The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-07-07
Local Notes.

The Chicago, St. LOUIS & Pittsburg preferred
stock has reached ffty-sour points, and is still
advancing.
On next Tuesday connection between Peters
burg and Oakland City, on the Evansville
Straight Line (Hervey's rOadl, will be made.
The Erie & North Shore office will. in few
days, be removed from the Board of Trade
building to No. 40 West Washington street. II. B.
Smiths former headquarters.
Manager McCrea has ordered that the streets
between the two city freight depots be bowl
dered, and that the strip of ground between the
new depot and Virginia avenue be graded and
sOdded neatly
The summer exodus has commenced in earn
est, aud the northernbOund trains daily
crowded with pleasure-seekers Agent Rech, of
the uptown union ticket office reports large
sales of tickets.
Paymaster Allen. OF the l., B. & W., pays at
the shops to-day. on the st. Louis division Mon
day, Peoria division Tuesday. ohio division Wed
nesday and Thursday, Ohio Southern Friday,
and on the middle division Saturday.
The VandalIa people have reached Lake Maxim
kuckee with the tracks OF their Logansport extern
sion, and nothing further will be done until a
decision is made to the terminal point of the
road. Ballasting with gravel is now being pushed
vigorously.
Colonel William B. Tuell, president of the Terre
Haut6 & Southeastern road, announces that
next week he will have an engineer corps in tn Q
field locating the extension OF his road from
Clay Guy 10 MHFt1uRNllle, Wner0 connection
with the Martin5ville division of the o., T., st. L.
Il c. ts made.
The Decline announces excursion rates to
Portland, Me. on the following days, tickets
good on all trains, July 8, 10 and II, July 80,
81 and Aug. 1. The route from Buffalo is via
Niagara Falls, st. Lawrence river to Montreal
and the White Mountains. The fare for the
round trip IL x29.
The Indianapolis car-works have commenced
on the contract to build 300 to be put on
the Hoosac Tunnel line, as the quota OF the Chi
oago. ST. Louis & Western road. The cars are u
model bOx-car, substantial, yet light in appear
ance, thirty -four feet i'll length carrying capaei-
ty, 10000 pounds.
The earnings of the Indiana, Bloomington &
Western road for June (OhiO Southern not in
eluded) were, S21 ,579l6. BY weeks as follows:
Week ending the 9Th, $49.7S0.90; tine 18TH, $685.
905.97 the 22d, $52,414.46; the Both, $685.
460.5S Increase in June, 1883, over the cor
responding month Of 1882, S31 ,430.75.
Frank Palmer of the Wabash road, gives no.
tce that Saturday, july Ia, and each sue
ceeding Saturday, until further notice, there will
he n coach on No 80, leaving Indanapois at
2:I5 p NJ, to run through to Argos, Ind, arriv-
ing there at P NJ. Coach will leave Argos [ 8
p. NJ, Sunday, arriving at Indianapolis at 2:15 A.
NJ, on No. 80.
There was quite ripple in passenger circles
natl, Hamilton & Dayton sold ten tickets
through one Of the scalpers at cut rate for
Plttsburg and Buffalo, The tickets were fur
nished by the uptown c., II. & d. office, and
read over the C., II. Il t., the n. Y, p. & o. and
It's respective conn ectiOns for Pittsburg and
Buffalo
An official of the Indianapolis, Eel River &
Southwestern road Yesterday, IN answer to n
remark of the railroad reporter OF the journal
that thirty DAYS had passed and no dirt was
thrown vet, said: "Well, be "a little patient, and
construction work will be moving along briskly
enough" In response TO the question have you
got the money to build the road, he said: THAT
il all fixed. Our financial agent has a forfeit of
$50. 900 up that he will place the bonds fast
as the money on them is needed"