The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-18
ANNUAL INSPECTION
Pennsylvania Officials Examine
Their Various Lines.
Talks with President Roberts and 9th
ers-Interstate-C0mmerce De-
cision Upheld.


line to Peoria, then inspecting the Terre
Haute & Peoria between Peoria and Terre
Haute. and coming over the vandalia from
Terre Haute to Indianapolis arriving here
at p. m, and leaving for Richmond, Ind,
In fifteen minutes. instead of remaining at
Indianapolis over night President Roberts
said: I'VE have been out for considera-
BILE time on the lines east and west of
Pittsburg, and now we are headed toward
home. We are moving over the lines more
rapidly" 1t is understood that the party
will go over the Cincinnati Muskingum
Valley road to-day, as they are giving
branches more attention this year than
usual They would have gone over the In
dianapolis & Vincennes road, but recently
Vice President McCrea and Chief Engineer
Becker had been over it and reported its
condition, IL being one of the favorite d.
visions with Vice President McCrea, who
thinks it has good future.
One of the number was asked what sig
nificance the Inspecting of the Toledo,
Peoria & Western had, and he answered:
mo special significance We do most of
our Peoria business over that road from
the State line, and are, therefore, somewhat
interested in its physical condition; and, in
fact some Of our party nave financial
interest IL.
us TO go over the Vandalia's new acquisi-
ton, the Terre Haute & Peoria, and we
took the short cut TO reach it,
President Roberts, Vice President Brooks
and Vice President McCrea expressed sur
prise over the productive and fne country
the road traverseS, and were grained 10
They predicted that under the Vandalia's
methods, the road would, in a year or two,
be up TO an excellent standard ana tn icy
crease, as the Vandalia offered 1t better Ia.
cilities for moving the various classes OF
stock. Coming to the Vandaiia proper, all
were pleased with the improvements which
had been made between Terre Haute and
STRENGTHENING of curves, the reducing of
grades and the filling of low places caught
the of the bsd party gIk m05 OF
ton and been more or less identined with
the maintenance of way department Over
party were accompanied by VIM. r. Nc
Keen, president, John CO: Williams, general
manager. and n: X. Elliott, super1intend end,
left the party, and John +. Miller, general
superintendent of the Southwestern sys.
the the Indianapolis division. Harry Miller
superintendent of the Louisville division,
and NJ. J. Becker chief engineer OF the
lines west of Pittsburg, boarded the special
train. President Roberts, in speaking of
the physical condition of the lines west OF
shane: While the company had been curtail-
ing expenses in some directions, 1t had pur-
sued no niggardly policy with the North
Since they made their last annual trip
fully $4,O00,000 had been expended on the
lines, and 80 miles of double track and $50
miles of side tracks had been put in, and
additional yard room had been provided at
various points. Another of the officials said
that while business had been somewhat
depressed the last few months, the Penn
sylvania had little room for complaint as
regards its Western lines, the net earnings,
eli TIf rad hnin yyav- sat eff
tory.
Cannot Discriminate.
A decision has been handed in by the
United States Court of Appeals at New
York confirming the order OF the court be-
low, which granted an injunction to the
Interstate-commerce Commission prevent
ing the Texas & Pacific Railroad Com
pany from carrying imported merchandise
and commodities at other than inland
tariff rates. The order governing this tariff
rate was made by the Interstate-commerce
Commission March 10, 1889. and is as fol-
lows: Imported traffic transported to any
place in the United States from a port Of
entry or place of reception, whether in
this country or in an adjacent foreign
country, is required to be taken on the in
land tariff governing other freights."
Suit was brought in 1889 against the
Pennsylvania Railway Company by the
New York Chamber of Commerce for car
rying imported goods to Chicago and
other Western points cheaper than home
manufactures. Subsequently twenty-eight
railroads became defendants, and 1t was
held that eighteen of these had violated
the order. and that such violation was an
unjust discrimination against other goods
and commodities carried to the respective
ports. An injunction was obtained from the
Circuit Court of the Southern district of
New York. The defendants held that the
Circuit Court had no jurisdiction and took
hQ "a.
missed and the order confirmed by the
Court OF Appeals.
May Ignore the Contract.
The report is current that the receivers
Of the Union Pacific likely within the
next few days, to terminate the contract
existing between 1t and the Northwestern
providing for the exchange of through
traffic. The contract has been in existence
several years, and has been Of more value
to the Northwestern than to the Union Pa
cific. The opinion that the Northwestern
intends shortly to extend it's own line to
Ogden has also considerable weight in the
matter. The dissolution OF the traffic ar
rangement will bring JOY TO all Western
lines. save the Northwestern and the Alton,
which has also an agreement with the
Union Pacific. The question of whether
the contract may be annuled will probably
be one for the courts to decide as the
are the heirs of the former management
in traffic contracts, as well as in obliga-
tons touching matters of finance and sup
plies. When the Chicago & Atlantic road
some years ago passed out of a receivers
hands and became the Chicago & Erie, the
courts held that the Chicago & Erie was
not bound by the contracts assumed by
the receivers OF the Chicago e Atlantic
and that case may serve as a precedent to
the Union Pacific receivers now Nothing
certain is known of the attitude the re-
ceiverS will assume toward the Northwest
ern, but the opinion prevails among rail-
road men that the contract will be abro-
gated, or, at least, modified.
1t Was Not a Big Four Train.
Big Four tFainmen say that ii was not a
train Of that road that passed the wrecked
Wabash train, at Nameoki, on Monday
night, without stopping to give aid TO the
injured. Tt was a train on the Chicago &
Alton. At the scene of the wreck are three
tracks. The Big Four is the center track
Immediately after the derailment OF the
Wabash train. another train came by on
the Chicago & Alton track. This train was
tagged in order TO get assistance, but the
trainmen on the Chicago a Alton refused
to stop Although the wreck occurred about
$50 o'clock, IL was not until $50 that an
other train came along and took the in
iured people 10 St. Louis. This was train
on the Wabash. The Big Four train for
St. Louis was due at Nameoki at o'clock
but was over two hours late. a great many
people were injured by the derailment OF
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