The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-07-27
HASA HARD R0ADT0 TRAVEL
The Old Midland No Sooner Ont of One
Trouble than IL Falls in Another.
Boone County Officers Seize Released En-
CINE for Debt and Chain 1t TO the Rails
L,R C. Conference Field Yesterday.

Henry Crawford's Chicago & Southeast
ern railway is again tied up. One week
ago the Boone Circuit Court placed the
road under the control of Empson L. Lane.
of Lebanon. as receiver TO satisfy judg-
ments and delinquent taxes that the man.
sgement had been unable TO pay. Mr..
Lane. In this time, had the road in fair
shape to pay out the indebtedness In
short time the trains were running on
time. and the road regained the confidence
of the business men which Crawfords con-
troll had lost years ago, but q bond for
$4,000 was filed In the Supreme Court this
morning. and its approval authorized the
receiver to deliver mp the property to Craw-
ford. No sooner was this done than the
Boone county treasurer levied on two of
the four engines in service. and chained
them 10 the track. After the nrst engine
was secured hy the deputy treasurer the
company tried TO Eun the other through
town and get away. The locomotive was
coming with the presidents car in the
tram. at about twenty miles an hour. when
the track was blocked at the intersection
witt the Big Four road. Inc engineer
barely stopped the train in time TO escape
It's being ditched. The treasurer now has
deputies awaiting the arrival of the re-
naming two engines. when they will be
seized and held until paymcAt Is made.
Hard Divert Bu>sre>s from Ola Line
did you ever notice how difficult it is"
said an old railway man, Ito draw bnsi-
ness from an old-esta blisbsd road to some
new line some newly esta blished routef
This was illustrated with the Big Four
consolidation, the OF the old Bee
line, when On effort was made to divert the
ia
Toute-the Peoria e. Eastern, via Spring
field, O-but it didn't work. and proved a
losing game all round. Before the CONSOLE
dation no road In the country hauled more
live stock. and its fast-freight lines outdid
all others in volume of business. but. when
Gil effort was made to change the routing.
the business tell oil manner tn create
alarm with some of the officials Not only
the citizens on the old Bee line but Eastern
end Western connections raised sach q
howl that the Big Four MANAGEMENT
abandoned the idea of building up the
Peoria ~ Eastern at the expense OF the Bee
line, and in the fe W months the OLD order
Of things has been re-esrablished the
business on the Decline has reached proper
lions never before attained. Of courre.
this is In some measure due to the remarkable
increase in business at Anderson, Muncie
and other new manufacturing towns on the
line. but under the attempted change of
routing even these Industries were crippled.
The tandalia Is another instance. The ST.
Ions division of the Big Four is in every
way equal to that of the Vandalia In COM
fort and convenience. still the old time
traveller Will take the Vandalia, and the
hope of the Big Four's Louisville division
comes from it's own connections and the
new travel which every year brings out.
in the ne case OF. Of the cino Cincinnati
Hamilton & Dayton. Here both roads
have the best of track, good equipment.
and make fast time. but every one knows
that but for the activity of the c., Fl. d ID.
repr esentatives it would not carry near its
share of business against the Big Four to
The reporter asked, How about the new
Mononfn
They do a good business" said the rail-
rooder. "but you know as well as do that
is an impression abroad. despite tho denials
by General Passenger Agent Barker. that
this road 10 not a stickler for full rates.
and naturally the seeker after low rates
goes to the Monon to see what truth there
Is in such reports, and you seldom see q
man como ont of Monon office without
his ticket That the Monon. for o new
road. gets big business. all will admit. 1t
has men looking for business who usually
know where 1t is to be found"
The Santa Fs in Tight Place.
Chairman Caldwell of the Western Pas
senger Association. has decided that the
Atchison road has no ri gbt to m AXE SIP rate
from Chicago TO Denver and return on &C.
count of the Knights Templars' conclave.
The grounds of justification presented by
the Atchison were that the Chicago & Al
ton had contracted to carry q commandery
at Kalamazoo and another from Batavia, n.
y. at the rate of s12. a rcpresen tative of
the Alton said his company secured the
Kalamazoo commandery on pied &c OF one
fare for the round trip. as much lower
rate as any competing line west of Chi
cago might openly adopt. Recently,
through misunderstanding. this CON-
nouncine u rate of SIP by way of the Alton
and the Union Pacific. 1t was proven that
this circular was unauthorized. and ut the
request of tho Alton people had been with
drawn. Regarding Les batavia c0mmandery
IL was shown that the Atoms contract
with 10 WAS not closed until last Saturday,
after the Atchison had declared that the
twelve-dollar-rnte would be put into effect.
A committee of representatives OF rival
lines was appointed TO make application TO
Chairman Cald we'll for order affordinR
relief as against the sl2 rate of the Atchi-
son. 1t Is claimed that the Santa Fe Sl2
tickets are already on sale. and that some
OF them have been bought If the chair
man Is sustained the Atchison will be
forced to get ont of the association or turn
over to the body the total revenue derived
from the business done at the Sl2 rate. The
latter alternative would involve o forfeit
IRE of not less than S1u0 600.
No Definite Action Taken.
Messrs. DePauw. Coen, Patrick and 9TH
ers interested In the building of the Indi-
annapolis. Rockport Il Chattanooga road
were in conference at the Denison House
yesterday for q couple of honrs d. T.