The Indianapolis journal., 1891-03-20

ing adjourned to await the latter's reply
until to-day. 1t is now belteyed that the
Atchison will step IN and help the Jackson
vile Southeastern out OF Its dilemma, II
necessary. To prevent the consummation OF
the Alton's threat IL not. it 10 moro than
probable that some other roads Will come
TO remove the cause of the trouble, as they
are all frightened at the prospects OF legls-
lation IN Illinois and other Northwestern
States, making cents mile tho maximum
rate on all roads.
Lake and Rail Rates.
The railroad men representing the'trunk
H.es, lake lines. Central Traffic lines and
Western Freight Association lines met at
New York yesterday to discuss the subject
of lake and rail rates. They agreed upon q
tariff, but il is subject to the approval of
the presidentof the Great Northern railway.
the vice-president of the st. Paul 6e Du-
luth, and the general manager Of the st.
Paul Minneapolis 81 Milwaukee road. The
officials all live in st. Paul. and will be
seen IN reference to the agreement by Mr.
all-rail agreement Is $3.50 per one hundred
pounds for first-elass freight. The basis OF
the rail-and-lake rate - Sill hundred
pounda by way of Chicago, and 81 by way
of Duluth.
In this connection one of the traffic man
ayers of the Western roads saws: 1T is o
waste of time TO work out schedule of
rates, for 1t will not be adhered to. Moth
ing can prevent IL from going down to the
very lowest notch when navigation opens
Only yesterday one boat loaded up with
corn for Kingston at 3l2 cents, and the
opening rate To that point is usually to
cents. One boat took 10000 bushels at
cents, and another 10000 at ia cents for
is usually to cents. Every thing indi-
Gates that there will be scramble after
what business there is in sight, and no
fixed rates Will be observed" There is q
rumor that grain rates have been cut
cents per hundred pounds TO the seaboard
over the Nickle-plate and Lackawanna.
General Manager Bradburys Report.
There are some interesting points in the
annual report of George Bradbury, general
manager of the Lake Erie Il Western road.
which deserve special mention. The road
in the year 1890 was operated on 5S.51 per
cent. Of the gross earnings; in December it
was operated on so per cent. of it's gross
earnings. the lowest point in the history of
the road. There was an increase in pas
senger earnings of s116.S75.50; in local
freight earnings. sf01. .36S.22; in through
freight earnings, s1Ss. .73o.7S. The earnings
per mile operated were q, 25s. %. an increase
of s325.7l. Expense per mile of road oper-
ated, s., ,491 80, increase in 1890, S104.92. In
1890 the road carried 1.004.763 local passen-
gers and 0.e67 through passengers; total,
1.1s5-431, against a total of 1.OO5, $50 In 1889.
The company PAYS for use of the tracks
and facilities of other railroad companies
annually S31. .Se6. and receives for like priv
ileQes from other companies SIC, l4.66. In
the year 1890 there was an increase of 1927
per cent. in loaded cars handled. and an in
crease of only ass per cent. In empty cars
handled The average number OF loaded
cars handled to q train was -. OF cars
moved, So 19 per cent. were loaded, and 1851
per cent. empty. The above figures show
that the road in all It's departments was
handled economically. and the operating
expenses. notwithstanding the large in
creased.
An Ola Railway Project Revived.
The newspapers in Brown and Dubois
counties are again agitating the building of
a road from Jasper to Indianapolis. utiliz-
ing q line over which former owners of the
Rockport & Southeastern proposed to reach
Indianapolis, a road which would doubtless
have been built but for the death of w. o.
lockwood just as the enterprises was get
ting well upon its feet. Such a road would
give a very desirable outlet for the roads
which run into Jasper. It would give
Rockport and Cannelton and. in fact,
Evansville, very direct line to the capi-
tai, and would, IN coming north from JAS
per. pass through country which needs
railroad facilities. At the time it was pro-
posed to build this road w. O. lockwood,
Aquilla Jones. 81, and number OF Indian
apolis capitalists of that day were inter
ested in It's construction.
Personal. Local and General Notes.
VIM. NJ. Greene. general manager of the
Big -Four system. is 50 i'll with rheumatism
as to confine him to his bed.
the Chicago d. Erie road at Monterey, Ind,
vice j. r. Sennett, resigned.
The Toledo. st. Louis & Kansas City
road earned, IN the second week or Feb
ruary, $50, ,S63. an increase over 1890 OF
s2,5i5.
J. II. Steiner, who for so many years was
Western superintendent of the White line.
with headquarters ut Indianapolis IS IN
the city for few days
In the month of February the Chicago &
Eastern Illinois showed the largest gains
in earnings and the Wabash the largest
loss of any of the roads In the central
Western States
The latest regarding the Cincinnati. Wa
bash * Michigan road Is that on June so IL
will become a full-fledged division of the
Big Four system. On that date the fsca
year with the Big Four closes-
The Philadelphia & Reading. one of the
roads over which the Central Dispatch, OF
which Thomas NooDan is general manager
is beginning to send new cars into this ter
ritory for loading as their quota in the
line.
Col. Joseph Hill, assistant general man
ager of the Vandalia lines. is again so i'll al
10 contiDe him TO his home. About a yeal
ago he had a severe attack of grip, and it il
FROM the effects OF this that he is now suf
fering.
john Sweetser. chief train-dispatcher or
the Cleveland division of the Big Foul
lines, on the first day of next month begini
his thirty sixth year of service on that di
vision. For twenty-six years he was
passenger conductor.
The Indianapolis &, Vincennes Company
yesterday placed a practically new trair
on the road, the engine, baggage car ans
coaches all coming out of the shops rebuilt
this week. More equipment of this char
acter is to be placed on the road at oneA
The Lake Erie IL Western is to enter tn
field as a competitor fo- some of the live
stock traffic east out OF indianapolis, ant
the Matthers Palace Stock-car Company ii
building 900 cars which are TO be place,
in service for the Lake Erie 4 Western an,
its Eastern connections.
C.. G.. Waite, president and general man
ager Of the Columbus X Hooking Vale,