The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-12
Local Notes.

The Vandalia last week brought into Indian .
apols 60 carloads of stock and 435 carloads of
Diock coal.
The Cincinnati, indianapolis, st. Louis & Chi
eago last week delivered at Cincinnati hnt 677
loaded cars forwarded from that point only 573
loaded cars.
The Pittsburg Cincinnati & ST. Louis has a
genuine snow blockadge on the Chicago division !,
and Friday and Saturday last had no freigh t
trains in or out of Chicago.
Tho Bee Line last week forwarded East LOO,
the PiUtsburg, Cincinnati IL st. Louis l,03O
loaded cars, being the lightest Eastbound move
Dent over these lines for many months.
The transfer books of the stock of the Indian
apois & st. Louis road were closed on Satur-
DAY last until after the annual meeting on the
21st of this month. Vanderbilt has the property
well IN hand and the new board OF directors Will
be his own choosing
Commencing with this morning the fndianap-
oils & Vincennes will run west over the Vandalta
TO the Belt road, then over the latter to their
main track west of the river The water has not
yet subsidized to admit of making repairs to the
piers which support the bridge crossing White
river.
will have a double track between Cincinnati and
Hamilton. Wednesday, the 21st of this month,
second track between Glendale and schenck's
will he let, and the oross-ties and steel rails are
contracted fer to complete the work.
The Ohio & Mississippi is now running its
Greensburg, running over the Cincinnati, In-
alanapolis, ST. Louis & Chicago road. The l.,
cate the favors of the o. & NJ in years past, when
high waters and washouts have troubled the
former.
One of the new engines No. 21O, on the Indi-
annapolis division of the Pittsburg, Cincinnati e.
st. Louis road last week hauled train loaded
with live stock from Richmond to Bradford, 100
miles, in five hours and thirty minutes. As fully
one-half hour was lost waiting on side tracks.
she average speed at which the train was hauled
was twenty-slx miles per hour.
The five western roads brought into Indian
apOs last week but 1869 loaded cars, 10 fol-
lows: Indiana, Bloomington Western, st.
louis division 214; Peoria division, 436; Gin
Binnat indianapolis, st. Louis Il Chicago, 477:
Indianapolis e. St. Louis, 979; Vandala, 993.
Decrease compared with the number received
the proceeding week 1,374 cars.
The opening of the joint office in Chicago by
cagO and the Chesapeake & Ohio is creating con-
siderable talk in railroad circles. j, NJ. John
cinnati, Indianapolis, st. Louis & Chicago, who
lie in charge of the office, announces that he is
now prepared TO receive and bill freight via his
road and the Chesapeake & Ohio.
Vice-president Hopkins, of the Wabash, St.
Louis & Pacific system has just returned from
an extended trip over the lines. He says bust
ness prospects are most favorable. The calls for
oars from all stations are daily in
creasing, ana better prices for grain
have caused free movement from Mis-
souri, to the East. The Wabash road re-
ceives full share of this business, with o long
haul at remunerative rates The condition OF
the road is better than he has known it to
be, the present trouble being but temporary.
The increase of traffic over the Ohio Southern
division OF the Indiana, Bloomington &c Western
has been more remarkable than any division
of the system; especially Is this noticeable in it's
coal business. In the nine months ending Dec.
81, 1881, 7,811 car loads of coal were shipped
from mines the road. In the year ending
Dec. 81, 1882, there were 1918 carloads
shipped. The better condition of the track the
last year, the superior quality Of coal mined on
this line, well good management, had
something to do with the handsome increase in
the business