The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-11-13
AN OLD ISSUE REoPENED.
.Ahuses of the Present Transfer System
Remedy Suggested.

Abuses of the Present Transfer. System-A
Remedy Suggested.
A railroad man yesterday threw down
Ietter in which complaint was made of the ex-
orb1tapt transfer charges made at indianapolis,
turred ana said to the railroad reporter of the
Normal that something had to be done in this
matter Complaints were coming from the
north the south, the east and the west, and he
thou BIT it would be best at once to return to the
old plan of transferring freight from depot to
another so much disregard of the rights of ship
ners was there in the present plan of transfer
iugfu drays,i most cases owned by agents of the
resnective roads. He remarked that not only
did the present method of transferring freight
cost the shippers double what it did to transfer
by cars, but there was often delay, the drsymen
taking their own time to transfer the property.
He said that the whole matter of transferring
frAiehts at this point greatly needed system
atizIug. Whether intentional or not, most of
the agents seem to be in eollusien in pro-
cectiug the interests of these transfer colc-
panies. The railroad man then stared that the
Wabash will not receive car with Kokomo and
Peru freight, the G., l., ST. l.. d. C. will not take
n car with shelbyvile and LawreI. "eburg freight;
the c., c., g. 81 T. will not take with Cleve-
LAND and Crestline freight, and so on with them
all Why9 Because the draymen would not
geta wnack at tt.
He added: Now. if the railroads would say to
each other, will take any Car yon have for US,
and, if not loaded to suit us, we will handle it
ourselves, do you not see. this would only save
one nandHnR ana no uraylng. JHen, the C
st. L. & P. has of time-freight for ST. Louis,
via the Vandalia, and it delivers it to the Belt
and the Belt delivers 1t to the Vandalia. and
the Vandalia returns it to the Belt in bad
order, ana tina Belt sends 1t back to the c.,
st. L. & p, and from the c., st. H. & p
outer yard it to the city freight depot
for transfer, and Is then transferred TO another
or drayed. Why not have this transfer
red by the receiving road, il necessary, and for
warded without such defay2 On the other
hand, the l., B. & W. may have
carload of freight for Louisville loaded in
car that would not be received by the j., M. &
T. 1t would take two three days to get this
freight through Indianapolis before empty
car could be had and transferred Why not give
the to the j., NJ. & /. for transfer, and the
other hand receive from them any car or freight
of any kind, through or locaIf Why. said he, it
- all nonsense handling and draying all this
freight at Indianapolis, from Cincinnati, Chica-
go, Louisville, Cleveland. Detroit. Peoria and
st. Louis. We will say, each one of them loads
five cars per day for Indiana POLLS Not one
Nth Of the freight is for indianapolis proper.
Why not load the other four ears for the prinei-
pal cOnnectiOns7 Louivllle could load with
TWO or more towns on the Panhandle road, and
have 1t carded Panhandle depot, indianapolis"
Cincinnati could load ear each day for local
towns on the VandaTta, and so on all around.