The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-12-19
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Indian. Car Association.

ants of the roads WHICH are 10 coihpTioo
che Indiana Car Association met yesterday
a the Bates House. every road interested
ha;ng represented. The executive conf
,n;ttee recommended for general manager
of the association ID. L. Bacon, and the
,.;Iroad officials approved the recommen-
dat;ou by electing him unanimously after
. little discussion. He expects to secure
rooms in the Union Station. or near by.
Cor bis Offices. His working force in the
hao;uning will be fifteen men. The rules
and regulations of the association, which
covers 14s junction points. will be similar
70 those of the Chicago Car Service Asso-
c;ation. A charge of 81 per car per day or
traction thereof shall be made for delay Oh
aars and use of track, on all cars not un-
ioaded within forty-eight hours after
arrival. not including Sundays or legal
holidays. Forty-eight hours will be al,
lowed for loading cars on team tracks anu
private tracks. after the expiration
If which time a charge will be made OF
one dollar per car per DAY, or Iractioh
thereof. Sundays and legal hohdays ex-
owned by the same party. no charge VIII be
made: but. when private cars are detained
on The tracks of other firms or individuals,
or on tracks belonging to or operated by
members of this association, OF cars pc
longing to the latter upon private tracks,
The Established charge will apply.
a number of railroad men from other
prominent railroad c%enters. where such as
sociations are in successful operation, were
present, and gave their experience IN tne
matter. Mr.. Moore. general manager of the
Chicago Csr-service Association, said that
the general manager and executive commit
tee might lock for stormy times the nrst
thirty days, but after that the better class
=. r1lu " 0IUInO
the results of its operations in Chicago. he
said that when the association was frst put
m operation there were standing on side
tracks at Chicago 800 carloads OF btu
minous coal; now there were not at any
time COO cars of this coal to be found there.
4 few weeks ago, he said. they had one of
the most trying experiences since the asso-
citation was organized. In one day nearly
900 carloads Of potatoes arrived III Cnicago
from the northwest, and the dealers piead.
ed for an extension OF m out
the car-service association was relent-
less. and the owners Of the potatoes
sold them at fair prices. Mr.. Adams, OF the
said that ST. Louis was the great.
! it had not been opusual for 100 carloads
of hay to be starding on side-tracks, and
not a bale of it sold WbenNjS arrived The
market became glutted, prices g of,
association is in operation. the shippers of
hay make sure of the sale OF their ship
ments. and it is unloaded promptly. As a
result, there has not been a glnt of the hay
market this fall, and better prices have
been realized on the tonnage sold than In
any former year, and now the hay dealers
are among the warmest advocates OF the
association and Its operations. This car
service association takes the whole ques-
ton of loading and unloading cars out OF
the hands of the roads. also the demurrage
business, and is a radical change from any
former methods of doing this business.
Mr.. Bacon, the general manager of the
Indiana association. is well up In transp0r-
over the State. and will, 1t is thought, be a
man who will get along pleasantly with
the shippers.
Florida Rates.
The -passenger-rate men met again yester-
day, quarreled most of the day, and adj
journed without reaching any definite re-
suits. One of those who were in attend
ance states that there is no possibility of
settling the troubles unless there is an ad-
justment of rates. The present first-class
fare from Chicago to Jacksonville, Fla, is
S22: from Indianapolis. 1S5 miles nearer,
S2l.9O-a difference of only 10 cents in favor
of Indianapolis. From st. Louis to Jack
~sonville. the Louisville & Nashville nam
ing the rate, it Is SCI, which is 90 cents less
than from indianapolis to Florida, al
though st. Louis is 24 miles greater dis
lance. This marked injustice is a good
thing for scalpers or the roads which Xix To
work through scalpers. A person can pur-
chase a ticket. for instance, at Sc. Louis.
for jacksonville, Fla, via Indianapolis, for
90 cents less than he can purchase 1t at In
dianapolis for the same point, which gives
the scalper the full fare from St. Louis to
indianapolis and 90 cents additional to
scalp, which. If cut in two In the middle,
makes a good deal for the ~scalper. The
way the matter now stands the Indianapo-
lis roads will make the rate from Indian
apolis to jacksonville, and from points in
this Will force a prOpOrtiOnate reduction
from points south of here, but unless the
roads show some independence in the mat.
ter their competitors will tread on them.
In the meeting to fix a basing schedule on
rates in the Central Traffic Association, bet.
ter progress was made ON all Eastern and
Western business. An agreement was
reached. and as there was M ~irregularity
III the rates In other directions. the rate
committee adjourned. subject to call. The
readjustment does not advance rates from
any prominent railroad center in this terri
tory. but equaliZes them with those east
and west of Chicago.
Chicago Roads and the Ship Canal.
CHICAGO, Dec. 18.-Last week an election
was held in this city at which nine drain,
age trustees were chosen. Their duties are
TO supervise the construction of a cana
connecting the waters of Lake Michigan
and those of the Illinois river for the pur
pose of carrying off the sewage of the city
In that direction instead of running it into
the lake. The canal. it is proposed, shall
have sufficient dimensions to admit of thu
passage through 1t of large lake vessels anC
thus furnish a COMMERCIAL nnflaf from fbi
city to the Gulf of Mexico. This is. o.
course, something of a menace to the rail
roads running south and west from thi,
city.
The statement is published here thi,
morning that a combination of these inter
ests with hundreds of millions of property
back of 1T. has been formed for the purpos,
OF securing the contract for this work. il
order to defeat the commercial feature of i
and make it merely a drainage channel. II
Is said that the Chicago. Rock Island 4
racine, which runs parallel with the pro
posed canal for over a hundred miles, tn.
Chicago. Burlington * Quincy: the Chieav,
u Alton; the Atchison. topeka & Santa r.
the Wabash. st. Louis * Pacific and othe,
lines are interested in the movement. Say
eral of the recently elected drainage trnst
ees were questioned in regard to the matter
and admitted that they had been INFORMED
that such a plan was on foot.
General manger St. John. of the Rocl
Island road. and executive officials of otbe
railroads said TO be parties to the allegee
scheme. declare that there is not a word n
truth IN II. and declare it To be- absurd