The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-21

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WORTHY THE ATTENTION OF LIVESTOCK
| SHIPPERS.
| The American Humane Association has at last
assumed the aggressive policy, and indications
are that stock shippers who disobey their laws
regarding the shipping of live stock are to be
| given trouble. This association some time ago
instituted proceedings against the Boston & AL
/ bany and the Fitchburg railroad companies for
not complying with the United States statute
curing that no railroad company in the United
states over which cattle other animals are con-
veyed from one State to another shall conflne
the same in cars for longer period than twenty
eight consecutive hours without unloading the
same for rest, water and feeding for at least five
consecutive hours, unless prevented from so I'M
loading by storm or other accidental causes. The
| foregoing actions were brought by the Humane
Society in the United States District Court of
massachusetts, in order to bring before court
| OF competent jurisdiction the law against cruel
| ty to animals in transportation. Mr.. Edwin Lee
Brown, president of che association, reports that
the court has just given strong affirmation of
| the oonstitntionalfty OF the law, and the com
panies above mentioned were fined for violating
! the same. The officers of the Humane Associa-
/ tlon announce that they will welcome acts from
| all parts of the United States reiating to the
| treatment OF animals in transportation over any
railway. Especially 40 they invite attention to
the observance of the United States law and to
the rules OF the several railroads on live stock
A VALUABLE CONNECTION.
Indianapolis, St. Louis & Chicago road, states
that their interchange of business with the Gin
cinnati Southern road is increasing steadily; the
remark applying to both passenger and freight
| traffic. He states that 1t has really become one
of their most valuable connections. The Florida
travel over their lines has been heavy as 10
surprise both Arrangements. Its fast trains have
lessened the distance, as it were, and have re-
duced the time Of travel from the lakes to the
orange groves of Florida, until it seems but a
mere step from the frigid North to the soft sea
breezes The Cincinnati Southern, which three
years ago was spoken of only as an elephant on
the hands of the Cincinnatians, is becoming a
bonanza to that city and tie merchants of Cincin
natl are just beginning to realize its value to
them, and the system has yet by no means
reached It's growth. As it is operated it
forms an Important part of the great system
joined to the Alabama, Great Southern, Vlcks-
burg d Meridian, Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pa
cifc and New Orleans & Northeastern. 1t will
be but few months now until the Vicksburg,
Shreveport & Pacific Will be completed through
TO shreveport, there connecting with the Gould
southwestern system, furnishing outlet into
the fertile plains of Texas, and making direct
route via the Gould and Hun ington lines to the
Mexicos, the CALIFORNIA; and the metropolis of
the Pacific slope.
By the LIST of August the New Orleans & North
eastern Will De complete, perfecJlng the system
into the Crescent City, and giving to it an unds-
puted way TO the Gulf and connections to the
Texas cities on the Southern coast With its
present and projected lines completed and in
operation the benefit of the road to Cincinnati
cam OF well De computed,
GOOD WORD FOR THE ST. LOUIS AIR LINE.
representative of the Journal took tour of
inspection along the line of the Louisville,
Evansville & st. Louis Air Line, few days
ago, and he has returned to office duty
full of admiration of the grit and perse-
verance that has so successfully COM
pleted and so elegantly equipped road
through the knobs of southern Indiana. He had
heard of it, bus seeing no trace of it on the rail
road map of the State he could not realize its
existence until he went laundering along it
now through tunnels that thirty years ago
would have astonshed the ordinary traveller,
and now on trestle-work over the tops of the
trees-all the way through the hiest and least
productive portion of the State. Already,
though much less than year has transpired
since the first through train was run, there is a
large through business, and the way business is
growing Immensely, and railroad towns are
| sprnglng up as by magic every few miles, the
chief commerce of which at present is hoop
| poles, slaves, wagon-tmber and lumber The
Journal man, representing the conscience of the
staff, found only one thing sigh over, and
that was the deprayity of the City of the Fails
as shown by her ineOntnentlY gObbling up the
| Roekport " Cincinnati railroad, which was to
| pour the wealth of our pocket into the lap of
| the Queen City, and without so much as saying,
| by your leave, turning the aforesaid wealth into
| Louisville. But such the ways of the world,
| and of worldly minded cities. When, o when
| Will some j. Could o. some other railroad king
extend that Air Line to Indianapolis, the center
| of civilization and commerce, and leave Louis
| vile on the outskirts aftef all?
THE REORGANIZATION COMPLETED.
| The Chicago, Columbus & Indiana Central
Railway Company passed out of existence yes
terday, and the Chicago ST. Louis & Pittsburg
Railway Company completed its organization
and received the original deed for the property
from the g, c. & l. C. Railroad Company. The
stockholders of the new company elected as
directors for the ensuing year William L. Scott,
Erie, Pa; Charles ]. Osborn, New York; George
B. Roberts and John P, Green, Philadelphia; ].
| burg Conrad Baker, Indianapolis; George
| Hoadley, Cincinnati, and Alfred l.. Dennis,
| Newark, N j. There were in attendance at the
meeting George B. Roberts, j. p Green, j. A.
! Logan and s. W. White, of Philadelphia; G. j.
Osborn, New York. j: N. Mccullough, I. d.
! Messler ]. L. Brooks, W. c. Sutherland, Pitts
burg; George briggs Chicago; NJ II. Taylor,
Erie, Pa; Judge Hoadley, Cincinnati, and Con-
rad Baker, of Indianapolis. The directors
elected W. L. Scott president George Roberts
declining to accept the position: j. N McCul-
Tough first vice-president Il. d. Messler second
vice-presdent.
| AS all bonds secondary to those upon which
| the Scott foreclosure sale made by the sale
company resolved to issue 500, 00O, 900 of nav
bonds on the property and franchise. This series
of bonds, with the original bonds, will make the
| bonded debt on the c., ST. l.. IL p. $4,000 per
mile rOadbed and equipments.
A resolution was passed instructing General
| Manaser McCrea to purchase thirty-hve first
class locomotives, twenty-five passenger coaches
| and l 800 bOx-cars
BY resolution $150,O00 was set aside to put up
| buildings for shops at Indianapolis.
| General Manager McCrsa was also authorized
to construct extensive yards upon their grounds
| east of the city; ten miles of new sde-traek to
be laid in said yard this year.
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE P, c. & ST. L.
! COLUMBUS, o., March 20.-The annual meeting
of the Pittsburg, Cincinnati & st. Louis Railway
Company was held here to-day, at which time
the report of the directors for the year 1892
was presented, showing gross earnings of
S4,214, 1923 0s; expenses, So, $50 999.8 net
earnings, $1,383, 923 %; interest on in
vestments and rent of equipments, 81 ,963,-
| 661; total net revenue. $l.4O3. 559.S9, from
| which deduct interest ON funded debt, 1851 $50;
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