The Indianapolis journal., 1889-07-09

stops. 1t being Sunday, more stops were
made by this train than ordinarily. The
nInety-nine miles were covered In one hour
and fifty-seven minutes. Allowing two
minutes time for every stop. the average
speed of the train was about mile a min
ute the entire distance.
Pulaski Leeds division master mechanic
of the Louisville e. Nashville road for some
years. has been appointed superintendent
of machinery on the road. Mr.. Leeds was
brought West by Ii. b: Hammond: gresi-
ern road, and he planned the fine shops
owned by the l., ID. a. w. company in West
Indianapolis
Albert S. White, general freight agent of
the St Louis division of the c., G. G.. & st.
He takes rather gloomy view of the out
look for railroads. He says that there will
be plenty of business, but rates, he fears,
are going all to pieces. and the belief gains
ground that the reduction is not to stop
with grain and grain products.
The Chicago and Ohio Association held
meeting In this city. yesterday. The only
important action taken was that of agree
ing on the methods and forms of making
weekly and monthly statements to the
secretary of the association. A form for
making weekly statements was adopted,
which will considerably lessen the work
| of preparing them. yet give ample informa-
| tion.
Mention was made, few days ago. that
the question OF wages In dispute between
| the mananement of the Union Pacific and
| the engineers on the Leavensworth divis-
| ion had been referred to arbitrators. These
arbitrators reported in favor OF the engi-
neers. Manager Baldwin says the decision
| is final, and that the wages will be re-
| stored, dating back to May Is, the date of
| the reduction.
The ways of railroad managers are past
finding out. For years past the Wabash
II o. v.<~
| gerheads; now they join hands in demand
| that the through lines from the West to
| Chicago break bulk on their through busi-
| ness per agreement of the Interstate Railway
ASSOCIATION; Ii they carry out this proposl-
tlon a lively rate-war between the roads
| doing business between Kansas City and
Chicago may be looked for.
| The east bound shipments from Chicago,
| of flour, grain and provisions by the lines
in the Central Traffic Association last week
| aggregated 15, ,413 TONS against IL, ,S27 for the
| week previous, a decrease of 414 tons, and
| against II ,972 for the corresponding week
last year. an increase of 3.441 tons. The
| Vanderbilt lines carried 40 per cent. of the
business, the Pennsylvania lines, 20.1; the
| Chicago & Grand Trunk, 1873; the Balti-
| more 81 Ohio, 12.1.
| The vice. presidents of the Trunk-line AS
| sOciation met the officers of the trunk lines
at New York yesterday, and elected Vice
president II. j. Hayden, of the New York
Central, chairman of the executive COM
| mittee. This makes Mr.. Hayden acting
| commissioner in Mr.. Fink's absence. G. w.
Bullen was made acting freight commits
siOner. The cut-rate was discussed. but no
definite action will be take until the meet
| ing of the joint committee on Wednesday.
The reduction on wheat, corn and corn
| products shipped East considerably cOmpli-
| Gates matters, and is SO unjust that it can
| not long be sustained For instance, the
| rate on wheat and corn from indianapolis
| to the seaboard is 1872 cents per 100 pounds,
| but the miller who ships flour must pay the
old rate, % cents per 100 pounds. In q few
days the new crop Of oats will begin to
move, and the rate will be % cents per 100
| pounds from indianapolis to the seabOard.
| Such things tend to greatly cOmplicate
matters, and will lead to further demoral-
ization in rates without question.
1t is stated that the Cincinnati, Wabash
| & Michigan Railroad Company has secured
control Of the Canada IL Sc. Louis road.
| This is piece of road twenty-nine miles in
length, running from Goshen to Sturgis,
but is in wretched condition physically.
Theparties who have taken hold of it pro-
pose to extend the line to Bay City, Mich.
at no distant day. Its greatest value will
be that it will enable the c., w. x NJ. to be
more independent in their relations with
Canada d st. Louis will give them direct
connection with the Grand Rapids d In
diana road.
1t is stated that an order has already been
| issued to equaliZe rates on the consolidated
Bee-line and Big Four. Salaries and wages
on the Bee-line. as a rule, are from 8 to 5
per cent. higher than those on the Big
Four, and now what is worrying the boys
Is whether the Big FOur employees are to
have their pay dvanced to Bee-line figures
or the latter is to drop to them. Probably
the difference in the pay of the employees on
the two roads has been somewhat ex-
aggerated. The different methods of pay
ing men in certain departments may have
something to do with the variance in
amount of wages paid.