The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-05

The Illinois Central announces that 1t will
make the same rates to San Francisco, via New
Orleans and the Southern Pacific as are made
by any other route.
1t stated that the Delaware, Laokawanna &
Western road soon will cOnsummate negotiations
that will give 1t connections with the West be-
side those which 1t now has with the Grand
Trunk of Canada.
Trains on the Northern Pacific are supplied
with GRUB box" to be used by the passengers
ia the train should happen 10 get showed in
on It's journey. The box contains bread, crack
ers canned beef and Boston baked beans.
Commissioner Fink has asked the Joint execu-
tive committe to meet at his Office Feb. 20. 1888
He asks members to come prepared to take final
resolutisn. Other current business will be con.
sldered and acted upon at that meeting.
The Louisville & Nashville is waking up mat
tiers at St. Louis, taking grain and provisions
out Of there by the train-loatls From all reports
the ST. Louis merchants are working up much
heavier business in Georgia, Alabama, Ten
nessee and Florida than they formerly enjoyed
The gran-dOor question has been settled by
Commissioner Fink, the standing and the execu-
tive committees, they agreeing that the charge
for grain doors should remain as heretoore-35
cents per door; that 10 cents be the maximum
amount paid on any one car; and that no allow
anee he made where the car is already furnished
with grain doors.
Two important bills have been introduced
into the Legislature of Connecticut. One au-
fhoriZes any railroad company within COnnec-
ticut TO consolidate with any other company in
corD0rsted under the laws of another State when
the consolidation will result in continuous lines;
with the prOviso that no such consolidation shall
be permitted if either company party thereto
shall have outstanding bonds in excess of the
sum actually expended on both roads. The
second provides that after the filing of the ar
ticles OF association and the engineers report
by a railroad company, application shall be made
TO the Superior Court for the appointment of a
Icemmittee 10 determine whether railroad in
the location specified in s;ich report is matter
of public necessity and convenience.
WON'T GIVE AWAY THE SPECIAL RATES.
Rate Adjuster Peck has called the railroad
committee of the hoard of trade together for
Gordon, C. Newcomer and Harry Wetsell. Mr..
Peck is in trouble. The freight men are willing
to give him tariff rates to work on but when he
asks them to give him their special rates to ped
die round, as one of the freight men remarked,
he is given the cold shoulder Even Harry Wet
sell, seent of the Vandalia, who is one of the
board of trade railroad committee, snubbed him,
and In two hours talk Rate Adjuster Peck
failed to convince Harry that it his duty to
10. the former into the secrets of special rate
matters, consequently Mr.. Peck has asked the
railroad committee to convene that he may con-
suit them upon the matter.
SHOW INCREASED EARNINGS.
L. A. Ford, general ticket and passenger agent
of the Pennsylvania company's lines west of
tPittsburg and OF the Vandalia, spent a. few hours
In the city Saturday, coming in from the West
On the "cyclOne" express, which, by the by, he
says has become one OF their best-paying trains
and will do still better when they put on parlor-
cars between 81. Louis and Cincinnati, which he