The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-04
A Valuable Railroad Property.

'gThe stock Of the Cincinnati, indianapolis. ST.
Louis Sc Chicago road has gone up to seventy
and will certainly be up to par before the
year closes remarked an old fnancier and
railroader, yesterday. Parties who are con.
Tersant with the financial affairs of the road know
Its physical condition, and also well under
stand the future prospects of the road, express
the belief that the c., l., ST. l.. & c. is one of
the best railroad properties in Indiana, Illinois
or Ohio, all things copsidered. It's geographical
position is such that its interchanging of traffic.
outside of its local business, ssimply marvellous.
During the depressed times the traffic of this
road has been in excess of that Of
any other road in this section.
Every indication is that with what would be
termed good business year with railroads, the
traffic of the C., l.. ST l.. g. c. will only be linn
tied by cars and locomotive power to haul the
freights. The building of the Kankakee and
fSeneca division was unQuestionably a grand
move for the road. President ingalls, was
laughed at even by several of the directors
When he first proposed building this 43 miles Of
road, yet he pushed it to completion, and it is
not an unusual thing for the interchange of traffic
lbetweon the c.. l., St l.. & c. aud the Chicago
IS Rock Islank TO reach l25 to $50 loaded cars
per day, and an official OF the Chicago & Rock
island road on Monday evening re-
marked to the railroad reporter of
the Journal that he would not be surprised to
see tho interchange OF traffic between these two
roads reach 200 cars per day. The Illinois Cen
-tral the Toledo, Peoria Warsaw, now the
Wabash, are all, as well, valuable feeders TO the
C., l., st L. s. e. Some idea of the immediate
prospective business of the c., l., ST. l.. e c.
may be formed from the cars that have been
called for in tho last forty eight hours by ship
sperS over the western division, and also the
fact of It's value connection to sever al of the
roads leading east from Indianapolis On Mon
day the Beeline was asked to furnish
400 White-line cars for Buffalo bus
iness, the Indiana, Bloomington &
Western. edstern division, for $50 Midland
cars the c., St L. Il =. for 100 Union line and
100 Erie & Pacific Dispatch cars, and the Gin
.cinnati. Hamilton d Indianapolis was asked to
furnish 200 Great Western Dispatch cars to load
for points on the Erie road. Meantime the c.
81, st. L.. & c. is loading all tho Continental line
cars for tho Baltimore & Ohio it can get hold of
and for the Chesapeake 81 Ohio road, as we'll
The above statement, which is not IN the least
exaggerated certainly gives good grounds for
dhe remark OF tho railroad official above quoted
Thrilling Experience of a Train Dispatcher
/ A few days since the railroad reporter of the
San Francisco Call dropped in at one OF the train
nispatchers' Offices, and, noticing that the
hair of one of the operators was very gray for
so young q man. questioned him as to the reason
therefore. lie answered that there was n thrill.
ing experience connected Herewith Said ne:
"a few years ago was night operator on the
Northern Pacific road. had been out to pic
mic one day and came home very tired, but went.on
duty as usual Well, struggled along until
about O'Clock when / was aroused from light
dose by the ticking of my instrument dragged
F5nyself oyer to where it stood and received the
following dispatch: To Operator, Kimberly:
Hold all west bound trains Bridge No. is
swashed AWAY
Bridge No. was several miles west Of my
station. and spanned small stream ia which
AogS were doaied down from the pineres had