The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-30
Local Notes.

With the return of miners to their work, coal
traffic with the Vandalia begins to boom. Some
200 carloads of block coal were shipped from
the Clay county mines yesterday.
Passenger men uneasy over the situation
as Terre Haute, and it is intimated that the
Vandala AID Indianapolis & st. Louis will re-
open their local offices at that point.
Parties interested in the st. Louis & Spring-
field road we're in the city yesterday negotiating
for rails The parties state that the funds to
build the road are at their command, and there
is not the least doubt that it will be built.
The Fast hound lumber tariff. which goes into
effect Monday next, reduces the rate from In
diaDspolis to Boston 50 cents: to New York, %
cents: Philadelphia, 26 cents; Baltimore, 20
ents Buffalo, 16l9 cents per 100 pounds.
party of insurance men, last evening, p'lr-
chased eight tickets for Topeka Kan, at S13
SfZ25. From BLOOMINGTON the party go over
the Chicago & Alton, which doubtless pays the
commission to the sealper, as the l., b. q w.
people pay them no commissions, 1t Is stated
The parties behind the enterprise to build a
road from Brazil to Washington, on the straight
line to Evansville, state that they expect to be
throwing dirt within the next thirty days. 1t is
stated that they have ample funds to build and
equip the road, and expect to have trains run
ming over it as early as November l, 1888. The
line surveyed is said TO pass through fine coun-
try. and grades will be light.
The rails manufactured day before yesterday.
by a new process, at the Indianapolis rolling
Mill. were Yesterday put TO severe test. Two
men. welding twelve-pound sledges- for eight
hours pounded upon one point In u rail before it
broke, and then it broke in twist Another
rail first was subjected to $4,000 pound pres
snre then 70, 900 ana lastly 90,000-pound pres
suge, when 1t broke, aud, i'll the latter case, the
rail broke diagonally.
There seems to be more trouble brewing. The
Indiana, Bloomington u Western has no con-
Beetion Of their own either east or west with
the Union tracks, using 100 feet of the Bee Line
tracks on the east and some 500 feet of the g.,
l.. X an fhn md In
cases to reach the Union tracks they must cross
the tracks of the lines above named, and the
Bee Line and c., l., st. L. & &. people not
pleased over the matter.
Southsiders will be gratified to learn that on
Tuesday next, Chief Engineer Morris, OF the Gin
ciDnati, Indianapolis st. Louis u Chicago road,
states that force OF one hundred men and two
construction trains will be put at work grading in
their new yards east of the city, aud laying the
track. When this improvement is completed,
come thirty days from now, the connection with
che Belt road will he such that the c. l., st. l. &
C. can move their through business over it, thus
relieving the Union tracks greatly ana the block
aiding OF street crossings.
When noticing blockade on the Union tracks,
yesterday, Chief Engineer Thomas Morris re-
marked to the railroad reporter of the Journal
that there should be four tracks through the
Dity-twO for passenger trains, and two for
the freight trafie-adding that at very small
cost. compared with the benefits. such an i'm
provement could be made. Mr.. Morris suggests
that there be on both sides of POgue's run,
from New York street TO the Union Depot, heavy
stone masonry built, the walls 10 be some two
feet higher than the present grade of the Union
tracks. Then heavy iron girders be placed upon
these walls, upon which the new double track
shall be laid. He expresses the opinion that
with Pogue's run thus inclOsed the city would
have no more trouble from high water. He
thinks it might be well before putting in the
stone masonry to widen POgue'S run a few feet.