The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-19

the Straight Line to Brazil would cross the I. e.
| V. tracks ut the point which, or nearly where,
the Pennsylvania people proposed to build from
! to WASHINGTON, had they have got hold of the
Htrvey road. However, should Mr.. McKeen
take u hand with us in building the new piece of
road, 1t would naturally be made a feeder prin-
cipally TO the Vandalia.
Colonel R. G. Hervey was then visited by the
reporter, who found him in the club room in
excellent spirits ana laxative ever.
To the question 'Have Won any idea that the So
called Indianapolis & Evansville Straight Line
VIII be oulltY" he answered:
no 1t is "A dea duck"
"Well, said the reporter, "what was there in
the talk that the Pennsylvania Company were
the real purchasers2"
.'Why, there is just this" said Mr.. Hervey.
1.-THE Pennsylvania people first fought the en-
I terprlse hut, for year past have been nibbling
to get hold or my interest, but were TOO SOW on
the trigger. The fact is. they thought they had
/ Hervey where they could squeeze him, but Her.
vey knew his business. When took the par
ually-completed road out of the hands of n re-
celver, put my stock with some New York
bankers as collateral for the money borrowed.
Inns, me pennsylvania people Thought would
becnme their prey, as l would not likely
Ss ps 70 redeem ema n ana w%na
ton to II connection with The indianapolis & Vim
cennes Thirty days ago gave them chance
TO get the road, but they too slow on the
trigger. The Mackey, Coiletu & Co. syndicate
was formed; they made good propositions ac-
cepted II, and now lam entirely ont OF the enter
prise. But as propose TO take hold OF another
enterprise, wish the Journal, which is looked
upon as authority IN railroad matters, to say
tnat IN thlS StralEht Line road dlu all ever
agreed to DO. which was 20 build the road TO
Petersburg and equip it. OF The floating debt
S9O,oOO-there has been $4,000 liqudated aud
provision made to pay the rest | would like
TO have pushed the road on TO Indianapolis, hut
the opposition WAS too great. | had two power
sul and moneyed opponents, the Pennsylvania
Company ana the Evansville & Terre Haute peo
pie, TO fight"
GETTING INTO WORKING ORDER.
The Traders Dispatch will operate over the
following roads; The Erie, the Nickel Plate, Gin
cinnati, Hamilton e. Dayton, Ohio Central, Louis
vile. New Albany & Chicago, Rock Island, st.
Paul, Chicago & Eastern Illinois, Chicago &
Alton, Lehgh Valley, New York 4 New Eng
land, Boston, Hoosac Tunnel d. Western, Fitch
burg and the Delaware & Hudson Canal Com
pany's roads. The other new line, the Lacka-
wanna, will operate over the Delaware, Lacka-
wanna & Western and the Nickel Plate as main
line, and over the following roads as connections:
The Philadelphia & Reading, Delaware 4 Had
son Canal Company, Boston, HOOsac Tunnel IL
western, Fitchhurg, Cleveland, Columbus, Gin
clnnati d INDIANAPOLIS, Indianapolis & st. Ions,
Wheeling & Lake Erie, Chicago & Eastern Him
OILS, Chicago &c Alton, Chicago, Rock Island &
Pacltic, Louisville, New Albany d Chicago and
Chicago Northeastern. -Four Thousand cars
are to he put into each line, and both commence
operating over the roads respectively named
April L.
FREIGHT BUSINESS.
Freight men talk encouragingly of the situa-
ton. The amount of business moving is quite
satisfactory; IN fact a majority of the Indianapo-
lis lines have as much freight as they can move
promptly. Possibly it would be better were
East-bound traffic more equally divided between
the fast freight lines, some lines having more
than their share, while others running q lit
tie light EaSt-bound business is made up of
flour, grain, provisions, lumber, produce, and
stock, there being large tonnage of either
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