The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-07-25


An old passeng ger man says that the business
of the cyclone express over the vandaiis could
be Increased Is to 20 per cent. were a chair car
hauled on it from st, Louis to Indianapolis.
Superintendent Evan has decided to put a
stop to boys jumping trains and riding be-
tween BrightwoOd and the Union Depot, and
hereafter tire Union railway detective will ar
rest all boys riding on the platform.
The Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton will this
week get twenIy-One miles of their track be-
tween Cincinnati and Hamilton in shape to run
trains over it regularly, the other fur miles viii
be completed within thirty days at furthest
The Cleveland rollinR.mill, on Monday. dev-
cred the last of 5000 tens of steel rails which
were contracted 10 be delivered Ivy August !, to
the Indianapolis & ST. Louis road, Four Thousand
tons yet to be delivered this year, the CON
tract calling for 10000 tons
The Decline is now transporting live stock
from East ST. Louis Buffalo in forty -four hours.
In the days of Old Johnny Br0ugh, forty-eight
hours was considered good time from Indianapo-
lis to Buffalo with live stock, 262 miles less dis
tance than 1t Is now haued in forty four hours
Friends of the Wabash system say that the
Wabash proper will, in a few weeks, come out ali
right, when Jay GOuld's southwestern lines be-
gin to feed it. Gould says the question in bis
mind now is: ''What will be done with the sur
plus crops OF the SouthweRtf The railroads will
be taxed to the utmost to move the cereals"
1t Is stated that the Union Railroad Company
is to revive the cid order that no baggage shall
be checked on a ticket sold by scaiper. On
this rumor the scalpers are climbing up onto
the anxious seat, as before when enforced It
was sometimes annoying, yet under the present
limited ticket sy stem a large per cent of their
sales are to parties who make short trips and
have no baggage.
President Jones, of the Indianapolis Rolling
mill Company, states that they find that the ne W
steeraii mill was more seriously damaged by
the cyclone of July than at first supposed. 1t
was thought that $500 would make ali repairs
to building and machinery. and the work of re-
pairing has now gone far as to demonstrate
the fact that it win cost 81 GOO, more to re-
pair the mill and machinery.
The continued light movement of grain east
ward is daily making converts among freight
men to the belief that IL would be wise to redu
eastbound rates to the basis OF FIVE cents per
100 pounds from Chicago TO New York. IL il
claimed that with such a reduction, at present
prices wheat and corn would move more brisk
Iy. The probabilities are, however, that were
rates dropped the grain market would decline IN
the same proportion.
Watermelon traffic increases with north and
south lines. The Cincinnati, Indianapolis, st.
Louis & Chicago road Is receiving from the Ciu-
cinnati Southern, and over their Louisville
eight of which stop at Indianapolis, aud the re-
mainder go on to Chicago, and the movement of
this grumpy fruit over the Jacksonville. Mad1-
son e Indianapolis, and Chicago, st. Louis &
Pittsburg, Ia fully as heavy as over the c., st.
l.. & c. lines.
The Wabash road have placed on their day
trains an elegantly appointed d1ningcar, run
ning between Fort Wayne and Philo. Ill, pro-
viding breakfast and dinner to wesb-bouLd pas
sengers, and dinner and supper to travellers
bound eastward. The bill OF fare is elaborate,
and charges seventy-ive cents a meRl-mOder-
ate wnen it is considered that abundant time Is
given, and the oid-time annoyance OF eating
watch in hand is avoided. The Bee-line was
first to adopt this method of feeding their pas
sengers, and IL Is dong much TO make their lip Q
popular with the travelling public.