The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-07-11

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superintendent Wells, of the Indian
spolIs division of the Big -Four. is laboring
TO improve the service on Train %. east
out of indianapolis at $50 a. NJ lie pro-
poses to make ii daily train and run 1t
through 70 Union City instead Of stopping
at Iuncie. as now.
w. III. McDoel, general nag of the
Louisville. New Albany d. Chicago. and
w. TX. Woodland. general manage OF the
Kentucky d Indiana Bridge. and the Belt
Road and Terminal Company at New Al
French Lick Springs for o day or two.
Nelson Morris and several other pr omi-
nent livestock men have purchased an IN
terest in the Street Stable Car Compsn ny,
and will introduce these cara as far as
practicable in chipping their stock. the
Indianapolis yards fifty cars per week.
The Pennsylvania Company. in the month
of june. hauled east from the Indianapolis
yards Coz carloads of live stock. against
40 car loads in June. 1880. Its trains are
dianapolis to Jersey City In sixty-three
hours. resting and feeding once at Pitts
burg.
With the taking effect of the new time
card on the Cincinnati, Wabash az Michi-
gan road. next week, Warsaw will no longer
he q division point for freiRht-train crews.
Anderson, Wabash and Elkhsrt will be the
division points. with North Vernon as o
southern terminal and Benton Harbor its
northern terminal.
General Manager Barnard has established
q station at Shirley. where the Cincinnati,
l.. Graston has been appointed ticket and
freight agent and telegraph operator. The
management of the p. a. K. expects to build
NJ considerable of an interchange of traffic
between the two roads.
A veteran in the freight service suggests
&haA fh. ~a,- So On
the week for holding their annual conyen-
ton some other time than in early July,
when business begins to be pressing. and
they have an opportunity to do good work
for their roads. In May and June there il
but little for them to do.
f. T. Vining. president of the Transcon-
tinental Line Association, has returned
from New York, and states that all misun-
d~erstandinqs as regards rate matters, have
been adjusted, and manufacturers who do
may rest assured that rates are to be lain
tanned at the present tariff.
The Cleveland Car-service Association
handled In June %. 1S2 cars. The Pennsyl-
vsnia led. with 6.5S3 cars; the Big Four
came second. with 5:421; the Lakes Shore was
third, with 5.146. The average detention
of cars W as 9. IL days. This unusual deten-
ton was due TO q strike which prevented
the unloading of coal cars.
The Lackawanna, in the Trunk-line AS
ISOLATION, seems to be as troublesome to
keep in line as is the Chicago 4 Alton In
the Western Passenger Association. The
Lackawanna now threatens to make seri-
Gus trouble unless the same differential 10
gwen it as is given the West Shore and the
Canadian Pacific on west-bound business.
As a result of q conference between
Freight Traffic Manager knight, of the
Wabash road. and the Railroad Commits
sion of Missouri. q reduction in grain rates
to the Mississippi river from points beyond
one hundred miles west Of st. Louis Will be
made. the reduction amounting to from SO
TO "a per car, depending on the size OF car
used.
q new departure in transportation matters.
appointing the committee which handled
the Interstate case SO well q permanent
committee OF the Commercial Exchange to
have full charge of all transportation mat.
tiers. They are expected to work in har-
mony with the freight bureau of that
city. which is supported by the shippers.
Louis Houck, president of the st. Louis.
Cape Girardeau q Fort Smith railway. has
purchased the st. Louis, Kenneth 81 Sou tn
ern railroad, and has been elected it's pres
ideDt. This road runs from Campbell,
Dunklin county, to Kenneth. Mo. Mr..
HOuck proposes to greatly improve the
road bed at once and intends to extend the
road to Memphis. Tenn, the survey having
been made some time since.
All OLuClak VI INC Dig IOuI says ~ 3
one-sided view to talk of the Big Four
securing control OF the Peoria IL Eastern
as being an Improbable undertaking. In
direct returns it may be q non-paying con
Germ. but it Is now removed as q rate
scRlper. and in its paimiest DAYS It was a
vigorous one says the official, its scalping
often being far-rcaching and disturbing
rates which are now we'll maintained.
George Stevens, who has Just been pro-
noted to the position Of general manager
of the Chesapeake 81 Ohio road, is taking
good care of the Wabash men who are on
the road. w. +. LaBonts has been appoint
ed purchasing agent. II. &. BrOughton sn-
p~erIntendent of the Cincinnati division. j.
NJ. Gill superintendent of the Huntington
division. In each case it is a promotion.
and all were formerly ! n the train service
on the Wabash.
Among passenger men who regard the
number Of passengers carried as being of
more Importance to q road than the revenue
derived from carrying them. there was n
good deal of rejoicing yesterday that the
City had been favored by the decision of
the Interstate-cOmmerce Commission, but
among conservative passenger men it gives
grOunds for fears that it means a greater
demoralizatlon In passenger rates than
heretofore.
Those in o position to know what is
gong on state that by the 18th of this
month the boycott of the Chicago x Alton
will be withdrawn. Action i'm this direc-
tion is looked for at the meeting in Chi
cage to-day. The Chicago. Burlington *
Quincy and thu Chicago IL Rock Island
arrangements are very tired of the manner
things have been going on the last few
weeks. and have gwen the Eastern roads.
which inaugurated the boycott, To under
stand that they are deslr0us of dropping
out of the useless warfare.
IL was stated, yesterday, at New York.
that Austin COrbin had rendered his resig-
nation as a director of the New Jersey Gen.
trail road and had closed out all
his interests in the company. Mr..
Austin Corbin makes the following
statement: lit has been understood that
my resignation was handed in some time
ago. / had disposed of all my interest in
Jersey Central stock, and il would be,
therefore. improper for me to remain in
the board" 1t is understood that the res
~ignation will be accepted at the August
meeting.
A special switching tariff governing traf-
fc going to the Worlds Columbian Expo
sion has been issued by the Chicago COM
mittee Of the Central Traffic Association.
The charge is So per car. which covers the
switching charges of the Illinois Central
road. and also 81 which is assessed by the
exposition company for delivery IN tracks
controlled by 1t within tho grounds. The
Illinois Central has agreed to make free de-
livery TO the tracks of the exposition com
pany on all freight arriving IN Chicago by
its own line. but in no case will it assume
the charge imposed by the exposition com
papy.
Well-managed roads are fast getting out
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