The Indianapolis journal., 1891-01-29
MUST NOT DISCRIMINATE
Ruling by the lnterstate-C Commerce Com
mission Agaiast Twelve Railroads.
Pennsylvania Line Greatly Worried by Scalp
ers-Esrnings Of Indiana Roads Still
acknowledgements Dissolved.

The Interstate-commerc Commission
Board of Trade and Transportation. versus
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company and
twenty Eight other railway companies. in
volving questions of discrirninatio made
and preference given to foreign merchandise
shipped upon through bills of lading from
foreign ports to points of destination in
the United States, or ports of entry in
foreign country adjacent to the United
States over other and similar merchandise
carried from such ports Of entry to such
points of destination in the United States.
The complaint was sustained by the de-
cision of the commission against the Texas
& Pacific, the st. Louis. Iron Mountain 81
Sorthern. the Louisville, New Orleans
& Texas, the Illinois Central. the
Wabash, the Southern Pacific. the
Union Pacific, the Northern Pacific,
the Baltimore & Ohio. the Lehigh Valley.
the Canadian Pacific and the Grand Trunk
railroad companies. and each of them was
ordered by the commission to forthwith
cease and desist from carrying any article
of imported traffic shipped from any for
eign port through any port of entry. of the
United States, or any port of entry In a for
eign country adjacent to the United states
upon through bills of lading destined to
other than upon the inland tariff governing
other freight at such port of entry to such
place of destination, or at any other than
the same rates established in such inland
tariff for the carriage of other like kind Of
traffic in the elements of bulk, weight.
value and expense of carriage, such order
TO take effect on and after the 10th day of
March, 1891.
The complaint was not sustained as to
the other defendant railroad companies.
and as to them it was dismissed by order of
the commission.
Scaipers Worrying tho Pennsylvanis People.
There is quite q stir IN passenger circles
over the fact that the ticket scalpers are
handling an unusually large number of
tickets of the Pennsylvania lines. So well
is it known how adverse the Pennsylvania
passenger department is to working with
scalpers that the question arises, how do
they secure these tickets. most of which are
the new mileage tickets. which were sup
posed to be so ironclad in character that it
would be difficult for the scalpers TO handle
them. In Chicago, the scalpers are said to
De better provided with these tickets than
at any other point. The Chicago Post says:
1t has been discovered that the scalpers have
them reading over the Pennsylvania lines. They
seem TO have reached the conclusion that that
road L. not going TO be very particular IN nn snlorc
The Big Four ticket is a descriptive one and one
that the eaalpers do not care to handle. Monon
conductors. In obedience TO orders they have re-
eeived, are so particular IN causing people to
identify themselves az the original owners that
stalpers afraid TO touch mileage tickets read
ing over that road They seem to have con-
cluded that the loss of ticket Is sure to follow
attempted misuse of the tickets of either OF
fning themselves to handling the Pennsyivania
roads tickets and that road 10 correspondingly
popular with them just at present.
Earnings Increasing with indiana Roads
Indiana roads show no decrease In earn
weeks of 1890. The four Mackey lines-the
Louisville. Evansville g. st. Louis. the
Evansville & Terre Hsute, the Evansville
q Indianapolis and the Peoria, Decatur &
Evansville earned. in the third week of
January. SEC, 344; an increase over earnings
in the corresponding week of 1890 of S14.-
244. Of this increase $5,41 was made on
the Peoria. Decatur & Evansville division.
The Louisville, New Albany 81 Chicago
earned, in the third week, S41. .421; an in
crease of q. 794- The Toledo. st. Louis q
this year of 1926. The Big Four earned. in
the third week of January, S239. us; an in
crease of $40, ,o26.
The Southeastern's Cut Met.
All the Illinois lines tapping the territory
of the Jacksonville Southeastern, having
East st. Louis for q terminus. have met the
reduced freight rates put into effect Mon
day by the Southeastern. These roads say
that the Merchants bridge people cannot
afford to do the business of the Southeast
ern under the new schedule, and the re-
duced rates will not be maintained. A
prominent railroad official said the new
bridge would not earn enough to pay their
Office rent. Besides" said he, 1t will ex
asperate three or four companies who have
been negotiating to use the new bridge. and
the result may be that they will not use 1T
at ALL" On the other hand, the bridge peo-
pie say any road can come in on the same
terms as the Southeastern.
Free Transportation Agreement Dissolved
meeting of the managers of the rail-
roads that recently entered into an agree
ment restricting the issuance of free trans
portation was held at Chicago yesterday.
and the result was formal dissolution of
this I agreement, and it WI was the T most mo- @ sxtsn- n.
sive ever entered into in the West. The
majority of the lines assert it was killed by
the unwarranted withdrawal of the Atchi-
son. Topeka 81 Santa Fe.
Personal, Local and General Notes.
The connection of tho Toledo, Columbus
& Cincinnati with the Big -Four at Ridge
way. o., is to be completed by'Aprii /.
James Charlton, general passenger agent
of the Chicago * Alton, passed through the
city yesterday. en- route from Cincinnati to
Chicago.
Wv. Fairbanks has gone to New York to
look after matters In connection with the
recent sale of the Dsyton Fort Wayne e.
Chicago road.
Assistant General Freight Agent James,
of the Lake Shore road, passed through
the city yesterday en- route to New Mexico.
where he will remain several weeks.
Agents in all the coupon ticket Offices
have this week received circulars notifying
them that the trunk lines have decided to
abolish the payment of commissions en-
tirely after Feb. l.
The directors of the Louisville st. Louis &
Texas road have elected w. V. McCracken
president g. A. Evans vice-president, G.
III. Lamkin secretary, j. X. McCracken. of
Louisville. general manager.
During the coming spring and summer
the Toledo, st. Louis 81 Kansas City road
will erect new cozy depots of modern style
of architecture at q dozen or more stations
on its line in Indiana and Illinois.
Henry j. Lawrence, of the Baltimore Il
Ohio freight department, has been appoint
ed general agent of the Lake Shore road
OF Pittsburg. vice Geo. l.. McCague, who
retires from that position on Feb. !.
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