The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-30

uisposslon 70 ressore anu snen s., So0o'
0oo nr3S Su or ,oIiDniteG ticfats ont soid nv The
L. E. & W. and the Chicago & Alton couple of
Years ago, ana as soon as rates are a" Tind
cleveland and Sanduskv ar much lower than
tariff rates, and competitors of these roads must
NEE. sneh rare OF looK on an6 see Se nd ra,es
consequently soon become demoraiIzed. W. P.
johnson, of the Lake Shore road, stated in re-
Spouse 10 ehe inquiry she @ of the
opinion that they will" After this, ali agreed
to restore rates April l, with the exception of
anarro" -sauSe anair'
THE LATEST REGARDING THE STRAIGHT LINE
Major G. ]. Hepburn, general superintendent
of the E. & T. H, and the recently appointed re-
celVer OF the Indianapolis q EvansVlhe roau'
more Familiarity known as the straight Line"
has fled a netitinn in the sunerior Court of
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Evansville ASKING Iha6 ue 10 alio"eo W 'aho
possession of the road for the purpose of pushing
IL to =, sarl,, cor,nlatio, and Tn5ga Dvar he
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lore whom the suit Is brought mas oroereo MI
Hepburn to take possession of all and singular
the nronertv descrihed in b1s annolntment
and IA herabv anthorizad and directed 70 nro.
coed witbont further deIaT To mt in renair the
constrncted nart Of the said railway and 70 nro.
vide therefdr the necessarv eouinments to
operate the same for the best interest of the
So Tbs rs vi san Ia aI t h"rrn
a sum not exceeding $3.50, 600, as shall be neces-
sary to equip and complete said road, SO as to
sccorGn 70 rba deSire aI of AID 6nndboSers
ro,,,.o 49,, ,,,..O,rr-s,,r,
f,o,,,, ,-o..ou,. s,or,
.,o1S.-, - ~ ~, - so,,.,1o 90
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oaa M Ca7a.IoI -. ,,a ve,+rot,,
81 49,, 60, ~, -, -. .,inod
anu Aia"aina Coai anu iroh Ooihp ahy' o4s"i'AA
a few days since, with capital of 100000 Il.
W Rooker of Rirminpham ia vice-president
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anu u neCarty' OIL LOUISVILLE secretar9 anu
treasurer. This company have purchased
large tract of coal land in Alabama some thirty
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mics from any rallrOao, DuI tne georgia faclue
hinlroao company mas entered into an
asreenent 10 pulla tne thirty mHes
Oh Of ROAD ana nave trains running RUM 10
enooe ooai I',h"s ny tne uine Vue Ioa ln I
oonpany nave tneir Coal snalts SUNK anu aio
reauy LOT operaVlon' me Ooionei SPEAKS very
ENTHUSIASTICALLY oI ralroa1 lnteresIs ~ euo
@ s ton ii1 90 rel elo SoItii anu ooC &
9aiiia roau "a 19oA was greater IMAM oYsr tuo
ille ~ NSsH FHe hdln nue. suiS loau 10 Up
ago was looked upon as a worthless property
the road hardly paying operating expenses; now,
th .ne ot 0on o are
loads of freight per month are shipped. SIX
years ago all the traffic in and ont OF the town
'Hip 40 "oiio WIN siA '"'-i'i'i0 'o"i"s'
WHAT THE WABASH HAD TO CONTEND WITH
a freight ofhclal OF the Wabash, St. Louis d
Pacific road, In summing up the difficulties they
- ~ 09N0N '-'-N - A~S~' $500 f--S NNNN90 -
the unfavorable exhibit OF earnings, says: "Ihe
'allure OF the corn crop raised In 1881 extended
over every portion OF the line. and IN very many
loealitles Where large crops were usually raised
the failure was almost total one and IN very
many instances corn was imported into portions
of orr hest corn producinp sections This heavy
failure If tba aron Tbiob fnrnisbas tho iire
with IT'S heaviest tonnage very considerablv AT
feotad the earnfn "a Of the entire line dining the
wear, A very large share of the corn moved was
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with nrevions vears when in was moved over
the entire length of the road The number of
| bushels Of corn moved on this line in 1890 was
| 2IIIO 900 in 1881 80 900 600 and in 1880
30 $50 600 or an ayero Ve falling off of over 10
! 900 900 bushels carried as cofnpared with the
two previous wears or a falling off in earnings of
$3.50, 900 in this one item Of 9transportatio6 as
| compared with the precedinr rear In ali other
Kinds of freight moved a satisfactory increase
| IN tonD.ge ia shown es eomnared with tho wears
| of $40 and 1881 the increase Of coal tonnage
| beine exceedinS1y large and more Than donnie
| what il was in 1880 -
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THE GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS RESPONSIBLE
| The time is near at hand when passenger
l,usipass will ha OF tto hast I7,i,ra+io,, 10 q,
va w " 40 ' '7i 10 u
ready neaVy, ana through travel as WE'LL and at
! the very time when rates should he firm and
rai1road ,or,r,arios 1osorr,o n no, ,7so,,,o o,.
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| thereirom thefe Is general GENERALIZATION OF
| rates. The local offices have been closed, or
make nretent;ons of heinz c,osed az far 40 SAIL
| 80 - '7 o ~ la " w
ing ucRets are concerned, Dut In their place
have sprung I'D three or four scalping offices
| and rho,,,,h .beso ,l,,r, ,,o,aI - ~, -,
W '' 0 i t'0S % "A"i Vi 'H0 400"'
are operating, and the general passenger agents
| know this to be the case and some have gone so
f, os 70 rive soa,,ors tb i,,,,o,,o 80 ,,,itinoir
rad inls tSe ty I'D t.sneciaI ovar on,1 tintnts ha
~ S S, ar az 10 us ooin- ti ~
outside of Indianapolis One week ago it was
telegraphed over the country that the lndlanapo-
ipation aS sbnwn to anu them hara