The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-07-21

The several express companies are doing an
immense business for July. Their daily receipts
were never larger at a corresponding period than
now.
General Ticket Agent DonOugh, of the Union
Railway Company, reports that tourist travel is
this season remarkably equally divided between
eastern and northwestern pleasure resorts.
Cresson Heights, Cape May and Martha's Vine
yard are drawing large per cent. or the tour
lists who go east.
The Springfield & ST. Louis Railroad Company
Is negotiating with the Indianapolis Rolling
mill Company for 1000 tons of iron rails. Work
on this enterprise ia moving slow, it is stated
from the fact that the parties who were to
furnish the money to build the road not liv-
ing up to their agreement with the projectors.
The attorneys of the Union Railway Company
have hled an application with the clerk OF the
Indiana Supreme Court asking that the suit
pending between the Union Railway Company
and the Cincinnati, Hamilton 81 Indianapolis
company might be advanced on the Docket and
the attorneys hope to get hearing in the case
on the converting OF the Supreme Court In Sep
TENDER.
An official of the Chicago & Indianapolis Air
line states that the company is deferring the
putting on OF addition trains, which will run
through To Chicago, with the hope that with the
taking hold of " L. Malott as general manager
some plan can be agreed upon by which their
trains shall arrive and depart at the Union
Depot, whether there is an early reorganization
of the Union Railway Company or not.
Thirty miles of the Cincinnati, indianapolis
st. Louis ~ Chicago road, between Sheldon and
Kankakee, has, within the Last sixty days, been
several low places tho track has been
raised eighteen inches to two feet.
Chief Engineer Morris, who yesterday came
over this piece of track, says 1t now equals the
best of the track on the eastern division.
V. I. MaloIt, vioe-presdent and general man
ager of che Union Railway Company and Bet
road, has rented as office the room on North
Meridian street in the rear of the Indiana Ma
tional Bank. The room at the Union Depot oc-
cupied by Superintendent WhitcOmb and Treas
urer jackson was too public for an office for
Manager Malott, who will have his office con-
nected with the Union Depot by telephone.
Indianapolis coal dealers are now receiving
anthracite coal over five roads Two years ago
but two roads handled the business. The Trad
ers' Dispatch which operates over the Nickel
plate. is now bringing in coal here the Gin
cinnati, Hamilton & Indianapolis, and also over
the Wabash road. Then the Indiana, Blooming
ton e. Western. with its Midland line, is rolling
anthracite coal in here, and the old lines, the Bee
line and the C., st. l., d p
The Cincinnati, Wabash & Michigan, which is
really an Indianapolis road although running
their trains in here from Anderson ovsr the Bee
line, ia not fully appreciated by IndianapOlltans
as a route to northern Indiana and most Michi-
gan points as we'll as TO the towns on the c., W.
NJ. road. In fact, Grand Rapids, Grand Haven
Muskegon, Kalamazoo and cities and towns in
that vicinity can he reached quicker by this than
by any other route and it is a pleasant route to
Chicago, going by boat from Benton HarbOr, and
as good time is made to Detroit as that made by
competitors.
The outside ticket office of the Cincinnati,
Hamilton e. Indiana uolis Company is a bonanza
for the ticket brokers and Scalpers. For i'll
stance, one or the brokers buys block of 100
tickets, or so tickets, as he DESIRE at So per
tckef, from Indianapolis to Cincinnati, cells
them at So %, and the passengeris then twenty
five cents ahead of the regular rate. This is
ON unlimited tickets. On limited tickets
the broker scalper does still
better as ne gets limited at $3.50 per ticket.
The latter he buys when he has ample time TO
send to the O., II. & 1. office for one. The I'M
limited tickets the scHlpers buy they stamp
special, claiming that they buy IL at special
rate, thus evading the Indiana law. Not only
do the scalpers buy largely for Cincinnati at the
c., H. & !. nifice hut for other points WELL
having sold i'll the last thirty days sixty -four
tickets for Pittsburg, Pa, Reading via c., H. IS
l. N. Y, p. g. o. and p. & j..