The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-05-25
OLD RAILWAY SUIT REVIVED
Moses Bradford's Case Against the F.,
ST. L. 4 7. Road in Court Again.
How the Plaintiff Claims to Fave Been De-
frsuded Of $15. 200 Worth of Stock
Delicate Points In Law Involved.

frsuded Of $15. 900 Worth of Stock
Delicate Points In Law Involved.
A railroad case Of more than ordinary
interest comes up in the Circuit Court Of
Grant county, Indiana. It u entitled Moses
Bradford VS.. tho Frankfort. st. Louis &
Toledo road. now . part of the Toledo, st.
Louis g. Kansas City road. The case
has been in the courts Stree April IA, 1886.
Judge L. G. Walker, Of this city. is to try
the case. The plaintiff will be represented
by w. w. Woolen. Of this city. and G.. A.
Henry. Of Marion. The old corporation
will be represented by J. E. Mcdonald
and j. NJ. Butler, of Indianapolis, and Col.
4. G.. Ingersoil. The complaint allege that
the plaintiff was and is the owner of $3.50 o
worth of tho original stock OF the said road.
and that he was defrauded OF the same by
an illegal consolidation of that company
with the Toledo, st. Louis q Kansas City,
accomplished by. fraudulent entries upon
the old ~company's books of meetings never
held and member never present. Mr..
Bradford asks the recovery of forty-four
miles OF the road lying between Warren
and Kokomo; and that the consolidation
be set aside: Tho case first came
taken to Blackboard on q change of venus.
and from there to Button n finally
back to Judge st. job An appeal was
made from the latter and Judge walker.
pointed to try it. Mr.. Bradford brings suit
as O s~tockholder representing $4,000 but it
is believed that he is now the owner Of all
the original stock in existence. much OF it
peculiarly interesting to lawyers, for it in
wolves many delicate points OF law: The
attorneys for the plaintiff hold that the old
original charter provided for q board OF dl
rectors of thirteen men ber with the pro-
vision that they could never be less than
seven; that at q meeting May IL, 1881, five
directors met and elected officers, who
were tools in the hands of the Toledo.
Delphos & Frankfort Railroad Company,
and arbitrarily and ~fraudulently made the
points the attorneys expect to prove to the
satisfaction of the court. The trial Will be
q notable one, and will be stubbornly
fought.
Personal. Local and General Notes.
The Louisville, New Albany & Chicago
earned in the second week of May S53.952;
increase over the corresponding week of
1890. S7,046.
The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe man.
agement gave order on Friday last that
the shops recently burned at Galveston be
rebuilt at once on q more extensive scale.
1t is stated that the Missouri. Kansas g.
Texas road, which has been in the hands of
q receiver for several years., will be turned
over to the recent purchasers OF the prop
erty within thirty days
The old style, clumsy folder is fast pass
ing out of use. and q much more convenient
form is taking it's place. the timetables,
etc., being gotten up in book form and
sewed. the map occupying one page.
p. j. Nichols, who was formerly with the
Union Pacific, but who has been engaged
in business at Omaha for several years, is
braska division of the Union Pacific.
The people of Alliance. O., are consider
ably exercised over the Pennsylvania Com
pany purchasing forty acres of ground. adj
joining nat town. 1t Is thought that the
company will erect division shops at that
point.
The passenger equipment of the Vandalia
is undergoing general repairs. preparatory
to O heavy summer traffic. All the men
Who can be worked in the shops to advant
age on this class OF equipment are en-
ploved.
On June / w. J. Reilly will take the posi-
ton of purchasing agent of the Buffalo.
Rochester & Pittsburg road. For som
years he has been private secretary to the
vice-president and general manager of the
company.
P. j. Reehling, who for some years has
been agent of the American Express Com
pany at Nashville. Ind, has been trans
ferred by the company to a more important
station. Alton. ILL. on the Big Fours st.
Louis division.
H. s. Gray. formerly assistant general
freight agent of the Hannibal & st. Jo-
seph road, will. after June i, represent the
Louisville q Nashville road in Kansas
Evansville, Ind.
Archev Rlack for vears nast a Rio Four
conductor on the North Vernon branch, has
been taken care of by the Cincinnati.
Wabash &c Michigan. He is transferred to
one of the northern divisions, with head
quarters at Bar Arbor, Mich.
The specifications of the new box cars
that the Haskell d Barke r car-works are
building for the Lake Erie & Western are
that the cars shall be thirty-four feet IN
length inside, seven and a half feet high
and twenty-ive-ton carrying capacity.
Z. +. Dodd. formerly agent of the Lake
been appointed chief clerk and cashier of
the Missouri Pacific road at Fort Smith.
Ark. He 10 brother of Harry Dodd, cashier
of the Lake Erie g. Western at Lafayette.
Edward p. Allen, for some time past
travelling passenger agent of the Canadian
Pacific road. has been appointed agent of
Foster, who expects to continue in the
service of the company at some other point.
Without question the Mobile e. Ohio road
IS to pass soon under new control, but in
the upper railroad circles q belief prevails
that the Huntington syndicate. not the
Mackey syndicate. will get it. The road
could be made a valuable feeder to the
Huntington system.
w. II. Prouty, general passenger agent of
the Newport News q Mississippi Valley
road, gives notice that the limited fast
train between Louisville and Memphis has
tsaaD o~atD vlona1 nm IL H. l.. -r-
permanently. making the run between the
two points In fourteen hours.
Mr.. A. w. Street. assistant general freight
agent OF the Missouri Pacific railway,
has been appointed manager OF the Hoosac
Tunnel fast-freight line, with Headquarters
at Chicago. Mr.. s. II. Henry, chief clerk
for the freight department.. succeeds Mr..
Street as assistant general freight agent.
A new line between Boston and WASH
ingtop, D.. C., is to be established. This
week the superintendents of the Boston
& Maine Central, the New England &
Western. the Pennsylvania d Poughkeep-
see and the Baltimore 81 Ohio will meet
to arrange for a through day tram each
way.
Indianapolis is behind other cities in the
matter of closing Offices and city freight
depots early Saturday afternoon. At q
large number of railroad centers Offices are
closed, during the summer months, at l p.
NJ. and the city freight depots at 8 p. NJ.
The employees highly appreciate this
method of doing business.
A train numbering forty-two' stable cars
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