The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-14
RAILWAY NEWS.
The l., B. and u Folks Ready to Give
Up the l., D. And S.-A Prosperous
Year fora THE Railroads.
Ltlcal Notes,

Several of the general officers of the Amer.
lean Express Cou3,sny were in the city yes
terday inspecting he local offices.
The party of VI ldala shop employees who
left Terre Hautf when the force was cut
down and went Big Springs, Texas, have
nearly all return4i The company did not
keep its promise, nd the men gave up their
positions.
A number of ndey telegraph poles are being
erected on the !. 40 st. l.. near Terre Haute.
Mr.. Charles HISteele, recently appointed
receiver of the 3ldiana and Illinois South
ern Road, is ssidyo be practical railroad
man in every sen4s Of the word, and under
| his mansgement the J. and i. s. may de-
velop into paying property. The work of
| improving the Z ID will be commenced at
once, and trains / III be operating over II in
| O short time.
Slowly but SICILY the days are coming
when the gay ssd festive passenger agent
will meander atsut the streets of the city
with his little tati hammer in one hand and
q bundle of brighs colored hangers and litho-
graphs in the OIL n, setting forth the beau
ties of the wateriEg places along the line OF
| the road which ~ Teprt sents. Tne various
| IL q annapolis ro1is expect TO do heavy
tourist business IBIS summer and especially
,hose touching 81 1h points as Maxim kuckee.
all OF the deta of the transfer OF thu l.,
d and s. 10 the second morteaye boodholc-
ers have been arr knged and r. l.. Ashurst,
| trustee for the laF Fer, will arrive in this city
| to day and pass bon the procs ediugs Pres.
| ident Hemmoncs and other officials have
| completed their kspeetion OF the l., D. and
| 3. and find IL in tfair condition, altbou IA il
will be necessary h improve certain portions
OF the road. II ID nuw reported that the l.
b. and w, folks v II lease the l., d. aud s.
shops west OF the sity.
The reclining cSair.cars!which have recent.
ly been put on tse Vandalia, on the night
trains, between Indianapolis and st. Louis,
are received VITA great favor. Passengers
between Indiana 1lis and Teue Haute and
other stations OF 10 great distance apart are
loud IN their pra - The care are preferred
to sleepers by bany persons Another
change has been !-ede In passenger arrange.
! ments. The chap cars on afternoon trains
have been ordereS into the shops and Pail.
, man palace cars a II be substituted,
This promises o be a prosperous year for
railroads" said q prominent Official yesteI-
day afternoon. Even though pools all over
the country are loing TO pieces The clouds
are brt aking avail, and the outlook is de-
cidedly bright. The man who predicts dull
/ times simply BECAUSE pooling agreements
| can not be mainte lined doe8 not know what
he 4 talking abolY. The trunk line pool in
It's present cond kon IS worse than no pool
ne all, and the so4ner Il Is dissolved the bet.
ter for the TailrolSs and the public. do
/ not believe in ratt cutting, but would like
to see each road working for itself regardless
OF pooling sgreeulnts. No wonder Commits.
sioner Fink Is din busted with his position.
/ he has had harf roe TO hoe II ever man
had, and very feySmen would have held on
| this long. II is Fsce to predict that Mr.. Fink
Will resign before3 he last OF May"