The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-07-20
Local Notes.


the Wabash, now leaves that point at 1880
noon, reaching indianapolis al P. NJ, instead of
5:45 p. NJ formerly.
Fast-freight line men report increased inquiry
yesterday for cars to load with new wheat and
old corn. The frequent rains interfere with
threshing, and are unfavorably affecting traffic.
The night express train out of Indianapolis
over the Wabash, which leaves the Alabama
street depot at 7:10 P. NJ, hauls coach for the
accommodation Of passengers, as far north as Tip
ton, Ind.
Saturday next some 400 employees at the
Western Machine Works will picnic at Broad
Ripple on the Chicago & indianapolis Airline.
A special train of six coaches will be furnished
by the railroad company.
General freight agents of the east-and-west
through lines report live stock traffic as sin
very heavy, and the prospects are that II will
continue to be for some weeks, unless tile East
ern markets become oVer-stocked,
The Bee Line Company is about to lease the
grounds In the eastern part OF the city, where
their shops and round-hOu5e once stood, TO par
ties vino will build planning mill and establish
an extensive lumber yard thereon.
On Monday next, the construction work on the
Columbus, Hope & Greensburg road will be COM
menced.. THIS is practically an extension of the
vernon Greensburg branch of the Cincinnati
indianapolis, st. Louis & Chicago road.
It now fifteen months since the Union De-
pot lighted by electric lights. The thir-
teen lights not only light the depot much better
than did the gas but also ligas tho street al
each end of the depot. The cost is but S240
per month as against $3.50 for gas.
Superintendent Stevens, of the Wabash pub
fishes. in the Andrews Express, a card in which
he makes special denial of the charge that the
shops are to be removed from that place, bES
says that on the contrary their capacity will be
Increased, and that q new depot will be erected
there.
Traffic Manager Stohlman, of the Louisville
New Albany & Chicago road, states Jhat the
earnings of their system the first fifteen days of
this month 20 ahead Of the
first fifteen days OF last month, and % per cent
IN excess OF the earnings of the corresponding
Hfieen days of 1882, Business OF the Airline
division Is steadily increasing as well as that
OF the main line.
The Chicago. St Louis & Pittsburg fast train
between Chicago and Now York by way of the
Columbus, pIttshurs and the Pennsylvania rail-
road, with Pullman drawing-ro0m sleeping-cars
through to New York without change, on the fast
Eastern express. leaving Chicago at p NJ. and
arriving in New York at A. NJ, makes faster
time than is made by any line whose trains leave
Chicago at night.
The Cincinnati. Hamilton & Indianapolis and
the Indianapolis & st. Louis roads just now
making sharn drive for business between ST..
Louis and Cincinnati and other points on their
lines. Among other things TO curry favor with
shippers they transfer uncontrolled freights at
Indianapolis in less than carload lots the same
as contracted freight, without making any ad-
ditional transfer charge.
Receiver Howard, of the Danyille Olney &
Ohio river road is in a peck of trouble. The
court has au thorized him to issue receivers GER
tlf1cates to raise funds to extend the road south
ward some tblrty-twO miles, and to also rebuild
the old road and properly equip it. He has his
receivers certificates all prlnted in neat style
properly signed, yet nobody buys them. AS yet
he has not even had an offer, it is stated, for
them.
AS there is TO be general change in the man.
agement OF the passenger department of the
Vandalia and tine Pennsylvania lines at Indian
apolis, on August L, let these lines open up u re-
spectacle office in "a decent place. No lady, and
seldom auy gentleman, wants To 20 by the street.
mi arah nGU war nQt irnu aaKl and
then go into dirty room. necessarily in frel ght
depot, to get information as regards routes or
rates.
Yesterday the Indianapolis Rollin g-mill Com
pany, which owns tue Bedford & Bloomfield
read, pnJ surveying corps in the field TO locate
"A line bet Bedford and Seymour. disf ance
of thirty four miles, ana on the completion of
this survey they are instIucte to make survey
from Bedford to Madison, Ind, ny the most
feasible line, crossing the j., NJ. 81 L. road at
CrOthersville The distance from Bedford to
Madison is sixty-iive miles.
The new shops which the Chicago, st. Louis
& PiLtsburg to build ut Columbus, O., and
bids for which work are asked for in to-day 8
journal, are to be more extensive than those be-
gun Monday last at indianapolis All work
for the several divisions of the Pennsylvania
COMPANY terminating there VIII be done at
Columbus AT the Indianapolis shops all work for
the indianapolis division of the c., st. L. & r. of
the j., NJ, IL L. aud the 1. IL V. roads will be
done.