The Indianapolis journal., 1891-04-13
WILL NOT AID THE BOYCOTT
Several Railways Will Stand by the AL
ton on the Commission Question.
Passenger Agent Charlton Assured of Support
from Both Eastern and Western Lines
Legal Phases of the Situation.


sustained by the courts if brought to an
issue That. if enforced, it will lead to
some novel litigation Is not questioned.
The Union Pacific, for instance, will not
boycott the c. & A.. as il, too. is paying
commissions. The Union Pacific sells
ticket from a Paciic-coast point by way OF
Kansas City, then over the Chicago &
Alton, the Vandalia and Pennsylvania lines
10 New York. If either the VaDdaia or
the Pennsylvania Company should put off
o train "A person travelling on such . ticket
it would be q serious matter. Then the
question arises if any road can dIscrim-
mate in such manner against the Chicago
IL Alton under the provisions Of the inter
state-commerce act. The circular sent out
by the board of rulings is exciting good
deal of discussion, as q number Of roads are
named as being among those which pro-
pose to boycott the Chicago e. Alton which
have not for a moment thought Of doing 80;
roads that are in the Central Traffic Asso-
citation territory and roads which are IN the
Trunk-line territory and have assured Gen.
eIal Passenger Agent Charlton, of the Chi
Alton that they w9rid tba drisn nos 6Sye9ss
tions which have existed between them for
many years. Conversation with some OF
the officers of the Vandalia demonstrates
that tho Vandalia did not look with favor
Mississippi working with the Chicago N
Alton and paying commissions 1t could
but injure the business of the van
dalia, and there are other roads which
cannot afford to break their connections
with the Chicago & Alton. The Lake Erie
d Western people are good deal exercised
that the board of rulings saw Fl to include
their name in the list of roads which would
hru 4 hA itf0 e 10
nounce the circular as fraud. General
Passenger Agent DAILY saws they will take
no part In the boycott but continue TO sell
tickets and receive passengers from the
Alton. In fact, the Alton is their only con-
nection west-bound. The l., ID. q w. will
continue 10 sell over the G. IL A., as will
the c., III. & d.. the o. & NJ. and the Erie.
The opinion is generally expressed that
power when it requested the Western con-
nections of tho Alton TO boycott that road,
or. IN other words, to stop tlcketing busl-
ness over that road. From present indica-
comply with the request. General Passen-
ger Agent Charlton, of the Alton. wired TO
every Western road asking 1t to inform him
whether it intended TO submit TO the dicta-
tion of the Eastern roads and turn the
Alton tickets to the wall. About twenty
replies were received Saturday. and every
one assured the Alton that it was not In the
boycotting business. and would contlnue
to sell tickets over the Alton a. usual
Personal, Local and General Notes.
The earnings of the Ohio & Mississippi
road for the first week in April were
SS0.569.96; increase over 1890, $56S.27.
The earnings of the Toledo. st: Louis &
Kansas City road the first week in April
were S31 .275; increase over 1890. S525.
Detroit papers say that the Canadian
Pacific is negotiating for control of the
Flint q Pere Marquette road, with good
prospects of success.
In the matter of earnings the Louisville,
New Albany & Chicago keeps on the right
direction. Since Jan. the road has earned
S591. .737; increase over the first three months
of 1890. S66.626.
The Big Four and the Van dalia are fig
uring for the putting in of an king
signal and switch at the Marshall GRO ssing,
where the Cairo division of the Big Four
crosses the Vandalia.
The Vandalia win continue to use the old
bridge at St Louis for its through freight
traffic and passenger business. but expects
10 use the new bridge for q portion of it's
local work at st. Louis.
The contractors will to-day begin the
grading of the road-bed for the extension of
5ne Chicago Sc Eastern Illinois from Tus-
cola to Shelbyville. where connection will
De made with the Big Four for st. Louis.
The VaDdalia management is preparing
new time schedule for the I. III. Il l.. di-
fast train each way between Terre Haute
and St. Joseph, Mich, hauling parlor car.
The Louisville. New Albany & Chicago
Is increasing its force at its shops. and the
men will to-day begin working ten hours.
Orders have been given to put the entire
freight and passenger equipment in good
condition.
President Mackey, of the Louisville.
Evansville & st. Louis road. has purchased
three fast passenger engines. and proposes
to make the run with the through pas
senger trains from Louisville to st. Louis
In seven hours.
There is quite a row In the Western Pas
senger Association over tourist rate mat
ters. some of the roads oppose giving these
reduced or special rates unless some plan
can be gotten up to prevent the 6calpers
profiting through their issue.
All live stock shipped from the Indlanap-
OILS yards last week which was consigned
TO the Buffalo market, with the exception
of two carloads. was forwarded over the
Lake Erie & Western, which has just en-
fic.
One of the officials of the Big Four lines
accounts for the decrease IN freight traffic
over the old Bee-llne division by the fact that
business which in years past has been for
warded over that division now goes over
the east end of the Peoria division, Presi-
dent ingalls, being determined that the
Peoria division shall earn its liked charges.
Fearing that the coal miners strikes are
to be extensive and troublesome after few
weeks many of the roads aud manufac-
tories ate stocking up. Consequently all the
coal roads are remarkably busy for April.
AT the Clay county mines there are five en-
gines and switching crews in service, a
larger number than for two or three years
past.
Representatives of the roads which look
after the livestock traffic allege that the
low and ruinous rates for hauling live
stock have been the result of the intro
duction of refrigerator cars. Before these
were introduced the rate on 1--we cattle, In
dianapoiis TO New York, was $50 per car;
now it is difficult to get u $50 rate per car
for hauling three more head of cattle per
car.
United States District Judge Jenkins, of
Minneapolis. Mimi, will be in Indianapolis
on April l6, TO listen to arguments in the
case in which the Cincinnati. Hamilton ~
Dayton company takes exceptions to the
findings of W. Il. Fishback. master In chan
Gerry, in the c.. III. * ID. suit to recover a
eertain sum of money from William II. Nc
Eeen. This is an outgrowth of the Ives
Staynor deal.
It Is the general verdict among locomo-
tive engineers. who run night trains on the
Indiana and Illinois roads. that Thursday
night last was one of the worst nights they
have ever experienced. Excessive dark
ness. high winds and heavy rains contrib
uted TO such condition OF things. For
few hours to make any speed seemed al
most impossible. As the engineers express
it, they were Obliged to feel their way
along.