The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-08-30
Local Notes.

There is quite demand for Western engineers
on Eastern roads. The Wabash has of late lost
several of its best engineers, who have gone on
New England roads.
The Evansville & Terre Haute engines are
draped in mourning account OF the death of
engineer Emmett Palmerton at Evansville on
Saturday last By his death the road lost one of
its best engineers.
Freight business is good over the Wabash.
Loading averages 2,100 cars per day, and while
no particular trouble is experienced just now in
filling orders for oars, there will be trouble If the
present heavy business continues.
The Vandalia people have awarded the CON
tract for building new round-house at Locans-
port, Ind, to cost $4,000 and within the next
few months other improvements in buildings,
ETC., will he made at that point which Will cost
some 100000.
The elegant twelve-section Pullman sleeping
coaches recently put on over the Cincinnati,
Hamilton Dayton lines to run between Cincin-
natl and Detroit via Toledo, are doing an excel
lent business. The run from Cincinnati to De-
troit is made in twelve hours. The train which
leaves Indianapolis at 6:55 p. NJ. connects closely
with this train at Hamilton.
Chief Engineer Morris, of the Cincinnati, In
dianapolis, St. Louis & Chicago road, states that
President ingalls, will doubtless, on his return
from his summer vacation, about Sept. 10, at
once take some definite action as regards the
erection of the new shops in the eastern part of
the city, plans and specifications for which have
been prepared for several months.
Stealing freight from cars has become quite
annoying on the Wabash main line, and the com
pany has set detectives at work to ferret ont the
thieves. On Monday last, at Litchfield, H., two
brakemen of a local freight, named Gillespie ana
Knledler were noticed taking a box from one of
the ears and carrying 1t to their cabOose. Search
being made, a box of tobacco was found con-
cealed in one of the lockers. The parties were
arrested and taken before a magistrate, who
bound them over in the sum of $500 each to
await the next term of court.
The Cincinnati, Hamilton e. Indianapolis
management seem quite anxious that the
Chicago Il indianapolis Airline should
be completed and fast express trains
put on between Chicago and Cincin-
work the bulk of their business via Indianapo-
lis, as via Richmond, between Cincinnati ana
chicago, they get only a seventy-mile haul. while
via Indianapolis they would get a 123-mile
haul. The freight traffic between the c., H. & [.
and the Z. IL l. Airline is already of respectable
tonnage, and steadily increasing AS only ac-
commodatiOn trains are run on the c. & [. Air
line, no attempt has yet been made to do any
passenger business in connection with the c., Fl.
and |. road.
The Vandalia company is strictly enforcing
the order that all passengers carried on their
system shall travel on tickets, purchasing them
before entering the cars. In fact, no person is
allowed to board a train until ticket or pass is
shown. An officer of the road states that on
train No. west yesterday there were $50 pas
sengers, each of whom had ticket. None are
more pleased With the arrangement than are the
passenger conductors. Under the old order of
affairs conductor could hardly do Justice to
himself or TO the company. For every cash fare
collected conductor would have to write ont q
receipt for the passenger, and also fill out cou-
pom. This required considerable time, and
where stations were only a short distance apart
it was quite difficult for a conductor TO traverse
the entire train case there should be many
cash-fare passengers