The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-27

ing OF the Local Passenger Agents
Association other Items.


The Air Line will change time on Sunday
next.
Tho Psnnsylvapis Company has reduced
rstes In ell directions.
The Carlo Short Line has purchased 1c0
refrigerator cars at the Terre Haute car
works
The limiteds on the Bee Line are all RIM
ming on time A number OF officials vill
take short trip over the road on one o.
taete trains 10 day.
On Sunday next the J., b. and w. will
change time en- It's Eastern division, putting
on. another evening train. WEIGH will leave
INDIANAPOLIS ~ o'clock. A reclining chair
car will be attached 20 THE train. Several
rev ID ssengtr coacheTare being built for
this read.
There was meeting Of the Indianapolis
Passenger Association at the Dsnison House,
yesterday afternoon, at which all the lines
were represented. Several matters referred
TO the Association by the General Passenger
Agents at their recent meeting were con-
sidersd, after which the difierentisl rate
question was taken and considerable dis
cunsion ensued. resolution was finally
pssstd setting forth that all difierential rates
would be Withdrawn from the Union Ticket
Cfiice after January /. This action will
Affect both the l., Il. and w. and Wabash.
1t is now understood that the Illinois Mid
land will DE sold about the last OF August.
Mr. GEMS, who represents the Warnings, the
principal bondholders, says that the road
will be divided into three sections. The
first will be from Peoria to Decatur, the sec.
ond from Decatur to Paris, the third from
Psris to Teue Hsute. There sections will be
offered for sale separately, and then an effort
VIII be made to sell them as an entirety.
The fact that the road will be sold in this
way has caused change in the speculation
Is 10 the bidders for the property, Althongh
there are no roads yet mentioned which will
make an effort to secure q whole or part oil
the Midland, there will undoubtedly be q
number mentioned before the time of sale.
The Midland can not be purchased for q
mere song rs many persons suppose, and will
TO doubt bring two-thirds Of the amount oil
which 1t was appraised some time sgo.
The through shipments of freight from
New York in April were only per cent less
than last year, and were about 10 per cent
more than In 1888. and more than in any
other year except 1882. when, with first class
freight carried at twenty five cents per 10t
(nalf the present rate), the shipments were
oue-half greater than in any other year
That the shipments should be so large
this year compared with last year i.
doubtless, to some extent. due to the reduc
ton OF nearly one-third in the rates. Fol
the four months ending with April the ship
ments this year have been about y per cent
less than last year, put ior the last two
mon!hs the decrease has been but y pei
cent April shipments are usually less than
March shipments, and sometimes consider
sbly lets-5 per cent less In 1879, Ia In 1880
6Is in 1881 80 in 1882, 10 X in 1888, but they
were The same In both months last year, aud
but 2lz per cent. lets in April this yesr
They usually 1all off still more after April
but this year the low rail rates tend to make
the canal shipments smaller than usual, and
for the first third OF May the shipments were
at the April rate