The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-28
Local and state Notes.

Decline mileage tickets are good over the
Cincinnati. Indianapolis, St Louis & Chicago
road between Indianapolis and Cincinnati.
The Wabash proper to-day begins to sell 1000
mile tickets at two cents a mile, doing away with
the s. rebate. They must be used within one
year.
The citizens of Evansville ask for increased
mail facilities over the Evansville 81 Terre
Haute road. They want two mails day each
way.
The Bee-lne people will adopt the Thrall style
OF tickets as soon as their present stock is ex-
hausted. The Thrall ticket is very convenient
and. complete.
The Fort Wayne Lodge of the railroad brake
men is one of the most prosperous in this State
The lodge is now fitting up appropriately fine
hall in that city.
The vandalia is hauling south over the t. H.
g. /. division from Lake Maxinkuckee thirty car
loads of ice day. A considerable part of it IS
shipped to Southern cities
The Pennsylvania Company has taken the po-
sition that under no circumstances will it employ
an outside man ms engineer; If more engineers
wanted they must be made out of fremen
who deserve promotion.
The Louisville. New Albany e. Chicago road
has cancelled a mortgage bond on its equipments
held by the Kentucky and Indiana car trust
fund, and the company now owns its locomo-
tlves and cars exclusively.
Z. A. Ford. general passenger agent of the
Pepnyslvania lines west OF Pittsburg, is West
looking matters over. He reports the passenger
traffic over the Pennsylvania lines as very salts
factory for thie season OF the year.
One Of the Chicago lines is supplying one OF
the Indianapolis scalpers with tickets The
tickets il is alleged. are sold to the scalper at
81. 66, or cents n mile and he sells them az
g. IS, a reduction of 90 cents below the regular
faro.
Most Of the trains from the East are arriving
late, the snow blockade effeeting the through
trains Trains from the North are, we'll.
more or less late, the SHOWS in Northern Indi-
ana. Ohio and Michigan interfering with their
movement
The Chicago and Ohio River association will
meet in Chicago the 3lst TO adjust passenger
rates between Indianapolis and Chicago. aud
between Ohio-river points and Chicago. An
effort is 10 be made to cut off the differential
given the Danville line
The parties behind the Chicago q Eastern
Illinois road are quietly looking the field over for
an extension OF their road to st. Louis. very
feasible route. it 10 stated, has been found, and
Eastern parties express n willingness TO furnish
the money to build the extension.
Monday night elegant sleeping coaches-one
Pullman, the other Wagner with buffet at
tsched--were put on the line between St. Louis
and Cincinnati over the Indianapolis & st Louis
and the Cincinnati indianapolis, St Louis G
Chicago roads. The coaches alternate, and are
run every night OF the week.
Export rates yesterday went of sagain. the
reduction averaging 3 cents a hundred pounds.
General freight agents in tho West think the
reduction uncalled for, as foreign markets are
known to be clutted with the very class of
freighfs the reduction is expected to move
The rumor is revived that the Illinois Central
viii build branch OF their road TO the coal
fields Of Indiana II 10 thought however, to be
only n threat hoping that IL will prevent the
IhicaRo az Eastern Illinois invading the terri
tory. where 1t would become a competitor Of the
Illinois Central
The Cincinnati, jackson & Mackinaw com.
pany hiss applied 20 the New York Stock Ex-