The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-21
Local Notes.

The transfers over the Belt road ara again
nearly up to 800 cars per day, and will reach
1000 or more as soon as frelghts are moving
regularly.
Twenty.seven freight trains passed over the
portion of the vandalia road which was damaged
by the flood within six hours after the repairs
were completed.
The Vandalia is again all right. The "cyclone''
express came through yesterday, from st. Louis
to Indianapolis, over their own track, and ar
rived promptly on time at Indianapolis.
The earnings of tine Indiana. Bloomington &
Western system (0hio Southern division ex-
ceptedI for the second week in Fe bruary were
$50, 1896 81. Increase over corresponding week
1882, $5,729.77.
The Indiana, Bloomington & Western Com
pany last evening got their bridge over Macki-
nav river in condition to pass over safely. ana
on all divisions of the road trains are again
moving with regularity.
The first train north over tine eastern division
otihe Cincinnati, Indianapolis, st. Louis & Chi
eago road after the waters had subsidized was tire
one hauling the pay-oar, which is certainly
highly com plinentary to the management.
The depression in the Cleveland, olumDu
CINCINNATI & Indianapolis stock is understood to
be due to the prospective outlay of 81 800, 900
in improvements ON the ST. Louis, Alton 81 Terre
!Hante, which the Bee Line people recently
leased.
The trustees of the bondholders of the old In
dianapolis, Peru & Chicago road have been spur
ring the Wabash people up a little, fearing they
were letting the track deteriOate. As a cOnse-
queEce cross-ties are being distributed along the
line. Six miles of new steel rails have lust been
put in. and six miles additional is to be received
within a few days.
AS timely advice from this end of the line. a
henvy stockhOlder of the Cincinnati, Indianap-
oils, st. Louis q Chicago road suggests that Pres
1dent ingalls, at once commence the erection of
the new shops at indianapolis, and a. early as
possible abandon the old inconvenient struc-
lures called shOps at Cincinnati, which have
been under wafer for some days.
The Bee Line management boasts that within
the next twelve months the passenger equip
ments on their system will be the finest run on
any western road. A large number of day
number of sleeping coaches are now in course
of construction, and the prices paid will Justify
the manufacturers in building them tirst-class
in every respect,
One hundred and tweuty-six miles of tele-
graph wire on the line of the Wabash, ST. Louis
and Pacific was broken down by the sleet storm
of Friday night, February 8. The wires ceased
TO perform their mission at 3 A. NJ. Saturday, and
at 4 P. NJ. Sunday one wire was in working order,
ana by Wednesday all the wires. The storm of
the 14tl again demOralized them. In thirty-six
honrs after the storm abated they were again all
right.
j. W. Sherwood, superintendent Of the Cincin-
natl, Indianapolis, st. Louis & Chicago road, last
evening photographed from Cincinnati that all di-
visions of the G., l., st. L. & C. system were
again open for business, and that all passenger
trains would to-day commence running on scled-
ule time. From a gentleman who came up from
Cincinnati last evening ii was learned that the
Plum-street depot and tracks approaching it
were free from water.
The roadBed Of the old T., P. & c., between
Peru and Indianapolis, is said by experts to be
the most solid roadbed in the State of Indiana.
Dasturning clements never effect it. A party
who has been interested in the pronerty for
twenty-five years. states that in that period
never has the rOadhed been so damaged that a
day has passed without "A train running over It.
1t was most damaged in 1875, but at that time
in ten hours the washOuts were so far repaired
that trains could pass over them.
A party well posted in the affairs OF the In
dianapolis a. st. Louis road expresses the opiI.-
ION that there will be a number of cham es in the
board Of directors at the annual meeting to-day,
but none in the general management, which, he
says. is looked upon as being aggressive, econom-
zeal and satisfactory in every respect. The
road-oed was rapidly being put into shape, max
ing 1t second to none in the State, $40, 900 hav-
ing been spent in improvements of this eharae-
ter within the last nine months, and the equip
ments were being largely increased.