The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-08-24
GENERAL NEWS.
The Managers of the California Roads in a
SweatBOx.

The Managers of the California Roads in n
SweatBOx.
The new schedule of passenger rates adopted
by the railway commission of California went
aato effect this week. When the order was served
by the secretary OF the board, superintendent
Barrett, of the Southern Pacific, gracefully sub
mitted, and, in a letter to the commission, said
chat the schedule will be put into operation as
soon as printed Instructions can be served on
1he employees of the road. General Manager
Towne, of the Central Pacific, protested against
tts enforcement, but at The same time he agreed
TO put the order into effect on Sunday next. The
pith of the protest of General Manager Towne is,
6rst, that the State OF California, neither
through the Legislature nor through the Board
of Railroad Commissioners, has jurisdiction to
regulate fares and freights npon either OF the
reads, both having been constructed under acts
of Congress: that by sections in the acts Oon-
grsss to itself the right to regulate fares
and freights on the Central road, and III the case
of the Southern Pacific this power is given to
the directors of the rOa0; and, the letter claims,
she action of the board is at variance with the
policy of the national government. Second. that
the rates proposed to he established by the order
will supplant and nullify schedules for passenger
transportation in all respects just and reason
able to the public and equitable TO the road.
Third that the order is an unlawful interference
with that liberty OF action which all enlightened
governments are bonnd TO accord TO their citi-
gems. Fourth, that their rates were not an abuse
Fuch as to call for remedy by the interpretation
of the board. The other reasons are somewhat
nj the same nature, winding up with one that
the action of the commission was due to I'M
due influence The letter closes with a general
denunciation of the agitation, the action OF the
Democratic county committee, and the alleged
Impossibty, owing 20 their reduction of put
ting in force the new schemes of the company.
Georgia Agitating the Selling of the State
Road to Pay Her Debts.
The indications now are that Georgia will fol-
lew in the Footsteps of Massachusetts and sell
out its interest In railroads. 1t is highly proba-
BILE that in the future the Georgia
State railroad, leased to Governor Bullock for
twenty years in 1870, will be sold to new
ayndieate, composed Of the present lessees and
q party of capitalists. The lessees, since they
took the property, have expended money quite
literally in improvements to tho roadhed and
equipments, and it is really becoming valuable
property. bill is now before the Legislature
of Georgia which recites that as the acknowl-
edged debt of the State is but SO, 900 OOO and
rs Sc, 100000 can Oe secured for the State road
therefore IL Is to the 1ntere of the State to sell
the road aud save an annual interest of nearly
100000. The bill has been expected. While
IL may not pass this session, IL starts
an agitation. The Central Railroad Company
which owns all the roads in the State excspt
the East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia and the
Richmond Danville systems, is now nrAc-
ficaliy shut out from the West, exeept through
the State road. The Central authorities fear
that in time the East Tennessee road might COB
hie up the State road, as it has the Richmond &
Danyille, and thus the only system of roads in
Hho oouth owned and controlled by Southern
men would be completely hemmed In by Northern
syndicates. The plan of the company and lead.
BnR LEGISLATORS is to fix the sale of the State road
80 that 1t may pass into the control of the Cen
Eral With tins line to the West, the Central
system would jump TO the front as one of the
greatest railway syndicates in the country.
C., L., st. L. g. c. Car Mileage for July.
The io'al freight-car mileage on the Ciacin.
matt, Indianapolis, st. Louis & Chicago system
for July was 1894, 798 miles, as follows:
Local Local
Loaded. Empty. Foreign
Main line 5s6,665 239,12O 10000
Hrtenshurg and Yer
non division. 24364 o63o 16 ooO
kankakee and Seneca
division: ---,...-.-.. 16714 9.l57 9.5ol
Martinsville division 6,024 3675 3O17
Total. 633. 767 261, 5S4 499,447
On all divisions, in the month of July n tot al |
r. 2S,Sll cars were handled; OF the number l8. |
E3l were loaded, 10,5SO empty,