The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-06
Local and state Notes.

the Vandala at Hamerick Station. Ind.
Between Toledo and Chicago the Lake Shore
road la cutting down its highest grades eight
feet. At Corruna, Ind, is found the highest
grade on the road.
F. G. McCurdy has been appointed acting SUI
perintendent of telegraph of the L., N. A % q.
road, vice w. B. Jones, who has leave or absence
of several weeks account of ill-health-
The Ohio Falls car-works arranging to
turn out twenty-eieht freight cars per day.
These works have been provided with electric
lights, and work 10 to be pushed day and night.
j. j. Webster, who for several years has rep
resented the L. T.. e St L. road at Evansville,
has resigned TO take a much needed rest. He
will visit California while taking matters leis-
urely.
The last thirty days shipments of Pittsbure
coal west over the Pennsylvania lines have been
quite heavy the company making rates which
will justify shipping it when prices rule so high
in the West as now.
Miss Jennie Smith and Mrs. Addie Sherman,
evangelists, who visit railroad centers and adj
dress railroad men. are in the southern part OF
the State, and OF Wednesday night addressed
the railroad men of New Albany.
Colonel Bennett Young says that he will have
the Louisville Southern road COMPLETED to Dan<
vile, KY, early in the spring. This road will
be another feeder TO the Indiana 81 Kentucky
bridge, in which the Colonel is interested.
The gross earnings of the c.. c., G. & T. road
tBee-lne) for the year ending Dec 81, 1887 were
So 021. 947 81; increase earnings in 1885,
1881. 91l.75. The increase in passenger earnings
was 1864, 011.78 in freight earnings, 1862 098 AZ.
The interstate law is proving an expense We
luxury to the freight departments. as on az; the
more important roads n force of five to ten ex-
ira clerks have been kent busy since March
readjusting tariffs to conform to the provisions
of the law
The Lake Shore ard Cincinnati, Wabash g.
Michigan roads. on the 1st Of January, adopted
the plan os furnishing all passenger conductors
with coupon receipts. whereby all money col
iected for fares trains must necessarily be
reported to the auditor of the road.
The Indianapolis Rolling mill Com pany have in
stock over $50 900 worth of steel blooms and are
still increasing their stock rapidly. AS yet they
have not been able to secure contracts large
enough to justify them in starting up the roll
ing-milI, but expect to within a few days.
The Chicago g. Ohio River association fpas-
senger Department. held a meeting in Chicago
yesterday at which Fall north-andsouth Indian
apois lines were represented. The meeting was
called to see what could be done to straighten
up and bring about better maintenance of
rates on theatrical troupes
The freight receipts of the Indianapolis sta
ton of the L., N. A. g. G. road. for 1887. show
an increase over those of 1886 OF $44 748 80.
The management mora than pleased with
the results of the year on the entire system, and
admit that the Indianapolis division has done it's
part toward making it one of the divdend-pay-
ing roads.
One of the new rules on the L., N. A. G. G.
road is that person shall be allowed in the
private Office of station agent All business
must be done through the ticket window. Some
times money is missing usually in small
amounts and il is attributed to allowing per-
who outsiders loafing in the ticket
Offices.
The Illinois Central road yesterday CON-
neDced to sell 1000-mile tickets at $25 with
fve-dollar-rebate The rebate is be paid
within year after date of its issue making a net
rate of two cents per mile, If the entire mileage
Ia used by the original purchaser within year
of its purchase. Under this method of selling
1,000mile tickets the scalper cannot well handle
them.
In commenting on the rumor that suit was to be
brought against President Wade, of the Cincin-
natl, Wabash d Michigan road, to recover the
$3.50, 900 paid by the Ives party, attorney in
the says: ''There is not the least ground
on which a recovery of the money could be made.
The contract drawn and specific that
at no point does 1t admit of quibbiing.
E. A. Ford, general passenger agent OF the
Pennsylvania lines west of Pittsburg is feeling
good over the efforts which have been made to
boycott that road the last few months by agents
OF roads where commissions have been cut off,
as thu revenue of the passenger department for
1887 exceeds that of any former year $500, 900,
and Is in excess of the receipts of 1886 nearly
5000, 900.
General Passenger Agent Charlton. of the
Chicago & Alton, gives notice to agents in this
territory that he will continue to pay commits
sion as heretofore; that under the boycott some
sf the roaos are making on the Q. 81 A. the road
Is highly prosperous. the passenger receipts in
the year just closed being the largest in the his
tory of the road reaching So, 500 000 an increase
over those OF 1856 of 5000, 900.
The Pennsylvania Company has expressed a
Willingness to put on suburban trains between
Irwin gton and the city providing the Irvipgton-
ties will guarantee that the train shall pay $50
per day. This they think il will readily do as
people living at Irvington then run out for
dinner. 1t is proposed to have a late evening
train out from Indianapolis. Possibly some of
the trains will be run out as far Greenfield,
Ind.
There has not been accident with serious
results on the Cincinnati Wabash & Michigan
road in many years and General Manager Beck
ley attributes the great exemption to the fact
that no trains run on the road Sunday
work done in any department Several times,
says Manager Beckley, there have boon remark
able escapes from what might have been great
disasters through some seemingly trivial fore
warning
President Corbin. of the l.. b e w. had in
tended TO accompany the c. 5. q c. officials on
unable to leave his duties the Philadelphia 81
Reading The election of officers for the p e.
II. will be held next Wednesday. Mr. Corbn,
within the last few days has received large
proxiss from London and he now controls all
the assented stock to the reorganization
and majority Of the unassented stock
Monday next the Lake Erie 6 Western will
enter the field here for west-bound freight and
passenger traffic, hauling through coaches be.
tween indianapolis ana Bloomington ILL., via
Upton and Lafayette. Passengers taking the
train o1t OF hero at l:30 p. NJ. reach Blooming
ton at $3.50 p. NJ. connecting with the Chicago e
Atoms fast train. From Upton TO Blooming
ton the trsn is run a fast express in connec-
tion with the through train from Sandusky
Commissioner Blanchard yesterday tele-
graphed j. Il. Eekman, secretary of the Indian
apoiis Weighing Association. to come TO Chicago
to-day. to confer with him TO taking the SUI
OF the several weighing associa-
tons which are TO be established in the territory
covered by the Central Traffic Association IL
10 proposed 20 establish weighing associations of
the same character as the indianapolis Weigh
ing Asseeistlea ~ ell junction railroad points