The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-02

Personal and Local.

the Pacific States report that his health is inn
proving very rapidly
Col Hill N K. Elliott and other officials of
the Vandalia, have been spending a couple of
days on the Logansport division, looking mostly
after the extension work.
Over the entire country the revenue for four
months past derived from carrying passengers
and miscellaneous freights has been much more
satisfactory proportionately than the earnings OF
the roads for carrying grain
The general passenger agents of western roads
in the trunk line pooling agreements nave been
notified by Commissioner Pearson to see that
the rates were strictly maintained, and noti-
flying them that in case any cutting was reported
the rules and penalties of the committee would
be rigidly enforced
One indianapolis grain firm day or two since
shipped to Pennsylvania six carloads of seed
corn. There is an unusually large demand for
seed corn in the Eastern States, and 1T is estl-
mated that with what has already been shipped
and what is yet to go forward the shipments
from Indiana will reach 200 carloads this
spring.
A disheartened line agent at this point who
"as spent couple of days going through the
- wards the manufacturing establishments,
the grain dealers, wrote his general
sl night that he could not learn of a
q freight hardly, and the outlook to
him was that all he could do until the new crops
and fight flies.
Louisville papers have given currency to a re-
port that Captain James NJ. Phillips the efficient
superintendent of the Airline railway, has re-
signed his position to accept the superintendency
of another road. The New Albany Ledger says
Captain Phillips has not resigned, nor does he at
present contemplate such thing The j., Z. &
st. l.. people can hardly afford to lct out such
faithful official
The Pennsylvania people have made fair and
liberal settlement with E. r. Day and
Mrs. Emily Honneus for the rights of way for
the double track for the j., N. & l., between
Louisville and New Albany. The suits are
settled and dismissed and the injunction dis
SOL This gives the j., NJ & l.. the right of
the double track, and the improvement
made at once.
Steiner, Western superintendent of the
WIS -, yesterday received instructions to
III 49, cent of the east bound business of
- Va over the N Y, C. & St L. Nickel
< Is ng the Decline to Cleveland.
.ne same IT given regarding the east
bound business out of st. Louis. The Wander
bits seem determined to lift the New York,
Chicago & st. Louis road out of the mire.
What is known as the Standiford party, it is
stated has been standing behind the fence
throwing stones at the present management of
the Louisville, New Albany & Chicago road, and
President Roosevelt, to show how independent
the road now is of the above alluded to parties,
has ordered the company's funds, which for
which Mr.. Stamford is president, deposited in
one of the other Louisville banks.
81. j. Page general freight agent of the Gin
cinnati, indianapolis, St Louis & Chicago road,
yesterday issued notice to the effect that agents
having been appointed at the following stations
on the c. II. & G. railway, freight for these
points can now be received and forwarded, via
Greenshurg, without prepayment; Columbus,
Ind, j. N. Marsh, agent; Hope, Ind, l.. o.
Shaefer, agent. Freight for all other stations on
the c. H. az q railway must be prepaid
E. B. Thomas, general manager of the Bee
line system, was in the city last evening, and
loft for Litchfield, Ill. at midnight to confer
with the projectors of the partly built Litchfeld,
Carrolton & Western road in which the Bee
line people are somewhat identified. Twenty
five miles of the road is now in operation, and
yesterday, May l, mail service was established
on the completed portion of the road. The work
of pushing the construction Of the road on to
the Mississippi River, is to be carried on here
after it is stated, vigorously.
An amusing incidents is told in connection with
the opening of the Columbu Hope q Green's
burg road for business A property holder in
Hope who did more than any other man to secure
the right of way for this road, twenty years ago
pursued just the opposite course. When the j..
"a & |. people proposed to build their Cambridge
City branch through Hope he fought it at every
point, made speeches, and placed emphasis on
his remarks that were road built through Hope,
as farming center they would be ruined: their
cattle would be killed, their wives could no longer
drive their horses, the children could not sleep
with the rattling Of trains as they passed east
and west, and in fact, if the road built their
property would depreciate in value fully so per
cent
j There is good authority for saying that tickets
were sold yesterday from Columbus O., to St
Louis at $40 The tariff rate is $3.50. The
tickets sold read over Lake Erie 81 Western
and Chicago & Alton. Should these roads con
tinue to sell at such rates there will soon be
music in the camp, as the c., St L. & P. and
Tandalia the l., B. 81 w. and Wabash will not
to maintain rates. Locally rates were
terday Sealpers in two or three cases
cut rates west couple of dollars This ticket
agents expected, but steps are being taken to put
least, that the sales of the scalpers will not
seriously effect the business of any of the
western lines.