The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-06-01
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
The Hunsinrson Contemp. Case.

found" Mr.. Huntington Is represented in
court by Col. Bullitt and Mr.. Temple Bealy.
Major Sanders was present, and was repre-
esnted by Judge Buckner. The latter. after
conferring with Major Sanders. entered the fol-
lowing motions in writing.
in the case of Sanders against the Shortcuts Rail
way Transfer Company, the plaintiff moves the court
70 issue an alias attachment in this action against Q.
Z. Huntington, returnable at some future day to be
named by the court. The plaintiff moves the court to
strike from the files the answer purportinR to be an
answer of the Shortrouts Railway Transfer Com
pany hled by Charles X. Long. claimingto be vlcs-pres-
ident of the Shortsroute Railway Transfer Company.
The plaintiff moves the court to issue q rule against
9. r. Long requiring him to appear in this court on q
day to be named by the court, to show cause, II any
he can, why he shall not be punished for contempt IN
fling an answer in the name of tho Short-route Rail-
in disobedience of the injunctions which were issued
herein on May IL, 1888, and May 20, 1888. The
plaintiff moves the court to sequestrate the properly
of the defendants, the Short-route Railway Transfer
Company, and G. p. Huntington. and to place the
same IN the hands of . receiver.
Judge Toney AZ once ordered the alias at
tachment, to issue returuable one week from
tomorrow. A bond Of $1,000 will be required
for Mr. Longs appearance at that time, or as
soon AZ the papers are served. The other mo-
tions went over until tomorrow afternoon at
$50 o'clock, for argument. Mr.. Huntington's
attorney filed an afHdavit seeking to remove
Judge Toney from hearing the case. This will
be argued at $50 p. NJ tomorrow. Judge
Toney was disinclined TO listen to this latSr
argument until the con tempt attachments had
been answered. The company is removing it's
Offices to Louisville, in compliance with the in
junction Of May Il
Personal. Local and State Notes.
General Manager Green. OF the c.. L, ST. l.
2yE snopf yoaforday in thu citv He IN max
ing . trip over the road. s
The Chicago & Eastern Illinois people claim
that the road has earned q 2-per-cent dividend
the last twelve months on common stock.
A coach is hauled on the c.. L, St L. & c.
road at 7:10 A. NJ. for Keokuk. At Sheldon 1T il
turned over TO the Toledo. Psoria s. Western.
The Lake Erie & Western yesterday dropped
IL cents per 100 pounds to meet rates made by
their competitors
Tho Tammsny Democracy, LOCO strong. viii
pass through here Sunday en- route for St Louis.
They come in over the Beeline and will 60 west
over the L & ST. L.
G. W. Fairbanks, solicitor Of the Ohio, Indi-
ana g. Western. who has been East several days
endeavoring to Strengthen out some OF the snarls,
is expected home to-day.
General Manager Harahan. Of the Louisville
81 Nashville road, spent yesterday IN this city,
and accompanied Superintendent Whitcomb
on . trip around the Belt road.
Superintendent Zimmerman, of the Adams
Express Company. is in the city. The company
will improve their building on South Meridian
street and fit it up conveniently.
The weighing and inspection bureau as Cleve-
land, o., goes into operation to-day. h. w.
Davis, formerly an employee of the Bee-liue,
has been appointed chief inspector.
j. E. Hannegan. secretary of the Western
Association of General Ticket and Passenger
Agents, has called the semi-Annual meeting in
Chicago, on June Ii, at IL o'clock A. NJ.
It 10 feared that the new Western association
for the better maintenance of rates is to be
a short-lived affair, as some of the roads are not
represented, and no one has authority to enforce
the rules.
Two of the Wabash trains, under the new
timetable. bring passengers In here from Fl.
Wayne and points this side, taking the Lake
Eric & Western from Peru, and return them
the same day.
Paul Morton, who has just been appointed
general freight agent of the c., B. & O., Is but
thirty-one years old. and began railroad service
in 1872 as a clerk in one Of the Burlington g.
Missouri Offices.
Agents If the c., l., St L. g. c. road are now
they sell the more money they get, and, as q re-
suit, very few persons board one Of their trains
without . ticket.
John Francis. assistant general ticket and
passenger agent of the Burlington & Missouri
road, is named as tho probable successor of P1
s. Eustis, general passenger agent. appointed to
o similar position on the c., B. & O.
Geo. Roberts, president. and several others Of
the higher officials of the Pennsylvania Lines,
have been inspecting . portion of the system
this week. None Of them had heard that here
was TO be q reduction Of 5000 men on their
lines.
Reports Of earnings for May grow moro and
more satisfactory. There is . general fault
finding with the volume of business and the
rates. and oft-times with the results. and yet
the railroads seem to DO doing as we'll as ever at
this season Of the year.
ton OF the old Union Depot was resumed yes
terday in earnest, and within q week the old
structure will be leveled to the ground. Mon
DAY next the iron-workers again the
erection Of the train sheds.
Geo. w. Boyd. assistant general passenger
agent of the Pennsylvania lines east Of Pitts
burg, accompanies the newspaper fraternity
which passes through here this morning en-
route to St Louis. George is happiest when
taking o party connected with the press over the
line.
All lines are now selling round-trip tickets to
Chicago and return at s., and it Is believed that
q further break in rates will be made to-day.
Tomorrow. all lines west out of hero m
to sell tickets TO st. Louis and return at So. 1t is
not probable that any line will drop below that
figure.
Under ordinary circumstances it takes fifteen
minutes to unload a eravel-train of twelve cars
with . cable pillow, but by an ingenious contriv.
ance, the device Of Is. Pagan, foreman of bridge
repairs on the indianapolis. Decatur & Western
road. the time for unloading 10 reduced to SIX
minutes.
The American Express Company yesterday
got out of the old Union Depot, and their lower
Office is now on South Meridian street, two
doors North of Louisiana street. When the new
depot is completed. probably some arrangement
will be made by which tho express companies
can handle their business.
George f. Baer. one of the directors of the
South Penn road, is quoted as saying that the
road will be SO far advanced within eighteen
months as to be opened for business. He talked
the same way some two years ago, when the
| prospects that it would be built were more
promising than at the present writing.
The Journal has excellent authority for stating
that the Cincinnati, Wabash & Michigan il
yet likely to pass under control of what is known
as the Ives syndicate. He has been given an
option until Sept. l. Work was begun on the
Knshville extension last week, so az to hold the
subsidies voted, but it has been abandoned,
awaiting the outcome of the Ives deal.
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