The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-27

The Louisville, New Albany g. Chicago began
yesterday to run their trains into Louisville.
The largest tonnage of freight shipped in 1882
from any local station of the Bee Liue between
Indianapolis and Cleveland was forwarded from
Union.
The Cincinnati, Indianapolis. St. Louis G. Chi
cago company have so far repaired their road
bed between Lawrenceburg Junction and Law
Eence5urg that trains will resume their regular
trips to-day.
The Jacksonville, Madison & indianapolis has
repaired the ugly breaks in their road between
New Albany and Jacksonville, and again
running their trains regularly between New AL
bany ana Louisville, KY.
The threatened strike of the Clay county min
ers has greatly increased the shipments of block
coal over all lines carrying this business the
east-bound movement over the Terre Haute d
Indianapolis road reaching an average of one
hundred cars per day.
Steel rails will soon come into dsreputeif the
quality s deteriOrated as it has been by some of
the rOing-nlls of this country in the Last few
years In the Union tracks there some rails
that have been in the track hut two years
which show more wear than they should, if made
of good material, after ten years service.
Dealers in railroad supplies at this point state
thar their sales for this month will run eonsd-
erably ahead of those in February, 1882, and
inquiries indicate that the coming months they
10 be full of business. Emely & Co.
cevng large orders from Georgia, Texas and
Florida roads. The polling-mill officers, as well.
report increasing inquiry for rails and better
prices in prospect
The iron-clad agreement entered into between
the roads at the New York meeting last week
has alarmed the keenesi rate-cutters of the fast
freight lines, and yesterday they did not even
1nsinuate that any line is cutting rate, as they
usually do TO shield themselves. How long the
scare will last remains to be seen, but with the
loss nf position staring agent in the face he
will he apt to hold rates.
Several Southern newspapers, the New Or
leans Pieayune being of the number, have com
menced publishing daily railway department..
There are now some one hundred and twenty
five newspapers in this country which make a
special feature of railroad news, and the number
Is steadily increasing, and to the Indianapolis
journal belongs the credit of having introduced
this DOpular feature of daily newspaper.
Although the Wabash will, March 1, cease to
Dill freight to Grand Trunk points on Great
Eastern lne' bills, they will take freight for
points on the Grand Trunk TO Detroit on local
bills, where they will be rebilled through
rates. Possibly this is n little scheme to do
some short billing, as has been done of late by
roads running to Toledo and Cleveland, and IN
this manner through rates have been indirectly
cut.
The superintendents and chief engineers Of the
Cincinnati, Indianapolis, st. Louis e. Chicago of
the Bee Line and of the Cincinnati, Washin gton
d Baltimore roads, all of which run their trains
into TIE Plum-street Depot Cincinnati, with the
board of commissioners of insecure buildings OF
That city, have made careful examination of
the Plum-street passenger depot, and express
she opinion that it was not damaged in the least
by the recent flood
William jackson, secretary OF the Union Rail-
way Company, who some forty years ago
secretary of the Madison & indianapolis, uses on
his desk as a paper weight piece of iron rail
which was in the track of the NJ. & l. NOW the J.,
NJ. d IL forty-three years. The rail was made IN
England and although laid in the main track
and weighing only forty pounds to the yard, the
rail does not show so much wear do steel
rails one of the Indianapolis roads that have
been in the track three years.
One of the things which has helped TO break
down the rail mills in the West Is that they have
Svapped too many rails for bonds The Indiap-
oils Rolling-mill Company has pulled through he
oause it had men at the head of affairs who
know now to squeeze through tight places. The
company still has on hand several hundred thou
sand dollars worth of bnnds they would gladly
dispose of some of them ~ a good deal under
par. When a capitalist or roliing-mil company
sells ducks and brakes they take ducks and
brakes for pay, but they can't afford to do it
when they sell rails