The Indianapolis journal., 1883-02-23
Local Notes.

The Louisville, New Albany & Chicag people
estimate the damage to their road by the recent
food to be $4,000. Loss of business is doubt
less included in the estimate.
The contract for grading for a second track on
the c., H. & d. for distance of eight and two
tenths miles north from Glendale was let Tues
day. the contractor to complete the work by
May 1.
After considerable delay, the attorneys of the
Union Railway Company have filed with the sn-
periOr Court judges their BRIEF which is virtually
an abstract OF the testimony and pleadings be-
fore the lower court.
The Cincinnati, indianapolis, St. Louis & Chi
cago commenced last evening to forward Cincin-
natl business. Nearly 200 cars had accumu-
lated side tracks at this point which are
loaded for Cincinnati.
Chief Engineer Thomas Norris of the Cincin-
natl, Indianapolis, St. Louis & Chicago road, re-
turned from Cincinnati yesterday, and he
ports the Plum-street depot as not in the least
damaged by the high waters, aud trains will
begin this morning to run into the depot again.
In 1882 there were put into the track of the
Ohio and Indiana divisions OF the Wabash road
II I,9zo new Ties at az cost OF S5309l %.
During Superinteudent Stevens's administration
on the Fort Wayne division, sixteen months, l.
195 tons OF new steel rails costing $40, ,427 "a
were were put down.
The mana agement of the Cincinnati, Indianap-
OTIS ST. Louis e. Chicago road are highly graft
ned that the Hood damaged them so little. 1t is
stated officially that 50, 900 will cover all dam
ages to their track and building Mt Cincinnati
city, intending repairs TO the road between Law
reneeburg junction and Lawreneeburg.
Sufficient time has certainly elapsed for prop
-erly uniformlug the employees at the Union De-
pot, more especially the tran-directors and de-
pot police, that they may be more easily desfg
nated and competent men should be put
traIn-tipectors at night. Seldom night passes
that passengers are not directed to wrong trains
or left over through miscalling of trains.
Colonel Joseph Hill, superintendent of the
Vandalta, states that the programme now is to
put on solid train early next month TO run be-
tween St. Louis and Cincinnati in connection
with the c., L., st. L g. c. road each way to be
night trains. chair is also to he run
between St. Louis and Cincinnati daily each
way, coming east on the "cyclone" express
The Ohio & Mississippi is still moving all their
business, both passenger and freight, between
Cincinnati and st. Louis over the c., l., st. L. e.
C. and the Nandaa, and it ia expected will be
obliged to do for IA week more The tickets
of the o. & NJ. are hOnOred on both roads. The
passenger and freight traffic of the three
the Vandalia lines is making business l1vely
over the latter.
The executive committee of the Indianapolis
Bloomington & Western road have made provis-
ION to pay without further delay the back pay
claims in sums under $4,000 which were allowed
by the court 1t is expected that G. W. Fair
banks, attorney for the company, will pay the
money in TO the clerk of the United States Dis
trict Court to-day or tomorrow, and he will at
once commence disbursing it.
The troubles which have been brewing for
some months between the Great Eastern Fast
Freight line and the Wabash people has cul-
minated in the Wabash throwing their line off of
the road, and the Office closed this point
yesterday. The management expect to open it
again as soon as the Chicago & indianapolis
Air Line ia opened for business. shippers need
not be alarmed however, there are still twenty
fast freight lines open for business at this point.
The new steel-rail mill was visited by large
number OF persons yesterday, who desir-
GUS of seeing the ponderous steam engine IN mo-
sion, which, complete, weighs 106 tons, and cost
$4,000. ID. II. Lentz, superintendent, who is
one of the best mechanics In the country, will
to-day couple the engine to the roll trains. Yes
and the fly-wheel, which is thirty-five feet in
diameter, made ninety revolutions per minute
An expert engineer who stood by, remarked
that III every particular the movement and CON
struction of the engine was fautless The roll
lng-mIll company has ordered several tons of
steel blooms, and expect within the next ten
days to be able to put the mil in operation a
length of time, to show that the machinery is
perfect in every respect