The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-01
Local Notes.

In the year 1882 the Pittsburg, Cincinnati &
st. LO1is forwarded east from this point 1912
carloads of live stock
The Indiana. Bloomington & Western is doing
very handsome Toledo business. They reach
Toledo over the Lake Erie & Wheeling road.
The Bee Line management have contracted
for 900 tons of steel rails to be delivered to the
l., & ST. L., division this year at the rate of l.
900 tons every sixty days.
R. D. Stevens & Co. have thrown up the con-
tract to furnish the timber for the bridges on
the vandalia extension north, and H. Ganter
has the contract and agrees to furnish the tim
Der within sixty days.
Superintendent Wilson, of the Indiana, Bloom
Ing & Western system, reports freight traffic
heavy on all divisions, all their freight locOmO-
Jives being in service, using the twenty-four
Consol engines for the first time since they were
received.
Roadmaster Henry, of the Indianapolis & st..
L0nis road, has instructed his section bosses to
employ two night trarkwalkers to each section
while the winter-like weather lasts. AS vet the
conlpany has had no delay or accident from
broken rails.
The management of the Vandalia line have
purchased, recently, 10000 tons of steel rails
FROM the Edgar Thomson Steel works, to he de-
hvered between March and Aug. l. The rails
will be used on the western division OF the Van
dalia and the extension of the road north from
Logansport. The contract price is little less
than SAP per ton at mill.
The Indianapolis Steel-rafl Mill COMPANY yes
terday were offered contract to furnish the
Springfield & st. Louis road with 10000 tons of
rails Ii the railroad company will pay fair
price for these rails, the Rollingmil Company
will at once arrange for starting the mill, which
lis now so near completed that in month, or less
possibly. they could begin operations.
The PIttsbnrg. Cincinnati & st. Louis manage
ment have decided to put on suburban trains In
the early spring between indianapolis, Irving
ton, Cumberland, Greenfield, and as far east as
Knightstown, a train leaving Knishtstown early
In the morning and returning late in the even
ing. As far east as Greenuld three trains will be
run, and to IrvingtOn six or eight, daily. Super
intendent Miller hardly expects they will pay
the first year, but that they will in time become
paying trains he is quite confident
A railroad man, who keeps well up with the
times IN railroad matters, last evening remarked
TO Journal representative: "Dont you be sur
priscd to hear, within the next sixty dayt, that
the Indiana, Bloomington & Western has been
scoOped in by either the Baltimore & Ohio or the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Com
pany. The B. & o. are nibbling to get control
of it, while the c., B. & Q are quietly working
to get hold of the property, and, as the B. & O.
are usually slow in their movements, the c., B.
q Q. are the most likely to secure it."
Notwithstanding the denial of the manage
ment OF the Louisville, New Albany & Chicago
that parties figuring to get control of the
property and of the Chicago IL Indianapolis Air
Line we'll, il Is true and the delay in opening
the Air Line Is oeeHsioned thereby An official
OF the L., N. A. & C. high i'll authority, when
pressed to state the time when the G. 81 l. Air
Line would be opened for business, answered
not until proposition sent to eastern parties is
answered. and 1t is well understood that Jay
Gould and his friends are in the syndicate to
which the proposition was sent.
President Devereux, of the Indianapolis & St.
Louis road, has mis- annual statement to present
to the stockholders nearly ready, and the affairs
OF the old company are being wound up as
rapidly possible. The chief delay is in the set
Elements with other roads, the most amusin q
feature of which is that where a road is shown
to be indebted to the I. & st. Louis said road is
pushed for settlement, while in case the l. & St.
l.. IL indebted to road, little attention is given
the matter-ths is causing considerable growl-
ing on the part of the roads which are creditors.
The Importance of these settlements is shown !
the fact that there are some $50 roads which
have accounts with the 1. & st. l.. Company.
In the year 1882 the indianapolis, Blooming
ton & Western road brought into Indiana polls
from the West 1875 carloads of grain, in
months as follows: