The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-28
Attitude Of President Perkins.
TO the Indiananolfa Jonrnaa

Special to the INDIANAPOLIS journal
CHICAGO. Feb. 17-Mr C. E. Perkins. presi-
dent Of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Rail
road Company. arrived hsre from the East to-
day. He was surprised to hear that the en-
Rineers and fremen had left the service cs shs
company. Mr.. Perkins received, on Friday last,
in Boston, the following telegram;
CHICAGO Feb. %, 1883.
q. n. Perkins. No. IS Sears Building. Boston:
lam unable TO settle the grievances of the engineers
and hrsmsa with General en- Manager stone and the
It; VIII accept the same terms made with the
per mile for passenger service cents per mile for
freight services 90 por cent OF the above rates for
hremen. Answer At once, to Grand paaiac HOTEL
Grand Chief Engineer.
Grand Master Brotherhood Of Locomotive Firsmen.
To this telegram Mr.. Perkins replied 40 fol-
lows
BOSTON. Feb. "a. 1883.
To ?; n, Arthur and II. 2. Sargent, Grand Pacific
Your Telegram just received this morning AT this
the merit. of the grievances complained Of il is inn
possible for me to have definite opinions to give
the Of Mr.
whom whom wish you , would r show ~ ysnr
Quincy h: r.as s &c c1s
least as good wages as are paid BY Its neghbors but
general increase At present and fear an attenpt u
force 1t would only aggravate this situation. have
for adjusting satisfactorily real grievances which
may have grown up since matters settled two
that nothing will be done hastily Iexptct TO BE- in
Chicago next week. q. f. PERKINS.
Mr.. Perkins SAYS that he regrets very much
that the men should have seen fit 10 act so
hastily, and he is surprised that Mr.. Arthur
should have approved so sudden n termination Of
old and satisfactory relations. He thinks the
engineers are making mistake in attem pting to
unreasonable
Chicago. Burlington e. Quincy is paying, has al
ways paid, and expects to pay. good
wages as other roads, ne says. out the company
Is responsible TO the public, and it can
not concede the right to its employees
to say what its methods of pay its
regulations and safeguards shall be. touching
the lives and safety of the hundreds Of thousands
Of persons it Transports. He agrees entirely
with the position taksa by the officers OF the
all runs alike, D. he does nos think
they ever will Experienced men who have
the most difficult runs should receive
more than inexperienced men easy runs.
Neither is 1t reasonable in the men to object to
examinations and te-- to color blindness or
other physical qus ons. He thinks that
men who are not physically to run trains
ought not to be all ID to run them. aud the
only way to settle the question of fitness is by
of which the officers Of the company must de-
terrIne
Mr.. Perkins says that he understands Mr..
Stone is having many applications from en-
gneers and fremen, and that every effort will
be made by the company to limit and mitigate
the public Inconvenience resulting from the sud-
dan action Of the men.
I'VE have arranged" said Assistant General
Passenger Agent Wakely, with tue Alton road
that they should take care of southwest
business, and with the Milwaukee e. St. Paul
that they will take care of our aud
northwest business. They will honor our
tickets that are already sold exchange
tickets for tickets of their own issues.
The idea is to subject the passengers as little
Inconvenience possible by arranging with
competing roads running out OF our Union
Depot At Peoria. to cover the line of business
from the middle Of the State, the Alton viii
take the Indiana BLOOMINGTON 81 Western 1t
Bloomington. and the Rock Island will take the
western business out of Peoria. The lines OF
the system west of the Missouri river have
made similar arrangemenis with their competi-
tors. Tickets reading the Bur-
lington 81 Missouri, between the Mis-
souri, river and Denver. will be honored by the
other lines This will cover all the Pacific coast
business. OF course, at all our interior compet-
tive points we will probably arrange with prom
or lines. IS occasion requires. That will rather
adjust itself By this arrangements the entire
territory traverssd by lines on the system will
be available By other routes. except. of course.
strictly local points The Chicago, Burlington
g. Northern may complete arrangements by
which their trains will run in and out OF Chica-
go. but until that arrangement Is made we shall
do through business with the Mort hwestern."