The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-08-07


points in New England to all points in the
South and Southeast shall be the same.
This will apply to all and every route.
The East Tennessee In Tight Place.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Aug. 6.-Chancellor
Gibson, the of State court, to-day ordered the
sale of the East Tennessee. Virginia &
Georgia railroad, if certain claims, amount
ing to S33, co., be not paid within sixty days.
Personal and General Notes.
The Pennsylvania has included Dayton,
o., in the five-dOllar rate to Chicago.
General Manager Bradbury. of the Lake
Erie & Western, is home from q trip over
his line and to Cleveland.
s. o. Brooks has been appointed division
freight agent for the Chicago. ST. Paul a.
Kansas City road, with headquarters at st.
Paul
The people of LaPorte generally, as well
as the employees of the Lake Shore road
at that point, express great dissatis-
faction and indignation at the cut made in
wages of employees by the company.
John Carlisle, of Cincinnati, at one time
principal owner of the Chattaroi road-from
Ashland to Richardson-says he has been
advised that some one is buying up the
stock with view to securing a controlling
interest, and he inclines to the belief that
1t is G. p. Huntington.
The Southern Pacific company has ar
ranged TO commence the construction of
nearly $40 miles of extenslOnsin California,
and has already placed an order for 10000
tons of steel rails with Eastern mills. This
suggests the renewed activity in railway
building which evidently will soon begin.
Nathan s. Pinckney, cashier of the Lake
Shore q Michigan Southern, at Grand Rap
ids. is among the missing. He left home
two weeks ago, cstensibly for three days
absence, but has not yet returned. An ex-
animation of his books revealed the fact
that he had raised an express order from
800 to s.. 200, and pOcketed the difference.
The harvest excursions by the several
lines yesterday were much better patron
lied than any had expected. There were
passengers for all points in the West and
Northwest as far as Tacoma. As a rule, the
first of these excursions are not expected to
do much moro than advertise the later
pnes. but this years experience has proven
IN exception.
Superintendent Bender. of the Cincinnati
and Chicago division of the Big Four, who
has just returned from a trip over the west
brn end of his line. reports a most excellent
along the road have not had satisfactory
results from their wheat crop. the oats crop
Is excellent in quality and abundant, and
the prospect for corn has seldom been bet
ter.
Traffic Manager Waldo, of the Missouri,
Kansas q Texas, who has been visiting
Houston for several days, succeeded in his
deal with the Houston " Texas Central for
IL.
Missouri, Kansas 81 Texas now runs to FL
gin, Tex, via Taylor and BastrOp. and at
Elgin the trains will take the Central track
into Houston. This gives to Houston an
other through and direct trunk line to ST.
Louis and the East.
The l., B. g. WIS excursion to Niagara
Falls and Toronto left at 6:45 last evening,
in three sections-anOther section to be
added east of here. The train leaving In
hQf dow
coaches and two refreShment cars-forty IN
all-and contained about 600 excursionists,
of whom about six hundred were from In
dianapolis and vicinity.
Baltimore is still kicking. 1t is an
nounced that the effort of the Baltimore Il
Ohio to induce shipments of corn to that
city by its cut in the rate has been of no
avail. There is in the Baltimore elevators at
one tirst-class sailing vessel. and this fact is
not due to recent heavy shipments. either
The Corn and Flour Exchange of that city
is much worried over the situation,
and an, early. meeting of that body
to voice the sentiment of the grain dealers
is proposed. 1t is claimed that, although
in the early spring Baltimore does larger
grain exporting business than any other
american port the reduced rate and differ
entail allowed it in the open season has no
eppreciable effect in diverting trade thither.
The coming meeting of the Exchange is ex-
pected TO declare that, in order to quicken
business, l5-eent all rail rate ON corn is
necessary. Such reduction would be only
the beginning of trouble for all east-and-
west lines.
The readiness of shippers to take risks in
the attempt to secure reduction of
freights by false classification is a constant
source OF wonder TO the Weighing and In
spection Bureau. Although much has been
done In the way of breaking up the bust
ness, and although o majority of shippers
SHOW disposition to obey the law after
hnaS h.x<.w Had % tl,N
consequences of violating it. there are still
some who continue to disregard it on al
most every occasion. The law and the reg
nlat,ons OF the roads provide that when
case containing them must be classed
according to the rates pertaining to the
highest grade in the package, or in the case
of mixed carload, the whole shipment is
est class of goods in the car. Despite this,
however. 1t is not al uncommon thing to
find case filled with frst-class goods, and
billed as OF class paying the very lowest
sorted to by the down-trodden patrons of
the railroads TO beat the ''extOrtionate
monopolies."
A Chicago dispatch says "The facts
which lend color TO the story that the AL
ton will buy or build west of Kansas CITY
are these: For three months President
Blackstone has been in England where he
has spent some of his time In close consulta-
ton with Leading bankers. The Alton has
over one million dollars reserve capital.
and is paying Sper cent. dividends. Conse-
quently 1t is in no need of money. Perhaps
it is result of President Blackstone's trip
that the Alton has been offered any amount
up TO 40O0O. 900 with which to buy or build
extensions west of Kansas City. Nice-pres-
ident McMullin has for a month been hob
nobbing with Eastern bankers while on an
alleged vacation. He will return on
Wednesday, although expected to be abb
Eent three weeka lonOer To-day General
Manager Chappell lett for the West for
Tip over the line. The real necessity for
western feeder to the Alton is manifest
when 10 is known that none of the Alton
oinciais as yet know whether or not the
missouri Pacific will join the other Kansas
lily lines In the fight against the Alton.
ne TACT that the managers meeting has
Deep Twice postponed owing TO the absence
OF the Missouri Pacific representative. and
that III was postponed at his request, indi-
Gates that the Missouri Pacific will 90 18th
the majority, In that event the Alton will
be truly bottled mp. having only a portion
OF the Union Pacific traffic to depend upon.