The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-14
CHICAGO & ALTON TAKEN In
The Boyeotted Road Becomes q Member
of the Western Traffic Association.
Meeting Of General Managers Of Roads in Cen.
trail Traffic Association 1erritory--LOcal
Lines Preparing for the Worlds Fair.

Consent has been given the Chicago 81
Alton company to resume it's membership
in the Western Passenger Association. Such
was the outcome Of the meeting or man
ayers at Chicago yesterday. 1t was under
stood in advance that the Alton was will
ing TO become a member provided 1t was not
held accountable for any past indictments,
and In the interest of harmony and stability
of rates it was unanimously decided 10 let
by-gones be by-goDes and commence anew.
ALI yesterday the general managers OF
the roads in the territory of the Central
Traffic Association were in session at Chi
cago discussing both passen ger and freight
matters. The reports ADOPTED at the meet
ing two weeks ago regarding rates and
arrangements for the worlds fair were
read, but failed to receive unanimous as
sent, and were referred to q future meeting.
The meeting authorized Commissioner
Blanchard to procure statistics of
east-bound going freight at about
eighteen different points. with q
view to efectIng an equalization
of traffic should the laws be so amended as
TO permit it. The commissioners was also
W COAOuL az A.
~trunk-line officers and order tho cancelIa-
tion of all east-bound commodity tariffs
which were Cancelled west bound oD the
same articles. "A resolution was adopted to
the effect that inland rates shall hereafter
apply on export business.
AT the meeting of the Western Freight
Association the question OF rates from New
Orleans was referred TO o special commit
tee, as this matter Is to be the subject OF q
conference at Memphis in the near future.
Preparing for Woria's Fair Business
Most of the roads in this territory-all.
in fact, unless it be the Cincinnati, Ham,
ilton & Day ton and the Monon-are get
ting new passenger equipment and prepar-
ing, on a gigantic scale, 10 handle the
worlds fair business next year. The
sylvania has added to its line west of CO.
lumbus fifty new coaches. will add as
many excursion cars, and by March l will
nave fifteen more passenger engines than
the present equipment. The Big Four hos
purchased and put in service already
twenty-five new coaches. and has thirty
more TO be delivered by April !. 1898. and
twelve frsr-class heavy passenger engines.
The Vandalia is adding twelvenew coaches
to it's equipment. has just received three
new ten-wheel passenger engines and Will
add three more before April /.
The Lake Erie q Western has
lifting up several of Its heavier passenger
and freight engines for this special work.
The Lake Shore, the Michigan Central, the
Nickel-plate. the Erie and the Northwest
ern lines are all adding largely to their
passenger equipment, while one of the
officials Of the Monon says that neither the
Monon nor the Cincinnati, Hamilton "
Dayton, which are usually very aggressive.
have done scarcely anything IN this direc-
fior. thia ia the mora aurnriaipC from the
fact that eight month5 of the year mother
of the roads has equipment to handle Its
regular and excursion business. and any
equipments they might purchase would
come into good play years following the
worlds fair. That the roads which have
increased their equipment will have enough
TO handle the business is questioned.
Personal. Local and General Notes.
The wages of the section men on the Wa
bash road have been reduced for the three
winter months from S1.25 per day to S1.l5.
The Indianapolis Railway snperin tend
snts Association Will nold its monthly
neeti ng to-day. IN the office OF ID. +. Whit
comb.
The train -dIspatchers of the west end of
the Chicago & Erie on the 1st of January
will be transferred from Huntington. Inc.
10 Chicago.
The executive committee Of the Indiana
Car-service Association for the ensuing
ItaA ia 10 OAo1AO0 Ao ~ gOAa kA0
third annual meeting.
The annual report of General Manager
Bacon will show that in the Indiana car
service territory the delay of cars for the
rear ending Nov. so was but 176 days.
The LADIES' Auxiliary of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers will give q
literary entertainment, dance and supper
vt the brotherhood's hall this evening.
W.. p. Lockwood was yesterday appointed
loint agent of the Vandalia and Big Four
n Colfax. Ind. Mr.. Lockwood was for
nerly with tie oDpan at Coster as its
agent,
w. I. Klmsey. of Michigan City. has in
vented an automatic compiler on an entirely
new principle. anil railroad men vho have
seen lt think it has real merit. He has ap-
piled for letters patent.
Col. Bennett Young is in New York Ia
q Mississippi to induce them to use the
kentucky and Indiana bridge TO Cross the
Ohio river into Louisville.
George Bender. division superintendent
of the Big Four, will soon begin his twenty
sixth year in railroad service. ali but two
of which were spent on lines with which
NJ. 4, ingalls, was identified.
Commencing with Sunday next, Train 5,
over the Big Four. will leave Indianapolis
At 1890 midnight for Chicago. The train is
set back at Cincinnati Co make it more
sure or southern connections.
III tukco ycdNo tuo GkOo9 obTuluR9 OI the
Santa Fe have increased SO, 900. 900, and it's
net earnings s .500.0 600. The grand total of
all tonnage in the year ending June 80,
1892. was over q million tons larger than in
1880.
The Northern Pacific has won q victory
which enables lie TO enter Vancouver and
secure q subsidy of 500, 600, and, better
still. enables lt to dictate to the Canadian
Pacific as to it's terminal facilities at that
point.
President Mcleod. of the Philadelphia
Reading. is said TO have declined to even
consider taking the presidency of the New
York a. New England until after March 1,
the +. IL X. requiring all his time and en-
ergies
The Railway Yardmasters' Association
has two death assessments to pay, one to
the heirs of II. Tanning. late a yardmaster
at Toledo. and on e.. Mclaughlin. of Lin
colin. Nen The assessment is 81 on each
member.
The building of tho shops of the Louis
Vile. Evansville X st. Louis at Princeton
has given that town q boom. Its popula-
tion will be nearly doubled as soon as
houses can be erected for tho new corners
to dwell In.
Ed-ard 9 MeClaIlap of tba roe;va-