The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-06-28
Local Notes.

The Bee Line people give notice that they are
again running their trains into st. Louis and re-
ceiving all classes of freight for that point.
The indianapolis stell-rail Rolling mill Com
pany are about to close the first contract to
furnish steel rails at a figure which will justify
them in purchasing blooms and putting the mill
into operation.
The Richmond branch of the Kentucky Cen
trail road Is to be changed on Sunday from a
broad to standard guage road. Not narrow guage
TO tandard-guage as a slip of the pencil made
the Journal say yesterday morning.
The Pennsylvania railroad company is now
running open observation cars on all express
trains between Cresson and Altoona, thereby
admitting of unobstrueted view of the grand
scenery between these points, including the IA
nous Horseshoe curve. .a IT. are
P. T.. Bartlett, travelling freight agent Of the
Wabash system Is in the city. He expresses the
opinion that If the complaints of discrimination
against indianapolis as regards freight ratesi is
properly laid before j. NJ. Osborn, who is prae-
tcally general freight agent of the indianapolis
DIVISION, ne VIII do what Is right IN the matter.
The reOrganized Terre Haute pool on east
bound business has been in operation NEARLY a
month. and agents of the roads which compose
it report matters TO be moving along smoothly.
The per cents W hlch each road shall be allotted
is still In the hands of the committee, who are
basing them on the tonnage each road earned in
1882.
General Manager Kennedy, of the Bedford &
Bloomfield road, is in the city. He reports the
little ~rrow-gauge as dong a fair business.
OF stone from the QuarrleS are large,
twelve carloads being loaded daily on a con-
tract TO furnish l 900 carloads for the abut-
ment on which the Henderson, KY. bridge, over
the Ohio river, is TO rest.
H. Moore, the champion right-of-way solicitor,
who secured the right of way for the Chicago
& Indianapolis Airline, has been put at work in
the southern part of the State by the Crawford
syndicate to secure the right of way for an ex-
tension OF the Chicago d Great Southern road to
the Ohio river. There is now but little doubt
the road will be extended to a river point.
There is a rumOr to the effect that the Cleve-
land, Columbus, Cincinnati d indianapolis will
pay ii 3 per cent. dividend In August. The be-
lief is general that this road has q good future.
The last two years the company has spent large
sums of money in improving roadbed and equip
ments, and is still disbursing it liberally on the I.
q st. L., but with these improvements completed
prosperity will undoubtedly follow.
Colonel Joseph Hill, superintendent Of the
Vandalia, authorizes the Journal 10 notify all in
terested thar, Notwithstanding the very high
water in the Mississippi river and the flooding
of the American bottom land, the Vandalia has
not suffered any Inconvenience, and is in no
danger of having its traffic Interrupted. The
line ia still two feet above water. The manner
the Vandalia has gone through this great food
of the Mississippi river is highly creditahle to the
engineering skill of Colonel Hill. Formerly
waters of half the present volume brought the
Vandalia to a standstin.