The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-10-19

lot tue return OF tnelr cars western ON
Gals express the fear that n similar expert
euce is in store for them this year
Personal. Local ana General Notes.
The Lake Erie & Western earned in the
second week of October Sos. $50. SO: increase
over 1880. SS,5ls.66.
The Ohio Falls car-works have been
given the contract to build the passenger
equipment for the New Orleans * Southern
road.
Samuel Rookland has been appointed en-
glneer Of the Michigan Southern division
OF the Lake Shore road, with headquarters
at Toledo.
j. G. Tenant. of Fostorie, O.. has been
appointed travelling freight agent OF the
Nickel-plate, with headquarters at Fort
Wayne. Ind.
On the Goth of this month mail service
will be established between Nashville and
Anderson on the Cincinnati. Wabash &
Michigan road.
III. A. G. Hausgen has been appointed as
sistant general freight agent of the Iowa
Central road. vice James Mahoney, whose
resignation was mentioned few days ago.
The regular monthly meeting of the gen.
eral freight committee of the Chicago and
Ohio River Traffic ASS clation will be held
at the Bates House to morrow morning at
$50.
The Ohio Falls car-works are IN q pros
pany paid q mortgage held bv J. w. Sprague
for 1000. leaving the property free from
membranes.
Il. p. Bury has been appointed general
passenger agent of the Iowa Central road.
He was for some years connected with the
passenger department. OF the Cincinnati,
Washington d Baltimore road.
A. III. Smith. division superintendent on
the Lake Shore System, on Saturday took
charge of the Lansing division. and A. b.
Newell. son of President Newell. succeeds
Dir. Smith on the Kalamazoo division.
William Mosby. who for many years was
chief clerk IN the Office of the general
been appointed superin tendent of car serv-
ice on the Chicago g. Eastern Illinois road.
The contract for building the new yards
of the Lake Erie 81 Western at Upton was
awarded on Saturday. to be completed by
Company %.ilss .h Mn 0oss
portant terminal will bring seventy-fve
families from Lafayette to Upton.
The CORPS Of surveyors Of the Wabash sx-
tension from Montpelier, o.. to Chicago
have reached Porter county, and are now
setting grades for the road bed in this and
IL directing the work. and trains will be
running into Chicago by May 1, 1892.
President George b. Roberts. Vice-presi.
dent Frank Thomas aud other officials Of
the Pennsylvania system were in Chicago
Saturday on their annual tour of inspeo-
ton. They will start on q trip through
tbs Wisconsin mining region to-day, and
will 20 over the Chicago IL Northw estern
road.
The Chicago & Atoms gross earnings for
August. 1891. were S7s4. 68l SO. which Is S169-
5O4. 10 increase over August. 1880, and $4,000
more than the estimate for the month. The
estimated earnings for September, 1891, are
S1S5. 400. sn increase of sos 900 over actual
earnings for September. 1890. The earnings
for September will be over $500. 900.
All tho railroads in Indiana and Illinois
are now making round-trip rate of one
and one-third fare for hunting parties of
three and over TO points In Arkansas. Mis-
souri,, Mississippi. Michigan. or any other
state where there il good hunting and fish
ing. These rates include transportation of
dogs. gus and baggage to the amount Of
$50 pounds.
Young Mems Christian Association. writes
that steps are to be taken at once to estab-
Ish a railroad branch at Logansport
through Niee-president McCrea. the Penn
syivania Company makes monthly appro-
priation for this branch. 1t is about time
that something was done to re -establish the
indianapolis branch.
A general assize for the trial of such
roads in the Western Passenger Associa-
tion as are charged with infractIon of the
agreement: has been called by Chairman
Finley. TO be held at Chicago Oct. % and %.
The roads cited to appear and explain their
conduct are the Wabash, the Missouri Pa
citic, the st. Louis. Keokuk IL Northern,
the Burlington. the Chicago. ST. Paul IL
Kansas City and the Illinois Central Some
of these roads will have more than one case
TO defend. In every case the charge is re-
ductiOn of rates without sufficient cause,
or on the false plea that such reduction
was necessary to meet outside COMPETE
tion.
The people who have been bowling for
several years because of the organization
of car-service associations. whereby the
railroads assess shippers and consignees O
small sum for the detention Of cars lon ger
than forty-elght hours after arrival at des-
tination. are taken aback by the action of
the Texas Board of Railroad Commission.
ers That board has issued circular
ordering oil railroad companies in Texas to
charge and collect from consignees the sum
of IS per car per day for the use of all cars
not unloaded after forty eight hours notice
to the consignee or his agent In Chicago
and other points throughout the West
only 81 per car per day is charged after
forty eight honrs' notice, and yet there is
no end Of complaint.
Governor Humphrey, of Kansas, has ad.
dressed "a letter TO the Attorney general, in
structing him to commence proceedings in
the name of the State TO annul the charter
of the Missouri. Kansas g. Texas Railway
luio company mas It's corporate
existence under the laws of Kansas. which
require the general offices to be To-
Gated within the State. The offices
of this company are at Sedalia. No.
The company provided Offices Mt Parsons,
Kan, some time ago. and were abont to
make that city it's headquarters. When
this became known. O restraining order
was issued In Missouri under q law passed
last winter, which prevented the fulfill.
ment of this plan. Governor Humphrey now
demands that Kansas corporation shall
be judged by a Kansas court, and insists
that a Missouri law cannot act to repeal a
Kansas law.
Joseph Ramsey. jr.. has gone to Peoria to
endeavor tn straighten out matters there
He is experiencing more trouble with this
eighteen miles of road than in handling the
whole business of the Big Four as it's gem
eral manager. A committee of the Board
of Trade has taken the matter in hand, and
proposes TO sec If something cannot be done
TO put stop TO the delays and annoyances
the shippers at Peoria are subjected to. A
railroad Official says that were the busi-
ncsssmen OF Peoria ,less sympathetic with
the striking switchmen who handle the
business at this important commercia al CEN
ter the difficulty in handling the business
would be largely removed. No strike which
has yet occurred ut Peoria, and there have
been number of them, has yet received
the sanction of any of The federated rail
road organizations. which is good evidence
that the strikes were not made on tonable
grounds