The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-03
Local Notes.

Local Notes.
The Bee Line Company, Thursday last,
eepted the fine new iron bridge at Dayton. over
she Big Miami. The bridge is GOO feet long and
one OF the most substantial built in the State of
Ohio.
The Indiana, Bloomington & Western is expe-
riencing quite boom in freights Yesterday
there were ovar 400 loaded the Peoria
division to come East anu 200 or more on the st.
L0uis division.
The new coach for Chief Engineer Beach of
the Bee Liue system will be turned out of the
Brightwo0d shops to-day. The observation,
shopping ana kitchen arrangements of the are
Very ceinplete.
The Bee Line company has commenced to
manufacture all plate and lattice iron bridges at
their own shops in Cleveland up to seventy-five
feet in length, class of bridges for crossing the
smaller streams.
Officials of Indianapolis roads which do bust
ness in connection with the Michigan Central,
yesterday were notified thar the latter is now
prepared to receive freight, via Mackinaw, for
P0lnt ST. lgnaee or beyond, as usual.
Estealing rides in postal cars has become so
common that several Western roads have in
Atrueted their conductors to collect fare OF all
provided with tickets or passes. Postoflice en-
PlOyes and officials who are entitled to free
transportation are furnished with passes.
Officials of the Wabash, st. Louis d Pacific
state that the road has entirely overcome all
fSheir late difficulties, and are now running on
kschednle time. The general thaw has had the
effect OF lOosening the roadbed considerably in
places, and the track is necessarily roueher
than usual, but other roads are suffering like
wise.
Captain James Phillips master of transporta.
ton of the louisville, Evansville st. Louis Air
lime, notifies connections that the damages to
the road are repaired, and that to-day passenger
and freight trains will run through from Louis
vile and New Albany to St. Louis, Evansville
and all other stations, making all former connec-
lions with other roads.
Passenger agents of Indianapolis east and west
lines are feeling more confident that rates are to
fbe maintained with the increase intrave George
Washington Smith, general passenger agent of
the Lake Erie & Western, having announced that
cts to Kansas City via the Alton, about which
there was such a howl some time ago.
The Bee Line management have asked United
States Senator Voorhees, to see If Congress viii
not declare VOID the act which requires the In
dianapolis & st. Louis Railroad Company to con-
struet and keep in order portion of the bridge
that bnt once in 1882 the draw opened to
allow boat To pass through, and not once in
1881. and but twice in 1880, the river so seldom
being navisable SO far north as Terre Haute
Passenger agents of the competing lines of the
Vandalia and Chicago e Alton roads for Kansas
City and other Western points are consdera-
bly, disturbed over the large number of tickets
which scalpers are selling. Only through the
scalpers can cut in west-hound passenger rates
be effected. The Chicago & Alton is reported to
be paying these Indianapolis scalpers So for
every ticket sold; this the scalper divides with
tho purchasers of the ticket, the scaper paying
full rate at the Union depot for the ticket.
In speaking of the numerous surs which GER
tain newspapers have been throwing upon the
Wabash, ST. Louis & Pacific road the Terre
Haute Gazrtle says: "a very great deal of ill
nature OF the matchmaking sort is shown by the
country panere along the route of the Wabash,
st. Louis q Pacific, which persistently exagger-
ate the fnsfarruues the road has had, along with
many other lines, in the matter of wrecks, 1t
seems unfair TO say so, but this criticism Is
clearly traceabe to the policy of curtallipg
passes which the company has seen fit to adopt.
Adverse and unfair criticism under the crcum-
stances is little short of blackmail, and is dis
grace to the profession of1ournalsm."
General News.
Boston is to have railroad club similar to the
Dnein New York. the members of which are
local railroad officials.
The earnings of the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy railroad running about even with
sgst year. 1t is expected that the first six
months of 1888 will show a gain in the net earn
tngs, however.
The Texas & Pacific railway people out
with poster nearly as large as a barn door,
which shows off their route through Texas and
on 20 San Francisco, They are very artistic ana
attract considerable attention. This is the best
hit of the kind gotten up for some time.
As sovn as the bridge is completed across she
Chattahooehee river through sleeping-cars will
be put on between New Orleans and New York
via Mobile, Pensacola Wave cross, Savannah and
Charleston. The cars for this new line are about
completed, and will be independent of the Pull
man company.
Al the last monthly meeting of the directors of
the New York IL New Haven railroad, the plans
to improve the road at cost of million dol
lars were approved. This sum will he used in
reducing the grades and in shortening The
curves. The roadhed is to be ballasted with
Broken stones and many other improvements
will be made.
The Pennsylvania railroad was the pioneer of
all the trunk lines engaged in the produce trade
between the Western interior and the Atlantic
Reaboard, in constructing t1rst-elass grain eleva
TORS, marginal freight railways and other terml-
nal facilities Of commercial character for the
transaction of the export and import trade be-
tween the West and Europe.
~ he n
ming ON the Nickel-plate ROAD only between
cleveland and Buffalo The Cleveland Herald
assigns MS reason that between that point and
Rufalo the towns are all reached by the Lake
Shore road, and 10 operate the NieRel-plate Win
the few local trains raining at present would be
an increase of expense without increase of
either facilities or revenue.
BETTER UNLOAD.
The Toledo, Cincinnati & st. Louis Narrow
gauge road Is owned principally by Boston
capitalists and the insimaton by some of the
Western papers that Jay Gould wanted it, and
that some of his associates had been looking the
property over, has greatly excited these Boston
parties If the statements of papers of that city
so make the property of some value in the eyes
of Boston parties; but in the ewes OF practical
Western railroat men the property is looked
npon with dihtrust, and there are but fow If any
railroad men who kunw its condition that would
not advise the T., c. q ST. h. people to sell out to
Jay Gould at the best figures they can, the be-
lief being general that not until it Is converted
Into standsr I'd gauge road and properly equipped
will it be able TO more than barely pay operating
expenses.
REVIVAL OF AN OLD PROJECT.
party who frequently has business trans
botinos with the higher officials OF the Pennsyl-
Sania Company states that this company Is
fully determined to have line OF their own
between Indianapolis and Logansport, they not
being at all satisfied with the present arrange
nent by which their trains run over the Wa
bash between Indianapolis aud Kokomo, to a
connection with the Chicago division Of the 2.