The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-02

In the month of January there were 23,444
cars transferred over the Belt road.
Last month a, o9s carloads of live stock were
delivered to the indianapolis Stockyards.
The Louisville, New Albany & Chicago road
will this month receive four more first-class pas
senger engines.
The Vandalia in the month of January brought
into Indianapolis LIPS carloads OF block coal,
and 674 carloads of live stock
The baggagemen at the Union Depot in Jan.
uary handled 80, $50 pieces of baggage; OF that
number 1870 were checked from indianapolis
proper.
I'm the month of January the Cincinnati. In
dianapos, st. Louis & Chicago road delivered
at Cincinnati 3, sos loaded cars, and forwarded
from that point 3,5l7 loaded cars
The annual meeting of the stockholders of the
Louisville, New Albany & Chicago road which
will he held on the 18th of this month, in New
York. promises some surprises in its results.
Grading the grounds for the new shops of the
Pennsylvania COMPANY, at Fort Wayne, is going
on, regardless OF the weather. The buildings
will be of brick and the shops the most complete
in the West, and will afford employ ment for 900
men.
Suburban trains is one of the 'fhobbies" with
General Manager McCrea, of the Pittsburg, Gin
-cinnati n st. Louis lines, and 1t is highly prob
able that trains OF this class will be placed on
the ]. M. e. L., this spring. TO run as far south as
Franklin.
The Irvingtonians are much elated that the
Pittsburg, Cincinnati st. Louis propose to give
them suburban trains. 1t now takes them one
huor TO come in by the street cars, and the run
ming time Of the suburban trains between In
dianapolis and Irvngton will he but fifteen min
utes
The Indianapolis Car-works are building sixty
box-cars for the Pittshurg, Cincinnati Il St.
Louis Railroad Company, thirty-six feet in
length, with a carrying capacity of $4,000
pounds This pattern of car is built rs an expert
ment, and should it meet expectations, larger
orders will be gwen.
Last month the Cincinnati, indianapolis, St.
Louis & Chicago road gathered mp at local points
on their lines 7S7 carloads of live stock, which
was one OF the heaviest movements of stock in
any one month in he history of the road. The
shipments were made to the Chicago, Indianapo-
lis. Louisville ard Cincinnati markets; the larger
per cent. To Indianapolis and Cincinnati,
An official of the Cincinnati, Vanwert g. Michi-
gan ROAD was in the city yesterday, and cor
tracted with the Indianapolis car-works to build
them one hundred box-cars. The official stated
that last week he bought 5000 tons OF steel
rails to be delivered on the road at S42 per ton.
They have also ordered three heavy locomotives,
17x24 Inch cylinders, to be delivered within
sixty days, and several passenger coaches.
On Wednesday the Louisville, New Albany &
Chicago Railroad Company entered for record in
the recorders office of Floyd county a mortgage
for 81 100000 to the Farmers Loan and Trust
Company, New York, and W NJ Lewis, of New
Albany, t0 secure the payment of its first mort
gage bonds to that amount. Also, a mortgage by
the same company for 1900, 600 to the Ken
tuckv and Indiana Car Trnst Company, cover
in""H rhe engines and cars OF the L., N. A. & c..
company.
The fast-mail trains of the Pittsburg, Cincin-
nati & ST. Louis road yesterday made another
bad break on time of arrival but much more
promptly have these trains been arriving OF late
thar 1t had become a matter of favorable com
ment. f. A. Ford, general passenger agent, has
been stirring matters up East, and proposes that
passengers over the P, c. & st L. and Vandalia
line shall be able TO make connections at Indian
apolis and ST. Lons, unless delayed by some I'M
foreseen accident
The Jeffersonville, Madison & Indiauauolis
the Cincinnati, dianapois, st. Louis & chi
caeo and in fact every road running to Louis
vile, Ia suffering in their business through a
want of more eommodieus terminal facilities
This IL seriously crpping the business of the
new roads, and the sooner the mana GENE hts get
toge ther ana take some harmonious action which
will result in giving ample room to handle the
business OF the several roads this railroad
center. which is yearly increaeing in importance
the better for all concerned.