The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-05
IRON HIGHWAYS.
Southern Passenger Business Picking
Up-A Model Set OF Employees
Other Items OF the Rail.

The Board of Directors OF the st. Louis
Gable and Western Road, which is owned
by Indianapolis parties, met in this city on
Tuesday night and awarded contract for
1hirty-hve cars TO Brownell & Wright, OF 81
i outs while Trenton, y. j., hrm will fur
nish the cable. Contracts were awarded Tor
machinery, conduits, etc. NJ. A. Downing,
OF this city Is President and L. ClsypooI
Secretary and Treasurer OF the company.
Tie ROAD will be IN operation early in tne
summer.
The l.. B. and w. train east bound on
Tuesday afternoon struck bad switch near
Nsssick night before last and was derailsd.
The cars and engine were ran about in every
direction, hut luckily enough nobody was
seriously injured, ]. v Trensry, the eogi
under pile OF coal, will no doubt lose two
fingers OF the left hand. The loss to the
company viii be cDnsitersble The &c
line passenger due here at Is p. N was
sisO wrecked near Marion, D. on Tuesday
light Nobody seriously injured
A local railroad official, who goes among
tie "boys" great deal says that never be-
fore save tie Indianapolis roads succeeded
in securing the services OF q more efficient
sober end industrious set of men than are
now employed. This. he says, is partially
due to the fact that the maj ority OF the ros ads
have taken q firm stand on the liquor qaes.
zioB, by making rules and regulations pro-
hib'ting employees from drinking whether on
or OF duty. The penalty for violation Of
thsse rules on most roads is dismissal from
service, while on Others man is laid off
without salary for specified length OF time.
As the season advances travel to New Or.
leans and Florida points becomes very
heavy. The scalpers are securing a large
amount OF Southern business, and il is
sgain rela ed that Cincinnati roads are cut
ting rates to the Crescent City by the way o.
] disnapolis This ia not likely. however,
for stated in the Sentinel some time
SINCE. II Vou d take some tremed )us cutting
to steer people to the Worlds Fair by go
round about route. The cut that the rail
reads would he enabled 70 make would not
he n uch OF an inducement The agents OF
he various Indianapolis roads are receiving
large amount Of advertising matter from
zhejr Southern connections, giving graphic
descriptions of the scenery which meets the
eye OF the traveller while en- route to New
Orleans. and information concerning the
u 0rids Fair. Several of the Southern roads
rave forwarded circulars denouncing as
false reports TO the effect that the exposition
Is lot IN good working order as yet.
IN THE DAYS OF YoRE
ECharlie Monsch, of the n. Y, p. and c.,
says he remembers when people were afraid
10 travel on roads running over bridges and
the bridge question was kept in the back
ground. Now every road boasts of its high
bridges and beautiful surrounding scenery.
Charlie also tells of a novel plan that was
tired on the Michigan Central many years
ago to beat the sleeping-csrs out of bushes
He says be was riding in a coach on that
road enc night and man came through
shouting:
Sleeping bags, twenty-five cents; have
one, sir?'
Il didn't know what he meant" said
Charlie, land asked what he had for sale.
he explained that he had contrivance in
which passenger could adjust himself and
sleep sounely. pretended TO be deeply in.
ferested, and he showed me how it worked
1t was made on the hammock plan, and by
fastening il to the roof OF the car il swung
--->st above the seat sB1 held the sleeper in a
semi-TecliniDg position that proved very
comfortable. gave him twenty-five cents
sDd raised the night very pleasantly Bat
the enterprise did not last long. The sleep
ing-car people heard of it, and the sleeping
lag ~ss not allowed on the trains any
1uUle. "-CuDTieT-JOurnal.