The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-04-23

duced from 40. The tariff will become eff
fective to-day. No previous notice was
ton was contemplated. The Canadian Pa
cihc people participated in the conference
held In New York March 19. and agreed to
the sl.20 scale from New York to St Paul
against $50 by, way OF Chicago. No
trouble had been looked for from that quar-
ter. The other roads had all issued their tar
ifs on the agreed basis which went into eff
feet April ID. The Canadian Pacific re-
duced rates fappIy on aIi-rail business ana
are lower than the agreed lake and rali
rates by way of Chicago. which are on the
basis OF Sill. New York to ST. Paul The
lines operating between Chicago and St.
Paul will now be compelled To choose De-
tween the two alternatives OF meeting the
Canadian Pacific's action or abandoning
the through business from the seaboard to
Northwestern points.
The Big Four Improvements az Linndaie.
The Cleveland Leader of yesterday says:
Engineer Kittridge. of the Big Four. left
for indianapolis on train No. yesterday.
after having spent few days at Linndale
experimenting the commencement OF the
work preparatory to placing the yards and
shops Of the Big Four there next summer.
The company some time ago purchased
about one hundred acres of ground there.
and it is proposed to make of Linndale
second Brightwood. The village IS four
and one-half miles out of Cleveland and
to offer the best facilities for handling
freight. Work of this character is necessa-
rily slow, but 1t 10 expected TO have the
yards In shape for use by midsummer, at
which time it is also anticipated that the
three divisions of tho road will be changed
to two. The work at Bellefontaine. the
new division point. IL well under way.
set of gravity switches is being arranged
there and there is sufficient ground there
to ALLOW OF plenty Of room tor freight a o1si
vigorous effort to secure the shops, but
President ingalls, was firm and the main
shops will be located at Indianapolis with
secondary shops at Bellefontaine.
Arranging 20 Meet the Issue.
The eyes Of railroad men and of the
travelling public generally are turned
toward the Chicago & Alton, and next
week. unless the boycott of the road is
withdrawn, there will be lively times. says
one of the G. & A. representatives,. Men
have already been selected to open inde-
pendent agencies at many of the promi-
nent Eastern railroad centers, and such
rates will be offered as will draw the bust
ness. The fact that ticket-agents. ticket
scalpers. the press generally. and the public
Is with the boycotted road. Is of great ad !
vantage to the Chicago IL Alton. AS yet
the rates from Indianapolis to Kansas City
are off but 81. but it IS expected that $40,
if not a lower rate, will be made after
Monday next. unless matters are adjusted,
as the Chicago L. Alton people are Just
beginning to feel that they have an ugly
fight on hand, and it will need extreme
measures to win in the end.
Personal. Local and General Notes.
F. p. Sargent, grand master of the Broth
erhood of Locomotive FiIsmen. is on the
line of the Northern Pacific in the interests
of the order.
Now that tho pay-rolIs of the trainmen
on the Big Four have been adjusted 1t IS
shown that their pay 10 an advance of just
ID per cent. over the old basis.
The Louisville. New Albany & Chicago
has moved for q new trial in the Miller case.
where the Clinton county Circuit Court
brought in verdict against the company
for S12,5
d. T. McCabe and James Hill. of the
Pennsylvania freight department.. remained
over yesterday to confer with officials of
the lines at this point as to business which
is just now considerably Oft.
An Eastern statisticisn estimates the loss
to the railroads of this country due to COM
petition to be annually S2O0,O 600. Ii this
he the case the business public reaps the
benefit and leaves no grounds for abusing
the railroads or legisiating for lower rates.
General passenger agent Hoover. of the
Denver and Rio Grande road. Is making an
extended Eastern trip. This is road
which makes but little noise IN the world,
but its passenger business Ia increasing
more rapidly than that Of any other road
in the country.
The citizens of Seilersburg on the Louis
vile division of tho Pennsylvania lines,
have become tired of q box car for station
and are urging the company to build q
respectable depot there. one which they
deserve when the business Sellers burg gives
the road is considered
Harry Crawford. jr., has taken the gem
eral superntendency of the Indiana Md
land road for the present, and will make
Anderson his headquarters. 1t Is possible
that some litigation will come ont of the
discharge of William H. Hartman, the late
general superintendent.
The purchasing department. of the Big
Four has cut down its expenses the hrSt
three months of this year nearly 500. 600, as
shown by the official figures This has been
mileage, and it is claimed that the property
has been fully maintained.
There was considerable merriment in the
circles of train officials yesterday over the
discovery that the Big Four had been us
ing spoilers on their trains where few
to relieve the conductors of the work of
collecting tickets and cash fares.
Harry Crawford. ST., has been in New
York for several days endeavoring to ar
range to raise money to lift the Indiana
Midland out of its financial troubles, and
complete it to Brazil, Ind. Eastern capt.
talists have sent K. o. Rand out here to
look the property over and report as to the
advisability of loaning money on the road.
Under the advance in cattle rates. which
took effect Monday last the rate from Indi-
annapolis to Buffalo is 15l2 cents per LOO
pounds: to Baltimore, % cents; to Phila-
delphia, "a cents: to New York or Boston,
90 cents. At these rates there Is little money
to the road, so much more expensive Is the
running of livestock trains than ordinary
freight trains.
Chauncey NJ. Depew. Cornelius Wander
bilt and party spent yesterday at Denver.
Col, in driving about the city and visiting
the smelfers. Neither of the gentlemen
would consent TO an interview. simply say
ing they were out on a ten days trip to in
specr the various railroads having connec-
ton with the Vanderbilt system. They
left at night for st. Louis.
The Michigan Central some years ago
adopted the plan of providing for its en-
ployes who got crippled in service and who
arc afterwards able TO do light work. The
engine which hauis the pay car Is run by on
engineer with one leg. and the conductor OF
the train has but one arm. Easy and pleas
ant Jobs are selected where it can be con-
sistently done. and it is highly appreciated
by the employees.
The annual convention of the National
Association of Railway Surgeons will occur