The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-08-08
Personal and General Notes.

Personal and General Notes. =.
Edwin Fitzgerald, traffic manager of the
r.. l., Va. n Ga. railroad, passed through
the city yesterday on trip 10 the North
west.
Henry 8. Ives. superintendent OF the
Breckenridge division of the Manitoba
railroad. has been appointed general man
ager of the Montana Central road.
President Thorpe, of the american MID
land announces the appointment OF /. b.
Sergeant as SUPERINTENDENT. and of James
A. Phelps as auditor of the Joad, both with
Offices at Findlay.
General Superintendent Nelson, of the
c., IL. & d.. passed through here Yesterday
with his family, en- route to Colorado
Springs. He will be absent in the West
until the LIST prox.
All lines report good business In both
through and local freight traffic. Travelis
also quite brisk. and the Big Four and l.
~ V. are profiting quite handsomely
through the travel to and from Camp
Acton and Bethany Park.
The 10000 shares of Columbus. Hooking
Valley d Toledo stock belonging to the
Croker estate. and represented by Messrs;
with the Central Trust Company under the
movement instituted BY the firm mentioned
for the protection of the stockholders in
the anticipated complications.
Despite the denial of Mr.. Chappell that
the Alton is contemplating the borrowing
:"
general belief among railroad men that
1t will be compelled to do SO. The
policy of competing lines seems to be
settled as to the effort to shut 1t
nothing for it but its local traffic east OF
Kansas City. 1t is not likely, however,
that any such sum as S40,OOO.OOO would be
necessary to enable the Alton TO- extend It's
lines into the territory it would desire to
reach to secure its share of business beyond
the Missouri. That the Alton will allow
itself to be bottled up and reduced to the
position of a local line Is utterly impossible
of belief.
Assistant General Freight Agent Lewis,
of the Missouri Pacific, writes to Chairman
Midgley, of the Western Freight Associa-
ton. as follows: "On shipments of wheat,
corn or oats reconsigned at Kansas City
there are no regular divisions, this company
will accept the balance of the through rate,
with a minimum on st. Louis or East st.
Louis shipments of 10 cents and OH Men,
phis IL cents per 100 pounds. This for your
information. so that when parties call for
recOnsignment, where We have no d1vls-
ions you will please give the necessary au-
thority to protect such figures until such
time as division sheets are arranged be-
tween this company and other lines west"
This action places the Missouri Pacific in
harmony with the policy of the Alton.
1t is evident that the ticket brokers are
going to realize pretty good business out
OF the harvest excursion LlckeGS WHICH all
the lines have authorized, and some of the
local ticket agents find cause for grum-
bling. They also say 1t IS rare occurrence
nowadays for man to call for single
ticket 70 such points as Chicago, the mile
age tickets being almost universally used.
One local ticket agent yesterday expressed
his conviction that the only solution of the
problem of maintaining rates and avoiding
indirect. cuts would be to make the
basis of all rates two cents per mile.
He believed all the main lines
would profit by the reduction through in
creased travel. If any weak roads in ter
ritory where there was no competition
should be unable to realize sufficient reve-
nue. at cents per mile they might con-
time to charge cents, and there would be
DO one to complain at that except the pas
sengers.
President Ingalls,. of the Big Four. and
from the East. IN regard to the affairs
of the last named road. he said
It was now owned by syn
dictate friendly to the Vanderbilt
tiOn of o. q. Murray as freight traffic man
Bgpr of the e. a. D. would. probably. not
lake effect, which statement lends color to
the intimation that one traffic management
would control both the Big Four and the
c. d o. In this connection it is worth not
ing that General Manager Harahan has had
bis jurisdiction extended to traffic matters
on the &. x O. Mr.. ingalls, was also ques-
He characterized it as sheer folly, and ex-
pressed the hope that friendly under
standing might be reached at the
meeting to be held in Chicago to-day.
ing are Mr.. ingalls, and General Traffic
Manager Murray, of the Big Four Vice
president Mccullough, of the Pennsylvania;
Messrs Woodford and Mccormick, of the
c.. III. & d.; Messrs. Carson and Barker, of
the Monon line. and possibly President
Barnard and General Passenger Agent
Shattuc. of the o. IL NJ, though the latter
road is not as yet involved in the trouble.
If matters are not amicably adjusted at
this meeting it Will be time to look out for
real war.
The New York Commercial Bulletin of the
9th says: The greater activity and
Strength of the stocks of the Northern Pa
cific and Oregon group at the Stock Ex-
change yesterday gave rise to the usual
number of stories in regard to the inten-
tons of Mr.. Henry Willard and his col
leagues. That which attracted the most
general interest was to the effect that the
Oregon * TranscOntinental company is to
be iquidated. with the aid of the proposed
issue of Northern Pacific collateral trust
bonds. 1t was figured out that Oregon 81
TranscOntinental stock, in event of such q
movement, would receive not less than $40
per share Inquiry was made among in
siders in the Northern Pacific and Oregon
properties for confirmation of these current
stories, but none could be found. The of
had nothing to say. beyond that it is not
likely that any plan of operations will be
laid down before the annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Northern Pacific rail
road. Mr.. Wizards stubborn fight in June
to control the Oregon * Transcontinental
company was thought by those who know
him 70 indicate that he was determined to
continue the organization; and he has not
as yet publicly contradicted this impress
SION, nor has he announced any other plan.
The Northern Pacific annual meeting. 1t is
'hought, viii have an important bearing
apon o. It's future"
The Western States Passenger Agents'As-
sociatlon, at Its meeting in Chicago on
Tuesday, struggled vainly with the question
bow TO protect the lines against the scalp
ers IN the use of mileage tickets. and the
matter was finally referred to the man
ayers. Some of the lines were in favor of
raising the rates. issuing q ticket without
signature. enforcing strict rule that all
mileage strips must be signed when pre-
scented by the conductor. the signature on
such strips TO be carefully compared with
the signature on the contract to be made
between the purchaser and the railroad
company, and that no rebates would
1 be paid on any ;t tickets cts the
different signature than that signed TO
the contracts filed with selling agents
Others were in favor OF the present ar
rangement with punch descriptive con-
tract and il Is understood that this latter