The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-01-08


The New York Central is now hauling 5000
daily eastward out of Buffalo, if the talk is
that business is falling off with the trunk lines.
Rapid progress is reported in the New York.
Buffalo & West Shore. The recent sale of bonds
gives the company plenty of money to push the
work
The earnings OF the New York Central and
Hudson River Railroad Company during 1882
show a deficiency compared with the previous
year, after paying per cent. dividends and
taxes, of 81, 401 500.
The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western is be-
coming one of the most important coal roads in
the country. Its shipments in 1882 reached d,
10000 TONS 100000 more than in 1881. With
the extension of the company's road from Bing
hamton to Buffalo, and the widening of the
Western market owing to the great domestic de-
mand occaslGDed by colonization, the company
expect to do an increased business next year.
A COMPROMISE IN PROSPECT
telegram was received last evening stating
that President Roberts, of the Pennsylvania
system, and Fl. J. Jewett, president of the Erie
system, would be in attendance at the meeting of
Wednesday next, and the railroad official who re-
ceived the telegram expresses the belief that,
with the meeting of these two officials the
troubles between the Union railway and C., H.
G. d. companies Will be compromised.
THE OUTSIDE TICKET OFFICES TO BE AGAIN
OPENED.
The journal has the authority of NJ. E. Ingalls,
president of the Cincinnati, indianapolis, ST.
Louis g. Chicago road for stating that the out
side ticket Office of the company, closed Dec 1,
would be reopened before the close of this week.
Indiana, Bloomington a. Western, that tickets
onld be placed on sale at their outside Office
IN their several lines of tickets can be fitted
probably as early as Tuesday.
KENTUCKY CENTRAL COMING OUT FINELY.
party largely interested financially in the
tral rlrad
'esentative, Saturday, that the stockholders
I'D not for a moment listen to NJ. L. Ingalls,
ring from the presidency of the company at
annual meeting. Matters were not in a shane
could spare his valuable services. The
iual meeting occurs Jan. %. and
,oas annual in report %tr viii show Noo an
increase would have been much larger had
10 roadbed the first six months of 1882 and it's
duipinents been in shape to handle the bust
less offered. Last year 5000 tons of steel rails
were laid on the main line and 200, 900 new cross
ties put in; The main line is now laid It's entire
length with steel rails, and 5000 tons have been
purchased to lay the Maysville division
with steel rail. Work on the extension from
Paris TO Livingston is being pushed vigorously;
steel rail is on the ground for the track, and the
bridge over the Kentucky river completed
last week The Louisville Il Nashville is still
operating the Richmond branch of the Kentucky
Central, it being tive-foot gauge. The gauge
however, ia to be changed to standard gauge in
the early spring Tho feeling, however, ia that
the Kentucky Central system never can be de-
veloped until the Ohio river is bridged and con-
nections made with the roads on the Cincinnati
side.
AN IMPORTANT MEETING WEDNESDAY NEXT
Vce-president Mccullough, of the Pennsylva-
mia; General Manager McCrea aud the several
superintendents of the Pitusburg. Cincinnati &
st. Louis lines; william R. McKeen ana superin-
tendent Hill, of the Vandalia; M E. ingalls,,
president Of the Cincinnati, indianapolis st.
a I u
dent, and Il. b. Thomas, general manager Of the
Bee Line system, are billed to be
hero on Wednesday next, to meet
enc architects and decide upon