The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-11-20

that tioketscalplng is confined TO the parties
known scalpers are badly off. There are pas
senger men who are outscalplng the legitimate
operators.
There are now nine parlor cars in service on
the Cincinnati. Indianapolis, S.. Louis e. Chi-
cago road. Six of the number are model coaches
in every respect, and are NOS surpassed by
coaches of this class run ON any road In TINS
country.
The freight locomotive power of the Cincin.
matt, Hamilton e. indianapolis road is to be in
eased soon by two first-cass mogul en-
eines shipped from the Grant Locomotive Works
last week. The business OF the Indianapolis
division has suffered the last sixty days tor
want of power TO move 1t promptly.
H. W. Hubbard, general freight agent of the
Vandaiia, will in few days again call on
Commissioners Fink and renew his efforts
to bring about an increase in per cent
OF the Vandal,a In tne east;oounu I'VE I'VE
pushing the matter. AS all are charging the same
rate to Eastern markets, shippers are seeking
the route which furnishes the best RESTING and
feeding accommodations and makes the quickest
time.
People who are posted in the matter believe
that the Vandalia northern extension, when
COMP leted to South Bend, will be handsome
paying division of the Vandalia at the very out
set The lumber and coal traffic which will
naturally pass over the road will yield revenue
sufficient to pay operating expenses and the in
terest on the money invested in its construction:
Its coal traffic Will be enormous, as the road Will
open up several manufacturing towns to d.
rect line with the Clay county coal fields. Block
COAL it is said, can be landed at Plymouth, South
Bend and points in Michigan at such rate
will likely bring it into general use at these
manufacturing towns
Citizens of Plymouth, Ind. are watching with
great interest the completion of the northern
extension of the Vandalia to that point. The
graders were, Saturday last within the cor
porate limits of Plymouth. The Vandalia has
promised the business men of Plymouth that
they Will run trains to make good connections,
both north and southwark, with the Chicago,
ST. Louis & Pittsburg for indianapolis via LO-
ganspOrt and Kokomo. A Plymouth paper says
a person can take the fast trains east over the
Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago road, spend
night in New York, and return to Plymouth as
quick as a man can go to Indianapolis over tho
Wabash as trains are now run, and transact
days business and return. Or, in other words,
"a Plymouth business man must give most of
three days and two nights to make trip to In
dianapolis and transact any business.
Business men OF Laporte are pressing The man.
agement Of the Chicago & West Michigan road
TO arrange with the Chicago IL Indianapolis Air
line people to haul q thrOugh-cOach between La
fayette and Indianapolis They promise to
patrouize the route both for passenger and
freight business, literally, providing such
annapolis, over the q. & I. Airline, on the train
leaving at noon, excellent time is made through
a connection with the Lake Shore road, at Otis,
but southwest the connection Is not so salts
factory. The fact that business men at all i'm
portant towns on the Michigan City di vision of
the Wabash road are seeking any route many
going by Chicago to Indianapolis so much more
convenient are the hours, should convince the
Wabash people that an early change in The rum
ming time of trains on that division is for their
interest as well as that of the travelling public.