The Indianapolis journal., 1890-09-30

mond. Ind. to connect with the Chicago g.
Western Indiana road; also the question Of
Issuing $500. 600 bonds for that purpose.
A. j. You. chairman of the grievance
committee of the Brotherhood OF L0como-
tive Engineers, gives an emphatic denial to
the report of trouble impending on the Fort
Wayne road.
AT a railroad meeting at Lampasas, Tex.
Saturday. the contract was closed for the
building of road from Waco or Hillsboro
to- Llano via Lampasas, work to begin
within thirty days.
Tickets from Chicago to st. Paul can be
obtained In any scalper's Office In the
former city for IS, which is 81 below the
authorized rate. and there are fears of
general decentralization.
Tomorrow Ii. S. Haynes goes to Cincin-
natl as chief train-dispatcher OF the Chesa-
peake 81 Ohio. to succeed j.. A. Gleason,
who has resigned to go into the real-estafe
business in Roanoke, W.Va
The Cook county uilinois) grand Jury is
Investigating charge that two Chicago
scalpers have been guilty of counterfeitlng
tickets reading over the Pennsylvania
lines. The officers of the company are ret
icent about the matter.
Santa Fe official virtually admitted
yesterday that his company had, in con-
nectlon with it's purchase of the Colorado
Midland. secured control of the Rio Grande
w eSteTn anu WOuiU operate the TWO as one
line from Colorado Springs.
Thirty-four excursionisus left this sta
tion yesterday for California and Wash
ingtOn points. OF these. twenty went out
by the Big Four line and fourteen on the
c.. w. & NJ. All of them go West by the
Chicago * Alton and Union Pacific.
AT Gainesville. Tex, on Saturday the di-
rectOrs of the Gainesville. Henrietta q
Western elected the following officers: +.
NJ. Dougherty. president; r. ID. Gribble,
vice-president: J. NJ. Lindsay. secretary
and treasurer. all of Gainesville. The di-
rectors are: Fl. E. Eldridge, Gainesville r.
G. Foster. Denison, and E. Eilery Ander-
of New York, and who were present at the
meeting.
= Changes on the Chicago & Erie road are
announced as follows: o. +. Gross has
been appointed train master of the eastern
division of the road. George A. Coe is ap-
sion. George s. Hodges has been appoint
ed special agent of the company, with
headquarters at Pittsburg, vice George A.
Coe. transferred. He will have charge of
such duties as may be assigned him by the
superintendent of transportation. All these
changes are TO go into effect Oct. /. The
following appointments will also take
effect Oct. /: G.. l.. Thomas. division
freight agent. Chicago, in charge of line,
Chicago TO North Judson. inclusive. Mr..
u,
Huntington. Ind, in charge of line east of
North Judson to and including Marion.
The lnterstate-commerce Commission is
after the Western roads again, this time for
the purpose of regulating the lumber rates
Some time ago the Board of Trade of Eau
Claire. Wis, sent petition to the eommis-
cago, Milwaukee < st. Paul road to reduce
rates on lumber from Eau Claire to Mis-
souri river points. Answer was made re-
Gently by the Chicago. Milwaukee & st.
Paul to the Eau Claire shippers that the
lumber rates were but recently advanced,
and to now lower the rate to any one point
would result In general cutting and col
lapse all around. Taking as a basis this
report. the Interstate-commerce Commits
Western roads interested In lumber traffic,
ordering them to make answer within
twenty days and show cause why the rates
should not be reduced from Eau CLAIRE.
The case of the Farmers Loan and Trust
Company. and of John Kennedy ct al.
against the International d Great North
ern Railway Company. was called in the Dis
trict Courtfor the Eastern district of Texas
yesterday. In this case the plaintiffs seek
to fOreclose mortgages for the collection of
SIS, 5,000.0 900 in bonds on the road. The State
intervenes in the case, and charges that
the bonds were fctitiousy issued and are
void; that their payment will force high
traffic charges on the public, the main
ground being that said bonds were issued
without money paid or property received
by or labor performed on said road, as is
required by the Constitution in such cases.
The Attorney general contends that rail-
roads are created for the purpose of serv-
ing the public for o reasonable return on
an honest investment, and not for specu-
lative purposes, such as issuing fictitious
bonds and watered stock. The court has
already held with the State, to the effect
that bonds issued in violation of the stat
utes and Constitution are void.