The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-01-01
IRON HIGHWAYS.
The Year Just Closed Not an AuspiciOus
One for Railways.
What 1t Costs Excursionists From Gin
cinnatito New Orleans-Railway
Whistles-Other Items
OF the Rail.
Local News.

Local News
The difficulties which temporarily embar.
Jassed the Globe Line have been satisfac-
torily adjusted.
All of the local freight houses will be
closed this afternoon. and railroad business
will be generally suspended throughout the
city.
The l., B. and w. folks are extensively sd-
v~ertisiBg their through chair cars to Kansas
City. and are sending no small amount OF
business to that pC int.
The tariff agreement between the G.. n.
and ID. and l., y. A. aud O., which went
into effect some time since, ie proving bene.
fetal to both roads, according 70 officials.
A good management is rapidly lifting the
Dayton and ~Ironton, a former division OF
The T., G. aud 81. L.. Marrow Gauge, out Of
the mire. All surplus earnings above ope-
rating expenses are being used in improving
the road bed.
The l., b. and W.. folks are still selling
tickets to Chicago at the differential ga 7j)
rate, and the indications are that no further
attempt will be made to prevent them from
using it, although it has been said that the
General Managers would consider this mat
ter at their next meeting.
The latest is that TeIeio capitalists are
after the Toledo and indianapolis Road. and
will buy it il they can get II at their
price. but whether they will De able to do
this remsins to be seen. As was stated in
the sentinel some time since, there is every
indication that this road will become an l.,
B. and w. interest.
The Logansport extension is doing a
heavier business than we expected it would
before it was opened between Terre Hsute
and South Bend" said an official of the VAN
dalia yesterday. Goal traffic especially is
booming, and we are hauling q superior
article at the present time, for which we
find q ready market in South Bend. Two
passenger trains are now run daily except
Sunday, and they are always we'll filed"
Railway work in the general offices of the
Jacksonville, Madison and Indianapolis
Road at Louisville has been suspended. and
a large force is busily engaged in packing
up the contents OF the office aud shipping
them to Pittsburg Five OF the old clerks
have been selected to go to P%ittsburg aud
continue in the employ of the road, while
several others will remain in Louisville, one
of whom will take a position in the office
of Superintendent McKenns.
A Conductor on one of the Indianapolis
lines, who has been punching tickets Tor the
last thirty years, says he longs for the good
old days when railroad companies did not
look upon their employees with suspicion,
and hire men to dog their footsteps and
watch their every move and action. Spot
tsrs," he says, were unknown when he COM
menced Tailroading, and neither the rail
roads nor the public looked upon ticket
punchers with distrast. 'tIli never see those
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leave the reporter.
Not nearly so many free masses have been
issued by the indianapolis lines for 1885 as
were given out at the beginning of last year.
Railway managers have seen the necessity
of drawing the reins tighter than ever be
fore, and only those who are entitled to
them have received annual passes. This is
one step toward reform anyhow, and the
earnings of the passenger d departments OF the
various roads will make a more favorable
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pointed ones. in ordereo vent their spite on
the railroads, should refuse to travel, which
is not likely.
General News.
The Railway Review regrets that the
Massachusetts, Railroad Comm ssioners did
not report fully upon their examination
OF car-couplers. The commissioner do moi
claim to be experts, and il was enough for
them to select q few couplers that they
thought to be best adapted for present use.
One of the uses to which it is proposed to
put the locomotive electric headlight is to
have q second illumination placed on the rear
OF the engines cab, throwing q Hood of light
over the train, and so arranged that it can be
turned 10 the right or left and be made to
illuminate the station grounds when the train
is at @ standstill.
The report OF the organization OF a new
steel company and the xtsnsion OF an Old
one sounds rather queer in con JUNCTION with
the general tenor of business matters, yet
Pittsburg papers report that Pittsourg
manufacturers have got both the money and
the nerve to prepare for future activity in
manufacturing circles by putting up new
works.
No one can pretendth that the sound.
ing of a railway whistle is necessary for the
purpose of conducting the traffic. Trains
might run, and in many places do run, with
out the whistle being used at all. In Amer.
iCa tho onr1noa caypu q lorUo hol1 uhirh ie
used for the purpose OF warning the signal
men and the public that a train is coming
the whistle is reserved for the purpose o.
frightening stray cattle of the rails, aud
tricis of our country the use of the whistle
might we'll be prohibited. III persons az
grieved would combine to bring a test actor
against one of the offending companies, al
injunction would probably be obtained. ant
the nuisance sbated. There are two recent
instances where such a course has been sue
cessfully adopted for the suppression OF nui
sances caused by railways near London
English Paper.
A CINCINNATI CALCULATION.
The following is what it will cost excursion
jsts from Cincinnati to New Orleans and re
turn, according to the estimate given by the
Pointer, q Cincinnati railway Journal:
Railway fare rebate ticket).... ........--.......s1 SIS o.
sleeping car, fare going ~-~-..--~-..----- 6 O
1th.s en- --- Z o
Admission to GROUNDS four times.--..~..~. 2 o.
Ssr is.es, ssirsted 8
Meals. seven days. Al ST.. 0..-~.-.....-..-.-... 10 s.
sleeper. returning -.--- -.----.--.. 6 O
o.
This may be reduced to less than $50, by
cutting OF s~leeping-car fare except for night
travel, and the excursions out of town. o
course, the figures are made on a minimum
basis, and from . ST. John standpoint, no