The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-04


Notice Is given by the Burlington Road
that tickets OF it's issue, good over the New
York Central Road, Nos. ISIS to 1850 in.
elusive, have been stolen from its Hannibal
office, and that conductors should refuse to
honor them.
Work on the Lafayette, Burlington and
Western will be resumed this week In the
event that the thsw continues. This road
will be finished before summer and promises
TO be one OF the most important lines in
Northern Indiana. passing through, as il
does, some of the richest mining country In
the State, and making direct connection for
Chicago, where IL will find ready market
fer its coal.
The Vandalia has suffered very little this
winter from accidents, Notwithstanding the
fact that some of its divisions have been ex
postd to very severe weather. The creates.
dan age TO its rolling stock has been broken
c1sDk and of the l(3 locomotives operating
on the road, only three are at present in the
shops. Colonel Hill says he can not remem-
ber hin two years when the Va dtlia had
TsssTI GER car OIL the track.
A srge number of Western railroads are
beginning to use spark arresters on their To-
comotives, aad il is certainly a very useful
little invention. The Vandalia was probably
one OF the first OF the Indianapolis roads to
b glD using arresters on its engines, and il
has be' a long time since they adopted the
Hanier permanently, which was invented
nv an enterprisiDg Young man of Terre
Hante, whose name it bears
The proposition OF the Pennsyl vanis CON-
pany to donate to the city strip of land
near the j., NJ. and 1. tracks in the southern
part of the city in order that the latter may
extend certain street, is a fair one, al.
though bs local government does not see IL
in that iG1t. The railroad company asks
that 1t b released from the payment of all
taxes OF the same, and on this one point
the two can not agree.
A railroad man well acquainted with Pres
ident Mackey of the Evansville and Terre
Haute, says that under his management the
TerIe Haute and Southeastern will develop
nto paying property, for this carefQl aud
csutious fnapcier will inaugurate a policy
Of rerencbment that can not but benefit the
road. 1t is not Mr.. Mackey's intention to
cut down the wages of his men. but he will
reduce expenses in every other conceivable
wsy and finally place the T. II. and S Z. on
a sound paying basis.
Toe following order is said to have been
/ issued by the West Shore recently: TO
Agents Whenever you have any knowl-
edge Of wreck on the New York Central
Railroad in your immediate vicinity, you
will please get all the particulars in relation
thereto and send me a report of the same by
first mail. You will please consider this cir
GUAR confidential" As this Is the very of
tense OF which the New York Central was
accused not long since, the story may have
been originated by that road.
Rumors have lately been rife that the
New York Central Railroad Company has
got control OF the West Shore Railway, aud
Il at a cessation of the war between the two
concerns may be looked for at any moment
That something OF the kind will happen
some day within the next two or three years
Is as certain as that We shall have summer
and winter during that period. but of the
pe6 Use time and manner of its happening
we believe that Dobody, not even William
II. Vanderbilt can speak with confidence
Quite number of men employed in the
Vandalia shops went to work at reduction
yesterday morning. The reduction is from
five cents to twenty five cents a day, all
owing to the class of workmen and the
wsges received heretofore. Mr.. Prescott
states that 1t is an evening up" in the
various departments, and is not confined to
The shops alone, but is made all along the
line. The employees take the reduction in
seod part and are all at work Nine hours
orstitute days work in the shops at pres
tDt.
The passenger representatives OF some OF
the foreign roads who have been dealing with
Indianapolis scslpers it seems, are not press
ing forward with great alacrity to assist tn
local agents in maintaining rates Accord
ing TO all reports they have paid very little
attention to the heartrending letters from
In diaDapolis SCENTS requesting them to dis.
continue the practice of paying scalp com.
missions and are at it as bad as ever. Toe
local agents will be compelled tn take other
steps If they would have their efforts to sup.
press the scalpers attended with success
Freight rates have been slightly redu ,ed
On the Terre Haute and Southeastern since
President Msckey assumed control. For in
stance. the first class rate to Clay City has
Teen cut down from twenty eight to twenty
six cents. The towns all along the line pay
higher rates than Wortbington. which is az
the eStrene end. The rates to Worthlngton
are; First class eighteen cents; second,
seventeen; third, fifteen; fourth, thirteen,
and fifth, eleven cents. This is done to meat
the rate of the /. and V. from this city so
that Ierre Haute merchants may labor IN
der no disadvantage in competition.
The Western Association of passenger and
tickets agents was in session all day yester-
day in room so Bates House. s. NJ. Miller,
w uei a. o. SonscI AHeut Vi tue L. " anu u,
is Chairman, while w. H. King, OF the c., W.
and B., is Secretary. The meet was called for
the purpose of correcting various Irregular
ties and making necessary changes in the
rate sheet which the meeting spent the en-
tire day in doing. Another meeting will be
held to-day, when the General Passenger
Agents will be present and much important
business transacted. The following lines
are represented: Illinois Central, A. J. and
F. w. Harlow; c., l. st. l. and O.. c. O.
Tangemsn Vandalia, George Chesbrough;
Bee Line, C. A. Carviers; L. E. and St L.,
J. A. Jones; c., B. and O., q. H. Grant;
wabash. c. w. Catlin; l.. s. and M. s.,