The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-10-17
Local Notes.

The Decline has increased its quota of cars in
White-line service to 1924 cars.
Engine No. 143 on the Bee-line is just out OF
the shop very neatly rebuilt, with all modern
improvements. Tho CINE will hereafter haul
the Muncie accommodation train.
The Vandalia and indianapolis & st. Louis
give nolce that, until further orders, they will
receive no perishahle freghts or live stock for
East st. Louis or St Louis proper, neither will
they forward these classes of freights from the
points named.
In the eight months ending Oct. there were
J, AGO car-oadsof stone shipped from the Dark
Hollow quarries, on the Bloomfield g. Bedford
road. Over 600 carloads of this stone went TO
Philadelphia, New York and Buffalo to go into
line buildings in these cities.
One of the Wabash officials states that the
road is now making handsome earnings, and the
treasury is full Of money. IL is suggested that
If such is the case the company should at once
purchase grounds north of the city, and Improve
their terminal facilities in the way of yard
room.
port for the year ending June 80 last, just made
to the Illinois railroad commissioners shows
deporable condition of affairs in that property,
but probably Mr.. Gould does not care for that
a great deal as he sold out his stock at high
prices two years ago."
The money which the Cleveland, Columbus,
Cincinnati IL Indianapolis Railroad Company
will raise from their 50, 100000 second mort
gage bonds. which will soon be placed the
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sinking fund to represent the money spent on
the indianapolis d St. Louis road.
H. R. Dering, assistant general passenger
agent of tho Pennsylvania company, will, on
Friday, remove his office from the Vandalia
freight depot TO tina room in ClaypOoPs block,
on the corner of Washington and Illinois streets.
j. A. Parkius, division agent of the Pennsyl-
wanna company, viii also remove his office from
the c., ST. l.. & P. depot to rooms in the Clay
pool block at an early day.
Passenger agent circles were a good deal dis
pha fnpflsax elaov
ment of the Chicago & indianapolis Airline had
arranged to place their tickets in the hands of
indianapolis scalper, and cut the rate through
him 81. Mr.. BrecOunt general agent at this
point, has not heard that it to be done, still
he admits that there is no telling what General
Passenger Agent Murray Keller may do
1t is really unfortunate that the Pennsylvania
people have been so loud in prOeaiming that
they had resumed the payment of commissions
TO ticket agents, as 1t has aroused the Ill feeling
OF passenger men or the weaker lines, and they
using it as an excuse TO cut rates tits believed
that more rate-cutting is going on since the
notice was given by the Pennsylvania people
than at any time In the last two years.
A delegation of representative citizens of SAN
dusky were in Lafayette, yesterday, urging the
Lake Erie Western management to remove
their general offices to that city. The old fogy
city OF Sandusky begins to value railroads. The
enterprise of the l., B. g. W. in improving term
inal facilities at that point has stimulated the
business men of Sandusky, and they are now
watching to catch on where 1t will be to their
advantage
Thes NanQalla company has a live, Dlucky
swltchman at work in its yards at st. Louis.
delegation of switehmen yesterday waited on
him, and told him he must quit work. He
fused, saying he had family to support and
could not afford to be idle Some of the strikers
attempted to pull him off of car. He pulled
his revolver on them and opened fire, one ball
taking piece of strikers Off At this the
strikers abandoned the field.
An Erie & Pacific Dispatch ear left Boston
loaded with freight for st. Louis on the 25th
day of September, reached ST. Louis on Oct. at
8 A. NJ, was uDloaded, switched to an elevator,
loaded with grain and sent east the Wanda
La on the night of the LIST. So far it was re-
markably quick work. Unfortunately, the same
awaiting the clearing up of the blockade on the
New York, Pennsylvania IL Ohio road.
The superintendent of one of the Indianapolis
roads, who commenced railrOading at the bot
tom round, last evening in conversation re-
CARDS the strike at st. Louis, said he did not APP
prove of the method the swtchmen had chosen
to get an advance in their pay, but he sat
isfied that switchmen all over the country de-
served better pay. Their work was hazardous
and they usually worked more hours than men
did i'll any other branch in the railroad service.
Vice-president Hoxie, of the Wabash system,
has become disguised with the continuous
drives the newspapers are making at the slow
movements of the paymaster, and has issued an
should be paid by the Oath of each month for
services rendered in the month preceding. The
paY-car will be on the Detroit & Indianapolis
division ON the Goth of each month, unless it
comes on Sunday consequently, the boys on this
division will have TWO pay days this month, as
Paymaster Shepherd paid for August service
only few days since.