The Indianapolis journal., 1883-04-20


stepped upon the Vandalia that General Freight
Agent Hibbard will not ask for an increased per
cent. at least for the present. Yet 1t is more OF
a victory for the Vandaia than may seem, as
the Vandalia people, although demanding an
increased per cent, expected only to hold 26
per cent, which was awarded Them rev
months ago by Commissioner Fink
GETTING AFTER THE BOYS IN EARNEST.
Freight men evidently are to be made to un-
derstand hereafter tnat signing pooling agree
ments is looked upon by the executive committee
of the trunk lines meaning something. To
this end the executive committee have placed
the Peoria, Decatur & Evansville road on the
black list. and II is understood that to-day the
Louisville, New Albany g. Chicago road will like
wise be. IL seems that the Empire lane has been
cutting rates out of Evansville and Peoria, and
doing 1T in so bungling manner that the execu-
tive committee Of the trunk lines have tumbled
OTTO it, and have issued an order that unt1 fur
uher notice roads which connect with the p, ID.
q E., and carrying their East-bound business,
shall not pro-rate with them, or accept
their through billing, which virtually throws the
p, d. & e. out of the market, as they must
move all their east-bourd business on full local
rates to the first pooling point, which would be
Indianapolis, and the local rate TO this point is
more than the through rate after indianapolis ls
reaohed, IL is stated that the L., N, A. & e.
troubles came from shipments made from Indi
annapolis on which the rate was cut.
COULD NOT KEEP IT TO HIMSELF.
common remark that shippers when they
have good thing cannot keep it was aptly veri-
tiea yesterday. A shipper called on H. F. Stiles,
agent of the c., H. & l., for a rate grain to
New York. and was given 21la cents per 100
pounds. Knowing that this a cut rate he
bethought himself that east-boand rates
were "busted." He then called on
j. A. Perkins. division freight agent
Of Of the G., St. !, 4 P. for, rate, and was given
% cents per 100 pounds. The shipper quoted
Agent Stes's rate. Perkins was considerably
disturbed. He would not cut the rate, but called
on Agent Stiles for an explanation. Meantime,
the shipper had called on Agent White, of the Bee
Line, and quoted Agent Stiles's rate, and he was
all torn up, and in less than hye
minutes demanded an explanation of Agent
Stiles, who threw himself back on his dignity
and remarked that he had the authority of Gen
eral Freight Agent Mcleod for making the rate
The latter was telegraphed to ana an explana-
tlon was soon given. One of McLeod's clerks
had divided the rate basing 1t on Chicago, and
had made mistake In his division of y cents.
The explanation was satisfactory, and quiet was
restored, and the shipper lost his opportunity to
get reduced rate by giving good thing away.
PREPARING FOR THE SPRING sHEARIYG.
The more active movement in railroad stocks
and the advance in price of stock of some of the
more popular roads, is said to be creating re-
newed interest and a speculative feeling all
over the country, but an indianapolis man, who
within the last eighteen months has been badly
sheared, is advising the "lambs" to move eau
blOubi9y anu Is FdGu6f D6aTlBn IN his Gdih, as
whenever it suits the manipulators they will
shear the lambs, he says, regardless of the pro-
tests of the latter and the promises made by the
manipulators. However, there is much of an
exciting nature going on in railroad circles at
the present time, several coming to light within
the last week. railroad item of more than
common interest is an alleged scheme OF
Mr.. Willard for forming transcontinental
line by connecting his Northern
Pacific road with the New York, West
Dtffa FArDr
tween Buffalo and the Lake Superior terminus of
the Northern Pacific or the Lake Michigan
terminus of the Wisconsin Central. if Willard
gets control OF that road Willard Is said to have
already bought $500.000 of the West Shore
bonds. There have been free purchases of the
securities of the East Tennessee, Virginia &
Georgia road, and Gould is credited with the
purpose of alying it with hissSouthwestern sys-
TEN. The Baltimore Ohio has issued mort
gage OF about $l2, 100000 to secure independ-
ent connection with Philadelphia and New York.
The st. Louis q San Francisco sells to a syndi-
cate S2,500,000 per cent. tfty-year bonds.
This is une second issue of the same amount out
of general mortgage of S30,000.O00. The St.
Pau, Minneapolis d Manitoba issues toits stock
holders, July l, consolidated per cent bonds
amounting to 40 per cent. of their holdings.
Then Jay Gould's movements in practically con-
solidatng the Wabash and his Southwestern
system is looked upon as a bold and gigantic
step, and results are watched with great interest.
TROUBLES OF THE PASSENGER CONDUCTORS
AS the discharglng Of passenger couduo-
tors on the Pennsylvania system of roads
seems to have become epidemic, a correct
list of those discharged up to pres
ent date becomes a matter of interest. The
movement was inaugurated on the indianapolis
& Vincennes division, William B. Rice and R. S.
Kingsley being the subjects. The movement
next reached the Jacksonville, Madison & Indi-
annapolis division, which but one of the old
conductors was left, Ewng-H. Mounts, Elliott
No. l, Elliott No 2, and A. Angle being dis
Hnarhed. Their plaop Hllp1 ny A n Horrall
G. Mcclellan, VIM Williamson, John Brown and
Mort. Alexander. These men were running
branch trains, or were extra sub-cOnductors
Wednesday the endemic reached the Bradford
and LoganspOrt divisions, and on these but one
old Gonduc!or is left: The discharged men are
o. W. B. Parkins, F. N. Mccullough, H. B.
Hughes, L. NJ, Harris, M. II. Eastman, ID. A
Crowell, M! Anderson, o. II. Bacon, R. S. Lowry,
A. J. Cassell, Q. Riddle and 3. NJ Golding. Their
places have been filled by freight conductors
y. b. Kerlin, Joseph Kinney, VIM Parks, A. j.
Osborn, Samuel johnson, f. X. Segmund, Wm
Hogle, P. G. Wiese, Chas. Dunbar. Chas. Vick-
cry, Jerome Devers and James Kelgher. On the
Muskingum Valley division, conductors Robert
H. Taggart, Samuel Brown; L. D. Dare and
James Kennedy have been let out, and their
places filed by freight conductors Loo MeIain,
James Delaney, Foss Mcleod and Geo. Graves
RumOr had 1t last Gyaning that dynamite would
be placeo under conductors on the indianapolis
division to-day tomorrow, as it is well
known that spoilers have been working
this division and off for nearly n
month; and it is as well known that whenever a
spOtter commences on a road, to protect his rep
utatiOn he must make a case, whether there is
cause or NOT, 1t is likely some Will go.
An enemy of the spoilers says: "Who that
knows many of these conductors mentioned
above believes that they are dishonest men2
What chance has conductor when a spotter
boards the train, plays the dandy or the granger,
buys ticket to Richmond at the union depot ,and
when the conductor comes around, says: Il have
decided to go to Columbus; will give you my
ticket for the fare To Richmond and the money
for my fare from Richmond to ColumbusP
confederate spotter sets behind him and reports
that full fare from indianapolis to Columbus
was paid How can the conductor prove himself
innocent in this case unless some friend of
ductOr notify him that spoilers are to be on his
train and he prepares to Offset their schemes by
noting any special features in the case2 AT the
rate this matter is now being carried hon
eat man will take a c0nductorship on train, as
he Immediately assumes the title of a thief"
THE UNION PACIFIC AND THE GOVERNMENT.
WASHINGTON, April 19.-The published report