The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-21

Canadian Pacifcs The representatives OF the
passenger business are noz drawing up clrcu,
lar giving the rules governing roundtrip and
excursion rates.
Local and state Notes.
c. Pratt has been appointed master OF
TRANSPORTATION of the Toledo. st Louis 81 Kan
sas City road, with headqu arters at Frankfort,
Ind.
The rate-var between the Chicago & Alton
and the Wabash road has taken a guerrilla
type, and is not fight but a scramble for bust
nees.
Geo H Smith. general Western superintend-
ant az the Merchants Disuatch. is in the city for
a day or two looking after business matters and
visiting friends.
The Chicago e. Indiana Coal road has received
this week. from the Baldwin locomotive
ing sixty eight tons each
The VandaIia has handled east-bound from
St Louis and its junction with the Illinois Cen
trail, at bingham, ILL.,, over 80 600 bales of cot
ton in the last ninety days.
H. C. Allen, Eastern agent OF the Indiana
Bloomington g. Western. headquarters Erie,
Pa, returned yesterday from California, and
will in day or two be at bis post.
The ticket and freight Offices of the Pennsyl-
vania Company at New Albany have been sepa-
rated, and T. A. Rice has been appointed ticket
agent and G. u. Williams freight agent.
General Manager Bradbury, of the Lake Erie
e. Western has placed 200 of the 500 box cars
that the company is to bu i'd this year with the
Lafayette car-works to be delivered within
sixty days.
The drop in freight rates west-bound is quite
acceptable to our merchants, but it will cut
down the tonnage of the Merchants Despatch
and Union line, which ha Fe the differential to
compete with.
ID. r. Patterson. who has just accepted the po-
eition of general superintendent of the Chicago
& Eastern Illinois road, n few years ago COM
menced the same road .as weigh master in the
yards at Danvile. Ill
The advance of three weeks ago has, as pre-
ted St-bO
out of Indianapolis, it is stated now making
the same rate those which prevailed prior to
the announced advance.
The United States Express COMPANY has Sc
cured control of Colonel Bennett Young's road,
the Louisville Southern, and now needs only the
Louisville, New Albany 81 Chicago road TO
tablish It's own line from Chicago to New Or
leans
Toledo has reduced its elevator charges hoping
to of It's lost business from the grain
producing territory of Indiana and Illinois. The
bstter maintenance of rates from points in this
State and Illinois has reduced shipments to To-
ledo
It is alleged that the lines east bound out of
Chicago which carry export business via Balti-
more. which includes the c.. l.. st. L. & c., are
cutting rates. The Hoosac Tunnel line is an
other line which dsreeaIds rate-sheets, it is
stated.
General Superintendent Woodland, of the
Louisville, New Albany g. Chicago road, spent
yesterday in the city. He expresses the opinion
that in the early spring the company will take
Independents terminal
so far ss their freight traffic is concerned.
Shipments of coal from the block-coal regions
still very heavy. The Chicago 81 Eastern
Illinois and the Chicago e. Indiana Coal roads
each hauling northward 100 to I25 carloads
per day, and the Louisville. New Albany & Chi
cago, in connection with the Vandalia. 80 to 100
carloads per day.
r. @. Villas. the New York stock broker. who
was caught short of oil and closed out on the
New York Stock Exchange. is we'll known in In
dianapolis railroad circles, he holding position
with the Erie fast-freight lines. Later he be-
came traffic manager of the Erie road, but was
dropped when the Jewett arrangements retired.
A meeting of the general managers of the
Western lines, including those in the Central
Traffic Association, is soon to be held to see if
something cannot be done to nut stop to the
decentralization of rates in all directions. The
fight has been going on some five years, did
the trunk-line war, and it Is believed that halt
should be called.
The North western roads have referred the
charges of discrimination in against ship
ments of Goals from Indiana and Ohio in favor
Of Illinois Goals to a committee of six. who are
the managers and freight agents of the North
western lines what grounds there for such
allegations.
Next month the Louisville Evansville & St.
Louis Railroad Company will commence the erec-
ton of brick freight depot at New Albany,
2O3 feet long by forty feet wide The cost of the
improvement will he some $50, 000 The COM
pany is acting handsomely of late towards
New Albany that the talk of fighting legally the
paving of the sum voted to the road has sub
sided.
Vandalia spent yesterday in the city, having
nearly recovered from his recent Illness, Mr..
Hubbard states that freight traffic on all divi
Bions of the road continues very heavy and
promises to be 80 for some weeks to come. Coal
traffic the western division and on the I. H.
& L. division is 80 per cent heavier than ever
before.
mas soon ms the weather becomes suitable for
making improvements to road-bed, the c., l.,
IS. l.. e. q. company will replace the wooden
bridge near Fern Bank, twelve miles out of
Cincinnati. with a stone arch bridge. the arches
to be fifty foot spans and wide enough to admit
of a double main track and two side tracks.
When this structure is removed. there will not
be wooden bridge on the c., l., ST. Il. & c. main
line.
Yesterday the 10 per cent on west bound
freights, fourth and fifth classes, which went
and the old tariff established. The new special
rates iron and steel will not be changed. The
rates from Pittsbure and Ohio river points to
Indian apolis will now be irst-class freights
80 cents per 100 pounds, second class &C. on
third class g. fourth class is, fifth class 10,
sixth class 13.
After careful inquiry General Passenger
Agent Ford, of the Pennsylvania lines, has be-
come convinced that OF the passenger
agents Of the company has violated any of the
provisions OF the agreements entered into be-
tween most of the leading roads concerning COM
missions Roads which do pay commissions |
have attempted to create an impression that |
some OF the Pennsylvania Company agents had |
been accepting commissions.
Roadmasters and train men state that the |
weather for thirty days past has been unusually |
trying on track and equipments the sudden ex- |
treJne changes in temperature making it neces- |
sa.l - uatch the track closely for broken rails
and the trucks for broken wheels On all the |
principal roads the section men watch the track |
closely by day. and track-walkers have been
employed for the night service. AS yet none of |
the Indianapolis lines have found many broken |
rails. and in no case has there been accident or
serious delay. Two three broken wheels
have been discovered in time to prevent their
making any trouble.
The Graydon method OF heating cars has now |
been tested trains Nos 3 and on the Terre /
Haute & Indianapolis road for thirty days, |
much OF the time severe weather for Indiana, |
and has performed admirably. At no time has /
the temperature in the passenger coaches been
below 7Oo when the engine was attached the |
TRIM, and on one of the coldest DAYS the