The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-16

Unquestionably the Chicago s. Ohio River
pool, which is an outgrowth of the Green line,
which was so successfully operated for series
OF years. is model pool and now in healthy.
strong position. 1t is what is known as a money
pool. and much of the character the trunk
lines propose to organize their pool upon. Once
month Commissioner Richardson prepares the
balances for settlement, then sends sight drafts.
In their per cents. and notifies the road to
which the draft is payable that sucn
drafts have been sent and in every case without
any grumbing the drafts are paid. Occasionally
there is little wrangling In the pool. put IL Is
smoothed over and the pool runs on.
There is no doubt that the New York roads are
working in good faith to a common end, and
will, undoubtedly, get their money pool into
practice. Whether it will work satisfactorily
afterward is another phase of the matter. but
the presidents are willing to try 1t. and not cross
the bridge of failure until they get to it.
Arbitrator E. O. Wilson, of the Chicago, st.
Louis and Missouri River passenger agree
ment. is of the opinion that the above-named or
ganzation is a fine success Rates to all points
In interest are maintained, he says, and besides
he has not single complaint on hand
The Western pools are gradually increasing in
number and Importance Commissioner j. L.
Ripley now controls no less than fifteen local
pools in groups or at junction points, where
the Burlington, Wabash, Rock Island Kansas
City, st. Joseph and Council Bluffs, and the To-
iedo, Peoria. and Western points
The old Moline, Rock Island and Davenport
pool has been in a comatose state for year, and
an effort is now being made to revive it. Repre-
sentatives of the Rock Island, st. Paul, Burlng-
ton and Rock Island & Peoria were in consulta-
ton Wednesday, arranging provisions and condi
tions to govern the traffic. Some progress was
made, but a day or two will elapse before an
agreement arrived at and Submitted.
Misfortune to an Enterprising Common
wealth.
Under this head the New York Evening Post
says: "The most important matter before the
Georgia Legislature at its present session has
been the question of restricting the powers of
the State Railroad Commission. The ant-corpo-
ration movement, which swept over the West
under the lead of the grangers dozen years ago,
made itself felt in the South somewhat later,
and the Georgia Legislature in 1879 created
board OF commissioners who were vested with
almost dictatorial powers over the railroads.
The commissioners have never been slow
to employ these powers and the fact
have often abused their authority by
arbitrarily reducing and changing rates without
reason, and without excuse. The com
panies were naturally and properly indignant at
such treatment, and sought relief by pressing the
passage of bill which allowed them to make
their own rates, and provided that those rates
should stand until some individual or corpora
ton should make formal complaint TO the com
missioners, who were still to retain the power of
changing the rates in such contingency. The
proposition was reasonable that it should
easily have commanded assent, but demagegical
outcries against corporations avaied to prevent
its securing the constitutional majority of mem
6ers required to pass bill, although more than
half of those voting supported it."