The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-10-06
Local Notes.

The Indianapolis iron-ratl mill starts up next
week, and has work in prospect to keep it busy
ninety days.
The grading of the Belt road extension is
nearing completion and track-laying will be e.
gun in the early part of next week.
The Cincinnati. Indianapolis, St. Louis & Chi
eago road, in September, carried on their traI
90,670 passengers, as shown by the official re-
port.
The Chicago, St. Louis & Pittsburg is making
grand success of it's one cent per mile ex-
cursiOn rate on certain days to the Cincinnati
ana Louisville exposlt1ons.
The general situation In railroad affairs is en-
couTaglBg in every respect. Earnings are good,
aud there is no immediate prospect of any seri-
Gus complication in regard to rates.
Only local tickets of the Chicago e. Tudianapo-
lis Airline have been placed on sale at the Union
Depot ticket-ofliee as yet. full line of coupon
tickets will be place on sale next week.
Shipments of anthracite Goals westward are
heavier this season than in any former year, and
although there are two more competitors in the
field bringing coal to this section, the shipments
over the old lines are averaging we'll with former
years.
Employees on the Pennsylvania lines west of
PiJ1sburg have been notified that the new rules
go into effect Nov. l, and a book containing the
rules and regulations has been given to each
train man, and he is TO post himself and prepare
for an examination between the 18th of October
and Nov. L.
Parties who ship over the Union line continue
to surprise competitors by bidding from 2 to Big
cents more for grain than the latter can, and ON
such basis It ia charged that the Union line Is
cutting rates, or shippers by it could not pay
such prices. 1t even forces Hancock & Co. out
OF the market
Hinckley engine, No. 8, on the Vandalia road
which has been rebuilt at the Terre Haute shops,
made her first trip since rebuilt, yesterday, and
performed admirably. The old-style smoke
stack has disappeared and the engine ia
equipped with a straight spark-arrester stack
extension boiler, Westinghouse air-brake on
drive-wheels and presents nohby appearance.
indianapolis poultry dealers IN the month of
eight carloads of dressed poultry refrigerator
ears, the average shipment per car being $500
pounds. They also forwarded thirty-three car
loads of dressed poultry, with an average ship
ment per Car of 5000 pounds, making a total of
100000 pounds of poultry forwarded last
month.
Freight agents of the roads which are TO form
the new Chicago & Ohio River pool, were yester-
day notified that full tariff rates had been re-
stored, and must be strictly lived up to- Any
agent having time contracts out must at once re-
port them TO General Manager Richardson, and
from this date no special rates are TO be given
unless authorized by the executive committee of
the pool.
The Chicago, st. Louis & Pittsburg road this
week has received three elegant day coaches
built at the shops of the Pennsylvania company
at Altoona. The coaches are finished off in the
giant toilet room with large mirror, the aisle of
the car is some four inches wider than the Ordi-
nary coach. and everyt thing about its construc-
tion is complete and elegant Twenty-Five
coaches of this pattern to be built at AltOo-
ma for the c., st. l.. 81 P.