The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-19
Local Notes.

The Vapdalia last week brought into this sta
tion AGA carloads of block coal and l59 carloads
of stock.
The Pittsburg, Cincinnati & St. Louis last
week forwarded East from this point 1,257, and
the Bee Line l,27i loaded oars
Within the last fen days six of the engines of
the P, C. & st. L. Indianapolis divison) have
been sent to Altoona to he rebuilt, The numbers
being filed With new engines.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company will
have no voice In the coming election of the In
-nianapolis 81 St. Lonis Railroad Company, they
practically having cut loose from any interest in
Its future operations.
The Indiana, Bloomington & Western system
isin good running order again, except on the
Peoria division there Is still trouble with the
bridge over Mackinaw river, but 1t viii be safe
to run ever by this morning.
The Southwestern Passenger Association has
abandoned the idea of appointinga commits
sioner which leaves L. G. Cannon, of this city,
who was prominently mentioned for such posi-
ton, and who weuld have filed 1t with ability,
ont III the cold.
high waters between Cleveland and Toledo. The
new bridge at Fremont is washed out and Two or
three other hrfdges are in danger. Indianapolis
connections, however. are delivering freights to
the Lake Shore rs usual.
j H. Clark & Co., of this city, now manu-
fscturing chafr which promises TO eclipse the
Horton chair used in passenger coaches. Tho
chair is fully as elegant can be placed in any 10
sition desired with more ease than the Horton
The five Western roads last week brought in
TO this station but 1896 loaded cars rs follows:
Indiana. Bloomington & Western, ST Louis divi
sion, 800; Peoria division 547; the Cincinnati,
'Jndauapolis, S.. Louis Chicago, 547; Wanda
lin, l,040; Indianapolis & st. Louis, 1,244.
The railroad companies still having trouble
with their telegraph wires, which had been
patched M since the storm of February 8, and
The storm of Friday, the 10th, again demorazsd
them, Although not SO severe, the Ice aud wind
broke the wires down at many OF the weak
points.
An engineer of the Cincinnati, Hamilton &
Indianapolis road, who piloted one of the c., l.,
st. l.. & g. trains hauled by one of their fine pas
serger engines, remarked that If Vtce-president
Wsite would give him such an engine to run he
could make as fast time as was made over the
C., L. St /. & c.
Reafmaster Henry, of the indianapolis & st.
Louis, Saturday received notice tAatthe Cleve
land ROing-mill would forward another 1000
tons of steel rails this week That the roadbed
of the I. q st, l.. is being put in good condition
rs evident from the fact that on over 13I miles
of steel-raii track but two rails have broken this
season
AS pointer the Journal quotes a remark
made by William Fl. Vanderbilt last week to "A
Prpufiuent railroad official regarding the coming
elec' ion of the Cleveland, Columbus Cincinnati
d. Indianapolis Railroad Company, which WAS
that The proposed that eight of the directors
would he strongly Vanderbilt in their iaeas
thar, the word "VRnderbilG' could be distinctly
read across even their backs.
Superintendent Sherwood, of the Cincinnati,
Indianapolis, st. Louis 81 Chicago, expects that
their night express trains will be ruu out of the
Plun-street depot and West their own
Track this evening. Yesterday faur construc-
tiGn Trains with large forces of mon, Were en-
gagged in repairing the track between Cincinnati
and North Bend which not 50 badly dam
Bged as feared before the water reeeded.
A Wabash official who was in the city Satur-
day stated that the management had under con-
temolation the relaying the entire main line
with new steel rails weighing sixty seven pounds
TO the yard. The present track 10 laid with steel
weighing sixty pounds to the yard and although
they paid the highest price for these rails, they
prove TO be a very inferior quail
lfy. He states that in running fr0m
Perm to Lagro, forty miles, one day last week,
the train he was tagged for broken rails
ak times One piece, six feet in length, broke
into sixty-seven pieces, and Superintendent
Stevens ordered the slivers boxed aud sent to
the mill Which made the rail, that they might
SEE its quality. Section men patroling the
track day and night, and the comnany is doing
all in their power to prevent accidents.