The Indianapolis journal., 1884-11-14
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.

Barley shipped from Toledo to St. Louis is
passing through here at the rate of fifty car
loads per day. The shipments will reach several
hundred cars, it is stated.
Russell Elliott, late auditor of the Chicago
Atlantic road, has purchased an interest in Har-
ldens Hand Grenade Fire Extinguisher for the
States of Indiana, Illinois, and Ohio.
r. G. Fairbanks, the. engineer killed on the
Ohio & Mississippi road "Wednesday morning
was one of the oldest engineers in the State he
had run a passenger engine on the o. q NJ. road
twenty years, it is stated.
The Columbus & Cincinnati Midland road will
run into the Union depot at Columbus, Ohio
lover the l., B. q w. tracks. Columbus will
have twelve roads when the G. & c. NJ road
opens for business, and will soon OveFtake India
napoiis in number, ofroads.
Manager McCrea, of the Pennsylvania lines
west of Pittsburg, and the inspection party who
accompany him, reached Indianapolis at noon
yesterday, and spent the afternoon in looking
40ver the new shops, and comforting as to farther
iimprovementn the yards east of the city, and
then went northward
The Western trip President Vanderbilt is
making eXciteS considerable comment in rail
road circles ,Itis rumored that he takes the
trip on the advice of his physician. and that it
will be an extended one. Although Detroit was
to be his first place of resting any length of
ltime, it is believed he will pass over other
Western roads in which he is somewhat inter
lested
G. j. Higgins, superintendent Of telegraph OF
the Bee-line system; C. S. Rhoads, chief train
dispatcher of the Cincinnati division; p. j.
Wise chief train dispatcher of the Indianapolis
division, and #. c. Reynolds. chief train dis
patcher Of the l. & st. l.. division, are in the
tcity making preparations to adopt the new uni
Iform code of signals and arranging the winter
'tme-card
Superintendent Dunn, Master of Transporta.
fflOn Rent and Chief Enpiuaap PoapSon of the
L., N. A.. & c. road, were in the city yesterday,
the frstnnamed to complete arrangements for
learryingout their traffic agreement with the O.,
IH. & l. land the transfer of their trains at this
point. Chief Engineer Pearson is engaged in
leurveying for the location of tracks at Broad
Ripple running into the immense ice-houses
JKingan & Co. are about to erect.
1t is stated officially thatthe Cincinnati, Ham
tlton & Dayton, over their entire system, are
shandlinga heavier traffic than at any time in
sthe history of the road On all divisions they
are short of power to move the business. At
FCincinnati there is general blockade. On the
C, II. g. l. division, on'Wednesday, 126 through
Headed and II empty cars were handled, and the
movement yesterday fully as heavy On the
the main line it is proportionately heavier
Sunday next nine of the fifteen Indianapolis
Toads adopt the uniform train signals recon-
'mended at the recent time convention. and
good results would doubtless follow their gen
'eral adoption. Wheresseveral roads enter city
over thesame traelctheir use will be of great
advantage. One very striking illustration of
the absence of uniformity and its extreme need is
"a track running into Chicago over which twenty
different roads operate, all employing a different
nsystem of signaling. That such diverseness has
iTenained for even n year savors Of carelessuess
On this instance the need of uniform signal serv-
ace is apparent
Col Joseph Hill superintendent of the Van
ldalia, and N. K. Elliott master of transporta-
'9tion, spent yesterday in the city. Col Hill says
Sn another week the extension to South Bend
Will be completed, and that from Logansport to
South Bend, on but few old roads is there as
good a track 1t is laid with steel rails weighing
sixty pounds to the yard resting on nearly 900
'crossh ties to the mile. The grades areso light,
and curvatures so slight, that an ordinary eight
wheel engine haul thirty-ffve loaded cars
Uyer the road The citizens of South Bend
seen highly pleased that road of as good stand
ing the Vandalia is to open for business there
and promise to give the Vandalia its share of
south and west7bound traffic.