The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-11-02

erations. and tho section men on the division he
leaves presented him with gold watch and
chain.
The railway management of the Chicago, Mil
waukee & st. Paul are entitled to much praise
for the promptness with which they furnished
information regarding the recent disaster on the
road. The company threw open all it's offices
to the public, sent out bulletins. admitted press
reporters to all the private dispatches passing
between the railway officials, and the head of
fcers at important points answered in person
all inquiries relating to the event. They APP
peared to believe that the public was entitled to
all the news regarding the disaster, and they
neither withheld, suppressed nor colored single
report. 1t is the too-frequent policy of railroad
officials to withhold from the public early or
complete intelligence of accidents on their lines
If the facts can be altogether suppressed they
like 1t all the better.
The Railroad Gazette reports. total OF 135
railroad accidents in September. in which forty
two persons were killed and 148 injured. AS
compared with September. 1885, there was an in
crease of forty accidents, of seventeen killed
and fifty injured. We notice that seventeen OF
these accidents were caused by misplaced
switches, which is too large a number. The most
serious accident of the month, and, IN TACT, Oh
many months previous, was the COLLISION
on the Nickel-plate, at Silver creek,
on Sept. IA, when thirteen passengers were
killed, seven others fatally injured and thirteen
less severely injured. Indiana roads seem to
have been remarkably exempt in that month
from accidents, but six of the 135 accidents oc-
curing in this State In the six accidents but
one person killed, that one in the accident
on the l., B. & W., Sept. %, at Laura, O..
Central Traffic Association Statistics.
The remarks made by Commissioner George
r Blanchard at the meeting of the Central
Traffic Association, held in Chicago. Oct. 20,
have been published in pamphlet form. His
statement shows the association covers Is, 300
miles of railways. whose freight earnings, in
1885, were 49, 337 O00 and $32, 400, 900 from pas
sengers, or $I11 SOC, 900 in all. He states "We
have forty railroads in one department or both
but there are more than that number in the
whole or part of the same territory which are not
members. No such numbers or diversity of in
| terests exist in the trupk-li organization and
all the associations next west of US combined
The approx mated annua! totals of all the dead
freight pools based on these figures, aggregate
1881, 269 tons and $6,711, 007 of gross revenues,
on which the final gross revenue balances paid
and received between all the parties, would be
but 0. II cents per ton, and but go per cent of
the total revenue. During the same periods
the following tonnage has been diverted:
At Chicago, 40, 800 tons, or 307 per cent of
the total tonnage. AT st. Louis. ,l72 tons, or
]. "A per cent. of the total tonnage. At Indian
| apols, 700 tons or 045 per cent of the total
| tonnage. Az Cincinnati there have been no d.
versions. AT Louisville 152 tons were diverted,
or 0. l6 per cent Of the total tonnage At Pc
oria, 1888 tons. 97 per cent. of total ton
| mage. These diversions aggregate but A. 1872
tons, out of O03 622 tons of dead freight report
ed, or 2. % per cent. of the total tonnage. Mr..
Blanchard, in his remarks. says: Five cents
per 100 pounds drawback paid forwarder is ST.
per ton instead of the 8 cents shown by the bal
ances paid to associate railway. and it is 20
per cent. of the Chicago revenue ca thirteenth
class. instead of but 3 92 per cent shown to be
the average of all the money balances paid and
received. Can any stronger argument be cited
why you should receive and exchange balances
six to ten times as much, in addition to pool bal
ances, and then fail to get the same amount of
business or moneys One course brings harmony
and the other discord. One is as you have
agreed, the other violates the agreements.