The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-10-20
psr.ona,. Local and State Notes.

Before leaving yesterday morning. the Van
derbilr party gave the new Union Station a good
lookineover. aud pronounced it elegant and
welLarraneed in every particular.
The Chicago & Eastern Illinois people con-
template removing a number of their train off,
Gals TO Danyille, ILL.,, making it a much moro
important point on that road than heretofore.
The heavy mogul passenger engines in service
on the Michigan Central road are doing excellent
work. These engines weigh 132,OOO pounds,
empty, and rest on three pairs OF drivers and Q
pony truck in front
Commissioners Fink has notified the traffic
managers of Western roads that all companies
in the Trunk-line aud Central Traffic Association
have agreed to restore rates TO the highest point,
taking effect Oct. &c.
was in The city, yesterday. and stated that the
DAY Blaine was in New Albany and Thurman in
Shelbyville their road handled 2o,3ll passengers,
carrying ii 1l3 from Louisville and Jefferson
vile to New Albany.
Charles Curtis, formerly passenger conductor
on the Vandslis, was in the city. yesterday,
calling on old-time friends, from whom be re-
:eiyed hearty congratulations. being on mis- wed
ding trip. Mr.. Curtis now represents the Van
aalla in the Texas district.
The Ra lroad Clerks Association has rented
Iroquois Hall, IN the Claypool Block, Cor its club
room. Some of the members of the association
are now rehesrsing nightly in preparing to rem
der the Chimes OF Normandy at the Grand
Opera-house, on the evenings OF Nov. %, "A
and p.
The export grain traffic is practically at a
stand-still. owing to the fact that the prices of
wheat and -four. both here and at Chicago. are
considerable above their value in Liverpool and
other European markets. WHAT little whsat
the roads src hauling East Is placed largely In
the elevators of the trunk lines.
President Hammond. of the indianapolis, De-
catur 81 SpripgfeF road, has decided thati 1t
would be uuwiss to remove his general Offices,
which are located at Indianapolis, into rooms n
the new Union Station As yet only the Bee
line and the c., ST. L. & p. have made arrsge-
ments for Offices in that building.
The October number of the Locomotive Fire
mems Magazine. just out, says there are now
$50 lodges of the association, located at nearly
all the important railroad points in the country.
10 September $l5, 600 wac distributed IN bene-
fits. In the treasury there is remaining s3S, l9S,
to be applied TO the same charitable work.
superintendent Woodland, of the L., n. A. &
c., was IN the city yesterday. He says that the
management is much disappointed because it is
being delayed In securing an independent line
into the city. as 1t was very anxious to erect q
freight depot and make other improvements in
terminal facilities before the winter set in
The engineering corps of the Louisville, New
Albany & Chicago company has been looking
over the ground north OF Crown Hill Cemetery
with a view of seeing what could be done in ex-
tending the road SO as TO come in on the west
side OF the city, but they find that to do this
would be very expensive, on account OF the IN
evenness OF the ground.
E. B. Thomas, vies-prssident Of the Erie
lines. has removed his headquarters to New
York city. He TOOK with him., from Cleveland,
his private secretary, j. A. Middleton, and sew
eral steRogrsphers and clerks, who have been
with him for some time. IL is believed that his
appointment as general manager of the Eris
lines will be announced within a few days
The opposition to General McNulta, on the
part Of certain bondholders of the Wabash, St
Louis 81 Pacific road, il gradually dying out.
The dissatisfied parties, after comparing his
statements with those Of some OF the Western
and granger lines. find that he has done we'll to
even make the net earnings reported, when he
was at the same time, doing so much to improve
the property.
The division freight agent of tho Indianapolis
s 81 Louis BAD takes exceptions to the state
mentthat the Indianapolis. Decatur & Western
Is maintaining rates. This Official says that, in
connection with the Wabash read. il is carrying
canned goods to ST. LOUIS az 8 cents per 100
pounds, while the tariff rate is IL cents Traffic
Manager Lazarus, n turn, says that the l., ID.
81 ". did not make the Scent rate until Ae
VandalIs had done so. and that such was proven
to be the case at the meeting of the local freight
agents on Monday last.
Geo. Roberts, president of the Pennsylvania
lines, and the inspection party accompanying
him. arrived IN the city at 30 p. NJ, YESTERDAY.
and, after looking over the new Union Station
and other improvements made the last year by
the Union Railway Company. they left for Chi.
eago at 3:20 P. N. From there they 60 TO Duluth,
MINI. Having changed their programme as TO
going over the Vandalia, they telegraphed Pres
ident McKesn to meet them here, and he accom-
panied the party as far as Chicago. Owing to
illness, J. ". Mccullough was NOT with the par
ty. 10 being the first time 10 thirteen years he
had failed TO N them In going over
their Southwestern and Northwestern lines