The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-07-18
Local Notes.

The Pennsylvania company has established a
station at Reeds Mill and appointed j. s. Nc
Grew agent.
Paymaster Shepherd, of the Wabash, st. Louis
d. Pacific will to-day pay on the Indianapolis d.
vision Cor May service.
Construction work on the Belt road extension is
moving along rather slowly, owing to some
trouble in securing right of way.
The Pennsylvania Company is building 200
box cars at their shops in Fort Wayne, thirty
four feet long, 100000 tons capacity.
The heavy rains and high winds the past few
days have considerably damaged the telegraph
wires i'll several of The western roads.
The earnings of the Cincinnati, Indianapolis,
st. Louis & Chicago road for June $780,
12I36. Increase over corresponding month OF
1882, S6,755.57.
Baltimore avenue above grade in building their
extension, and will arch it over with substan-
tial stone masonry.
Cars of the Savannah, Florida & Western the
East Tennessee & Georgia, are passing through
Indianapolis daily In considerable numbers laden
with fruits from the South, en- route for Chicago.
The fuel account of the Cincinnati, Hamilton
" Dayton system for the year ending May 81,
1883, increased but GIG per cent while there was
an Increase of ! Al per cent. in passenger and
1924 per cent. III the fre1ght-ear mileage.
Receiver Douglass. of the Ohio & Mississippi
road, filed his statement IN the United States
Court for June, 1888, which shows cash on hand
June l, $59,067.85; receipts, SAFE, 744.3S; DIS
bursements, $29S, Col .69 cash on hand July l,
S240, 0.54.
An officer of the Toledo, Indianapolis & st.
Louis Railway Company says IL is definitely set
tied that the road Will be built from Toledo to
Indianapolis The right of way is being secured,
and the expectations to begin construction work
within the next thirty days.
The indianapolis & st. Louis people report the
new wheat beginning to move their line.
On Monday some fifty cars were loaded for the
East, and yesterday sixty more. There are
ROme 1000 empty standing tina l. 81
l.. tracks awaiting the grain movement.
Judge Drummond for a. couple of days past
has been hearing the intervening petition OF the
st. Louis, Alton d Terre Haute Railroad Com
pany in the case of Hurbut VS. the indianapolis
Il ST. Louis Railroad Company, the former seek
ing to make their back rental a preferred claim.
SIX of the mogc, engines OIL the indianapolis
division of the Chicago, st. Louis & PittsDurg
road are to be transferred to the Logansport di-
vision, and their places will be filled by trans
ferring some heavy freight engines from the
Pittsburg, Cincinnati e. ST. Louis road to the In
dianapolis division.
The high winds OF Monday afternoon blew
down the L., b. g. W. round-hru use at Pekin, blew
away part Of the new depot the l., b. q W. is
building at that point at Leslie few miles
this side of Pekin, the wind lifted the station
house up and set 1t over i'll field some forty feet
from the railroad track.
On Saturday next and each succeeding Satur-
day until further notice there Will be Il coach on
No. 30 of the W., st. l.. IL p. railway train eav-
ing Indianapolis at 2:15 p. NJ, to run through TO
Argos, Ind, for the benefit OF those desiring to
spend Sunday at Maxinkuckee Lake. Returning
coach leaves Argos Sunday at P. NJ, arriving
at Indianapolis at 2:l5 A. NJ.
Conductor johnson, of the Vandaia, whose
train is hauled by engine No 100, which is
equipped with the Hunter spark arrester and
smoke consumer, says it is grand success. Pas
sengers sit in the cars with windows open anu
experience no troube from smoke or cinders.
IL is now TWO weeks that the Vandaa has been
testing tais new device, which seems TO work
like charm.
The Indiana, Bloomington & Western road will
give half-fare rates TO the national reunion of
ex-soldiers and sailors. at Columbus, o., July
"a, 25, &c and 27, 1888, under the auspices of
the ex-Soldiers and Sailors Association of Frank
I'm county, Ohio An encampment OF four days
at the State fair grounds, where ample accom-
modations provided for the thousands ex-
pected to be present.
The Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St Louis & Chi
cago handled on their road i'll the year ending
June 80, cars of l22 roads. Among the number
are OF the Pacific roads. of several Southern
roads, all New England roads, and all the lead
ing roads of the Western and Middle States, and
every North western road. But few roads in this
country well located as the c., l., st, L. g.
c., 1t being practically connecting link be-
tween roads north and south and east and west.