The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-03-12
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Tariff Sheets Must Be Posted.

Tariff Sheets Must BE foSASu"
WASHINGTON, March 1.-The following
order has been issued by the Interstate
commerce Commission, and will be sent to
all railroad companies subject to the act to
regulate commerce:
Whereas. Section Of the act to regulate COM
merce, as amended March 2, 1889, authorlzes
the commission to direct when joint II aint tariffs
shall be made public and to prescribe tne meas,
IRE OF publicity TO be given 20 tne Safe anu
further authorizes the commission 10 make pub
lie proposed advances and reductlons III JOINT
tariffs in such manner as may be deei neu brac-
ficabIe and 10 prescribe the measure o. puoilclty
10 be given to advances or reductions OF joint
tariffs. ii is ordered as follows: -.
All advances and reductions on JOINT rates,
fares and charges shown upon joint afifIs estaD-
nshed by common carriers, subject 10 the pro
visions OF the act to regulate commerce snail be
made public Egery sde Ia MAINLY D printing tSe
same in large type, two copies of which snail be
posted for the use of the pubic IN Two PuDnc ana
conspicuous places in every depot, station or or
flee of such carriers, where passengers OF freight.
respectively are received for transportation un-
der such schedules in such form that they shall
he accessible to the public and be conveniently
inspected
such schedules shall be so posted ten days
prior to the taking effect OF any sucn ADVANCE,
and three DAYS prior to the taking enecI or any
such reduction In joint rates, fares anu charges.
Coming Changes on the Santa Fe.
CHICAGO. March 11.-Changes are pend
peka e. Santa Fe railroad that will affect
the freight departments of all the lines of
that great system from Chicago to CalifOr-
MIA. 1t is semi-Officially announced this
evening that for some months past
the general freight and passenger agent
of the Chicago, Santa Fe a. Califor
mia, Emmons Blaine, son of James g.
Blaine has been considering hattering
offer from an Eastern mercantile house.
This offer he has now accepted, and Will
terminate his connection with the Santa F'e
about the end of the present month. 1t is
understood that Assistant General Freight
Agent G. A. Parker will leave Chicago, but
will remain with the company. His posi-
ton will be general freight agent OF one OF
general traffic manager, w. +. White. will,
it is said, be transferred from Topeka to
Chicago 1t is intimated that the nlanag-
ing of the traffic department from Chicago,
instead of Topeka. possesses no small sig
nifcance from railroad standpoint.
The Alton VIII Pay Commissions.
CHICAGO, March 11.-General Passenger
Agent Charlton, of the Chicago q Alton
road, denies the truth of published dis
patch which states that his road had igned
a circular letter binding that corporation
to cease paying comm ilIsiOns on passenger
business, and that this concession was
made in order to secure removal of the
boycott which the trunk lines had de-
clared against it for such payments. The
boycott took the form of a refusal by the
trunk lines to sell tickets over the Alton
road at their offices. Speaking of this mat
ter. Mr.. Charlton said to an AssO ciated
Press reporter to-day: I'VE nave not de-
parted one iOta from our position ON the
COMMISSION question, we have not signed
the circular letter referred to, and have no
intention of doing so: The lines boycott
ing us placed our tickets on sale uncOn-
ditionally and without any conference
with us. We are to-day, as we have been
IN the past and expect to be in the future,
first, last and all the time unreservedly
and unequivoeally in favor of the payment
of q reasonable commission to ticket
agents"
New Cleveland and Pittsburg Line.
PITTsBURG, March 1.-THE Times special
from Canton, o., says: Andrew Carnegie,
of Pittsburg, has, with company of New
York capitalists representing $1,000, 600, Sc
cured control OF the Valley railway by the
purchase of majority of it's stock, and,
with the Pittsburg, CHARTERS & Yonghio-
gheny and the Cleveland, Youngstown q
Fh sSSns on ra the New york; Pe1nl
sylvania & Ohio railroad, to
Bergholz, Jefferson county, Ohio. a few
miles from Wellsville, o., two roads under
IL
Pittsburg and Cleveland line, paralleling
the Cleveland & Pittsburg railroad and
giving Canton Pittsburg line competing
with the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago.
ley road here to strike the Cleveland,
Youngstown Il Pittsburg at point eleven
miles west of here"
The Wabash Presidency.
CHICAGO, March 11.-General McNulta,
go Uol Il Il
turned to-day from New York, says it is
not true that he has announced himself a
candidate for the presidency of the new
consolidated Wabash company. He further
says he would not accept the place. even if
the controlling interests should desire it,
until he was made acquainted with the
policy on which the road was to be run, and
then only in case such policy cOIlformed to
his ideas of what were the correct methods
OF handling the property. He thinks the
published assertion that ST. Louis, and not
Chicago, will furnish the officers for the
reorganized Wabash is probably semi
official and correct.
Serious Blow at Stockholders.
CINCINNATI, March 11.-Judge Peck, of
the Superior Court, this morning, decided
an important railroad suit whe reby the
st akholders of the Cincinnati, Washing
ton & Baltimore railroad received a severe
blow. The judgment of the Baltim ore 81
Ohio road for 81 100000 is decided ia, be a
first lien on the proceeds of the sale of the
Cincinnati, Washington & Baltimore. The
action decided was that of the Baltimore
az ONO company on rOss-petitiOn in the
matter of the Farmers Loan and Trust
Company of New York. decree for a
sale OF the road is now being prepared.
Judge Field to Be Solicitor of the L., n. A. g. C.
VALPARAISO, Ind, March 11.-Elisha C..
Field, of Crown Point. for ten years circuit
judge of the judicial district composed OF
Lake and Porter counties. has resigned. to
become general solicitor of the louisville
New Albany * Chicago Railway Company,
with office in Chicago.
Personal. Local and State Notes.
w. III. Fisher. district passenger agent of
the c., I'll. Il d., is confined at hoine by i'll
ness.
Complaint is again heard of a scarcity of
ears, the cal! west of here of late having
cleared the side tracks in this vicinity.
The indianapolis car-works are HOW pay
ing out ST. $50 week for labor, and to the
railroads an average of 81 900 q day for
freight.
The interchange of traffic between the
e, L.. St. L.. q G. and the Chesapeake &
ONO is now ranging from seventy five to
one hundred cars a day.
1t is hardly probable that the Continental
line will establish an office here. The b. Il
u. kankakee Dispatch is said TO be fighting