The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-08-04
THE HARVEST EXCURSIONS
Business Will Not Be Routed by the Adj
yisory Board q the Passenger Pool.
The Alton Waiting II the Declaration Of Rates
Before Taking n-Announcement
of Coming Railroad Conventions

Notice has been given to the lines oper-
ating between Chicago and st. Paul that
the advisory board of the blind passenger
pool will not undertake to route any Of the
business accruing On account Of the har-
vest and home-seekers' excursions. Each
line in the pool will be allowed to secure as
much Of this business for itself 80 1t can.
Chairman Finley has notified the rosds in-
terested that harvest excursion rates are to
be rendered the Eastern connections as bas-
ing rates while they are in force. This
action viii no doubt be the signal for some
sort of performance on the part of the Chi
cago & Alton. That road has not yet an
nounced what it intends to do, but has
been waiting for its competitors to fully
show their hands before taking any action
itself As it cannot follow them In their
arrangements with Eastern lines 1t Will
probably make lower rates than those
sgreed upon by the association.
Coming Railroad Conventions
Calls have been sent out by the score
taries of the respective associations for
annual meetings follows:
Aug. 6. Thursday Railway Freight Claim As
seciation OF the Eastern, Western and Southern
Sept z, Monday-Internationa Association Of
Ticket Agents, at Sc Paul. MlnD.
sept 8, Tuesday-Roadmasters Association OF
America, in Minneapolis. MINI.
Sept Is, Tuesday-American Association OF
General Passenger and Ticket Agents, at Old
Sept. Is, Misunderstanding Passenger Agents
Association, at Lookout Mountain, Chattanooga,
Tenn.
Oct II, Neutrality-suspicious. Society of Rail-
road 5uperintendents, ct New York city.
Oct. Il. Observation-Disclosures Railway Asso-
citation formerly the general time conventlonl,
at New York city.
Oct 81. wednesday-Freight Claim Agents
Association OF the West at the Southern Hotel,
Oct. q. wednesday-Nationa Association Of
Car-service Managers, semi-annuai meeting, at
New York city.
The Pullman Company Sued.
In the United States Circuit Court at
Chicago, yesterday. the Chicago, Mil
YANKEE Il ST. Paul Railway Company fled
bill in equity against the Pullman Palace
car Company for an accounting and an In
junction. The contract under which the
accounting Is asked was made in 1889, and
by it's terms the Chicago. Milwaukee q st.
Paul road secured from the Pullman
company from Thirty to forty palace
dining and sieeping-cars- The road
charges that the Pullman company under
the contract for maintaining the cars made
charges grossly excessive and fraudulent.
The injunction Is asked to restrain the
Pullman company from prosecuting an
action ct law against the road for $1,000.
CO., now pending in court. Charges OF
fraud and claims that the accounts OF ex-
penses rendered by the Pullma an company
were excessive are frequently made.
East-Bound Chicago Shipments.
The east-bound shipments of freight by
rail from Chicago last week. not including
live stock, aggregated 44.614 tons, which is
not as good a showing by Ito tons as that
of the preceding week, and Is a decrease of
1880 tons as compared with the same
period last year. The lake lines carried
$500 tons. The shipments of flour. grain
and provisions from Chicago to the sea-
board by the roads in the Central Traffic
ASSOCIATION amounted during the week to
1870 tons. against 1921 for the week pre-
"a .sO5 for the corresponding week last year.
q decrease of 559S tons. The Vanderbilt
lines carried 45 per cent. of the business;
the Pennsylvania. % per cent; the Chicago
and Grand Trunk. Is, and the Baltimore q
Ohio, per cent
The Lake Erie & Western made the lsrg-
est earnings in July of any mouth since the
road was operated. The earnings for tho
fourth week were phenomenal. reaching
Sill, 22S 26; increase over the corresponding
week of 1890. s21. 566.96 The road earned in
the month of July, s305. 502. 20; increase over
the corresponding month of 1890. So. 235. 90
It is safe to say that there 10 no road in this
country of equal miieage which will show
30 large an increase.
The Big Four Invisible.
A meeting was TO have been held at Mil
waukee yesterday Of the lines interested in
freight rates from Milwaukee via benton
Hsrbor to Eastern points. but it was post
poned owing to the non-attendance of tho
Big Four representatives. The Big Four Ia
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