The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-03-12

credit to the roads. Fort Wayne is another
point where union station would greatly
accommodate the travelling public
1t is understood that A. F. Walker, OF the
Interstate Commission, has given n0tice,
informally, that he will accept the chair
manship of the Interstate Railway Associa-
tion as soon as his place on the commission
is filled.
The Supreme Court having dismissed the
appeal made by Harry Crawftordd ,n 70
of receiver, the Circuit Court OF Boone
county has reappointed III. Moore receiver.
He commenced his duties yesterday.
The North Pennsylvania, the Bound
Brook. and the Philadelphia, Germantown
o. NOrristOwn roads have been c0nstltut-
ed one division by the Philadelpn1a ~
Reading company, and placed under the
jurisdiction of superintendent Bonzavo.
Shipments OF grain from the Northwest,
via indianapolis, will now begin to tall OH,
as the time for the opening of lake navlga-
ton is coming on rapidly. The winter has
been so open that it is expected that lake
craft will begin to move earlier than usuai.
GeorgeM Woodruff who has just been re-
appointed as one of the railroad commission
ers of Connecticut, has had the longest
service as railroad commissioner OF any
man in this country, he being the first man
appointed to such position In this country.
One of the fast-freight lines recently
brought freight through from New York
In tifty-twO hours, the best time ever
made on regular freight bill. WITHIN
, fifty -four hours from time of shipping bill
had been presented to the agent here for
damages for goods stolen EN- route.
There is an invariable tendency with
Chicago shippers and the Chicago press TO
exaggerate every unfavOrable symptom In
the railroad situation in the West. since
the interstate association was first broached
Chicago authorities have prOphesled Its
total failure at intervals of two days on an
average.
The trunk line executive committees have
instructed their general passenger agents to
at once cease paying commissions on sales OF
tickets. The Pennsylvania management
for years has fought the payment of COM
missions, but at last they come out as WIN
ners.
The stockholders of the Decatur e. West
ern road, which is the projected EXTENSION
of the indianapolis, Decatur q Western,
have elected the following directors and
officers: Directors, John X. Warren, A. T..
Harrison, e. V. Donovan, of Illinois, and
John s: Lazarus. X. b. +. Peirce. of Indiana;
X. Is. f. PIERCE, presidents John X. Warren,
treasurer; John s. Lazarus, secretary.
Business with the car-works all over the
country seems to be good The Terre Haute
works have 800 streetl palace stock cars to
build: the Louisville q Nashville Is In the
market for 1000 box cars and 200 refriger-
ator cars. and the Central, of Georgia has
Just contracted with the United States
Rolling stock Company for 700 box cars, to
be equipped with the Wagner door and
number of other valuable improvements.
The Indianapolis car-wOrks will to-day
Missouri road Ths c car 'i is
credited with being the best box car ever
built in the country. 1t is thirty-fOur feet
long. The entire truck is iron, and the
beam is steel, while under each car are four
heavy trusses 1t has grain doors and
lumber door in the end. This car is lined
for wheat and corn and has capacity of
10000 pounds.
There is possibility of the c., l., st. L.
q G. and the L., n. A. q G. roads getting
into trouble over tickets which have been
sold by their agents to parties going to the
Northwest. Chicago ticket-scalpers are
well stocked up with tickets for Colorado
points which were sold by the reads named.
The matter is to be investigated, and un-
less the tickets are taken off the market
they will not be honored by the roads over
which they read.
w. NJ. Gerard, ticket agent of the L., N.
A. & G. at this point, has sent in his resig-
nation at the request of General Manager
had sold tickets to scalpers, and they, IN
turn, had cut the rate. The Chicago, Bur-
hngtOn & Quincy refused to honor three of
these tickets, which were sold by ticket
scalper Webb. of this city. The c., b. e.
Q. turned the tickets over to Chairman
Abbott, of the Western Passenger Agents
Association. and he asked General Manager
Carson to discharge the agent who sold the
tickets. The Ratchet falls on one of the
most accommodating passenger agents in
the city. The ticket agents of two other
roads are also on the anxious seat.
This winter will go down to history as
one of the most favorable to railway opera
tions ever experienced. On eight Indian
apOlis roads there has not been q broken
rail this winter, and ON the seven others
but one or two; and in no case has there
been an accident from this cause. The saw
ing to some of the roads from dispensing
with night track walkers reaches several
thousand dollars The time made by the
trains over most of the roads is equally re-
markable., The L., N. A. g. c., for instance,
which makes no boasts of having superior
passenger engines, has failed but once in
the last ninety DAYS to come into the Union
Station on time. The j., NJ; & !. has made
nearly as good record. The c., H. & /. is
seldom minute behind, and the l. g. st. L.
trains have arrived with an exact regu-
larity. In fact, all of the roads have made
records which have never before been
equaled in winter months.