The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-08-16
LOW RATES FOR PYTHIANS
The Atchison's Request for Permission
to Sell Tickets at So Granted.
Other Lines Can Use the Rate for Bssing Pur-
pOses-souihern Lines in Bad Way
Threats OF the Marle-Lsaf.

VlHtI llneS tdll Use tnc hotc iVl Daoiik L III
pOses-sou,hern Lines in Bad Way
Threats OF the Maple-Lsaf.
Chairman Cald well, of the Western Pas
senger Association. has rendered as his de-
cision on the application of the Atchison
company for authority to make round
trip rate of IS between Chicago and Kan
sas City on the occasion of the Knights of
Pythias encampment at the latter place.
The chairman grants the authority asked,
having learned upon investigation that a
rate of SIS has actually been quoted by an
Interested line, and at least one contract
made at that figure from Chicago. This
rate Is to be a selling and bssing rate. ap-
plicable not only TO Kansas City, but also
to St Joseph. Leaven worth and Atchieon.
So. Louis roads are authorized to use the
hve-dollar rate, but IRON that point the
higher. and to AtchlsoR and ST Joseph and
return $50 higher than the round-trip
st. Louis-Kansas City rate.
Southern Roads Hard Lines.
Harry Crawford. ST., attorney of the
Richmond & Dsnville company, has had
an opportunity TO ascertain the true con-
dItion of Southern roads, and he says they
are poor almost without exception. Many
of them are bonded twice their real value.
Many of them now need large expenditures
on road-beds and equipment but the worst
feature of the situation is that the legisla-
lures listen to the clam0r for lower rates,
regardless of results, and much unfavor-
able legislation is enacted. Within the
last few years there has been great deal
hrriI6 in in 4 he M -
and but small per cent. of the mileage
has paid we'll In Texas and South Caro-
lima the State laws are very much against
the railroads. Mr.. Crawford says that be-
fore the roads can be put In good phys
ical condition and placed on their feet
financially there must be q general scaling
down of the bonded debts. and this state
ment includes the Richmond & Danville
lines. The roads in South Carolina seem
to be in particularly hard lines. Fifteen
of them are in the hands of receivers.
They are: The Ashevilie a. Spartanburg.
the Atlanta x Charlotte Airline, tho CO.
C's. the Charleston. Sumter * Northern.
the Charlotte, Columbia ~ Augusta, the
Chersw d. Chester. the Chester Il Lenoir,
the Columbia & Greenville, the Laurens
Port Roy al q Western Carolina. the South
Carolina railway. the Spartanburg, Union
IL C0lumbIa These roads represent moro
than one-half of the total railroad mileage
OF the SCato-l,4oltz mtIeS. out Oh u tOt8l
mileage of 2.356l2 miles. Considerable
more than half of the roads are already in
the hands of tho courts. simply because
they cannot make money with as good or
better management than most business
firms have.
Decrease In East-Bound Shipments.
East-bound shipments of freight from
Chicago last week by all lines amounted
to47, 366 tons, against 50, 745 for the preced-
ing week, o decrease of $3.50 tons, and
against 47.G75 for the corresponding week
last year, q decrease of 500 tons. The ton
mage was divided among the several roads
asfollows: Michigan Central. 6O75 tons: Wa
bash, 2.575; Lake Shore. G.0O7: Fort Wayne.
Att; Panhandle. 6.412; Baltimore q Ohio.
2,976; Chicago d. Grand Trunk, 3,s99;
Niekel-plate. 4.401; Chicago & Erie, 6.562;
Big Four 3.644 tons. Through shipments
of flour. grain and provisions to the sea-
board by the roads in the Central Traffic
Association amounted during the week to
$3.50 tons, against q, 81 for the precedin
week. a decrease of 4.427 tons. and against
decrease OF 2.570 tons. Of this traffic the
Vanderbilt lines carried AZ per cent. the
Pennsylvania lines 20; the Grand Trunk,
y; and the Baltimore 81 Ohio, 10 per cent.
The Railway TeIegrsphic System.
A. NJ. Schoyer. who few weeks ago was
appointed superintendent of telegraph
wires of the Pennsylvania system west OF
Pittsburg. has been going over the several
divisions, aid he places the approximate
mileage of the wires on the Pennsylvania
lines west of Pittsburg at forty thousand
miles This big mileage of wires ramifes
through five different States-Pennsylva-
MA. West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana and Iii.
noIs Between the busiest points there are
many different lines of wire, which help
swell the aggregate. He says the wire
mileage on most impor tant roads 10 fifteen
times greater than the track mileage. On
the Pennsylvanla lines west OF PittsburG
there are 762 telegraph offices coming under
his supervision and there are over two
thousand telegraph operators on the lines
including the neutrality-suspicious..
The Maple-Leaf Blufang.
A dispatch from Kansas City says: "Ths
Maple-leaf wants to get into the Union De-
DOT. There are manv obstacles in the way
of this. but the company has not yet giver
mp hope, aud has now proposition pending
which will be considered at the next meet
ing of the Union Depot Company. 1t il
claimed that the company. in case it be de-
MED entrance to the depot, will make q g
round trip from Chicago, and hold it there
until the other roads are forced 70 come t(
Its assistance and help 1t to get an entrance
. The Maple-leaf people say IL might as vel
haul people for 81 as to haul empty trains
Local passenger me u say that this - merely
bluff. but Traffic Manager Buzenbsrk il
in favor of it, and will do his utmost Il
carry out the plan in case entrance to the
station is denied"
Endeavor Tickets Causing Trouble.
Trouble over Christian Endeavor ticket
has not been ended yet. II was discovered
yesterday that blocks of return portions o
them, reading from Chicago to Kansas City
over the Hannibal d ST. Joe road, hav,
been placed on the market at Chicago a
greatly reduced rates. s. being about tn.
highest asked for them. The tariff rate
Chicago to Kansas City, il $40. so this is
cut of nearly one-half. The appearance o
these return portions of the tickets bears
evidence that they have never been usei
by any body. so that the inference is tina
they have been furnished the brokers direc
from the offices of the road over which
they read. The discovery of their presenc'
has made quite sensation in railroad Gil
eles and fresh trouble may follow.
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