The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-08
Miscellaneous Notes.

The Cincinnati, Green River & Nashville will
throw a bridge over the Cumberland river at
Nashville at a cost of $500, 900,
Roads running from southern Kansas to points
south and southeast have decided to restore
rates disorganized since Jan. 10.
The Colorado Northern, Utah & Pacific have
at last settled the outstanding difficulties and
consolidated the interests of the roads.
The Long Island Railroad Company has de-
clared a quarterly dividend of l per cent, pay
able at the Corbin Banking Company May l.
The coke and coal poolformed by the Pennsyl-
port 81 Youghiogheny railroads has been dis
solved.
St Paul earnings for March were, as was ex-
pected, less than the phenomenal earnings of
March, 1883, and 1927, 44O in excess of those of
March, 1882.
The Erie has given notice of a cut in coal
rates from $3.50 to 81. Is to shippers along the
Allegheny valley, New York. This is regarded
as the first blow at the Rochester & Pittsburg.
The citizens of Dallas, Tex, are offering large
subsidies for railroad extensions to neighboring
cities, and have appointed a committee to confer
with the Denver & New Orleans and Gulf,
Colorado & Santa Fe.
Work on the Vanderbilt South Pennsyl-
vania road from Harrisburg to Pittsburg is 60
ing on rapidly. About 2, 800 men are employed
on the line, mainly at great tunnels. 1t is said
that the road may be completed in two years.
The Bankers and Merchants Telegraph Com
pany during the last seven months have built
and obtained 1000 miles of pole line, represent
ing a total wire mileage of 1000 miles. In the
mex sixty days they will have 10, 1000 miles of pole
line and 100, 600 miles of wire.
The present feverish condition of the stock
market, says the New York Post, admonishes
railroad officials to be careful in handling the
property under their control. as those who own
it are not in a temper to have the value of their
shares deprecated to crafty the whims of the
officials to whom they intrust its management.
Owing to the closing of the line operated by
the Wabash in connection with the Baltimore e.
Ohio and Grand Trunk railways, known as the
Niagara Falls Short line, all divisions to and
from Chicago via the Erie & North Shore Dis
patch are Cancelled. Agents are instructed to
contract and bill future shipments for Chicago
via Commercial Express line.
AT a number of points along the line of the
Baltimore d Ohio railroad route, near, and with
in the city limits of Philadelphia, work has been
temporarily suspended pendinglitigation, includ-
ing land disputes and injunctions, but the Off
GERS of the company state that the delays will
only be temporary and that the road will be run
ming into Philadelphia by the early part of 1885.
Shippers on the Louisville, Evansville & St.
Louis road are complaining bitterly that the
road does not handle their freight more prompt
ly. 1t is unfortunate for the road that if is
greatly crippled in its transportation facilities
by a lack of locomotives and cars to move the
business, and this retards the prosperity of the
road. The company should provide more roll
ing stock.
The roads which have passed into the hands of
receivers since midnight Dec. 81, 1883, are:
l, New York & New England; 2, Hastings &
Grand Island; 8, Texas & st. Louis; A, North
River Construction; 8, Connotton Valley; 6, st.
Louis, Hannibal& Keokuk; Z, Cleveland, Youngs
town d Pittsburg; 8, Shenango & Allegheny; 9,
international, Interoceanic & Oriental; 10, Mid
land & North Carolina; II, Portland s. Ogdens-
burg. II, Newcastle a. Northern.