The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-17

Meeting OF the Eastern and Western
Trunk Lines-The Central Traffic
Association Formed-Other
Items.


The Wahs-h car repairing force st this
point has been reduced.
LnuE,ber OF new fat cars will be received
by the L., n. A. and c. next week.
There is not q wooden bridge on the j., N.
and /. between this city ard Louisville.
The c., a. and /. PEOPLE contemplate the
laying OF twenty miles CT steel rail between
this city aud RushvilIe.
Ohicials of the L., B. and ". are highly
elated over the prospects for heavy corn
crop along the line OF that road.
Local Freight Agent Walker, OF the Wa
bash. will engage in insurance business Ia
this city about the FIRST Of June.
The shelbyville newspapers are besseching
the J.. n. and I psople to make change in
their time card. holding that the present one
is sn injury TO that city.
1t is generally believed that there is some
truth in the rumor that the Chicago and At
isntic is negotiating TO form a permanent
connection with the Bee Line at Marion.
Among the branch lines the leases or
which the wabash receivers will ask to have
cancelled ~ the / z. and c. This line dur
ing the FIVE months, closing November 80.
ISs4 is represented to have shown deficit OF
s10,354.
Ire report comes from New Albany that
an attempt will be made to revive the pro-
iect to build line from that city to Indian
apolis. Some of the wealthiest men in
Southern Indiana. il is said, are in .eres.ed in
the scheme.
J.. H. Pierson. Chief Engineer of the L., n.
A. and G. was in tue city yesterday. He has
Inspected the road bed and equipments of
4ba Al Tfra opd oDno,,rcaa chat .ha ,rorL
of reballss:ing will begin at once. A new
passenger train, made up OF elegant cars OF
the latest pattern, will be put on this divis-
ION at once.
This differentisl tate policy is bad one
and there is q time coming when the differ.
entail will be referred to only as thing of
the past" said local railroad man yester-
day. "DifeTentisl rates, any sensible rail-
road man Will tell you, have a tendency to
demoralize and cause no little trouble gener-
ally. General Passenger Agents sll over the
country are taking stand against the differ
entail, and " will surely be abolished in the
near future"
RIO GRASDE BoNDHoLDERs.
NEw YoRK. April 10 AT meeting of the
holders of the consolidated bonds OF the
Denver aud Rio Grande Railway Company,
held here this afternoon, a committee of d We
was appointed. consisting OF George Camp.
bell, Theodore Dreier, A. Marcus, John Low
Ter Welsh and r Q. Wilson. This commit
tee IS 10 ADVISE and cooperate with the
Trustees, and take such part IN the proceed
ings IN Colorado for the foreclosure and sale
OF TIE mortgaged property as they may deem
necessary for the protection OF the Interests
OF the bondholde-s. The committee was
also Instructed TO prepare plan for reorgan-
izaiion.
MEETING OF THE A, T. AND S. ?. STOCKHOLDERS.
: ToPKKA, Kas April Is The stockholders
of the Atchisen, Topeka and Santa Fe Rail-
road Company this morning unanimously
elected I. L. Burr, B. e. Cheney, G. r. Cod
man, G. X. Halliday, S. A. Kent, A. W.
Niekerson, Z. B. Purcell, Warren Sawyer, s..
Il Tercy, George o. Shsttuck, Alder Speare.
". B. Strong and w. +. Wharton Directors
for The ensuing year by AIS 900 shares. They
asso authorized the consolidation of the Kan
sss Southern Railway Company, Kansas
City and Emporia Railroad Company and
Southern kansas Railroad Company into
the Southern Kansas Railway Company, the
charter OF which has been fled The Direc-
tors elected officers as follows: w. B. Strong,
President; <. Wilder, Secretary and Treas.
urer: G.. L. Good win, Assistant Treasurer; A.
A. Robinson, General Manager and Chief
Engineer; ]. p. Whitehead, Comptroller and
General Auditor; George W. McCrary, GEN
eral Counsel; FL. G. Clement, Auditor; a. A.
Glszer, Transfer Agent; the Massachusetts,
Directors were elected Executive Committee
X. p. Cheney, Chairman of the Board, aud
c. A. Higgins Clerk OF the Board.
THE CENTRAL TRAFFIC ASSOCIATIONS.
CHICAGO, April 1.-THE representatives OF
the Eastern and Western Trunk lines held O
general session this forenoon to consider the
proposition to form the Central Traffic Asso
ciotion on the basis proposed yesterday. The
new association is to embrace all the rnaas
OF the Mississippi Valley north of the Ohio
River. ending at the vest ern termini of the
New York Trunk lines The pool will be
based on the gros tonnage. one commissioner,
three arbitratar5, and joint settlements
TO be made at the end OF each month. The
proposed plan was adopted st a general
meeting to-day, every road being repre-
tented. committee was appointed to con-
fer with Eastern Trunk Line managers to Sc
cure their cooperation. Pending theforma-
nation of the new association, it was de-
cided TO order the maintenance of current
rates until June l. A resolution was also
adopted requesting Mr.. Fink to maintain
bis statistical bureau until the new ass0cis-
ton could be formed The srbitrators OF
the new pool have not yet been named