The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-10-24
Local Notes.

Now the switchmen's strike at st. Louis has
lost Its effect. The strikers on the Vandalia say
they did not want to go into the strike, but were
compelled so to do.
Colonel Bennett Young, president of the
Louisville, New Albany & Chicago road, has con-
tracted for ten frst-class locomotives, to be de-
livered within the next ninety days.
The stock of the Louisville, New Albany &
Chicago road has gone up seven points since the
pooling agreement was entered into, and the
prospects are that good rates are to be main
tanned.
Freight traffic is improving SO handsomely
with the Cincinnati, Hamilton e. Indianapolis
road, that yesterday Mr.. Mounts, MASTER of
transportation, asked that three more engines
be transferred from the main line to the C., II. 4
1. division.
Paymaster Sheldon. of the Decline system,
pays on the indianapolis division of the Decline
to-day, on the eastern division of the Indian
aaolis Il st. Louis on Thursday, on the western
division on Friday, and at the st. Louis terminus
on Saturday.
On Sunday next, trains Nos. 8 and % on the
Cincinnati, Indianapolis, st. Louis IL Chicago
road, the former leaving Indianapolis at 4:30 A.
M, and No. 90 arriving at 10:40 p. M, come off
for the winter months, as intimate they would
some two weeks ago i'll the Journal.
General freight agents say that were an ad-
vance In east-bOund grain rates ordered within
the next few days it would not surprise them.
Navigation of the lakes practically closes Nov.
l, the rate of insurance going TO such ii figure as
not to leave any profit to the owners of the lake
craft.
The arrangements of the several roads which
were affected by the switchmen's strike at st.
Louis, have resolved not to re-emplOy any of the
Striking swltchmen. colonel Hill, superlntend-
ent of the Vandaiia, yesterday telegraphed con-
nections that ave are taking all the freight that
is offered, and the yards are clear"
The Indianapolis Railway Detectives Associa-
ton is, apparently. in a sickly condition. John
Evan, president, has resigned, and has given
notice that the Bee-line and Indianapolis & st.
Louis road would, on Nov. l, drop its member
ship. This leaves only the Pennsylvania lines
and C., l., st. L. & c. IN the association.
The Vandalia people, last Sunday, put in their
crossing over the Nickel-plate, and they will put
I'D a Y at that point to accommodate the inter
change of traffic. The track Will now be pushed
ON to Yellow river, where there will be a delay
until Nov. 5, at which time the bridge is CON
tracted to be done. The river ia not over 100
feet wide. hut there are bad emhankInents on
each side, and two extra spans will he put in TO
avoid them, making the bridge about 100 feet
long.
The coaches for the new through train to be
put on over the Cincinnati, Indianapolis, st.
Louis ~ Chicago road. two of them. arrived yes
terdav. Unfortunately, two of four coaches
shipped from Dayton Over the Bee-line were
struck on one side, by a freight car too near the
track, and the mOldiug the enJlre length of each
coach was ripped off and several of the large,
French-glass windows broken. superintendent
Sherwood now fears that they Will not be able to
get these trains on NOV. l, as per programme.
TIE inspection party of the lines of the Penn
sylvania company west of Pittsburg yesterday
inspected from DennIson to Columbus, and run
to Cincinnati; on Wednesday they go from Ctncln-
maui 10 Columbus; on thursday, ColulnhllS TO
BradrOd; on Friday, Bradford to LogrnspOrt; on
Saturday. LOgansport to Chicago. The lime for
Inspection of the lines in the third ana aud fourth
divisions Will be arranged by the officers in
charge. Manager McCrea offers prizes in the SUN
OF $50 and 300 each to supervisors on each su-
perlntendeuts division for best rOAd-bed.
In regard to the proposed change from guar
anteed STOCK TO betterment 7 per cent. bonds of
the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne 81 chicago road, 1t is
stated that the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
has put hetterments in the road and spent over
$4,000, 900 on it and has received special guar
anteed stock and bound itself to pay z per cent,
whether the directors Of Fort WAYNE pay it or
not. Nearly all the STOCK issued ia retained in
the treasury of the Pennsylvania company, lit.
tie more than a million being outside, as stock
holders were forced to realize in 1873 and 1874.
The Wabash people conld, without increasing
their AK expenses, largely increase their passenger
traffic on the Michigan City division by chang
ing the running time OF their through trains.
Under the present tiue-schedule, Michigan City,
LapOrte and Plymouth travel leaves for Indian
apolis between IL A. NJ. and 2 p. M, and reaches
Indianapolis at $40 P. NJ. There passengers must
stay over the next day to transact any business,
leave Indianapolis the third morning and reach
home in the early afternoon. Now, were the
one train run through to leave Michigan City
in the early morning, business men between
that point and Peru would reach here by noon,
or early afternoon, transact their business and
return the next morning.