The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-06-05
Local Notes.

The directors OF the Belt road hold their regu-
lar monthly meeting to-day.
Elevator A is receiving no grain from the rail-
roads this week, being shut down for general re-
pairs.
The steel-head iron-web rails placed on the
Union tracks some eight weeks ago are failure
under the heavy traffic over them. They are
crumbling badly.
President Millard of the Indian apolis car
works, was yesterday awarded the contract to
build 800 bOx-cars for the Hoosac Tunnel line,
the cars to be thirty-fOur feet long; carrying
capacity, 100000 pounds.
The prospects that the Marion & Indianapolis
narrow-gauge road will be built are Frightening
daily. 1t is stated tnat, as the matter now
stands, the canal bank from Broad Ripple to
OHIO street eau be secured.
The efforts of the Lafayette people to break
their east-bound pool has strengthened rather
than weakened it, and to-day it is stronger and
firmer than ever before, and the trunk lines
are in a position to enforce obedience to pooling
agreements.
The gross earnings OF the Cincinnati Indian
apOlis, st. Louis & Chicago road for May were
S2O6,7 ALI, an increase OF $lO,o2S.9S over
May, 1882. The earnings from passenger serv-
ice were S6S,2166G; freight earnings, $780,
467.57; other sources, $4,000.
The management of the Midland fast-freight
line are said TO be considerably disturbed that
the Indiana, Blooming ton Il Western has allowed
the Laekawanna fast-freighU line to come onto
their system. Since the middle division of the
l., B. &S W. was opened, the Midland line has
been in clover, having no competition on the
road.
Vice president Smith. of the Indianapolis Eel
River & Southwestern road, was in the city yes
terday. He says they (the Oflicers) are not
ready to talk yet, further than TO say that mat
ters moving along very smoothly. BY the
by, Acknowledgements Hanna has become IN
terested Ia this enterprise but is not Vet suffi-
GENTLY posted TO give any information of i'm.
portance.
The indianapolis Car-works under the super
vision of T. A. Lewis, Western manager OF the
Erie fast-freight lines, have just built novel
refrigerator car, which, IL is believed, is to
eclipse anything iii this line yet built. Yester-
Jay it was iced and standing out in the sun at
the works yards, to be tested as to its range
of temperature, consumption OF ice, and all
other matters which pertain to its usefulness.
Letters by the dozens are pouring in ON the
Louisville, New Albany & Chicago railway Off
cals asking for the position of local agent of the
Chicago & Indianapolis Airline division at Indi-
annapolis. and that said officials may be relieved
the journal is asked to state that a man has
already been selected for the position, one who,
If he adopts the tactics he has used when hold
Ing railroad positions heretofore, will be q keen
rate-cutuer.
b. F. Bush, chief engineer OF the projected
Toledo, Indianapolis & st. Louis road, is in the
city. An extended mention of this enterprise
was made a few days since IN the journal. Mr..
Bush states that friends to the enterprise are
springing up all along the proposed line. Nj
merous letters Offering to aid the project finan-
cially are being received. and he says he is san
guine that it is something more than a railroad
on paper and that II will be built.