The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-04-14

Ilin, WICK, CHdIIdHUUEd5
Macon, Meridian and Memphis. To secure this
mileage was no small undertaking. but, great as
it is says the News, il is but a drop IN the
bucket when compared to the mileage OF what
will soon be known 1.-THE Gould Combination"
which will embrace the Seney, Erlanger, Wa
bash and Missouri Pacific systems, with mile
age of about Is, 900 miles The Wabash Is al
ready substantially a part OF the MISSOURI
Pacific SYSTEM and the Seney roads are as good
as secured. The Eranger system is stun under
the control of the London board, but If rumor
has it right the control will in the near future
pass to Mr. Gould, either by lease or through a
trafnc agreement, which Will be equivalent 10 u
lease,
THEIR FUTURE POLICY.
An official high up in the Wabash, st. Louis
& Pacific road says: "The Wabash company
will treat the other roads as they treat us. If
we receive business we shall give business in
return. We can influence business in Jnis way:
where man wants ticket via Chicago d
Alton or Vandalia we shall give it MIN that way;
where nothing is said about the matter we shall
sell him a ticket via our own line" Those
best able to judge say that this lease may not
affect an immediately large increase in the earn
lngs or the Wabash company, as the policy or
the management will be not to antagonize the
roads centerng at st. Louis by n sudden large
diversion of business from them. There Will,
however, be a gradual diversion of business,
which will in the end add very materially to
Wabash earnings.
BELONG TO THE LOWER SPECIES.
1t is seldom that "a railroad official win own
that "spotteTs" are working on the road Of which
he is an officer. ''spotters" are usually such
contemplate fellows that almost any man of
spirit feels chagrined to think that he has one
in his employ, The Railroader says: "Of all
disreputahle and contemptible persons on tho
face of the earth. the average 'spotter is the
lowest and meanest." 1t adds: 1--WE voice the
general sentiment OF the community, outside of
the circle OF railway managers, and we know
that many of the best and most successful of
these managers denounce the 'spo5ter system
In unmeasured terms, and refuse to make use
OF the creatures under any circumstances Inc
railway 'spOtter is in the class of the detective,
but the regular detective is saint IN compari-
son with this spotter' devil"
ONLY A SLIGHT BREEZE.
Auditor and Treasurer IJams, usual when
ever General Manager Thomas, of the Bee Line,
visits the city, presented the latter with the de-
linquent bill for transfer charges, which reaches
back to Dec. l, Manager Thomas quite pertly
asked Mr.. Iiams on whose authority he presented
the bills from month to month, charging 80
cents per car moved over the Belt road, adding
that he never had agreed to haul their own cars
over the Belt road and pay the same price that
other roads did whose cars were hauled by Belt
road engines. Mr.. Iams informed him that be
had two reasons-one, that he wanted to keep
him posted as to the manner his transfer charges
were accommodating, and another, that the Union
Railway Company needed money to pay current
expenses. This led to spirited discussion, in
which Manager MeCrea took a part Finally, it
a full meeting of the board and the price for
transfer was properly adjusted.
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