The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-18
Local Notes.


Last year the Vandalia handled on their sys-
tenn 1O,562 pieces of baggage. None were lost,
but one piece was stolen. The thief was cap
tured and a portion of the contents of the
trunk were recovered.
John Witty, of this city, yesterday received no
tice from the Patent Department, Washington, D.
c. that patents had been granted on his i'm
proved switch stand and tie bar. Both, for the
service they are intended to do, expert road
master says cannot be eXcelled
The new coaches, numbers Go and 20, recently
built at the shops of the Cincinnati, Indianapo-
lis, St Louis & Chicago company, and which
are undoubtedly the finest parlor cars run in
this country, have been put onto the day trains
to run through between Cincinnati and Chicago.
A railroad official who is in position to know
what is going on says the passenger agents of
every road in the Chicago & Ohio river pool are
cutting rates more or less. He thinks freight
rates are being well maintained, it being much
more difficult to cover up cutting freight than
1t is passenger rates.
1t is now proposed to organize train dis
patchers' association, which certainly is a good
idea. as this has become the most important
branch in railroad service. Doubtless superior
officers would gladly have the train dispatchers
get together every few months and interchange
ideas regarding the handling of trains. "a
An engine on the Indianapolis division of the
Chicago, st. Louis & Pittsburg road is being fit
ted out with q new device in the Way of an cleo
trio headlight, and the early part of next week a
thorough test of its lighting capacity. and cost
of operating it, will be made. The engine will
be run from indianapolis to Columbus, O.
On the 10Th of this month the Office of the gen
eral freight agent of the Louisville, New Albany
d Chicago road, which has been consolidated
with that of traffic manager will be removed
from Chicago to Louisville, Ky. The L., n. A.
& c., however, will have a wideawake general
agent in Chicago to look after their interests
there.
The Vandalia people have fully decided to
press their claims for larger per cent of the
east bound live stock pool cut of East st. Louis.
H. w. Hibbard says statistics will show that
they would have carried 80 per cent of the bust
ness last year had shippers been given their
choice of routes, and they will now demand 80
per cent
Notwithstanding reports to the contrary, an
official of the Louisville New Albany & Chicago
system states that the Chicago & indianapolis
Airline division has, since opened earned more
money than they expected it would in the first
six months, and promises to show handsome
increase in the next six months over the six
months past Fon
One of the results of the c., II. & D. people
better accommodating their patrons in the mat
ter of trains is a handsome increase in receipts
from sales of tickets at all important points on
the G., H. d |. division, and on the main line as
well. Receipts for sales of tickets in 1888 for
instance. at Connersyille station, reached $25,-
000 which was nearly 81, 900 in excess of sales
in any former year.
The troubles of the sleeping-car companies in
the matter of who shall represent them at In
dianapois has been settled by the appointment
of d. Donough, general ticket agent. as agent of
the four companies, namely; The Pullman, the
Woodruff the Wagner and the Baltimore &
Ohio. Tickets for the four companies will be
sold in the new Office at the Union Depot Mr..
Donough has employed w. I. Elliott to look
after the sale of the tickets and give information
desired as to the running of the coaches of the
respective companies. That Mr. Elliott is to
remain in charge will be gratifying to the circle
Of friends he has made during his short stay in
the city.