The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-02-06

in freight by the hundreds of carloads. as
their yards at Lindsle. and. In fact, side
tracks all along the line. were filled with
loaded cars.
@. II. Cory. superintendent Of motive
power of the Cincinnati. Hamilton 81 Day
ton. has decided not to cast his lot with the
Erie. Indications are now that the u, III.
81 ID: will. before many years, have as large
@ mileage of road - has the Erie.
The blockades on the Eastern trunk lines
are becoming more and more serious In re-
suits to shippers One Western hrm has
over three hundred carloads OF grain. en-
route East, on side-tracks. and since 1t was
shipped the decline in price of the cereals
will reach $50 to $50 q car.
A rate of 80 cents per one hundred pounds
on lime in carloads from Mississippi-river
points to Colorado common points has been
authorized by the commissioners of the
Western Traffic Association. TO be made ef-
fective at a date to be named by the chair
man of the Transmissour Association.
The charter board of directors OF the
Louisville. Saylor Springs q Chester all
way Company. OF Illinois. has comple~ ed
the organization of the company by et IT
ing these officers: b. +. Seattle president,
l.. W.. W.. Barnes vice-president, w. o.
Rhodes secretary, A. j. Allen treasurer.
In the month of December the tonnage Of
freight handled on the c.. s. & G. division
of the Big Four was % per cent. heavier
than in December. 1890. and in January 30
per cent. heavier thar in January 1891. On
this division, last month, LOIS moro loaded
cars were handled than In January. 1891.
c. c. Waite admits to q reporter of q
traffic alliance viii be formed between
that road and the Big Four. It Is well
known that these traffic alliances usually
END, where M. T.. ingalls, has q hand in
them, In the reads becoming Q part OF the
Big Four.
C. C.. Morgan has been appointed CON-
mercIal agent of the new Atlantic coast
dispatch line put on by the Pennsylvania
Company In connection with the Rlch-
mond & Danville system. and E. NJ. Wag-
ner, of the Panhandle lines. is appointed
his assistant, both to have headquarters at
Pittsburg.
The Chicago & Southeastern Indiana
Midland) on Wednesday called on the
Pennsylvania and Big Four lines to furnish
e~ighty-ive cars each, to load at once for
this road, who was in the city last night,
said they had succeeded in getting twenty
five cars from each road.
So strong are the probabilities that the
lows Central will at nc distant day be-
come q part of the CINCINNATI, Hamilton 81
rDayton system, using the indianapolis.
Decatur q Western as q connecting road,
that the earnings of the Iowa Central be-
come of some interest. In the month of
January the road earned S171, LA; increase
over January, 1891. S43.772.
The citizens of Richmond are reported to
be worrying lest the Big Four. when it
gets q line into that city. will play into the
hands of the Pennsylvania Company and in
reality Will give them no new competition.
An official of the Big Four suggests that
no trouble on that score before they see
Big Four locomotives running in there.
Next week General superintendent Peck
and Z. p. Lord. superintendent of motive
power. will go to Cincinnati for q confer
ence with President Ingalls, and General
for the Big Four. The former will recon-
mend that the company purchase fifty. but
hardly expects that moro than twenty-five
or thirty Will be ordered. All will be heavy
freight or passenger engines.
1t has been something of q surprise that
the Chicago Il Alton has not been more
demonstrative over it's victory in the boy
colt case. An official of the road, in speak
ing of this. said he thought it unfortunate
withdrawn. as the statement submitted to
the directors showed that the boycott
actually benefited the road. Not only do
the reports show an increase In gross pas
=; Hn ssrn III but e handsome ai increase Whs 70
more singular is that the rate per mile on
which each passenger was carried exceed
ed that of the corresponding months in the
year, when no boycott was resting on the
road.
At the next meeting of the Western
Freight Association TO be held next Tues
day. q large number of subjects will be con-
sIdered. Few of them are of general i'm
portance. Among these are rates on pig
iron TO Missouri-river points, prorating from
upper Mississippi-rIver points to Cincinnati,
the rates in effect from st. Louis, rates on
soft coal from southern Illinois points. d.
vision of rates between New Orleans and
~. oln4kAI huaa. rktAa 90 .~l 0< D.x.l
application for q rate of 16 cents on hard
lumber from Chicago to Duluth, PROPOSE
tton TO make q rate Of 474 cents to the Mis-
sfssippi river. and SEA cents to Chicago on
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