The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-25

fixed charges sn4 the c., a. & D. company will
me- be suifgeo "a put mp any money to help the
ROAD ont, as it has been doing every year since
il was leased.
The stations on the vandalia are to be beau
tilted after the style of those on the PenEsvl-
vania lines east of Pittsburg. The barren,
inviting grounds surrounding the stations are to
be laid out In lawns. trees and flowers set out.
ID. W. Cox, of Charlottesville, has been ap-
pointed florist of the company.
Thirteen months ago the Parke County Coal
Company commenced to ship coal to Chicago.
Their product met with favorable reception,
and 1t Is now not uncommon 70 ship sixty car
loads day to that market The companys
output Is steadily increasing. 1t is now oper-
atlng four mines, two of them being machine
mines
J. r. Kendall, formerly assistant general
freight agent of the Vandalia lines. has taken
hold of patent which promises excellent re-
which has already been adopted at two of the
largest rolling-mills OF the country. This week
he closed a contract with the Cleveland rolling
mill to put in one.
The two-thousand- mile tickets of the Pennsyl-
vania road will hereafter be honored on the
Grand Rapids Indiana road The latter will
soon put mileage tickets which will be good
over the Pennsylvania lines west OF Pittsburg.
If this work goes on, travelling statesmen will
soon have no room for complaint as regards the
territory mileage tickets cover.
The tariff on Pacifc-coast business goes
into effect March 4, as does the new classifi-
cation. Under the latter, furniture is classified
second claes heretofore it has been fourth.
By changing the classification the rates are in
creased $50 per car above what they should be
to admit of Indiana manufactures shipping to
the Pac1hc-coast points to advantage.
The Chicago g. Indiana Block Coal Company,
an enterprise backed by the Chicago 81 Indiana
to northern points. The company owns 600
acres of the finest block coal land in Harrison
township, Clay county, has one shaft already
sunk and the developement of the property will
"a nghQ
it.
A plumber of new freight rates have been is
sued by the Central Traffic Association. One
on salt makes the rate from Saginaw valley to
indianapolis thirty cents q hundred pounds, to
Cincinnati thirty two cents and to other Indi-
Saw-dust iron ore scrap iron and lumber are
among the articles which the new rates apply
to.
The Cincinnati Southern road on tho 9TH Of
next month cuts loose from the Southern Rail-
way Passenger Association, and proposes TO
Independently. It already announces round
trip tickets at one rate 20 all Southern points it
the following days: Feb. 2S. March 13. March
"a. April 10 and April 20, good to return within
thirty days
person who was sent West by the president
of trunk line to see what there was in the rate
war between the Western roads, has returned
and he tells the president that the fight
is being carried on more by the newspapers than
between the railroads. He thought the Chicago
turber of rates, but not half SO bad as the news.
papers made il.
The enlarging of the Grand Central Depot at
Cincinnati forces the Cincinnati, Indianapolis,
st. Louis 81 Chicago road to build another freight
depot, into which President Ingalls, proposes
introduce some English features. The building
will be 700 feet long and three stories high. and
by holsters any freights which are to lay in the
depot any length of time be elevated to the
upper stories and put out of the way.
General Traffic Manager McDoel ard General
Passenger Agent Mccormick, of the Louisville,
New Albany d Chicago road. will be in the city
to-day. Probably some definite action will DO
taken looking to the putting of . morning
train out of Indianapolis for Chicago All trains
now leave at noon and at midnight Business
men would appreciate such train out of here,
returning late in the afternoon from Chicago.
j. A Graham, an employe at the Pennsyl-
rsn.n cSSmpany shops o in r.. Fort Wayne has
ordered placed on 5000 Of their coal cars as an
experiment The device renders it impossible
for draw bars to come detached from the cars on
account of any force exerted by the engine.
Coal are handled so roughly that a great
saving is looked for by the of this attach
ment.
The Indiana train dspatchers contemplate
making quite number of changes in their Or
gaoization at their coming meeting in April
Their committee on revision of bylaws, etc.
day last. and after carefully considering each
clause of their constitution and bylaws decided
to recommend many changes and some new
FEATURES winch Will doubtless be productive OF
good results. These new features will promote
membership, prompt payment of dues, be a
safeguard against impostors and those
worthy. account of misconduct or other
causes. and add increased int crest in stated
meetings.
One of the reasons assigned for the great free
dom from strikes that this railroads. especially
in tho West, enjoying, is the promptness
with which employees paid their wages. By
the Goth of each mont the largest OF the roads
have their employees paid for the work per-
formed in the preceding month. and on a ma
jority of the roads by the 10th of each month.
But a few years ago, when strikes were Ere
quentiy inaugurated. nearly in every case
wages would be greatly behind on some roads
three or four months. There is but one road in
Indiana now. and that partially narrow-gauge
affair, which let's its employees go unpaid beyond
q reasonable time