The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-16

Paymaster Sullivan yesterday paid on the
eastern division of the c. l., st. L. c. for April,
ana pays on the western division to-day,
AS result OF the light freight traffic. a thin
ming out of clerks has commenced, and none
are refused leave of absence for u few weeks if
they request ones
The Illinois Central people ara said to be tgur
ing to get q line INTO Indianapolis in connection
with the l., d. & s. division of the Indiana,
Bloomington & Western road.
The hicago, st. Louis h Pittshurg stock and
bonds have been sted on the New York stock
Exchange hnt no sales have yet been reported,
$3.50 Is bid tor the preferred stock.
]. b. Wirtv yesterday shipped four OF his new
patent switches 10 Chicago TO he exhibited ~ the
ext Oslti0n. Railroad men withaHt exception
who have seen this switch, pronounce it the best
yet Invented.
The Louisville, New Albany & Chicago man
ugement have decided to make Cedar Lake a
pleasure resOrt.aud will mt once build IA handsome
dennt with itiue rpRtaurant to accommodate
fishermen and hunters.
The revenue derived from passenger business
over The LOgansport division OF the Vandnlin is
said to be 80 per cent larger for March and
April this year than in any corresponding two
months in the history of the rOad.
The improved Hunter spark nrrester ia being
tested ON engine No. 159 on the Vandnlia road
This is the third time. The arrrster has always
been all righr. hut the difficulty has been In rid.
ding the sparks and getting the lire out of them,
which. 1t is hoped. has been accomplished.
ward the Chicago d Great Southern road which
will duuhtlass eventually heeUlDa n branch OF
the Louisville, New Albany g. Chicago system.
On the 2Sth of This month three townships In
Parke county hold elections to vote uid TO the
enterprise
Chief Engineer Morris, of the Cincinnati, In
dtanapois, st. Louis & Chicago rond, yes
terday let ~ contract TO the Keystone
Bridge Company TO mild u new bridge
OF two spans, 1855 feet each in length,
over White water river on the eastern division,
the bridgete eest $2l 900.
tits now month since the express companies
commenced making light charges for empty
coOps, tubs, etc, returned TO shippers and the
arran cement is already popular with shippers,
as they now have their emptes returned
promptly and the EXPRESS companies derive
small revenue for handling them.
Within the last eighteen months every pnssen-
ger engine on the Indianapolis ST. LRuis road
has been rebuilt and equipped with straight
stack and extension boiler and all other modern
improvements, and It. Is stared that In the way
OF passenger engines the I. e. ST.. L. is as we'll
equipped as hny road running into IhdianaD-
oils.
There ia n sharp strife now going on between
the fnst-freght lines in making time on west
bound business, and the last week / he Merchants
Dispatch has been landing goods in Indianapolis
two days aud nineteen hours from New York and
three days aud eighteen hours from Boston. The
express matter carried on passenger trains
makes but little better time.
Within the last week the Wabash COMPANY hns
taken seventy-twn car-lOaaa of new rails out of
the var II OF the Indianapolis ROllng-nill Com
panv. An Official of the road says Tins new iron
will be used on the branches one hundred miles
or more Of which will be laid with new iron the
present season, These rails are MAIDS from old
rails which have been tnkpn up on portions of
the system where traffic Is heavy, to give place
to steel rails.
The Pennsylvania people, on Monday iaat, es
tnblished u bureau Ut information at the Union
Depot. Pttshurg and Manager MoCren states
that as soon ms arrangements can he made to fiji
M such n bureau ut the Union Depot, indiana
polls, one will he established. The duties of tho
men employed in the bureaus nre to Inform pas
terlng at the depot, and they are expected to he
able to answer the two Thousand questions asked
by women travellers concerning the movement of
trains. They are kept open dny aud night.