The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-01-26


The Terre Haute Car-works are building TWEEN
ty-five refrigerator cars of superior eOnstruo-
tioL for the Chesapeake & Ohio road.
The Ohio Ceatral have now completed their
line to Charleston. W. Va. Surveys are now be-
ing made TO extend the road to Mouth of Gau-
ley, and preliminaries for connection with Rich
mond and Allegheny,
President Vanderbilt says the New York Cen
trail road never was doing well for a few
months past. IT'S receipts are $30,000000 a
year. For seven years its average earnings have
been 5 ga per cent. Eight per cent dividends
have been paid and the rest has been expended
on the property.
IL is suggested that the best way to remedy the
complications of the Nickel Plate is 10 transfer
the property to the Wabash and Delaware Lack
awanna Western roads. If this could he done
&c w~"ld Obviate the construction of another new
r. the interests OF the other properties
t---.ucerned could be retained, and thus make ths
burden on the Wabash and Lackawanna much
the easier to bear.
THE c., II, & I. OUTSIDE OFFICE To BE CLOSED
Fl. j. Jewett, president of the Cincinnati,
Hamilton & DAYTON lines, wen the Erie
and }. N. Mccullough vice president of the
Pennsylvania company, were in conference
several hours on Monday last and the closing
OF the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Indianapolis out
side ticket office at Indianapolis vas talked
over. President Jewetr, after hearing the
proposition OF the Union Railway Com
pany regards the sale of tickets at this point
saln lnat ne nad not before Understood the situ-
alton, and stated that he would meet c. c. Waite
ylce-presdent and general manager of the c.,
Ii q ID. lines, this week and decide what should
be dohe, Yesterday ]. n. Mccullough received n
teie am from Mr.. Jewett stating that after con
sultation with Mr. Waite they had decided to close
the outside ticket office at Indianapolis
A oittsburg, Cincinnati e. st. Louis official was
asked last evening what would be done with the
litigation pending between the Union Railway
Company and the c., II. & ID. people. He claimed
10 be ignorant of the fact that the c.. H. & l.
Office would he closed, yet gave himself away by
saying that he had understood that with the
closing Of the office the litigation would end
However, some of the Union Rail way officials
favored, testing the question of whether the
Union Railway Company could control their
own property, now that is was before the courts.
CHANGES ON THE l. & ST. L.
Employees on the Indianapolis & st. Louis
road are again climbing upon the anxious
seat. The new superintendent, T. W. Burrows
has begun TO issue circulars announcing changes.
By circular dated Jan. % he gives notice that
the distributing of ears will be made from train
dlspatcher's office, Mattoon, ILL., ALI messages
and letters pertaining to same should be ad-
dressed to 9. g. Reynolds, chief train dispatcher
at that point. This will, therefore. oblige Mr..
Reynolds To perform the duties of two officers
that OF chief train dispatcher and car destribu-
Tor. Mr.. e. A, Bruce formerly acted in that ca
pGcity.
Henry Gehm has been appointed chief clerk Mt
Sheihyvllle, which position was formerly filled
by Il. e South, now ticket agent at Terre
Haute.
Ira Belknar mas been appointed train dis
catcher on the east DIVISION vice j. Bigelow,
transferred to the west division.
John T. Richardson has been appointed agent
at Venice, ON the /. d ST. l. . vice j. Nesvie, re-
signed. For the comfort of the "bOys," how
ever, the Journal quotes the remarks OF
E B. Thomas, general manager of
the Bee Line system. which includes