The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-16

The Vandalia people are stringing between st.
Louis and Indianapolis third wire
AS might be expected, the increased expense
and decreased earnings of both railroads and
telegraphs during the storm period is used as
bear argument.
Travel the roads never lighter than
at the present time. Business men well as
pleasure seekers are staying at home, unless
compelled to move out.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen are
to have grand ball in Terre Haute, Feb. 81
Engineers as well, are invited TO attend.
number of engineers and tiremen at Indianapo-
lis are arranging to attend, and 1t promises to be
a grand success.
The officials of the Cincinnati, INDIANAPOLIS, st.
Louis 81 Chicago road are highly pleased that the
new piece of road between Guilfofd and Law
reneehurg junction has gone through the flood
without serious damage At only one point, and
that for only short distance, did the water run
over the track, while the old rOadbed was under
water to a depth of six to eight feet.
The citizens of Fort Wayne still feel sore that
the Wabash company has removed some portion
of their shops from that point TO Andrews, and
the Fort Wayne Gazette has looked up some old
deeds, and finds that the free gift of land worth
ST. 10000 by that city to the company reverts
back TO the city by reason of the removal of a
paRt;af the machine shops TO Andrews.
E. B. Thomas, general manager of the Bee
Line system, who is in Cincinnati, yesterday tel
| egraphed President Devereux that: have been
| through our yards and freight houses in a boat
this morning. We have suffered comparatively
| LITTLE damage to buildings and property so far,
butitis of course impossible TO tell what may yet
| happen. We landed with the boat on Fourth
| street, within one block of K. M. ShOemaker's
house.
AA official of one of the roads running east of
Peoria writes the Journal '"The rum ors afioat
as 10 the weakness of rates at Peoria have been
| traced up, and have been found to have orig
inaed with the Chicago papers. The roads in
| terested have perfectly satisfactory under
standing and rates are being maintained AS
mater of fact, the movement of property frem
Peoria is less than it has been for the same Pc
| riod for ten years"
Six years ago " T. Malott, then general man
| age. of the Indianapolis, Peru & Chicago, now
theWabash, d. & |. division, laid the first five
mills of track north of the city with rails
rolled at the Indianapolis mill, aud laid the sec
ondffVe miles with steel rails manufactured at 4
Pennsylvania rolling-mill. OF the iron rails all
areIow theFe anu III goou conaltlon' VI tne
| sted rails sixteen have broken and been replaced
by rails. The wear the iron rails is no
moe perceptible than on the steel rails.
Cdonel William B. Tuell, president OF the
| Terri Haute Il Southeastern road, is III the city.
| He nates that the prospects are still favorable
| to tie Bee Line people scoopiDg in his road, to
be r!n as branch of the Indianapolis st.
Loui, AS regards the talk that he VIII extend
the pad from Worthington to Bloomfield, he
says that 1t will be done, providing that the
| Bloomfield people give the proposed subsidy of
| $16,(o0 whether he continues to control tho
| property or 1t should pass into the hands Of the
| Bee Line.
The old rumor that our Wabash, St. Louis g.
Padiie is to have New York line of its is
| revived. The question will be settled in a few
| days as the annual meeting of the New York,
| Latkawana & Western Railway Company will be
| hell in New York, February 20. There is CON
| siderable speculation regarding the outcome of
| tnemeeting, and predictions are made that Jay
Gotd Will virtually secure control of this road,
anO that he will build an extension from Buffalo
| to Toledo to connect at that point with the Wa
| bah system.
| railroad man of large experience suggests
! thst before the Union Railway Company expend
| another dollar on their track, in the erection
| of new Union Depot, that they elevate the
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| and set the new Union Depot prep0rtionately
higher; then Pogue's run will give them No fur
ther trouble. He also suggests that the Bee
Line people and p, c. & Sc, L. company raise
Their city freight depots and that the streets ap-
preaching the tracks be well graded up three
| or lour feet
Yesterday afternoon the fast line over the Pitts
! burg Cincinnati & st. Louis road coming west,
| left Richmond four and one-half hours late. The
| tram, which consisted of seven cars, two Of them
i sleeping coaches, was hauled by the big Altoona
frGm RchmSnd the MeAe B,t ens,neeF
| sixty.seven miles, in hour and
| eleven minutes actual running time. as shown
| by the train sheet. Engineer Mckay now asks
| superintendent Miller to place the 'antler5" on
| his headlight.
| Bad weather, floods, and light passenger and
| freight traffic are telling seriously on earnings
! thus far this month with Indiana roads. The
| Cincinnati Indianapolis, st. Louis & Chicago
will show decrease the first two weeks of Feb
ruary of fully 60 per cent. In fact, every In
dianapolis line Will show a sharp decrease. But
Indiana roads are not alone. Ohio roads
suffering more or less, and the earnings of all
| the railroads northwest of Chicago show q de-
crease as compared with the corresponding
| weeks of 1882. This is entirely due to the OBJ
structon Of traffic on the railroads d the travel
on the country roads leading to the railway sta
tions by the heavy SHOWS, which have been
equal to those of winter before last, and the
embargo. The business is, howver, all there yet,
to come with better weather.
General News.