The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-03-01


Freight men state that export business is now
the lightest at any time within the last four
years
a strong pressure is being brought upon the
Illinois Central managers TO induce them to
tend sheir lines to Aberdeen, Oak.
General Freight Agent Mcleod, of the Cleve-
land, Sandusky & Cincinnati road, has APP
pointed r. Crowell, Of the o., l. & W. offices, his
chief clerk.
Commencing with Monday nsxt, the 7:10 A. NJ.
train out of here over the Cincinnati, Indianapo-
lie, st. Louis & Chicago will haul through
coach for Peoria
The Wabash Western is proftinc handsomely
through the strike of the Chicago. Burlington d
Quincy lines. carrying nearly ali the c., B. q @
business for st. Paul out of st. Louis.
w. NJ Busingsr, who has been appointed sup
erintendsnt of the Indiana Midland road, with
headquarters at Lebanon. was for many years
passenger conductor the Louisville New AL
bany 81 Chicago road.
The Jacksonville, Madison & Indianapolis
management is continuing the work of reducing
the grade of their read. A large force is now at
work between Sellersburg 81 Memphis, where
there is a heavy grade.
Alfred Sully, well known in Western railroad
circles, is to be married in few weeks, and will
spend the summer IN Europe. 1t 10 understood
that he will give up the presidency of some Of
the roads in which he is interested.
The Corydon branch road is to be extended
70 Kings Cave, distance of five miles. The
impression prevails that eventually this road
will become the property of the Louisville, Ev-
ansville q st. Louis Railroad Company.
Bradstrset undertakes the position of a
ticket scalper. It quotes of the Indianapolis
scalpers as being worth So 900, while the fact is,
that his income, the last two years, has been
$4,000, much of which has been invested in
good property.
Ii is reported, to-day, that Cincinnati. Ham
ilton e. Dayton pool has secured control of 20 900
shares Of stock, and will keep Ives g. Co. out of
the management. Those named in the transac-
tion MeSsrs. Dexter, Ramsey, HOOPER
Waite and Winslow
The parties controlling the Cairo & Vincennes
road have, in the last eighteen months been ex-
pending considerable money in improvement
to the road bed, and now have quite respect
able track, fully two-thirds of the line being
laid with good steel rail
During the past winter the Pennsylvauia and
several other lines have beed using the East
man heater appliance In the ordinary box-car to
great advantage. The expense of moving pro-
duce and keeping it from freezing where this
appliance is used, is but trifiing.
Judge Woods is becoming impatient over the
delays in taking the Indianapolis, Decatur g.
Springfield now the l., D. & w. out OF the
hands Of receiver. The date for so doing has
been fixed upon two or three times, but some
thing has always come up to delay the matter.
Thomas Rodd. of Pittsburg, chief engineer
and draughtsman of the railway station. is
in the city for day or two. He has ordered the
forces OF men taking down the old depot and
those on the new work largely increased, and
the Improvements pushed with all possible
haste.
Receiver McNulta, of the Wabash. yesterday
fled bis report for January. showing total re-
ceipts TO have been 81 059 1856 II; disbursements,
$776, 304 76; balance Jan. j. 1883. 1921, 081 %.
The total receipts from Jan. /, 1887, to Jan. 81,
1883. were So 131. 94l. 81, and the disbursements
So $50 $50 &C.
r. E. Kicker, who for many years super
intendent of the Terre Haute g indianapolis
road, but more recently on the Denver g. Rio
Grande, to-day assumed the duties of general
superintendent of the St Louis 81 Iron Mount
ain, Little Rock g. Fort Smith aud the LEASED
lines of the Missouri Pacific in Texas.
General Passenger Agent Charlton. of the
Chicago & Alton, has been in this territory for
day or two, talking commissions to agents aud
trying to heal the breach between the c. g. A
and the Ohio Indiana 81 Western, caused by the
former establishing new and very friendly rela-
tions with the Lake Erie & Western road.
Harry Crawford was in the city yesterday.
He expressed himself as being disappointed be-
because Terre Haute failed to vote to aid to the
building of the Terre Haute & Mississippi road,
as it killed that enterprise. and had led him to
abandon the idea of extending the Indiana Mid
land road to Terre Haute. He will now extend
it northward toward Fort Wayne.
There is a movement on foot which promises
to be a valuable for the business of the Chi
cago e. West Michigan road. 1t is proposed to
establish line of steamers between Milwaukee
and Muskegon. Mich. At Muskegon the steam
connect with the Chicago g. West Michigan
road opening a new eastern line, well as a
southern line from Milwaukee. The eastern
with the Detroit Lansing & Lake Michigan, the
Gouthern line through connection with the
Louisville, New Albany g. Chicago at La Crosse