The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-21
Local Notes,

The earnings of the Indiana, Bloomington &
Western road the second week of September
were $63, 1869.
Engineers the Bee Line are paid on the
mileage basis, and several OF them made $3.50
for their August pay, and two reached $158.
The passenger earnings of the l., B. & W. the
second week of September show increase of
81, 243. so over the corresponding week OF 1882.
The Kentucky Central road in August earned
S102,32O, an increase of 1924 over earnings
the corresponding month 1882. President
ingalls, talks quite bulish as regards this prop
ertY.
Representatives of the fast-freight lines at
this point yesterday were notified that the
regular monthly meeting of the fast-freight
lines will be held In Rochester next Wednesday
and Thursday
The improvements in the approaches to the
bridge over the Wabash near Terre Haute on the
indianapolis & ST. Louis road are completed,
and the water must rise several feet higher
than it ever has TO give them trouble at that
point
General managers and officials of the roads
interested in the trunk-lint pool Yesterday were
notified by a circular from Commissioner Fink
of a meftlng of the JOINT executive committee of
passenger agents or Eastern trunk lines to be
held in New York Sept. 20.
A party Interested in the Terre Haute belt
road says the statement that the project had
been dropped is incorrect. The enterprise is
only temporarily blocked by litigation. and the
question pending will come up for hearing be-
fore Judge Taylor, of the Marion county Super
ior Court, on Wednesday next.
C. ]. Hepburn, general superintendent; William
Ramsey, ir., chief engineer, and A. Griggs,
general master of trains, and Buckmaster,
master of trains on the g., H. Il I. division, were
in the city yesterday looking over terminal IA
cities, and propose to make other improve
ments which have not been mentioned hereto
fore.
A new system has been inaugurated on the
Wabash main line, which the Pennsylvania and
Vandalla homogeneous would 90 well TO nau-
gurate with the fas email trains their lines.
Wabash trains ara run in two sections, the first
section, with the through sleeperS, running on
regular schedule time, ana the second section
following up and waiting at all connecting
points for other trains.
The Cincinnati, Hamilton & DAYTON people
claim that were the Wabash to build link be-
tween Louisville and Indianapolis ten miles
shorter than the j., NJ. IL l., the c., Fl. 81 d, in
connection with The Louisville, Cincinnati a.
Lexington Short-line would sui have the short
est route between Louisville and Toledo the H..
@. & L being 10 miles in length, the c. H. &
d. 202 making 312, while the Wabash line
would be 335 miles long
It 1s.stated that C. g. Waite, ce-prpsient and
general manager of the Cincinnati, Hamilton &
DAYTON lines, is anxious to put on through
trains to Chicago via Indianapolis that he has
proposed to close their outside office at Indiana
polls and dron the pending litigation, providing
the Union Railway Company will make room
for trains of the Chicago & Indianapolis Air
line, which would enable the two roads then to
put on their through TRAINS
Master Mechanic Lane, of the Bee Line shops
at BFlghtwOod, yesterday turned out new
mogu engine which is said to be the most COM
plete freight engine of this class Vet built in the
West The engine has Is by 24-inch cylinders
driving wheel 80 inches in diameter, steel ex-
tension boiler, complete Newett ash-pan
wrOught-iron tender frame, tank with a capac.
ity TO carry 5000 gallons of water. il equipped
with the Westinghouse ar-driver brakes. and is
said to be finely proportional.