The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-06-01
THE l., L. & c. WILL BE BUILT
President Talbot Says the Line Has
Been Located, Except Within the City.
Two Routes Surveyed from North Indianapolis
TO the Union StstiOn-Meetings of West
ern Traffic Associations.

Two Routes Surveyed from North Indianapolis
to the Union StstiOn-Meetings of West
ern Traffic Associations.
President Talbot, of the Indianapolis.
Logansport & Chicago road, says there Is
no longer q question as to this line being
built. IL 10 located practically to within
three miles of the Union Station. For this
distance it Is not definitely settled as to
what line will be utilized. One line, as
surveyed, after reaching the Belt road. fol-
lows the Belt from North Indianapolis for
about a mile. then bears toward the Fall
creek mill-race. end follows that down to
the old Lsnders ~pork-house. and then
takes the Cape Horn road. as it is
called, to q connection with the
Union tracks. Another line from North
Indianapolis bears a little to the east.
coming in lust east of the Scheutzen
Park, then across the bottoms to Fall
creek mlll-race. The first named line
would doubtless be chosen but for incur
ring the enmIty of the Big Four. as it would
come between the Big Four track, or the
-Four controls. and severalindustries which
are TO be located on the Big Four north or
Haughville; consequently If possible.
without increasing the expense, the second
named line will be selected. 1t has been
suggested that the new company make an
arrangement for track service over the Big
Four line after reaching North l~ndianapo-
lis. so customary has it become for railroad
companies to enter into such an arrange
ment. Although the officers Of the new
company deny that the Pennsylvania or
the Vandalia is behind the enterprise. q
belief prevails that one OF the companies
m expects to utilize Inc road after
completed, in which case an independent
entrance into Indianapolis would be de-
sirable.
Traffic Association Meetings.
When the special meeting of the Western
Passenger Association convened at Chicago
yesterday IL was found that some of the
members were opposed to proceeding with
the business of electing q new chairman
until il was known what the Transmits
sour Association intended to do. The
TransmissourI was In session in the adj
joining room. having met to consider the
proposition to separate its passenger and
freight departments and consolidate them.
respectively. with the Western Passenger
and Western Freight associations. AS the
result of this meeting was likely to have
an important influence In the selection of q
successor TO w. w. flnleY, the We6tcIu
Passenger Association decided to adjourn
without action until to-day, in order that
1t might proceed more lntelllgently with
the work before it.
Soon after the Transmissouri Association
was called to order James Smith handed in
his resignation as chairman. This. of
course. was not unexpected, since the fail
ure of the Western Traffic Association to
~re-elect Mr.. Smith o member of the board
of commissioner made this step practically
nnaVnInahla IhR rQRIQnafInn wAl for
mally accepted and a resolution adopted
placing the affairs of the association in the
hands of Secretary McFadden until such
time as the vacancy could be filled. TAX
ing ND the question of matchmaking with
the associations east of the Missouri river,
majority of the members voted against
the proposition. They were not in favor
OF separating the passenger and freight
tiOn It was conceded that the proposed
consolidation would be impracticable.f The
effect of this action, therefore,, was to de-
feat the movement to merge the Trans
missouri Association into those occupying
the territory east of the Missouri river.
The question was decided with but little
discussion. and the meeting adjourned. 1t
Is we'll understood that this means the
of the Transmissouri Association. Had
It been decided to a~malgamate the passen-
ger departments with the Western
Passenger Association Mr.. Faithorne would
J. II Ill UIODhDlllEJ ndNo Doeu Ilhuo Cn8lTIQan
of both. Asst is the Western Passenger AS
ISOLATION must look further for q chair
man, and Chairman Midgley's jurisdiction
will be limited to the present boundaries
of the Western Freight Association.
A Shipper and His Clerk In Trouble.
A sensation was sprung in the railroad
world at Omaha yesterday by the Inter
state-commerc Commission causing the
arrest of Daniel Farrell, jr:. a prominent
jobber, and his chief clerk. Edward II.
Sharp. on a federal grand jury in
dictment. charging them with a
violation of the lnterstate-commeIce law.
The firm recently shipped q carload of
Jellles and syrups to Salt Lake City, ana
by means of a deal with an inspector of the
Western Railway Weighing Association
the rate was manipulated, the inspector re-
ceiving a bride of s10- The car was loaded
with twenty-five thousand pounds of jellies
and seven thousand pounds of syrups.
and was billed AS syrups. effecting
pounds. The car went through on the
manipulated bill of ladIng. though Farrell
claims that when be learned of the deal
that had been made by his clerk and the
inspector he gave orders to have a new
and correct bill made out. Farrell charges
that George Carman. superintendent of
the Weighing Association, instigated the
matter TO trap him. and now threatens O
criminal suit for conspiracy against him,
with O claim for heavy damages.
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New Railroad Crossing Tested.
A special train loaded with railroad and
newspaper men vent from Chicago to
Hanna, Ind. yesterday, to inspect and test
continuous rail crossing put in by the
Fontalne Crossing Company. of Detroit.
where the main line of the Pennsylvania
Company Intersects with the Chicago az
West Michigan road. The Fontaine
crossing is a device destined to supercede
the open frog crossing. giving q continuous
rail in every direction and doing away
with the jolt and jar of the ordinary cross
ing. The special train passed over the
crossing at Hanna at q high rate of speed
without a perceptlble jar. and even the ex-
perienced railroad men on board were Dot
aware that they had gone over il until the
interlockIng tower was passed. AfterwarG
the party saw the keystone limited pass
over the crossing at a speed of sixty miles
an hour. The crossing is protected by in
terlockIng and derailing devices. The in
spection was most satisfactory. 1t is
claimed for this invention that il will wear
rs long as the stock rail and can be re-