The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-03-28
Personal, Local and state Notes.

The Louisville, New Albany & Chicago road
now has ninety-two locomotives and 5.563
freight cars
The gross earnings of the c., T. st. L. & G..
road for February were 5000 1872 81; operating
expenses 1892, 16l OF; net earnings, $68. 800 60.
The vandalia is bringing in from Putnamyille
900 carloads of broken stone, to bs used in the
Dallasting of the tracks in and about the new
railroad station
e. Shields has been appointed assistant super
intendent of the Chicago. st. Paul q Kansas
City road. vice E. g. Russell, resigned, the ap
pointment to take effect April !.
IT. "A. Miller, assistant general passenger
agent of the Chicago, Milwaukee & ST. Paul
road, is in such poor health that he has gone to
Las Vegas, n. NJ. for several weeks.
All the stations on the G., Fl. & l. road are to
be repaired and repainted, and agents have been
asked to beautify their surroundings by laying
out grass plats and planting flower beds.
One of the engineers Of the Jeffersonville.
Madison & Indianapolis road has been arrested
for running too fast within the city limits. and
warrants have been issued for the arrest of three
more.
Notice is given that the Seattle Lake Shore
e Eastern road for business, and that
w. r. Thornell has been appointed manager,
and W. j. Jennings general freight and passen-
ger agent
The chair car which the Wabash is running
between Cincinnati and the West over the c..
II. e. d. and the l.. D. 81 w. roads is disgrace
60 the company. and will drive patronage away
instead of drawing it.
proposition or the Central Traffic Association TO
have inspector of weights and the character
of property forwarded at each railway associa-
ton. chiefly on account of the large expense il
entails.
Freight traffic on the Ohio Indiana g West
ern road has improved handsomely within the
the PASSENGER earnings crawled well up to the
figures from freight traffic. Usually, the pas
senger earnings are but 80 per cent. of the total
The l., n. A & G. people have their
paint on, and claim to have afidavits that the
c.. l., st. l.. & c., last Sunday. carried the
Barry 81 Fay troupe from Cincinnati to Chicago
q special train at five dollars head, under
bidding any rate ever made by the L., N A.
& G.
Engineers OF the Chicago, St. Louis G Pitts
burg and the Jetfersouyille. Madison 81 Indian
apolis roads have been instructed to reduce the
speed Of their trains between the Belt road and
the Union Depot to ten miles per hour, and
when IN the heart Of the city to four miles per
hour.
The Indianapolis & St. Louis is renorted 70
have become tired of being lookers-on and on
yesterday cut the rate, it is alleged. on nine
persons who were going 70 Califoruia-s8 on
L. may claim that under the circumstances it
has right to 8 differsntal.
Last evening there were yet ak miles OF rails
vet 20 lay TO complete the track of the Lake
Erie & Western to Peoria. and the probabilities
are that the road will not be in shape TO run
trains before the 18th OF next month
March has been bad month TO construct rail-
road. and the work has been delayed beyond ex-
pectations.
Indianapolis Is furnishing other sections OF
the corntry with men to build RAILROADS. At
San Francisco j. a. Woodland Harry Drew
aud j w. Sherwood are to build railroad; Col
NJ. A Downing is at the head of q syndicate
which PROPOSES to build cable road at Denver;
and II. r. Claypoo has taken a large interest IN
y cable road TO be built at San Diego Cal.
It la stated that the Pennsylvania will not be-
gin tn operate the Red Bank division until July
Before that date the Cincinnati Hamilton &c
Dayton stockholders Will have held their annual
meeting, and il is expecred that action will be
taken through which the Pennsylvania Com
pany will secure control Of the portion of the G.,
q ID. system lying between Hamilton and
Richmond
Observation-Disclosures pounds rate was Of
Iered Yesterday on fonr from Indianapolis to
Liverpool, which would leave nothing for the
ocean rate If inland rates. which are % cents
from indianapolis to Kew York. strictly
adhered 20, and # sent by Philadelphia il would
allow out Two cents per hundred pounds, or via
Baltimore. ont three CENTS for the ocean rate,
which u the lowest rate offered in years
The Northern Pacific is to adopt the system
OK keerlne car accounts devised by v FL Stew
Ems, 81 IerFe Hante. This system reduces tei6-
graphing expenses 30 per cent Through its use
a ear accountant can close his daily record each
day with complete record Of the cars handled
Ahat day. instead OF being two or three aays be-
hind. Any official can q glance on the board
learn the whereabouts of any particular car
M. f. Ingalls, president OF the chesapeake e.
Ohio road has gone 70 New York 70 be gone
7oupla Of weeks. An impression prevails that