The Indianapolis journal., 1884-01-14


OF the l. ls6 loaded cars the Vandalia brought
into indianapolis last week. 4S2 were loaded
with coal and 251 with live stock.
The Vandalia will to day receive from the
Pittsburg Locomotive Works two first-class en-
gines, numbered respectively 1Sl and 1872
On Friday last the Chicago, St Louis & Pitts
burg road forwaded from indianapolis 124 car
loads of live stock During the week 252 car
loads were shipped east over this road.
The Cincinnati. indianapolis, St Louis & Chi
cago road last week forwarded from Cincinnati
200 loaded cars, and delivered at Cincinnati 776
loaded cars.
The five Western roads last week brought
into Indianapolis 3. 155 loaded cars. The same
roads the corresponding week last year brought
TX 3,S47 loaded cars.
In the year 1888 there were loaded and un-
loaded at the Cincinnati. Indianapolis, st Louis
& Chicago city freight depot, q, ,904 cars Aver
age load per car, p, 500 pounds.
The new depots at Logansport, Frankfort and
Charlottesville which the Nandalia people have
been building for few weeks past will be ready
for occupancy within the next ten days They
are model structures.
The Chicago St Louis & Pittsburg road last
week forwarded from Indianapolis ,09l loaded
cars, and the Bee-line l. 127. The corresponding
week last year the c., st. L. & P forwarded l..
$50, and the Bee-line Ito loaded cars
Eleven and onehalf miles of new side track
was laid ON the |. q st. L. division of the Bee
line in 1883, instead of six miles as shown in the
statement in Saturday s Journal of improvements
made to the road in 1883
Commencing with to-day nine hours will con
stitute days work at the shops of the Vandalia
The Terre Haute Gazette SAYS: The men are all
very much pleased with the new order as the
wages will remain the same as when ten hours
was considered days work. This nine hours
arrangement is considered permanent and no
change is looked for next summer This proba-
bly, places the shops in the lead of other estab-
hshments of this city for short working hours
Considerable interest has been awakened in
the talked-of New Albany and indianapolis road
The country on the proposed line is not sur
passed in southern Indiana in material to build,
or ability to furnish large local patronage to a
railroad, it being inong the best wheat and fruit
countries in the State. 1t is proposed to get
over the knobs" by entering the hills near the
Alsin Webber place. on the Paoli pike. and com
ing out near Mooresville. 1t is stated that by
adopting this route the new road would not
come in competition with the j., NJ. & l. in its
local traffic.
The rates on grain provisions and live stock
and dressed beef advance to-day. The given
rate is based on 80 cents per 100 pounds from
Chicago to New York Dressed beef Ga cents
per 100 pounds Chicago to New York. All live
stock will be billed subject to the following
minimum weights. Excess will be charged for
at same rate per 100 pounds. Cattle, per car,
$4,000 pounds; horses, per car, 20, 900 pounds;
hogs double-deck car, per car y, 600 pounds;
hogs, single-deck car, per car 5000 pounds;
sheep, double-deck car per car, IS COO pounds
sheep single-deck car, per car, Il, coo pounds
All dressed beef will be billed subject to mini
mum weight Of 900 pounds. Excess will be
caarged for at the same rate per hundredpounds.