The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-10-13

The pool meeting set for yesterday was post
poned, the executive committee not yet being
ready to report.
The Chicago, st. Louis & Pittsburg people give
notice that all special rates will expire. Dec. 81,
1883.
Local freight trafieis very heavy and through
west-bound business as well. The movement
eastward is lighter than for some weeks past.
The block coal on the Terre Haute & Indian
apolis road is daily being shipped to points in
the Northwest more than 1000 miles distant.
The earnings of the Indiana, Bloomington &
Western the first week in October were $685.
S42.31. Increase over cores ponding week 1882,
4,73lO1.
The freight business of the Chicago & Indian
apois Airline has become so heavy that the
management are arranging to put ON a night
freight train.
Eastern parties have purchased an interest in
the WOolley electric light, paying handsome
figure for such interest, which only benefits
them in certain Eastern States.
Friends of the scheme to extend the Bloom
field 81 Bedford road to Seymour Columbus,
Ind, say the project has by no means been
abandoned, but will be carried through within
the next twelve months
When speaking of the settlement of the rate
war between the Chicago and Louisville roads
the New YORK Graphic says there is a report that
the little railroads leading into Chicago have
come to an agreement as to rates.
Citizens of LapOrte are now coming TO Otis on
the Chicago & indianapolis Airline over the
Lake Shore road, and then take the Airline for
Indianapolis. 1t is stated that they make better
time by the new route than by the direct route,
the Wabash St. Louis & Pacific.
The Monou accommodation train on the Chi
cago & Indianapolis Airline or Thursday night
struck a COW on the track near Monticello, and
the engine and two cars were thrown from the
track and badly damaged The wreck inter
fered with the running of trains yesterday.
The interchange of business between the Gin
Glnnati. INDIANAPOLIS, 1t. IL Chicago and
Chicago & Rock Island, through the Kankakee
& Seneca connection, is far exceeding the ex-
pectatlons of the arrangements of both interests
From the opening as a freight route, heavy
business has been done, and recently the passen-
ger traffic has assumed very handsome proper
lions.
Vice President and General Manager Malott,
of the Union Railway Company, would do well
to order that the thirteen electric lights at the
Union Depot be lighted through the day as well
as night. If the Union Railway Company can
not stand the full expense, the city might well
help them out. These cloudy days the depot is
more like gloomy, cobwebbed, damp tunnel
than nything else.
a. N. Bronson, general passenger agent of the
l., B. & W. system, fears that the item which ap-
peared in the Journal of Thursday morning will
be construed to mean that he admitted that the
l., q w. was giving q rebate Of So to parties
going to Kansas points, which understanding is
not correct. He states that if such a rebate was
paid. he is not aware of it, and thatit must have
been paid by western connection.
The membership OF the Chicago and Ohio
river pool, consists of the Indiana, Bloomington
IL Western, the Chicago IL Eastern Illinois, the
Chicago, st. Louis & Pttsburg, the Jefferson
VILE, Madison & Indianapolis, the Cincinnati,
India polls, st. Louis & Chicago, and the Gin
cinnati, Hamilton u Indianapolis roads; and as,
with but one exception, these roads have ter
mini at Indianapolis, 1t is highly proper that
this point should be the hea iquarteTs of the
pool. By the rules Of tho pool the general pas
senger and the general freight agents are under
the control of the poOl-manager, and he is under
control of he executive commlttee-eight in
number.