The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-19
Local Notes.

Engine 81, on the c., l., st. /. g. c., on Monday
last hauled six cars, two of them sleeping coach
es. eleven miles in thirteen minutes, the time
taken to make one stop to be deducted.
The Chicago, st. Louis & Pittsburg has asked
western connections here to hold back for day
or two the business of the Erie lines, that they
may clear their road of accumulated loaded cars.
The corn crop of Indiana and Illinois will be
fully as heavy as has been predicted. This in
sures good business for the railroads of these
States. The Southern States Will be large buy
ers OF corn this year. while last year the reverse
was the case. Pennsylvania, New York, New
England and Canada will also be heavy buyers.
The attorneys in the Illinois Midland Case ex-
poet that before the close of this month Justice
Harlan will order the road sold at foreclosure
sale. 1t seems definitely settled that Warlng
Brothers, who hold rs per cent. of the mortgage
bonds, will bid the road in, rebuild it and then
lease, probably to the Vandalia. In fact, IL is
stated by parties who are in a position to know
that such programme is already agreed upon.
Two Indiana projects seem to have gone glim-
merlng, as the saying is, namely the Indlanapo-
lis, Eel River & Southwestern and the Terre
Haute belt road Construction companies which
went to the expense necessary to making bids
for work on the Eel River road Disguised
and expect that nothing is to come OF the pro-
posed project, while the parties who were TO
build the belt road at Terre Haute are said to
have come TO the conclusion that it would be a
poor Investment.
The continuous blockade of the Indiana,
Bloomington & Western yards, west side, is eaus-
it Is stated that the feeling has reached such
height that some grain dealers will pay one to
two cents more on the bushel for grain in other
yards than they will when standing in l., b. u
W. yards. If the l., B. & w. people would put
some of their heavier engines into the switching
service and run The ''tes Kettles" az the boys
have christened them, into the shops. business
In the yards could doubtless be handled more
expeditiOusly.
On Oct. 10 two entire new trains will be run
between Cincinnati and Chicago, over the Gin
ennati, indianapolis, st. Louis 81 Chica go road.
Each train will consist OF a postal, baggage
car, two cnaehes, a parlor car and two Pullman
sleepers. Barney Smith Co. are now building
the coaches and paFloT cars, and promise Prest-
dent In gals that they Will be finished to put on
at the time above designated. One Of the novel
features OF the trains will be that in each of the
coaches aud parl0r car viii be smoking apart
ments, toilet rooms, etc. II is stated that these
will be the handsomest and most complete trains
run in the West.
One of the officers of the Pennsylvania lines
remarked yesterday that their through passen-
ger trains were now so heavy that it looked as
IT they soon would be obliged to put on another
train between Pittsburg and St. Louis, and
should they, 1t would probably be an extension
OF the Pennsylvania limited express, which viii
he welcomed by the western travelling public.
The Pennsylvania limited express, which at first
was probably a cause OF great anxiety to the
officers of the road. has become an established
institution It's superior accommodations and
speed are appreciated by travellers who are
Wiling to pay extra for them.
Passenger traffic over the Vaudalia lines has
increased so rapidly the last few months that
through trains are so heavy that to make the
time the largest passenger engines the company
own are brought into service. The two engines
recently received from the Pttshurg LocomO-
fireworks are doing excellent service and the
management will order four more Of the same
class. These engines have II by 24inoh
cylinder, sixty-six inches in diameter driving
wheel; weight, in working order, $500 pounds;
weight on drivers, $3.50 pounds. These en-
gines with ease haul ten TO twelve cars at an
erage speed of fifty miles per hour over the
heaviest grades on the road.
Probably on no road in The West has there
been a more remarkable increase in business
than on the Louisville, New Albany & Chicago
road. Within the last three years fitJy-fve first
class locomotives, twenty passenger coaches
and $500 freight cars, besides the increase in
line cars has been added to the rolling stock of
the system, and the officers state that to-day
twenty additional engines and 1000 freight
cars could be used to great advantage. Not
only have shipments of coal, stone and lumber
increased in the last three years remarkably,
but their merchandise traffic between Chicago
and Southern points has developed surprisingly,
and as local road the Chicago IL indianapolis
division far exceeds their expectations on open
ing the road,