The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-03-06
Don't Like the Amended Law.

"The announcement, yesterday, that the
House of Representatives had passed the
Senate amendments to the i~nterstate-com-
merce act, and that President Cleveland
had affixed his signature thereto as one of
the last acts of his administration, caused
intense excitement in railroad circles. The
railroad officials were taken completely by
surprise. They had no idea that the differ
ences between the House of Represent
atives and the Senate could be harmon1zed
in time for action by both houses. The
new amendments would not be especially
obnoxious to the railroads if it were not
for the fact that, in addition to a fine for
violation of the law. any officer, agent or
other person connected with n railroad
company who shall be convicted of dis
elimination shall be liable to Imprisonment
in the penitentiary. A money fine alone
had no terrOrs for the railroad officials.
bill; but when prison walls and lonely cells
stare them In the face the case is different"
Personal. Local and State Notes.
The new s A. NJ. train for Cincinnati. over
the c., II. & d., is proving to be a popular
one with the travelling public.
President Miller, of the c., NJ. g. ST. p,
a v there is no truth in the report that p.
ID. Armour and his friends are to leave the
directory of that road.
General Manager McCrea and General
Superintendent Miller will to-day inspect
the Indianapolis e. Vincennes road, oper-
ated by the Pennsylvania Company.
The new side tracks which the c., l., st.
l.. & G. has planned to put in at Cincinnati,
will increase its side-track room at that
point sufficiently to hold eight hundred
more cars than can now be handled at that
point.
Charles L. Jewett, of New Albany, is
named as the probable successor of Colonel
George Friedley, deceased, as general
solicitor of the L., n. A. c. road. S. o.
Bayless, of Frankfort, as well, is mentioned
for the position.
ton of George Roberts as president of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company, but it is
hardly probable that it will amount to
much. Director Cassett is said to be an as
pirant to the position.
The Toledo, st. Louis e. Kansas City road
Is doing an excellent business, using all the
locomotives and cars it can command. The
business of the road has developed remark
ably since it was converted from a narrow
gauge to a standard-gauge road.
The Ohio, Indiana g. Western makes pub
lie its earnings for the second week in Feb
ruary, which were $780, 45, an increase over
earnings of the corresponding week in 1888
of S3,473. Sin Jan. l the road has earned
$173,253, which is an increase this year of
$6,3s4.
The charge of cutting passenger rates.
brought by the Wabash against the Lake
Shore and other roads, failed to materialize.
The trouble originated with some of the
minor roads In the trunk line and central
traffic territory, which work through ticket
ecalpers.
The Lake Erie & Western road earned in
February S204, 761. so, against S146,3T.W in
the corresponding month of 1888, an IN
crease this year of SIS, 90. The increase
in the two first months of this year over
January and February 1883, amounted to
500, 1883.
There are certain sections of the West in
which shippers consider 1T a personal griev
ance when roads strictly maintain rates. A
case In point Is Peoria, where threats were
made by the shippers. and. in fact. by the
public, to boycott any road which adhereS
to tariff rates or reports to the Central
Traffic Association.
President Hughitt IS of the opinion that
Federal Commissioner Walker will accept
the craftsmanship of the Interstate Railway
Association. but he is not inclined to ac-
cept 1t without strong assurances that there
will be a vigorous cooperation with him in
the contemplated. measures to make the
agreement more than n rope of sand.
There seems to be but one way out of the
difficulty on Atlantic rates on export bust
ness, and that is the establishment of an
association which shall fix rates by the
ocean lines. Then the ocean rates will be
the same, or at least known from all points.
As it is now there is no way of furnishing
roads which cut transatlantic rates on the
ocean tariff, provided they maintain the
land tariff.
Traffic Manager Parker, of the Lake Erie
& Western road has appointed Robert L.
Brydon general passenger agent of the
Lake Erie & Western system. vice L. w
Lee resigned to 60 with another company.
The appointment takes effect to-day. Mr..
Brydon has for some time past been the
Western agent of the Pennsylvania lines at
Chicago; was formerly in the passenger de-
partment of the trunk lines under Com
missioner Fink. and prior to that time gen
al passenger agent of the Ohio x Missis-
sippi road. He will doubtless make an ex-
cellent man for the l.. L. X W..
That the general passenger agents of
some roads are disposed to work in the in
terest of scalpers is evident from the man
ner they attack t. a. Ford, general pas
scnger agent of the Pennsylvania lines
west of Pittsburg. because he has been try.
ing to get through the Legislature of Ohio
bill making il a criminal offense for any
other than an authorized ticket agent to
sell railroad tickets ia that State, and com.
pelllng the roads TO redeem any ticket read
ing over their lines which the holder
wishes TO dispose of. Should the holder
cell Tito any other than the railroad com