The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-24
Personal, Local and State Notes.


The Decline yesterday began to sell excess
baggage tickets, good over all lines, at $50 fo1
q $50 book.
Fl. Smith, general manager Of the Lackawana
fast-freight line. headquarters Buffalo, N. Y. is
In the city.
w. M. Gerard. ticket agent of the L., N. A. & C.
ut this point. who has been seriously ill with
pneumonia, is improving.
Traffic Manager Parker of tbs Lake Erie e.
Western, has gone to Chicago 10 attend meet
ing of the classification committee of the Cen
trail Traffic Association.
The earnings of the Cincinnati, Indianapolis
St Louis q Chicago road for January were
(gross) $203, 392 60, operating expenses, $780,
6l9. 81 Net earnings, $40. 7733 81
To-day one passenger engine and two freight
engines will be turned out of the Brightwood
shops, rebuilt entire. Two go on to the /. & ST.
L. and one to the Decline proper.
The average rate per mile for passengers car
ried over the Chicago e. Eastern Illinois in 1887
was IL cent a mile, and coal carried over
the road for trihe over half cent per ton per
mile
csgo yesterday took possession of their new
freight and passenger depots, just completed
at Lawrenceburg. The improvements there
cost Sill. 00C.
Some idea of the rate war west of st Louis
may be gathered from the fact that the rate
from ST. Louis to Kansas City is down to So
per car on furniture, and out of this S. is paid
for bridge toll
The Central Traffic Association will. within a
short time. issue tariff of summer tourists
rates with the hopes that by SO doing better
will be maintained the coming spring and
summer than last year
The natural-gss pipe for the Citizens Trust
Company is beginning to come in the c.,
St L. % +; Nine carloads were delivered to
the Lake Erie & Western, yesterday, to be dis
tributed this side Of Noblesville.
Morehead g. Co. are said to hold the control
ling stock Of the Cincinnati, Hamilton e. Dayton
road and will be able to turn the election in June
next. either way. Fl. S. Ives is said TO bs oui-
city working to have il go his way.
The withdrawal of the Ohio Indiana & West
ern from the Central Traffic Association and
the going out of existence Of the Chicago and
Ohio River Association causes some anxiety in
railroad circles lest the o.. /. g. w. is to become
q free lance in cutting rates.
A week ago freight business became so light
that number OF the roads reduced the plat
form men at their freight depots % per cent but
the last few days traffic has so much increased
that the companies are re-employinr them and
are obliged to work overtime to get their freight
President Laying tells reporter of the Cgsve-
land Leader that his to the English
stockholders who want cash or stock dividend
stockholders March z. and if any action is taken
on the request 1t will then be done by the stock
holders.
The Wabash has fixed upoa March as the
date ieusill put on its new fast train between
Kansas City and Toledo. The running time of
the train is to be twenty-three hours between
terminals. On the same date the Wabash will
shorten its running time between Chicago and
Kansas City three hours.
Ten of the warehouse which the Indian
epoiis car-works are building for the Atchison
Topeka e. Santa Fe will to-day be sent to Con-
nersyile to be loaded with furniture for the
faci1c coast, and day after tomorrow ten more
VIII De sent to Cincinnati to be loaded with bug
gles and carriages for the Southwest.
The owners of the Indianapolis. Decatur &
western road are endeavoring to get the Chica-
90, Burlington 81 Quincy people interested in
the extending of their line 10 Bearisrown 1t
would le; the @, Is. 81 @ into this territory, and
give II the several connections here the South
east. which would be valuable feeders to the c.
3. g. @.
General Manager Bradbury. OF the Lake Erie
IL Western, is preparing his annual statement |
II will cover the period since the Lake Erie e. |
Western was reorganized, Feb l. 1887 until |
Dec 81, and with the Indians polis Peru 81 Chi |
cago. from March Is TO Dec 81. 1887 Com
mencihg with this year the fiscal year will be- |
gin Jan. l.
The United States Express Company mas
leased the room on the corner of Meridian and |
Louisiana streets, owned by j. IT, vajen, and |
will remove their depot Offices 1t once into IL