The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-06-29

The office of the Traders Dispatch will to-day
be removed from Virginia avenue to room %
Board of Trade building.
The engineers picnic at Garfield Park yester
DAY was grand success Every thing passed off
orderly, and the boys had fine time.
The JefersOnville, Madison e. Indianapolis
company is delivering 1000 tons OF iron rails to
the Indianapolis Rolling Mill Company.
The entire passenger equipments of the Indi-
ana, Bloomington d Western road are to be
subjected TO general overhauling and put in
fine condition.
The chief Of the fire department of Watertown,
N. Y, ordered a carload Of block COAL which
was forwarded by the Vandalia people yester-
day. This is the first carload of block coal sent
east of OHIO.
The Chicago ticket scalper who for few days
past mas been looking the field over at Indian
apolis, for the location of branch office, has
turned to Chicago with the opinion that this is
not healthy place for scalpers.
Officials of the Indianapolis & Vincennes road
say that their road passes through the garden
OF Indiana, and the crops, both wheat and corn,
have not looked better for years than the present
season, and heavy fall traffic is promised.
H. 8. Julien, general Western superintendent
OF the American Express Company, gives notice
that this company will continue to run messen.
gers over the Vandalia line, the programme of
turning this road over entirely 10 the Adams
Express Company on July having been dropped
for the time being.
The indianapolis division OF the Yardmasters'
lease of life, and will hold meetings monthly
hereafter. George Davids and j. L. Hicks have
been appointed a committee TO draft bylaws 90
govern the association, and the non-attendance
OF member at regular meeting Will subject
him to fine of % cents.
The Decline and the Chicago, Wabash g.
Michigan homogeneous are arranging to open a
chicago line which will be pleasant one during
the summer months. The c., W. & M. has Just
purchased two fine boats to run between
Benton Harbor, their mort hern terminus,
and Chicago, nightly. Passengers leaving Indian
ap0is at 10:40 A. NJ. reach Benton HarbOr at z P.
NJ, and there take the boat for Chicago.
AS a result of the recent deal between the
Adams, the American and the United States Ex-
press companies, the messengers of the Amerl-
can Express Company will, at an early day, do
the local business on the Decline system entire.
At present the United States Express Company
does the local business east of Indianapolis. the
American Express Company carrying only
through business between Indianapolis and
Cleveland, and to junction points.
John Macleod, general superintendent;
Messrs Sala, master of transportation; Pear
son, chief engineer and Doom, roadmaster of
system, yesterday made an inspee-
tion trip over the Chicago & Indi
Leod states tnat on a considerable portion of the
Airline division their special trains run at a
speed OF f'sy miles an hour. The track is rap
IDLY being put in good condition TO move
trains over it at a reasonable speed.
A. NJ. Stewart general livestock agent of the
Decline system, was in the city yesterday, and
movement of stock for few months to come
Mr.. Stewart has travelled within the last six
weeks extensively over Indiana, Illinois and
Kentucky, and he finds more stock to
be marketed this season than in any
season for some years past Especially,
he said, would this remark amply to Kentucky,
where they last year had big crop of corn and
a big stock of whisky left over and, as a con-
sequence, this year the corn has been fed TO beef
cattle. He thinks the shipments from Kentucky
this year will be the heaviest for fifteen years
past.