The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-08-20

spending weeks last year. says one OF the off,
Gals. as now tie road has only its legitimate
business 10 depeId on, while last year business
which should have been routed over the old Bee
line was sent over the p. * +. TO swell its earn
ings.
Passenger conductor Place. on the Cincinnati.
Hamilton Il DaytO states that he has been run
ming trains this road since 1870, and never
knew the legitimate business of the road. both
PASSENGER and freight. TO be as heavy as It has
been for several weeks past. This, added To the
low-rate business, he says, has resulted In
crowded trains day after day.
grievance committee OF conductors and
brakemen on the east end of the Wabash wal ted
on one of the officials and told their grievances.
The official saw that there just reason for
their complaint and rectified the matter at once.
greatly disgusting the walking delegates, who
were very sanguine that the men would not be
met in the right spirit and there would be strike
on the Wabash
The officials OF the Pennsylvania lines east of
Pittsburg have posted at points on the lines the
following notice: "The use of intoxicating
liquors by the employees of the Pennsylvania
lines, when on duty, must be stopped at once.
Any empioye found visiting a saloon or place
where Intoxicating liquors are sold will be
severely disciplined. Trainmen are 20 be con-
sldered as on duty from the time they are called
The Memphis passenger Association has vir-
tually collapsed. The Chesapeake IL Ohio an
nounces that it Will sell round-trip tickets from
Padmcah TO Oh Point Comfort at $40; tho regu-
and the Memphis & Charleston learning OF this
have decided to put on cheap tickets No doubt
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Tennessee, Virginia x Georgia and the Queen
and Crescent will take hand in the fight.
The national association of the Brotherhood
OF Locomotive Firemen will h0id its third bien-
NAL convention in Cincinnati next month. The
Eureka Division, OF indianapolis, have selected
as delegates to the convention T.. j. Kline and
9. r.. Kern. While the body Is in session the
Eureka Division, of indianapolis, will give an
outing and picnic at Wo0dsdale Island Park. A
special train will be run from indianapolis to
accommodate those who wish to join IN the
pleasures of the day.
The official report shows that on Thursday
there were handled on the Big -Four system 5.123
loaded cars and 23.l33 passengers The roads
in the consolidation have never, say the oldest
passenger men the various divisions, carried
so many passengers as during the last few
weeks, and had fair rates been maintained the
passenger earnings would have been many thou
sands of dollars ahead of former years 1t is but
just TO the Big Four passenger department to
rates have prevailed In no case has the Big
-Four led In cutting the rates or reducing them.
Some idea of the business that is done over the
New York division of the Pennsylvania lines
may be had from the fact that the company Dro-
poses TO lay five tracks the entire distance be-
tween the Delaware and the Schuylkill river
bridges, although that part OF tho line is much
relieved by the DOwningtown cutoff On some
parts of the line there will be six tracks. When
these improvements are completed through ex-
press trains will use this cutoff, saving thirty
one miles of distance and three-fourths of an
hour time, without In the least reducing the ac-
commodations which Philadelphia now enjoys.
A. G.. II. Mcleod, general freight agent OF the
Cincinnati. Hamilton IL Dayton, delivered an
address before the Retail Dealers convention,
In which he discussed in an able manner the
mutual relations between railways and ship
pers In beginning his address he said: 1.-The
relations between shippers and railways. and
their mutual interests, are to-day among the
most important subjects of public consideration.
IL the whole range of physical and commercial
activities none occupy wider sphere OF the
worlds vision demand higher grade of the
worlds thinking. This may seem an extrava-
CANT assertion, yet believe 1t entirely safe to
say that the discussion of these questions has
enlisted talent of greater variety and higher
order than any other topic, not even excepting
politics and religion"