The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-10-03

AOC1A ANObC6s
The indianapolis Car Works have this week
begun to turn out fifteen new cars per day.
The Pennsylvania limited express train, on
Monday, ran from Fort Wayne to Chicsg o, $50
miles, In 100 minutes.
The Jetfersonville, Madison & Indianapolis
company is greatly improving it's terminal ia
cIlitles at New Albany.
The stock of the Louisville, New Albany &
Chicago road has gone oil twelve points since
the passenger rate war WAS inaugurated.
The city officers of Chicago, including alder
men and counellmen, last night were givena free
ride to Louisville over she l.. n. A. IL G. road.
The Greenshurg, Hone & Columbus road was
opened TO traffic yesterday as far as Hope by the
carrying OF a party of 1872 excursionists to Gin
clnnati.
The indianapolis & st. Louis road, yesterday,
carried into 81. Louis 1870 passengers who had
been gathered up at points on the Bee-line sys-
tenn east of Indianapolis.
Express men say that their business for Sep
tember was 10 to Is per cent. heavier this year
than in any year since express companies occu-
pied so important a field In transportation
service.
The general freight agents of Indianapolis
lines have been notified by the Illinois Central
people that, in consequence of the low stage of
wafer, they must for the present decline to re-
ceive freieh for points on the upper Mississippi
river via East Dubuque.
Paymaster Shepherd, of the Wabash system,
telegraphs that he will pay for August service
on the Indianapolis division on Friday, the 18th.
L MS II ullttn udyS GhTlleE Luan he mas palu
since the wabash took control of the property.
Another such break would bring the Wabash
pay-car round as prompt as on most other In
dianapOlis lines. superintendent Stevens is
anxious that the employees should be paid
promptly, and is making an earnest effort in
that direction.
1t is stated that the Wabash management is
again negotiating with the Pennsylvania people
for a traffic arrangement by which the through
business of the Cairo &Vincennes road can be car
ried over the Indianapolis d Vincennes to con-
meet W 18th the Wabash at Indianapolis. Such an
arrangement would largely increase the traffic
over the I. & ". and the Wabash between In
dianapolis and Peru, and would give a much
more direct route tn forward the business of the
q. & v. eastward than its present one.
The Chicago & Indianapolis Airline is doing "a
passenger business out of indianapolis which
will trouble some of the Older roads to discount.
days ending Oct l, at the Alabsma-sIreet depot,
amounted to $5,604. In days, as follows: Tues
day, Sept. %, 1868; Wednesday,, 26th, SGS1;
Thursday, 27Th, 1906; Friday, 28th, $685.; Sat
urday, 29th, $l,252; Monday, Oct. 1, 81, no.. In
this statement IS included sales of tickets to local
points, as well as those to Chicago at the 81
rate.
Freight men report the watermelon season over
for shis year, the last shipment being received
yesterday. The Cincinnati, Ind~lanapOlIs,S st. Louis
81 Chicago, the Jacksonville, Madison & Indian
apOlis, and the Vandalla have brought in over
5000 carloads this season. indianapolis has
been a distributing point for these melons, and
this class of traffic, which began late in May,
has proved a more important one than In any
former year. The first shipments were from
Georgia, then Tennessee, then Kentucky, ana
then from southern Indiana and Illinois, and
within the last few days several carloads have
been shipped In from northern Illinois.