The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-03-16
Personal. Local and State Notes.


The American Railway Master Mechanics
Association will hold its next annual meet
ing, at Niagara Falls, on juno Is.
The movement to abolish second-class
fare promises TO be perfected. There is
little delay on account of certain lines OBJ
jecting until they have further considered
the matter.
u. Pagan, ticket agent of the Vandalia
at Terre Haute, retires from the company's
service to-day, and is succeeded by A. l..
Bigham, who has been agent of the cOmpa-
ny at Plymouth.
st. l.. & G.. road, was in the city yesterday.
From the tenor of his conversation one
would think that be is not likely to be dis
turbed in his position.
The Financial Chronicle shows that of
the los roads which reported their earnings
for February, the Lake Erie 81 Western
shows the largest gain In gross earnings,
with but one exception.
The general passenger agents of the trunk
lines yesterday passed a resolution to stop
paying commissions on trunk-line tickets
March 20, and to stop paying commissions
at all other points April L.
The general passenger agent of the Penn
sylyanla road announces that the Pennsyl-
vania Company will withdraw one way
party rates, under the provisions of the
interstate law such rate is illegal.
That Boston capitalists are becoming in
terested in the Louisville, New Albany q
Chicago road is evidenced in the fact that
at the recent annual meeting proxies from
Boston representing 900 shares were voted.
1t is believed that solid trains will be
over the indianapolis & st. Louis road and
the c., l., st. L. q c. by May l.. This has
been one of President Ingalls's hobbies for
years.
Indications are that with the taking eff
feet of the spring timetable the running
M rnnnlnU
between the East and the West and be-
tween here and Chicago will be considera-
bly, shortened.
The Baltimore s. Ohio road is to take
over its entire system. Next winter 1T
promises to bring very. respectable per
cent. of the coal used in the Northwest on
to the markets.
The drift of travel and of emigration is
still largely to the Northwest. The state
ment of the the local ticket agents is that
they are selling five tickets to the North
west against one to the Southwest for Paci-
tic coast points.
The Chicago, st. Paul e. Kansas City is
this week removing its freight Offices from
been appointed their general freight agent,
has been its representative in Chicago for
some months, and is said to be very COM
petent man.
Commissioner Fink is quoted as.saying
that the trunk lines had set their seal upon
the payment of commissions to secure bust
ness, and now the evil would be stamped
out. This will be all right if the salaries
of agents are advanced to offset the loss
through such action.
Charles Hughes, q brakeman on the L.,
N. A. q c. road, has sold forty acres of land
near Bedford, Ind, to the Chicago Stone
Company. 1t is one of the best stone
uuarries in the State: The sale was
negotiated by Col. Geo. w. Freidley day or
two before his death.
The acceptance of the Craftsmanship of
the Interstate Railway Association by Mr..
Walker is a severe blow to the spectators
IN railroad stocks and bonds. who thrive
best when rates are demOraliZed and indi-
cations all point to the ruin of the railroad
interests of the country.
Jay Gould stated to q reporter of one of
the st. Louis papers that he had been in
terested in railroads for thirty years, and
that last year was one of the worst for rail-
roads that he had known. He thinks the
great trouble Is that railroads are much in
advance of the necessities of the country.
1t is stated that evidence has been Sc
cured CONFLICTING the Wabash road of cut
ting nOrth-bound rates, In thirty nine in
stances, and that efforts are to be made to
prosecute the agent of the road who gave
the rate under the amendment to the inter-
state law. making rate manipulation a
penal offense.
The cutting down of wages of railroad
employees in the Northwest has become so
general that it is feared the mania will
spread TO roads all over the country. This
is hardly probable, however, as the North
western lines, as rule, have been paying
10 per cent. higher wages than majority
OF the Indiana and Illinois roads.
General Freight Agent Arnold, of the L.,
n. A. & c., spent yesterday in the city look
ing over matters. He states that the man.
the increase in business on this division in
the last twelve months, both the freight
and passenger earnings showing a hand
some increase over any former year.
A. NJ. Parlin, of Boston. vice-president of
the Chicago * Ohio River road and c. T..
Henderson, general manager, are inspect
ing the road. For the first time in the last
ten years, if not in the history of the road,
In 1888 it paid its fixed charges and OPP
Grating expenses, besides having a snug
little surplus left for improvements.
Thomas G.. Bassett, who for a great many
years has been the freight agent of the New
York Central, in New York city. died from
heart failure. at his home in New York OH
Tuesday night. Mr. Bassett was well
known in Western railroad circles. For
several years he represented the New York
Central in the West, with headquarters at
st. Louis.
The directors of the c., l., ST. L. & c.
yesterday held meeting in Cincinnati to
confer regarding the Bee-line-Big Four
consolidation scheme. The Vanderbilt di-
rectors held a meeting on the same matter
IN New York on Wednesday. and as Pres
ident Ingalls, leaves for New York toni CHIT
by next week it is highly probable that the
full particulars of the deal will be made
public.
Rumors are again afloat that the Chicago.
Burlington q Northern is to be consOli-
dated with the Chicago, Burlington d.
Quincy. In speaking of this rumor, gen.
eral manager said, yesterday, that nothing
could occur which would accomplish more
toward bringing about a strict mainten-
ance of rates than to have this rate-demor-
alizing road come under full control of the
c.. b. Il Q. people.
The passenger department OF the Central
Traffic Association has granted reduced
rates to members of Indiana Consistory.
Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, to at
tend their gathering at indianapolis March
90 to 90 to the Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union for their convention to be held
in Kokomo on the 2Sth and 10Th of this
month; to the Southern Indiana Teachers
Association, which convenes in Green's
burg. April 10 and IL, and to the Phi Kappa
Psi fraternity, which meets IN Greencastle,
April to 5.
The Northwestern roads assign as rea-
son for reducing salaries of their men that
they are driven to it by unjust legislation.
In commenting on this. a Western paper
says; If such reduction OF expenses Is
actually rendered necessary by legislative
interference with reasonable profits, 1T
must serve to show the dangers involved
In such enactments, and must remind the