The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-08-23
HOT SHOT FROM CHARLTON
The Peppery Passenger Agent Fires
Another Volley at Chairman Caldwell. /.
Two Roads Granted Permission 10 Cut Rates
Without Cause-President Mackey aud
His System-East- Bound Shipments.

Chairman Caldwelps action in authoriz-
ing q round-trip rate of a between St.
Louis and Kansas City on the application
OF the Burlington and the Missouri Pacific
has called for another letter from General
Passenger Agent Charlton. of the Chicago
d Alton, addressed to the chairman. In lr
he says:
lit can hardly be necessary to point out TO
you that these roads did not need any relief
as against tie Chicago Il Alton. out that
they did need relief as against themselves.
Both roads had already made the rate
which we have not yet made. and will
not make. l ad vised you on the 10th
inst. of what you knew to be true, as
1 do, that the Burlington had made
. private rate of 81 for tnoround trip for
the Knights of Pythias from 81. LOUIS 10
Kansas City and retnrn. At the same time
1 notified you that the Missouri Pacific had
quoted similar rate over its own counter.
The Missouri Pacifc's claim for relief Is
founded on the alleged purchase or u ticket
TO Kansas and return ct "A via the chicago
& Alton We have not made the rate and
We shall not make it. You have, therefore,
issued q decision to meet competition
which never existed, and which does not
exist aud will not exist 1t 10 one OF the
curiositIes of railway methods that the
two lines guilty of having made the rate
should privately claim relief against road
that has not made it and will not
make Ii. It Is curious too, that the Mis-
souri, Pacific, which was perfectly we'll
aware of the private cut rate made some
time ago for the knights of Pythias by the
Burlington, made no complaint TO you
against that company and no request for
relief. This may be open to the explana-
ton that &c Is easier for your roads TO get
relief against an outside. line than against
member. The convenience OF making an
allegation against the Alton, instead of
against the burlington, Is. therefore, ap-
parent. and accounts for this groundless
charge against u.s."
80 the letter goes on to the end. The
charge that the Alton had made a contract
TO carry tue German Veteran Association of
ct. Louis at q cut rate - denied. Mr..
Charlton explaining that his company
failed to secure that association because 1t
would not reduce the round-uip rate from
Is to- 81. ana that the German Veteran As
ISOLATION as carried by the Wabash rall-
road at the openly advertised rate of 81.
The Mackey system.
In Eastern financial circles ID. j. Mackey,
president of what are known as the Msckey
roads. is looked upon as one of the most re-
markable financIers and railroad men in
the West. at is no trouble" said . fnan-
cier, ''for q man with ample capital behind
him to gather in roads and form q sgstem
as extensive as the Msckey system, but for
o man to begin in ordinary circumstances.
as did he, and consolidate number of roads
anu operate them On so economical basis as
are these is something very unusual" On
Dec. IL MIR. Mackey will be sixty years Of
age. His early life was spent in Evansville
ss dry-goods merchant In the sixties he
begun investing his surplus capital in stock
of the Evansville & Terre Haute road.
which then. as now. was O very profitable
road to operate In 1870 he had stock suf-
ticient. with that of his friends. 10 elect
him director. and at once he took an act
i've part in debating the policy of the road;
in 1881 he was elected president OF the
Evansville IL Terre Haute road. the parent
line, which has grown from road 10J miles
ized at $40, 652. 600. of which SIS. 100000 Is
represented In stock and $l6 252 600 in
bonded Indebtedness. The main lines are:
Evansville q Terre Haute-Fr0m Evans.
vile to Terre Haute. 10Y miles; Fort
van county coal branch. Farmersbnrg to
New PittsburR. IL miles. Proprietary lines
Evansville Belt railway. 10 miles; Evans
Vile 81 Indianapolis. IA miles. and leased
line. u miles; Evansville x Richmond rail-
road, Elnora TO Westport, 102 miles. and
coal spurs 10 miles; total operated. 455
miles. Has under construction. Evans
vile * Richmond, Seymour to Richmond.
10 miles. The Rockville extension, 2S miles
Logansport and Chicago IL Eastern Illinois
for $4,000 yearly.
Evansville q Indianapolis-Evansv
to Terre Hante. via WorthinRton. 13S miles:
branch. g miles; leases branch TO Brazil. IL
miles; total, 156 miles. consolidation In
October. 1885, of three corporations, viz.
the Evansville & Indianapolis. the Evans
vile. Washington IL Brazil and the Terre
Haute * Southeastern railroads.
Louisville Evansville Il st. Louis con-
sOlI daf ar n mai faa ~ - n
Last st. Louis, Ill. 275 miles. with branch
90 to Evansville, Rockport. Cannelton,
ETC.. in Indiana, 90 miles; total, S6s miles,
of which 1853 miles owned and SO miles
trackaHe. Also owns Venice IL Carondelet
railway. leased TO East ST. Louis connect
ing railway, miles. OF the main line the
following portions are operated under
traekage rights; Louisville to New Albany,
miles; Walnut Hill TO Centralia, tn miles.
Peoria, Decatur * Evansville.-From Pc
kin to Evansville 235 miles: branch, mIles:
leases, Pekin to Peoria, 10 miles, through
Decatur. miles; total. 254 miles This road
is consolidation of the Pekin, Lincoln *
Decatur railroad, and the Decatur. Mat
toon & southern and the GRANVILLE Il Mat
toon.
Increased shipments from Chicago
An increase is shown in the shipment of
east bound freight from Chicago last week.
notwithstanding the switchmen's strike at
Buffalo. The total movement from Chi
cago by oil the roads was 526SS tons
against Al, 366 for the preceding week. An
increase of 5.272 tons. and against As. $50
for the corresponding week last year,
an increase of 6,7s2 tons. The ship
ments were made of the following
articles: Flour. 2.556 tons; grain and
mill-stuffs, 1850 tons; provisions. lard. ETC.,
1859 tons; dressed beef. IL 1S5 tons; butter,
1.715 tons; hides. Loo tons; lumber. 5,254
tons, miscellaneous. 1,192 tons. The traffic
WAS divided mp among the several roads as
follows: Michigan Central. $40 tons; Wa
bash, z, 763: Lake Shore, 900; Fort Wayne.
$40; Panhandle. 7.S05; baltimore 81 Ohio,
1850; Grand Trunk, D. 100; Nickel-plate. 5.5l6;
Chicago g. Erie. 6.762; Big Four. 514 tons.
Lake shipments amounted TO g3,4T tons.
against "a. 16l tons during the preceding
week, q falling off of 3.735 tons.
Through shipments of flour. grain and
provisions from Chicago to the sea-board
By the roads in the Central Traffic Associa-
sion amounted during the week to 20,270
tons. against 1880 for the preceding week,
an increase Of 4,S2D tons. snd against 20. 05S
for the corresponding week last year. an
increase OF 2S2 tons. OF this traffic the
Vanderbilt lines carried 45 per cent. the
Peansy Iv ania lines %, the Chicago 81 Grand
Trunk 20, and the b. Il y. 10 per cent
Victory for Texas Railways.
United States Judge Mccormick, at Dial.
lac. Tex, yesterday. in a decision in the
case of the railroads against the Texas
Railroad Commissioners, decided every
point IN favor of the railroad companies