The Indianapolis journal., 1891-10-21
LIBERAL OFFER TO AGENTS
n. Y, o. & W. Road Willing to Pay Big
Commissions for Passenger Business.
Confidential Circular That Is Causing Much
Comment Among Railroad Men-Condition
of the Vandalia-B. & 0. Grain Deal.

a conncentlal circular has been issued to
agents by Peter Mcdonnell. general agent
OF the New York. Ontario & Western rail-
road. notifying them that commissions will
be paid on oil prepaid orders secured by
them on transcontinental passenger busi-
ness This sction has created good deal
of surprise and comment. The New York,
Ontario & Western Is q member of the joint
committee and one of the roads over which
the board of rulings is supposed to have
direct control. It is one OF the trunk lines
that signed the agreement to pay no com
missions itself and TO do 10 business with
any other road that does. Mr.. Mcdonnell.
it appears, did not sign the confidential cir
cular as agent or the ontario G western
road, but a. representing the Old Dominion
Steamship Com pany, out as ooth companies
are Represented by him it will be difficult
TO make any ybody believe that the commits
sions are not offered on behalf of the rail-
road.
Agents who are inclined to accept his Of
fers cannot complain that his figures are not
liberal enough. To some OF the more i'm
portsnt points they are as follows: Chica-
90, S1.50: Kansas City, s.: Minneapolis. 80;
Montana points. So; Denver, 81; Wyoming,
s.; Omaha, $3.50; Ogden. 81. What the
board OF rulings will do about it is a ques-
tion that IS agitsting Western passenger
circles. The board has inst notified West
ern lines that they must not pay commits
sions to Western agents working in East
ern territory. nor Will 1t allow Eastern
roads that have solemnly agreed not to paw
commissions anywhere TO pay them in
Western territory.
Chicago & Ohio River Traffic Association.
The general freight agents of the roads in
the Chicago * Ohio River Association.
held meeting at the Bates House yester-
dav. every road but the Illinois Central be-
inRrepresentcd. The most important action
was the making of prOpOrtIonate rates on
fl6ur and grain to indianapolis and Ohio
river points, when shipped from Minnesota
points; adopting the old classification on
batter and cheese to Green line points;
making a special commodity rate of 20
cents per 100 pounds. carload lots, on
poultry from any Ohio-river point to Chi
cago; billing oranges by, the hundred eight
rather than by the box. It was agreed to
return empty oIl-ear tanks free when
loaded in going the opposite direction.
Territory north of the Ohio river to which
Southern Railway X Steamship AssocIa-
tiOn classification may apply must be
governed by tie same boundaries as voted
by the Central Traffic Association at its
meeting last week. The rate on stock
cattle from Chicago to Ohio-IIver points
per carload was made IL cents per 100
poGnds. The rate on structural iron and
bridges Is to be governed by the rates on
sixth-class freight. The other subjects
which were to have come mp for considera-
tion were passed over until the next meet
ing.
Fine Condition of the vandalia.
A representative of the Journal met
high official who accompanied the pennsyi-
vana INSPECTION party on their trip over
the Vandaha from Indianapolis TO st. Louis.
and asked him what was the verdict of the
inspection party as regards the physical
condition of the property. He answered:
I'VE were greatly pleased. Some of the
directors had not been over the road for
three years. and they were moro than sur
prised ut the smoothness and sOlldity of
the track. They were fayorabiy impressed
with the evenness o. the bailasting. the
clean embankments clean bitches. pretty
depots, cleanly surroundings, and the
growing towns on the line" The we'll
located and lengthy side-tracks were an
other point fayorably mentioned; the equip
ment. also, which seemed to be of the high
est standard type. In fact said the
official, zone of the party covered it all by
remarking that the engineers OF maln-
tenanee of way on the Pennsylvania lines
east of indianapolis have got 70 look to
their laurels or the Vandalia management
would be Justified In boasting of the su-
periority OF their track over ours"
Tie o. S NJ. stockhoiders squabole.
Another step has been take at Cincinnati
in the legal test over the absorption of the
OHIO 81 Mississippi road by the Baltimore
* Ohio. and il Is in favor OF the absorbers.
IL will be remembered that the stockhold-
ers fgvorine the absorption held q large
number of proxies. controlled by Shipley.
Brown & Co., and by voting these. which
Judge Maxwell declared was right.
ignored the lninority's action in adjourn
ing the election of directors 10 Nov. 10. and
proceeded to the election, on Saturday, of
three directors. The minority almost SIM
ultaneously obtained q temporary restrain
ing order 60 prevent the voting of Shipley.
Brown ~ Co.'s proxies Yesterday JUDGE
Hunt. IN brief opinion dissolved the tenn
porary Injunction. on the gronnd that it
was not the proper remedy-that the prop
er method TO settle the question is by pro.
ceedings IN quo waTrant0. Until such pro-
eeedings are successfully held the election
Of Saturday will stand.
-fi The II. < o.'s Grain Deal
A Chicago paper says: lit has been
learned positively that Gill & Fisher, the
Baltimore grain men, have already con-
traeted fer 10000 bushels or grain at Kan
sas City alone. This makes n total of 1.5O0
cars 10 be delivered in Baltimore before
Jan-s1., Nothing moro sensational in rail-
road cHcles could happen than that the old
deal OF Gill * Fisher with the Baltimore 81
Ohio should be resurrected. It is taken
that such Is the case by Eastern railroad
men. from the fact that the firm is appar
emily IN the market for unlimited quanti-
ties of corn. In connection, also, with the
twenty-one-cent flour rate of the Ohio *
Mississippi from st. Lonis TO Baltimore. all
doubt has besn removed, and % twenty
cent grain rate from Chicago to the sea
board is expected. Such n rate is O cer-
tainty il the OHIO & Mississippi ratio IL
maintained. and it Is understood that that
line absolutely refuses to diyerge from its
position"
The Eel River Receiver Properly Appointed.
Judge Mcconnell. of Logansport. yester-
day overruled the demurrer to the COM
plant in the Eel River railroad receiver
ship case, holding the complaint good and
that the receiver was properly appointed.
Personal. Local anu General Nots>-
]. W. CiarksOn has been appointed trainmas-
Ter or the Cleveland Akron and Columbus road
with headquarters at Mount Vernon, o.
The 81. Louis division OF the Big Four has now
twenty-One miles sofswitchingirack and branches
leading To coal mines in and about Carbon. Clay
county.
1t IL stated that George ". Ristine. on retiring
from the position or general manager OF the Erie
fastfIeight lines, viii take position on the Lake
shore road.
William Henry: for many years general road