The Indianapolis journal., 1890-01-21

plant is made, however, that the fast
trains of the Cleveland division OF the Big
Four make too many stops, and some have
got to be dropped, and the company thinks
that Massachusetts, avenue should be one
of them.
Kansas City has an east-bound passenger
association which lives up to agreements.
If one of the roads violates an agreement 1T
Is fined and the fine is paid at once. within
the last thirty days the Chicago ~ Alton,
the Chicago ~ Rock Island, and the Coun-
ell Bluffs roads have each paid handsome
fines for some slight deviation from the
agreement. There is no dodging the fine. as
the treasurer of the association has several
hundred dollars of each road deposited
with him to pay such tines.
The secretary of division No. 145 of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers IS
short In his accounts $1,000. This division
Is composed of engineers on the eastern dl-
vision of the New York Central road, and
is one of the wealthiest divisions in the
Brotherhood organization. The money
used had been contributed for life insur-
ance- One of the officials of the Brother
hood states that this is the first time In the
history of the organization that the secre-
tary and treasurer have been short and dis
missed from the order.
Chairman Walkers decision that the
traffic alliance between the Union Pacific
and the Chicago & Northwestern Is vlo-
lation of the Interstate-railway Associa-
surprise. as they are not competing roads:
10 the ordinary mind it would seem that If
the lnterstate-railway Association cannot
endure continuous traffic agreement be-
tween non-competing roads covering sup
Elemental territory it Is too delicate an
affair to live long in the overcrowded and
guarrelsome camp of railroads to be found
In the West.
East bound shipments of freight by all
lines out of Chicago. last week. aggregated
12S.096 tons, against 81. .746 tons for the cor
responding week last year, an increase of
about ITO per cent. The shipments of -four.
grain and provisions from Chicago to the
seabord by the lines in the Central Traffic
Association aggregated S0.946 tons, against
99,5lS tons for the preceding week. fall
ing OFT of 1888 tons. against 35. .195 tons for
the corresponding week last year, an in
crease of 5,746 tons. The Vanderbilt lines
| carried 1915 per cent. of the business; the
Grand Trunk. 1873, and the Baltimore 81
/ Ohio, 1871.
The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy is so
| troubled to get cars enough to carry its
business that the general freight agent has
Issued an order regarding the distribution
| of cars on the Burlington IL Missouri, part
| of the ''Qp system. Station agents are In
structed, during the scarcity of cars to
| give to shippers, on application, cars in
proportion to the number loaded by them
in the six months from May ] to Oct. 81.
| Shippers who did 10 business during those
six months will he allotted one-half the
| number of cars allotted to the regular
| shipper who loaded the least number of
1 cars in the six months. 1t is said that the
arrangement is SO fair that the shippers are
satisfied with it. One thousand to twelve
| hundred cars are loaded daily on the "Q'
| system, and still no impression seems to be
made on the business Offering.