The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-01-28
THENEWFASTFREIGHT LINE
Headquarters to Be Opened Here at Once
and Operations to Begin March l.
Efforts Of the Six Commissioners to Divide Ter
ritory with the Western Traffic Associa-
tion-The Excursion Rate War.


Thomas Noonan, who Is to be general
manager of the new fast-freight line. will.
on Feb. /. vacate the position of assistant
general freight agent of the Big Four and
to indianapolis at once to establish
his headquarters. and. as soon as practical
BILE, the line will commence operations
probably March l. While the Baltimore 4
Ohio and the Big Four are he companies
which organize the line. a large number of
roads are to work with it. among them the
Chicago 81 Eastern Illinois, the Illinois
Central, the Chicago & Alton. the Chicago
IL Rock Iaiand, the Jacksonville South
eastern. the Cincinnati, Wabash & Michi-
gan, and all the roads in the Mackey sys-
tenn. The b. e. o. and the Big Four will
pot on fast-freight trains and do all In their
power TO make the line popular from the
beginning. Early next week tho agent at
this point and the travelling agents for the
line will be appointed. Should the Cont
nentai-lIne management decide to with
draw from this territory. q question which
win DE settled in q day or two. 1t 10 under
stood that William Lynn, agent of the Con,
tinental at this point, will be appointed
agent of the new line. There is still some
question as to what shall be the name of
calling 10 the Seaboard d Western, others
interested are not exactly pleased with II.
This Is another matter which will be set
tied before the week closes.
Trying to- Divide Territory.
The SIX commissioners of the Western
at Chairman Walkers Office in Chicago
yesterday. devoting the entire session to
. discussion Of territorial divisions. Con-
trary to expectations the settlement of this
question has proved TO be no easy task.
The most formidable stumbling block that
has been encountered Is o dispute as to
whether Lake Superior business shall be
subject TO the provisions of the agreement.
The Chicago a. Northwestern. which hss a
line to Duluth. argues that it shall not be
included as competitive traffic, but the
Chicago, Milwaukee q st. Paul. which has
no share in that business, contends that
Lake Superior business must be subject to
the provisions of the agreement because
the Manitoba Great Northernl Is in the
new association and 1T is an important
Daluth line. Again the Northwestern oh
carrying business from the wisconsin
mines, on the ground that it Is not conn
petitive. Other roads have lines which
may be classed In the same category, and
10 will be no easy matter to dispose OF the
question In such q way as to satisfy all the
interests involved. When the commission
ers adjourned last evening some Of them
expressed the opinion that they would not
be able to complete their work for o week
at least. In the meantime there Ia MOTTO
able lack Of enthusiasm In the movement
on the part of railroad men generally. aud
the traffic officials especially seem to be mt
terly Indifferent as to whether the new
organization 10 ever perfected or not.
ns Direct Lines Will Not Competa. casa
The Psnnsyivania and the Big Four have
decided not to meet the rate made by the
CLEVELAND & Canton and the c., II, & d. to
knights of Pythiss of Cleveland who are
to come to Indianapolis on Friday. In
speaking of the matter the Cleveland
Leader of the 26th says:
For twe-weeks the railroads have been trying
to inaugurate a smallsized excursion.rate war
from Cleveland to indianapolis for the Knights
OF Pythias celebration at the latter city next
tons were that the lab0rious attempt would
prove q failure A few weeks ago there was a
brisk little contest on q K. of p. excursion from
Chicago TO Crbana, the rate dropping TO So for
the round trip. Last week another natty fight
occurred on some society business from st. Louis
and Tsrre Haute to Cincinnati, but these shining
examples of animation in the passenger business
are made notable by their exceeding rarity. An
old-time passenger man yesterday, In referring
times in his occupation. Affairs had reached
such . degree of petrifaction that an life and
vlgor bad departed. There was no longer any
aching for q little scrimmage OF the kind, but the
sordid policy OF the road was against 1t. In this
little Indianapolis affair the Cleveland a. Canton
has made a SIS round-trip rate.
Tightening the Lines on Scalpers.
The tarIff managers of the principal West
ern roads met at Chicago. yesterday. to de-
wise some means of putting q stop to the
misuse Of tickets issued to men engaged in
Chicago live stock shipments. Many of the
men who are sent by Western shippers to
AXE care of the stock in transit accept the
cork simply to get q free ride to Chicago,
and on their arrival there they sell the re-
turn portion of the tickets to scalpers. thus
contributing to the Generalization of pas
ynger rates. The evil arising from the
abuse of these tickets has grown to such .
magnitude that 1T can no longer be ignored.
At the meeting yesterday q committee was
appointed TO prepare a form of ticket that
cannot be used TO disturb rates. The COM
mittee Is to report at an adjourned meeting
next Monday.
An Improbable Cut.
The action of the Jacksonville South
eastern In reducing the bridge tolls at
East ST. Louis. and thereby effecting q cut
in freight rates of from 8 to 5 cents per one
hundred pounds. is regarded as anything
but a wise move. The Chicago & Alton
promptly met the reduction. so that the
Jacksonville Southeastern. instead of prof.
iting by its action. has placed itself in the
position of needlessly sacrificing q portion
of its revenue. General Manager Chap
of the cut extending to Chicago. The re-
port that the remission of bridge tolls is
the result of q tight between the W
bridge companies at East ST. Louis 10 be-
lieyed to be untrue.
Personal. Local and General Notes.
John G.. Williams, general manager of the
Vandalia lines, is IN the city.
The Chesapeake & Ohio the third week
in January earned S14S, 500. ISL; increase over
1S9o, S6,2g7.1.
Oscar Murray. traffic manager of the Big
-Four, and ID. b. Martin, general passenger
agent, left for New York yesterday.
NJ. C. Reeves, train-dispatcher of the Chi
cago * Indiana Coal road, has resigned to
take q position on O road further West.
Edward Garfield, of Boston, has been
elected assistant treasurer of the Union
Pacific, his headquarters to be at New York.
On the strength of spoilers reports ff-
teen conductors have been discharged on
the Galene division of the Chicago. st. Paul
IL Kansas City road in the last week.
Arrangements lave been made by which
the Continental line will, for the present,
carry freight from Indianapolis, using the
Cincinnati. Hamilton a. Dayton entirely
after Feb. /.
r. ID. Marshall. solicitor of the Cincin-
natl, Hamilton IL Dayton, was IN the city