The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-05-10
Personal. Local and state Notes.


The Bee-line win next week receive two Of the
six engines recently contracted for.
General Agent Wilson, Of the Lackawanna
line. has removed his headquarters from South
Illinois street to Room 6. Union Building
The stockholders of the Indianapolis Sc VIM
cennes road win hold their annual meeting for
the elsction Of directors, in this city. to-day.
W. s. Baldwin. recently appointed to repre-
sent the Vanderbilt Ines on the Pacific coast,
leaves with his family this morning for San
Francisco for permanent residence.
General Manager Henderson, Of the Ohio. In
diana & Western, with his subordinate officials
are spending day or two inspecting the Peoria
division snd the Chicago & Ohio River road.
President Ingalls, of the c., l.. St. L. g. G., is
arranging his business to repeat his trip across
the water this year. He hopes to get away next
month, and expects TO be absent about six
veeka
S. N. FELTON,. frat vice. and f. B. Thomas,
second vice-president of the Erie lines with
several subordinate officers, are this week In
specting the N. Y. p. & o., and other branches
west Of Salamanca
Bridge Company have brought suit against the
Louisville, New Albany & Chicago road for the
sum due them for bridge tolls Arrears are
claimed in the sum Of $l8,963.
The Fort Wayne, Cincinnati & Louisville and
the Whitewater Valley roads have been added to
the list over which the new issue Of i've
thousand mile tickets OF tho Lake Shore road
will be honored for transportation.
The vestibue train south over the Louisville,
New Albany & Chicago road. which consisted OF
ok cars, carrying the members or the medical
profession, made the run from Chicago to In
dianapolis in six hours and eight minutes
For some months past the Lake Shore road
has been engaged in taking out curves in the
portion of their line in Indiana west Of Bailey
town. A good deal Of this class OF work has
been done. and Monday last trains began to run
over the new track.
Judge Gresham yesterday sent the order to
Springfield. H., for the transfer of the INDIAN
apolis. Decatur & Sprinefield road to the reor-
eauixed Indianapolis. Decatur q Western Rail
road Company. aud today the same order will be
forwarded TO Indianapolis.
The attorneys Of the Cincinnati. Indianapolis.
ST. Louis & Chicago road have brought suit in
the United States District Court 10 recover
800. 900 damages against the Tiffany Refrieera-
tor car Company. OF Chicago. for breach Of con
tract TO furnish 200 cars In 1887.
The monthly report Of Secretary Eckman, OF
the indianapolis Joint Weighing Association,
shcws overweghts In cars billed out of Indian
apols OF 6,3e4. S45 pounds This weighing asso
eiation Is proving valuable auxiliary to the
roads, and doing much to increase their revenue.
At the hearing before Chairman Daniels OF
tue passenger department Of the Central Traffic
Association. Wednesday next regarding pAssen.
ger difsrentials from Cleveland 20 COLUMBUS
and Cincinnati the Bee-liue's application fol
dinersntiais from St Louis and indianapolis
will be considered
The Illinois State Journal says that the ST.
Lonis d Central Illinois Railroad Company will
begin this week the location Of a road from
Bates TO Springfield. Ill. and il 10 expected 20
have the line 10 operation By Sept l. L. will
Be good feeder for some of the Eastern liues
cut Of Springfield.
The twenty-hrst annual convention of the Ma
tioral Assocatier Of Master Mechanics will be
held ut Alexandria Bay, n. Y. on the 10Th 81
June Two or three Of the master mechanics OF
Indianapolis roads are arranging TO be In az
lendanes. The place selected is the famous
Thousand Island country.
In the -four months ended April 30. the Bee
line forwarded from the Indianapolis iIve-stoch
Isrts l.227 carloads Of livestock, the Chicago
~ Louls = Pittsburg 456, the Cincinnati, Indi