The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-11-21
Local Notes.

Transfers over the Belt road are now averaging
1880 cars per day.
Hereafter the pay-oar on the Vandafa system
will start on its monthly trip two days earlier
than has been the custom for some years past
The older passenger equipments of the Louis
vlle New Albany & Chicago road are now
undergoing a thorough overhauling in the shops
of the company, ana are coming ont looking as
well as when new.
The ready sale which the ponds of the Van
dalia northern extension have met with is good
evidence that Eastern capitalists have great
confidence in the McKeen syndicate who have
the enterprise in hand.
The Lake Shore road has nut on what Is known
as "plng" train, to run between South Bend
and Goshen. The tain is run that passengers
make close connection with the Cincinnati, Wa
bash Michigan trains for Indianapolis.
The Indiana, Bloomington & Western is badly
crippled in its livestock traffic for want of stock
cars. If the company proposes to do its share
Of business OF this class, the sooner 1t has
300 new stock cars in the service the better for
1T, the stockmen say who are interested.
EKpressmen and draymen are complaining Bit
terly of the practice switchmen have of bloekad-
ing street crossings while they doing
switching on private switches leading off OF the
Union tracks. This matter should receive the
prompt attention OF superintendent Whltcomb.
To cheer up the employees of the Wabash, st.
Louis IL Pacific system it is noted that, in spite
OF the unfavOrabie predictions of the "bears,"
the Paymaster is on the main line paying for
Detroit & Indianapolis division on Saturday or
Monday next.
The Cincinnati, Hamilton g. Indianapolis man
agement Is putting in three miles of steel rail
this week, east of Connersville, making eighteen
miles laid this year, The track is now all steel
from COnnersville to Hamilton, and twenty
five miles of steel rails has been contracted for
to lay on this division next year.
Decline stock is rapidly moving up to par,
rallying IL points in the last week President
Devereux, who has been in New York for some
days, was able to give friends OF the property
the few hundred scattering shares are being
gathered in. Twenty days ago the c., c., c. Il L.
stock was quoted at 55. Yesterday it was
quoted strong at u.
Colonel Hill, superintendent of the Vandalia.
the falling of trees the track on the T. H.
& L. DIVISION by cutting down all the trees
which, In falling would be likely to fall across
the track. Until the work Is accomplished, he
will, at all points the road, where there Is
timber land, have men walk the track both day
and night a shOIt time previous to the hour
train is to pass.
Master of Chancery Brannan, of Illinois, has
filed his report with the United States District
Court on the investigation of the books, etc, of
the Illinois Midland road for the first nine
months. ID. IL. Conklin acted as receiver and
the court has ordered that the expenses of the
investigation be paid at once, BY the by, Re
ceiver COnklin is handling this property with
considerable skill. and from the business the
road Is doing, sufficient revenue is derived to
pay operating expenses and make decided i'm
prOvements to the road-bed and equipments,