The Indianapolis journal., 1891-04-03


Harry King who for years was with the
Big Four road, but for two years past
private secretary of o. L. McCarty. general
ticket and passenger agent OF the Is. ~ %.
Southwestern. has resigned.
NJ. Mounts has decided to remain with
tendent and will this week remove his fam
ily from Toledo, his headquarters when on
the G., Ill. & d.. TO Peoria. lii.
District Passenger Agent Janowitz yes
terday received notice that the Northern
Pacitic's line TO Blaine was open to passen-
ger traffic, via Whatcom and Schone. Three
tickets were sold here yesterday for Blaine
William X. McKeen, president. and John
Williams, general manager of the Nandalla,
are out on an inspection trip of the line,
Mr.. MckeeD's health being so much i'm
proved as to admit Of his being on duty
again.
One of the directors of the Louisville,
New Albany * Chicago road said to a New
York Sun reporter that w. l.. Breyfogle will
remain as assistant TO the president only
long enough TO straighten out the affairs OF
the company.
The lines which are allowed differential
rates are increasing their business to such
an extent that the non-differential lines are
inclined to think they are shading the
differential, more or less, rather than miss
the sale of ticket.
The Mayor and Council of the city of
day, and had lengthy conference with
Assistant General Manager Barnard re-
garding the new shops which the Big Four
Company is TO erect at that point this year.
All the roads in the Central Traffic terri
tory are shortening the Limit of all limited
tickets sold, III most cases to one day, II
the distance covered by the ticket is run in
twenty-four hours. To get a longer than
two days limit person must travel quite
distance.
The Big Four passenger department., in
connection with that of the Cincinnati,
Wabash ~ Michigan, will make efforts to
locate attractions at Benton Harbor the
coming summer, which will make that city
pleasure resort for summer excursions and
summer idlers generally.
1t is understood that the Vandalia and
the Pennsylvania Company have about
conclued arrangements by which they will
soon begin to use the new bridge at st.
Louis for their through business, which
viii greatly expedite matters in getting
freights through st. Louis.
General Manager Moore. of the Indiana
Midland, was in the city yesterday. He
states that the surveys for extending the
line to Brazil were completed yesterday,
and next week construction work will be
begun. There are fifteen miles of road to
build. and they expect to have trains run
ming into Brazil by Aug. /.
The Big Four has stopped turning over to
the Toledo. Peoria IL Western, for Peoria
or points west. any freight which originates
at indianapolis or points east of Indianapo-
lis In spite of this diversion of business
from the t., =. d w. to the Big Four
Peoria line, the earnings of the T.. p. & w.
are showing increases from week to week
over last year.
Some line Is cutting rates out of st. Louis
East. The Lackawanna line agent, when
charged with doing it, said 1t was not his
line but the Hoosac Tunnelllne and in turn
m nal linz mt 10 ha
West Shore line. 1t is alleged that the
rate-cutting line is giving the same rate on
all classes of freight to New England which
is given on New York business.
General Passenger Agent Charlton, of the
Chicago & Alton, has so far recovered from
his recent illness that he had, on Wednes-
day. conference with Eastern travelling
passenger agents of the road, who num-
Der seventeen. 1t is understood that he
promulgated to them what the policy of
the company will be in the future as re-
CARDS the payment of commissions.
The general passenger agents of the roads
In the Central Traffic Association have,
through the secretary of the association,
requested the ticket agents at different
points. in case they nre offered, by circular
or even verbal contract. commissions to
at once report the same to the association,
that they might take steps to boycott the
road which makes such a proposition.
George Saul, president of the Chicago &
Eastern Illinois, was In Louisville on Tues
day, and when questioned as regards the
Louisville remarked that surveying q
route was one thing and building the road
another; 1t took good deal OF money to
build railroads, and just now money did not
grow on the bushes like hazelnuts, to be
gathered at will, for building new roads,"
He left the impression that it will be some
time before the C. & L. i. has an independ-
ent line to Louisville.
A. M. Stimson & Son, agents of the Big
Four at Lafaytt tie, who were indicted by the
United States grand jury for violation of
the lnterstate-commerce act, were In the
city yesterday, and gave bail for their ap-
pearanqe In conrt whenever wanted. Mr..
Stimsoli. ST.. says had the shippers who
have made the charges against him and his
son worked half as earnestly TO get busi-
ness as they have done to get some evidence
to prosecute them on, they would have had
no occasion to complain of the prosperity
of their rival through alleged discrimina-
tiOn In rates.
It's a matter of common gossip at Chi
cagO that the 500 line is shading rates on
grain from ST. Paul to the seaboard Rep
resentatives of the lines leading eastward
from Chicago say that until recently they
were getting the great bulk of the grain
shipments from the Northwest, but the
movement suddenly ceased and it was
discovered that the traffic has been di-
yerted to the 500 line. 1t is claimed that
there Is even stronger evidence that the
500 is manipulating east-bound rates, but
the particulars are not to be had.
Tickets from Omaha to Mineral Point,
Wis. by way of Chicago, are being handled
by scalpers in large numbers, cutting the
rate not only from the Missouri river to
Chicago. but also from Chicago 70 Mineral
Point 1t appears that these rates, which
are very little higher than the local rate
from Omaha to Chicago, are printed in the
Council Bluffs rate-sheet as 'unlimited'
through mistake of the compiler. A
broker who made this discovery laid in a
stock of these tickets and proceeded to de-
morallZe rates at a considerable profit to
himself. The matter having been called to
the attention of Chairman Finley, that
officer has called u meeting of the interested
lines for to-day to canvass the situation.