The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-04-13
Local Notes.

The express freight trains over the Bee Line
system are now making the run between Cieve-
land and st. Louis in 80 hours 10 minutes
The earnings of the Indiana Bloomington &
Western road for the week ending April were
S54,196,91i from passengers, $1s,32O.9o;
ffeiehts, $32,717.5O.
Circus managers are a good dea; disturbed
that majority of the railroads are advancing
rates from 10 to 20 per cent, compared with
their rates of transportation in former years.
The Skinner Silent Line is said to be carrying
west as we'll as east-bound business, and its
agents are Boosting of the fast time freight by
having been landed in ST. Louis in four days.
Parties have intimated to the Indiana, Bloom
ingi0n Western people that If they were de-
EirOus of unloading the l., d. & s., or st. Louis
division, they would gladly take it off their
hands. Fortunately. this division is earning a
little more than the rental and operating ex-
psRses, and the l., B. & W. people propose to
hOld Oh to 10.
Parties controlling the Kentucky Central road
are beginning to talk i'll earnest about bridging
Kentucky Central since 1t became the connect
ing link between the Chesapeake Ohio and the
Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis & Chicago has
made the matter Of crossing the Ohio river of
serious importance.
The Cincinnati, indianapolis, st. Louis e. Chi
oago Railroad Company next week put in oper-
alton at Aurora a steam shovel and propose to
heavily gravel their track between Kankakee
and TempletOn, 1tty-slX miles, and will also put
in $4,000 eross-ties Chief Engineer Morris says
IL Is proposed to make this one OF the best pieces
OF track on their SYSTEM
30 numerous have the passenger drummers
for the Indiana, Bloomington & Western and the
Lake Erie & Western become in Eastern Indiana
and Northern Ohio that they have been chris
tened the "Haymakers," and whenever one of
them strikes town in their granger garh the
citizens at once know that some OF their number
has an idea of going West.
Since the great wind and sleet storm in Febru-
airy the Western Union telegraph has rebuilt some
800 miles of their wires along railroads In Indi-
ara and Illinois, and Superintendent Wallack
ports their lines again in good shape. How
pnt In place of damaged poles, to which wires
have been strung temporarily.
Freight traffic is light over the Vandalia and
superintendent Hill Is improving the time by
getting his track order. On the main line and
I. III. d j.. division, eleven construction trains
are in service, three making fills where there
now trestles, and the other trains distributing
rails cross ties, stone ballast and gravel. Presi-
dent McKeen has contracted for forty miles OF
new steel rails, to be delivered as early as posi-
Bic.
Manager MeCrea, of the Chicago, St. Louis &
Pittsburg road and the p, G. IL St. L. lines, says
the newspapers may be right in stating that
spoilers are working on their lines, but if they
are he has no knowledge of it. He did not know
until last evening that superintendent Turner
nj the l. q ", had discharged two of his cOnduc-
tors. superintendent Miller says If spoilers
were at work on his DIVISION he would not be
apt to tell it to a newspaper man.
"Happy" H. W. Hibbard, general freight agent
OF the Vaudaa has received the following no.
tice from Commissioner Fink, under date of
April 10: "Mr. Adams desires me to notify the
st. Louis roads that he has reached a conclusion
in re. St. Louis live stock division, but before
announcing IL he would like to inform himself
further on the spot, and If the parties are will
pleased to meet them at ST. Louis on the 10th
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