The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-08-20

CKSOn0s AOCot StotO XNDt0
The Lake Shore and the Grand Rapids & In
diana roads propose to build q new union depot
at kendallville, Ind.
The Wabash people expect to get their vesti-
bule trains in next month, and it is!ssid they
will be among the finest run between the East
and West.
The Pennsylvania people say that they will
not meet the reduced grain rates Of the Lake
Shore and the Chicago g. Atlantic roads to inte-
rior points.
Western roads have agreed on a new freight
schedule to Illinois and Iowa points, which will
advance rates 10 to 20 per cent The new rates
will take effect Sept. l.
1t is stated officially that the Pennsylvania
Company will continue In service on the c.,
r. & G.. division such employees of the c., II. &
d. as choose to remaino on the road.
The employees at the Terrs Haute car-works,
three-fourths of whom are thoroughbred Repub-
licans, have raised a pole 175 feet high, from
which floats a Harrison and Morton flag.
The Belt road is doing a lively business. In
the week ending Aug. Is there were transferred
over the road II, 34S cars against III. 1868 the cor
responding week OF 1887. Increase this year.
$50 cars
The roads which bring the anthracite Goals
west announce that on the LIST of September
coal rates will advance % cents per ton Buffa-
10 to Chicago and to other Western points on
the usual basis.
The last few days several Of the roads have
been short Of engineers, SO many of tho men OF
the footboard have been. at Detroit attending
the twenty-ffth anniversary of the foundine of
the Brotherhood Of Locomotive Engineers As
ISOLATION.
The Cincinnati. Sandusky & Cleveland people
have awarded the CONTRACT to build 200 box cars
for them to the Terre Haute car-works. These
works will this week complete tho contract for
building 1000 cars for the Chicago 81 North
western road.
Under the new rules for the government OF
L. Z. & w. employees. Gays the Railway Age.
passenger conductors will be dismissed for fiirt-
ing on the train. and brakeman will not be
allowed to assist ladies under any circumstances.
Tho depot masters are also forbidden to help
ladies while on duty.
The Loeansport Pharos says: 1.-THE Wabash
company feel the light wheat crop as seriously
ss any OF the roads running through Illinois
aud Indiana Stations on this road which last
year showed billings' from shipments Of wheat
amounting TO 81, 600 and 5 1900 per week, this
year are shipping no wheat whatever"
The tables are turning with the Louisville.
New Albany & Chicago road. The earnings of
the road in the second week OF Aueust were
S4S,27l. an increase over earning Of the CORE
spending week OF 1887. of 3.343. For some
weeks past the road has been showing slightly
decreased earnings as compared with last year.
Superintendent Crane. of the Woodruff Sleep
ing-car Company, was in the city Saturday.
He states tina. the receipts from the line Of
sleeping coaches which they recently put on
between here and Evapsvile are very s~atisfac-
tory, and as the reliability Of the service be-
comes better known he looks for further i'm.
| provement
There WAS the largest movement OF loaded
cars on the Indianapolis 81 Vincenues road IN
the week endine Aug. Is in the history OF thu
road There we're forwarded south l56 loaded
cars; brought into indianapolis GLIB loaded cars
] making : total Of 769 loaded cars handled II