The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-04-09

the sudden death of President James CAL
lery, On Friday last. The Pittsburg o.
Western is an important lake connection
for the b. d o., and IS largely owned by
the latter.
1t is stated that the Mackey syndicate is
negotiating to secure control of the White
water Valley road. Should they secure it
they will build from Beeson station to
Richmond. On the south they W ould strike
the Whitewater Valley road at Laurel.
President Mackey has returned from New
York, and is said to have succeeded In rails
ing all the money needed to build the road
or the inks needed.
As might be expected, the strong lines.
with the strict maintenance. of rates In the
passenger service, are showing a handsome
increase in earnings, while the weaker lines
show the reverse. 1t is daily becoming
more evident that something Is yet to be
lone to help the weaker lines by the
stronger roads. or the former will go the
wall financially. The. s~trictest economy III
management will not save them.
A gentleman who was formerly a general
officer on the c., l., st. l.. IL C.. road states
that President Ingalls, is quite determined
to hold j. w. Sherwood on the lines in the
new deal. He is fitting up a room in the
Central Depot at Cincinnati, which is to
be occupied by Mr.. Sherwood. and the ex-
official says that he is to be made master of
transportation of both the e., L., ST. l.. d
G.. and the Chesapeake d Ohio roads.
mT OaIUtRIt - tdlh dDOut IdllIOdu us
elimination against Pittsburg, the Pitts
burg Chronicle says, is driving parties who
have thought of locating there away from
that point. In the matter of rates there is
no point in the United States that offers
better inducements than does Indianapolis.
There is hardly a point in this country
where the business for such point is not
competed for by two or three roads when
shipped from Indianapolis.
Proceedings against three railroad com-
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States Court at Buffalo, n. Y, for violation
of the law against the importation of alien
labor under contract. During the late
strike these roads brought Canadian labor
yards. and persisted in doing it after re-
peated warnings from the collector of GUS
toms at Niagara Falls, to the effect that
they were violating the law. The collector
has now put the matter into the hands of
the United States district attorney.
The east-bound shipments of flour, grain
and provisions by the Chicago lines in the
Central Traffic Association. last week,
show an aggregate of 1885 tons, against
81 300 for the week previous, a decrease of
11,404 tons, and against lib tons for the
corresponding week last year, a decrease of
1921 tons. The falling off is largely due to
the early opening of navigation and the di-
version of grain traffic to the water routes.
of the business, the Pennsylvania lines
24.4, the Grand Trunk 29.S, and the Balti-
more Il Ohio 6.
A large shipper of cattle to Chicago has
got himself in trouble. A few days ago he
approached one of the weighmasters in the
employ of the Western Railway Weighing
Association and offered him a sum Of
money to return a false report of the
weight of a certain shipment of live stock
or to pass it at the estimated weight. This
is a clear violation of the interstate-com-
merce law, as recently amended. The agent
accepted the money and subsequently
turned it over to George L.. Carman, super
intendent of the weighing association. No
steps haveye been taken toward a prOsecu-
ton.
The Adams Express Company yesterday
notified all it patrons that on and after
Thursday. April IL, the rates to New York.
Boston, Philadelphia and Baltimore will
be reduced so cents per one hundred
pounds. New York will be 81: Boston, 81;
Philadelphia, S1.75, and Baltimore, $3.50.
1t is understood that all the express GEM
panies doing business out of here will meet
whatever reductions the Adams Express
Company make. 1t is thought to be a re-
newal of the old fight between the Adams
and the United States Express companies,
which forces the American and other COM
panies to make the same rates as the two
companies first named.