at that point, for nearly
two miles, is being raised fifteen 10 twenty -fOur
Inches. Hereafter accidents OF the character OF
the last at that point will be less likely to
In all PROBABILITY there will be quorum
present at the monthly meeting of passenger
agents OF indianapolis roads on the 25tn OF Oc-
tober. The Pennsylvania people have griev-
ances, and this lnsures their attendance. The
monthly meetings for two months past have
been OF little avail, as neither the Pennsylvania
nor Bee-hue people were represented
Superintendent Burrows, of the T. & ST. L.,
last evening telegraphed superintendent Evan,
OF the Bee-tlne, to send him men to take the
place OF the striking yard conductors and
switchmen In the east st. Louis yards. Colonel
Hill, superintendent of the Vandaa. as well,
telegraphed Yard-master Averill TO send him
some men to help them out at east ST. Louis.
The managers of the Woolley electric light
propose at an early day to make arrangements
70 run an engine equipped with the light
through from indianapolis to New York that
the prominent railroad men of the trunk-lines
may have an opportunity to witness it's opera
TONS which. with few minor improvements,
will be perfect, and these improvements will be
made before the trip is undertaken.
II. NJ. Bronson, general ticket and passenger
agent of the Indiana, Bloomington & Western
road, has given positive orders to agents of the
company at important or unimpOrtant points to
strictly adhere TO rates. and report promptly
snoulu any competitor of theirs cut rate. The
l., IL W. people have doubles been more lied
about in this matter OF rate cutting than any
other road running in here, unless 1t be the vir-
tuous Wabash road, and this definite action GU
their part Is c0mmendable.