The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-01-12

lcoduOHy DrOuSnt 10 a sudden close.
Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. Jan. 1.-THE taking
of testimony before Master in Chancery W.
p. Fishback in the Cincinnati, Hamilton &
Dayton suit to recover SS0O,OOO paid by
Henry S. Ives to President McKeen, of the
Vandalia, in the purchase of the Terre
Haute 81 Indianapolis railroad stock,
which payment was afterward forfeited.
came TO a sudden close to-day. The object
was to learn the amount paid by Mr.. Me-
Keen for the blocks of stock he obtained to
make, with his own. controlling interest.
After several witnesses had testified it was
admitted that Mr.. McKeen had paid the
uniform price of one and a quarter and that
all sellers were treated alike.
Personal. Local and State Notes.,
The indianapolis 81 st. Louis and the
Vandalia have ceased running free chair
cars.
The transcontinental lines have ordered
that no more commissions be paid ON emf
grant tickets.
The Indianapolis Ticket and Passenger
Agents Association will hold special
meeting to-day.
The general freight and ticket office of
the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern road have been
removed from Joliet to Chicago.
w. ?. Cooley. well known in Indianapo-
lis railway circles. has been appointed gen.
CIdI travelling passenger agent OF the inter-
national d Great Northern road.
NJ. r. Moran, general manager of the
Jacksonville, Tampa d. Key West road,
has resigned, to take effect the 18th. His
successor has not yet been announced.
F. Conant. who for years was passenger
conductor ON tho O., l., st: l. 81 c. road, has
severed his connection with it and will 90
TO Seattle, w. T., to engage in business.
Thomas w. King is to return to the serv-
Ice of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Company as vice-president. in charge of
the Philadelphia division of the New York
extension.
In the year 1888 the Cincinnati. Indianap-
oils. st. Louis & Chicago road handled cars
of 233 foreign roads. To this must be added
cars of nearly all the fast-freight lines run
ming IN this country
The Cincinnati, Sandusky 81 Cleveland
people say the report that they are again
moving I'm the consolidation scheme with
the Ohio, Indiana 81 Western road is all
nonsense. The Boston press put the rumOr
In circulation.
1t should be said to the credit of the
ticket agents at Indianapolis that they
have never been rec less to place large
blocks of tickets with the ticket-scalpers.
amatter which is giving the Chicago roads
so much trouble in the way of restoring
rates.
While the railway managers are still pass
ing resolutions and instructing agents to
maintain rates, the vigllant ticket-scalper
Is unusually industrious, and the Ticket
scalPers Association is getting into fight
ing tin III legal way, to protect the fra
ternity.
1t is quite evident that the Baltimore e.
Ohio people are shaping matters to absorb
the Cincinnati. Washington az Baltimore
road when The right time comes. The con-
poDg on the 1-2 per cent. bonds of the CIV.
~ b.. which were due in November, were
paid by the Il. N o. people this week.
One-half of the employees of the Reading
road have joined the relief association,
making the membership $500. After March
son over fOrty-hve years of age can become
member, and no person under that age
who does not pass medical examination.
The Kentucky courts have given the
Louisville Southern permission to consoli-
date with the Versailles g. Midway road
now In process of construction, and when it
is completed 1T will give the Louisville,
New Albany & Chicago road a through line
from Chicago to Paris, KY, where cOnnec-
ton is made with the Kentucky Central
road.
The general passenger agents in the roads
In the Central Traffic Association have
agreed upon a new form of mileage
ticket, and recommend to their respective
adopted. The form of the ticket is much
the same as the one General Passenger
Agent Martin of the Bee-line suggested to
the officers of his road.
When the Baldwin ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
turned out 800 locomotives year it was
considered big work. but in 1855 they built
~ locomotives a fraction over two for
every day in the year, a feat which places
Philadelphia at the head of competition in
this tbs special branch of railroad supplies.
The highest number turned out by any
other acknowledgements was 437.
During the year 1888. railroad branches of
the Young Mems Christian Association were
established at six more railroad centers,
and are now in active operation. There
are now such branches at ninety-three rail
road points In this country. and efforts are
being made to establish them at a number
OF other points during the present year.
indianapolis being one of the places
The joint conference committee of East
ern and Western lines has agreed that the
Central Traffic Association and the Western
Traffic Association, respectively. shall APP
point committees to take up the question
IN regard to percentages to apply between
points IN the Middle and Western States
territory and the east bank of the Missis-
sippi river. and on business beyond the
Mississippi river. The committee is to meet
on the 22d of this month in Chicago.
The roads east out of Kansas City are re-
ported for once to be maintaining freight
rates; but il is stated that owing to the
high rate on grain 1t Is impossible TO ship
any of the commodity east by rail. and this
has forced the shipment of corn for export
20 st. Louis thence to New. Orleans either
by boat or rail and thence by steamer TO its
destination. 1t is stated that an exceed
ingly low rate has been made from Kansas
City to New Orleans TO catch this business.
Testimony in the Wabash foreclosure
case has been concluded, and on Thursday
Harry Crawford made his closing argu-
ment. He made vigorous protest against
the method of computing the various bonds,
which was recommended by Governor
Chamberlain. His claims amount in
reality 10 the compromising of interest by
allowing interest on scrip certificates, which
themselves represent deferred interest. The
testimony will now be submitted to- Judge
Gresham, who will doubtless, in the early
future, order the road sold at foreclosure
sale.
IL is stated on good authority that Presi-
dent ingalls, has already perfected ar
rangements with the Pcnnsyl vania people
TO haul through trains of the Cincinnati,
Indianapolis, st. Louis & Chicago and the
Chesapeake 81 Ohio road over their line
into New York. While this line will Ia
when put IN operation, which will be
within the next sixty days, competitor Of