The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-06

Union Pacific. the Wabash or that of the roads
to the sOuth~e est of the Mississippi aud Missouri
rivers. The agreement is to contain provisions
that will main tain harmony between the Bur
ling6On system and Union Pacific, and restrain
each from interfering with the trafiie of the
other. lt Ia also Understood that the Wabash
abaddons iGs project OF IA new line into Chicago.
In short, the Burlington d Quincy become the
virtual owners of Hannibal & st. Joseph, thus
insuring to that road paying business and
dividends on its stock; stops the building OF n
competing road from the Mississippi river INFO
Chicago, and secures with Union Pacific an
equitable share of the Colorado traffic and an
ally for maintaining rates eastward from the
Rocky mountains. The Wabash retains traffic
facilities over the Hannibal road, secures its
territory west of the mississippi from further
invasion by the Burlington system, and harmO-
NOUS traffic rates at all COZ Ieting points.
PREFERS RArLRoADISG TO POLITICS.
A few days since mention made in this
department. that Calvin s. Brioe, president of
the Michigan S Ohio road, and late viee-presi-
dent of the Nicke-plate, was laying his wires to
be the next Governor of Ohio. President Brice
writes from New York, under date OF Jan. 81.
1885, az have never been candidate for
any office. and do not think shall be- will
not be in the immediate future, at all events,
and that's the question now. 1 am not and will
not be a candidate for Governor senator or any
thing else this year AS yet have not the fever,
and love my individual liberty and freedom of
action more than the delights of office. Should
20 out OF active railroad business I would
gladly give my time to politics, but an attempt
at both would certainly result in failing in one
or both"
MAKING MONEY.
The Indiana. Bloomington & Western system
proper earned in January S24S, l42 SO, an in
crease of S52,3l8.39 over earnings of CORE
spending month of 1892, by divisions as follows:
Peoria division, $lO2 ,62I.11; st. Louis division,
$f5,171; Middle division, S32,Sl527; Ohio
division, SCI, 535,25. The ST. Louis division
showed an increase of S12, 692. The Ohio South
erB, in January, earned 1877, 052 .45, which was
an increase of IS .002. 80 over earnings CORE
spending month of 1882. The earnings of the
l., Il. & W. system proper, the last week in
January were $75,3S0. "a, which was a gain of
Sl9,54S.32. The officers of the road are much
eiated over the above favorable report, and as a
handsome increase is shown in both the pas
senger and freight earnings, the officers of each
department have reason TO be gratified over
the favorable exhibit as well as the general
manager.
SYSTEMATIC sELF-PRoTEcrIoN.
The mania for suing for damages when en-
employee or person is injured, even but slightly
on IA railroad, is spreading. and where railroad
attorneys are careless or negligent in looking
up evidence, roads are being bled quite freely.
On one of the Indianapolis roads, which has
beeHfn operation twelve years, but once has the
company paid personal injury Judgment. An
official of the road yesterday, when speaking of
exemption from heavy damages to the fact
that their attorney required all employees to re-
port accidents of any kind, even to the MASKING
OF finger, and while the acct
dent was fresh in the minds of the injured party
and witnesses of his injury, their testimony was
taken and filed away, and several times had the
company been enabled to clear themselves OF all
liability for such injuries by having such evil
dence at hand to refer to. Tine official added
that without doubt the company had heen beue-
flied $4,000 by this simple precaution, which
had been carried out in every case where u party
was injured for nine years past.