The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-04-14

Transfers over the Belt road have dropped to
Tess than 700 cars per day, and no one seems
willing to pay for hauling the 700 over the
road.
A neat and attractive railroad folder-box to be
placed In hotels and other prominent places, has
been devised by Harry, son of Passenger Agent
A. 8. Burgess of the Union Pacific road.
Local Passenger Agent Nichols of the Bee
line system, yesterday urged General Manager
Thomas to allow him to reopen their outside
Office, and in answer, told to ''stand it q
while longer"
N. R. Warwick, agent of this section for the
Missouri Pacific, Yesterday received notice that
the Write River branch of the st. L., I. M. q s..
will be opened for business April 10 from New
port to Evansville, Ark,
The stonemssons, brieklayers and carpenters
have completed their work on the new Wabash
city freight depot, and turned the bdiding over
10 the company. tracks are now being put IN
on the south side of the depot, and yesterday the
contract for bowlderng the street on the north
side of the depot, from Alabama to New Jersey
street, was let to Cobb d Branham
One OF the high officials stated yesterday that
within the next ten days there would be a meet
ing called of the managers and supeFin tendents
of the several indianapolis lines, when a dozen
more questions which were demoralizing
hoped more harmonious feeling would follow,
and then much-needed improvements would be
commenced
The Vandalia Company yesterday commenced
the ooal-dumps in the western part of the city.
This Improvement was made some ten years ago
al a cost OF $4,000, but the ooal-dealers never
appreciated their value sufficiently to nav per
cent. interest on their cost; consequently the
company tears them down, and viii in their
place put In additional yard tracks with q ca
pacity to hold some 300 cars.
The court records show that there are some
$l,2u0,000 receivers certificates out on
the Illinois Midland road, nOtwith standing the
fact that the Terre Haute Express saws to the
contrary. The road has been operated under
ft0fee receivers, namely, George Dole, r. ]
Reese and L. GEMS. While IL is true that only
tS229,0OO of these certificates were issued under
the receivershp of Mr.. GEMS, large per cent.
of those issued by former receivers were issued
while Mr.. GEMS president of the company
The general manager of one of the Indianap.
Oils ~ stem of roads dropped a remark yester-
day to the effect that, practically, there were
bu: TWO leasing companies of the Union Railway
Company-the Indiana. Bloomington & Western
and the Cincinnati, Hamilton & INDIANAPOLIS
The Wabash, ST. Louis 81 Pacific, while not al
lowed a vote in the management of the Union
Railway Company's affairs he said was mem
Der OF the company, paying fixed annual charge
nnder an agreement made with the Indianapolis
Peru Railroad Company some twenty eight
years ago.
Yesterday the contract was let by the Bee
Line people TO erecl building at Brightwocd
eighty-ive feet in length, thrty-five feet in
width and two stories high. The building is
erected for the special benefit of the tranmen
In the building vii be a pleasant sitting-roOm
a reading-rOOm and a bathroom Then there
are TO be twelve large rooms, in each of which
will be four beds The building will be heated
by steam, handsome in style of architecture
and highly creditable to the comnany; and
additional buildings, one 10 he occupied by the
master mechanic, another to he occupied by
the foreman of engines and the engine dis
patcher. The Dinner Brothers have bOunte-
Ously-supplied restaurant at thedepot, and there
ia no reason why the boys should not have a
pleasant time when waiting at this end their
turn to take trains out