The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-23
Name of Road.
Local and state Notes.

The Louisville, New ALBANY & Chicago road
has received the last of twelve consolidated en-
now has eghty-seven engines, seventy two of
them frst-class locomotives.
There were transferred over the Belt road in
the week ending Jan. 81, IL, 976 cars. increase
of LIZA cars over the number transferred til Q
corresponding week 1887. yet it was the lightest
movement over the Belt road of any week in
the last five months.
The officials of the Louisville Evansville e,
ST. Louis road have determined to make their
Evansville branch a more valuable by
counting the business. They propose to put On
more passenger trains and take steps to handle
their freiehts more promptly.
The Cincinnati. INDIANAPOLIS. St Louis g.
Chicago road earned in December. 1926, 8S9. "a
In passenger earnings an increase over those of
December 1886, of Sc 059 81 is shown; in local
freights increase of $1,315.8 80. In line
freights falling off is shown.
Last week Belt road engines handled 720 car
loads of live stock, against 712 the corresponding
week last year. The prospect Of heavier
movement with mider weather ia favorable.
There now more through cattle going for
ward than at the corresponding period 1887
Notice will be given to-day of advance in
east bound tobacco rates on Feb. /. During the
dull months tobacco men complained that the
rates were ezorbitant. and the roads in the Cen
trail Traffic Association voted to make reduc-
ton for the tune being. Now the Y have decided
TO replace the former figures.
New parties taking hold of what is known
as the Dayton Cincinnati q New Albany road.
ihis roau Is 70 run IN indiana near the north
bank OF the Ohio river, from Aurora to New
Albany Middletown. o., is the northern termi-
nus OF the road, and it is now graded to a point
five miles west of the State line of Indiana
The more enterprising citizens of Terre Haute
are waking up TO the fact that if the Prairie City
proposes to keep mp with the procession they
must aid in building what is known as the Terre
Haute d Southwestern road which will open MP
q new field to the business men of Terre Haute
and the probabilities that there will, at the
coming election next month. be q handsome
majority in favor Of aiding the enterprise
Indications are, said Pennsylvania railro ad
Official, that company is to get the worst Of
1t in this diferential rate business west bound
traffic. and the Pennsylvania fast-freight lines
may well go of business at points off their
direct lines. Take ClsveIan d. The New York
Central will not be hurt b ad will our road,
as II has the Nlckel-plate aud the Westshore to
catch their share of business, the earni nes from
which drop into the same treasury. practic ally.
The Lake Erie g. Western are in the market
Tor three sleeping coaches ard unable tn
find a car mandatory which will build them
before the lst of May. when they propose to es-
tsblish q line of sleeping coaches between San
dusky and Peoria. consequently they will at
once commence tine building OF two of these
coaches In their own shops. At Lima and at
Peru they are working more men than at any
time since the present management took con-
sroL
While the increase in earnings the second
week In January Is not as large they have
been the preceding weeks for some months past,
something of increase is shown, which is
really a surprise The Wabash shows An in
crease in the second week os January over the
corresponding week 1887 of So, sos; the Evans
vile Terre Haute. s.. 100: the Evansville 81
Indianapolis, s699. the Ohio 81 Mississippi,
~ l4L The Peoria, Evansville g. Decatur
shows decrease Of $45O5.
President McKsen, Of the Vandalia, was
somewhat surprised, the other day, AZ receiving
from an sattorney at a county seat on the I. H.
Il l.. division request for an annual over the
VandaliA lines. the legal gentleman assigning IS