The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-07

General Manager Bradbury OF the Lake Erie
& Western road. yesterday contracted with the
Pullman Car Company for two combination
sleeping and chair cars. each to $11, 900, to
be delivered Sept. /.
o. p McCarty, with the trunk-lins passenger
department. was in the city yesterday, and to-
day goes to Cincinnati to represent the trunk
lines at the meeting OF general passenger agents
to be held in that city.
M. Il. Ingalls, predicts that the business OF the
Chesapeake 81 Ohio road will increase 100 per
rent. when the line now being built from ASH
land. KY, to Cincinnati. and the bridge over
the Ohio river at that point are completed.
c. p. Huntington. president of the Chesa-
peake 81 Ohio road, says that the management
of the property is at once to be placed in the
hands of NJ E. ingalls,, president of the Big
Four. bat it will be six months before the road
V taken out of the hands of receiver.
In the month of January the Bee Line for
carloads of stock the Chicago, st. Louis 81
Pitts burg. 40; the Cincinnati, indianapolis st.
Louis Chicago, 81; the Cincinnati, Hamilton
Indianapolis, IL, and the Indiana, Blooming
ton g. Western car loads.
The Mackey lines seem TO be doing a good
business. In the month of January the Evans
vile e. Terre Haute road shows an increase of
2O4 per cent. over earnings corresponding month
1887; the Peoria, Decatur IL Evansville an in
crease of ia per cent; the Evansville g In
diaDapolis an increase of Is per cent
Contracts for the building of 5000 cars have
been already accepted by the LAFAYETTE car
works this year. OF this number 1900 are for
the Chicago. Burlington g. Northern, $50 for
the Duluth. South Shore s. Atlantic. 200 for the
Lake Erie 81 Western, 100 for the Rochester 81
Pittsbure and 300 for the Chicago s. In
diana Coal road.
The growth OF the passenger business over the
Lake Erie 81 Western road in the past few
months has been wonderful, and is partly due
to the fact that the road runs through the best
naturalgas fields of this State and of Ohio
General Passenger Agent Lees January report
shows that the passenger earnings of last month
r. fhar in lam
Since Jan. ] seven roads have asked the Iudi-
annapolis car-works to bid cars but they are
now so crowded with work that they could not
get them out in the time the roads rnnst ha 70
them. The Cleveland 81 Canton road was one
of the number. and last week placed the con-
tract for 200, and will this week be in the mar.
kst for 500 more.
The Great Eastern fast-freight line haa dis
turbed the other lines out or Boston by catching
all rhe shipments of Irvine to the reaper and
binder companies at this point. using the differ
bound business to secure il. One Indian polls
house IL to have slightly carloads, and several
others will receive. over the same line, immense
quantities.
The citizens of Peru have come to think more
kindly of the management of the old l.. p. &
c. road. now the Lake Erie a. Western. The fact
10 that more men employed in the shops at
that point than 10 the palmiest days of the l.,
P. a. q. road, and the force 10 permanent one.
The paw rolls show that $50 employees of the
road mako Peru their headquarters, over 100 of
tucm working IN the SHOPS at Jnat point ana. IL
Is stated officially that the number is 20 be still
further increased.
The Chicago. st. Louis and Pittsburg train
now leaving here at II A. NJ after Monday next
will depart from the Union depot at A. NJ. The
change 10 made 10 better accommodate the
indianapolis travel. As the trains run one
must leave at A. M. TO reach point at any dis
lance and return the same day. After the
change the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Indianapo-
lis will be the only road which does not have
brain out ct the city At reasonably good hour
in the morning.
With the taking effect OF the spring time
table, the L., N. A. 81 G. manaeement have de-
cided 10 put on another train between Iudianap-
OILS and Chicago. leaving Indianapolis NJ A. d..
md doing accomm odation work. reaching Chi
cnRc at p. M The noon train out of here will
be made limited train, stopping oni. at Frank
fort, DELPHI, Monticello Monon and Hsnsselaer,
making the run one hour quicker than is now