The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-04-19
OF INTEREST TO SHIPPERS
Demurrage Charges Sustained in a De-
cisiOn by q West Virginia Judge.
Freights Weighed and Inspected ct -Four
Points in lndiapa--isst Ean on the Bee
Lilac Division Of the Big Four.

ID. T. Bacon. general manager of the In
diana Car Service ASSOCIATION, is send
ing TO officials of roads In the association
q decision In the suit of the George Camp
bell Company. manufactur ers. against the
Baltimore X Ohio road. The case was
brought before Judge T.. Boyd Faulkner.
in the Circuit Court of Jefferson county,
West Virginia. and the decision rendered
last week. The history of the case Is as
follows: Two cars of bark were received
at the b. * O. station in Charleston, w.
Va. IN August. 1891, and the consigne es
were notified on arrival in the usual way.
They neglected TO call and pay freight
charges and remove the ladinR until after
told by the agent that 81 car-service charge
on each car had already accrued.
which must be paid before delivery.
This they refused to do. and In ac-
was withheld for payment of charge. The
cars remained on the track until 500 charge
had accrued upon each car; the railroad
company then sold the bark for freight
and car-service charges. and suit was
brought by plaintiff for damages In the
above amount. By agreement OF both
parties. n jury having been waived, the
case was submitted TO the jud gment or the
COURT, anu AFTER nearing THO 0NlucuCo b1Q
argument of council. Judgment was rem
Gered In favor of defendant for the sum OF
SASS. being the difference TIVE the
value of the bark sold and the amount of
freight and demurrage charges.
The Most Difficult Probtem TO Solve.
j. I. Brooks. vice president of the Penn
sylvania Company, when in the city a day
or two ago. said that the great problem
with railway managements now was how
TO make both ends meet. Taxes were Ia
creasing. the cost of Ia Dor increasing. bet
ter accommodations for travel are de-
manded. faster trains are asked for. while
on the other hand rates were steadily 60
ing lower. A point has been reached where
the roads are seemingly being operated at q
minimum cost Most of the railroad com.
panIes have refunded their bonded debt at
lower rate of interest, and stockholders
are grumbling that so small dividends are
paid. Now the question comes up as TO
where further economics can be effected.
and it is really a serious one. He feared
that before it could be solved many roads
would be forced into bankruptcy. The
only solution he could see would be in the
advancing of rates. On the PeDnsylvanla
lines. If advanced one mill per 100 pounds.
1T would mean q handsome increase In rev.
enue, and such an advance would hardly
lie felt by shippers. This problem was rap
idly coming to q point where 1t must be
solved. and the wisest of railroad men are
looking with anxiety to the outcome.
Doing Good Work for the Railroads.
Below is given q statement of the freights
weighed and inspected at the four stations
under the supervision of j. b. Eckman,
dietrIct inspector, for the month of March.
Indianapolis roads gained over $1,000
through the operations or the bureau. and
the roads centering at Evansville made
large gains. Mr.. Eckman's statement is as
follows:
Indianapolis gained from weighing carload
freight, SO, 305.O1; from platform freights,
Sl.4s67 20; from classification changes and rate
inspection, $244.30; total, $12.036.07.
Terre Haute gained from weighing carload
freight. $3.544.s4; from platform freight.
g2e5 81: from classification changes aud rate
inspection, $474.73; total, $4,305.1l.
Evansville gained from weighing carload
freight. $4.545.9s; from platform freight.
S1,193.40; from classification changes and rate
inspection. $50. IL; total. Sc, 249.49.
Nineennes gained from weighing carload
freight. 1893 IL; from platform freight, $1s7.79;
total, $5Sl.96.
Fast Train on the Big Four.
The Southwestern limited express train
on the Big Four road. west bound. due at
Muncie at 1918 A. NJ. made the run of
81 $40 miles. from Winchester TO Muncie.
yesterday morning. in exactly eighteen
minutes. The schedule time is t~wenty-four
minutes, and it is hard work for other en-
giDes to make that time. The engine used
was one of che new ten wneelers. No. lS3.
recently put on this division. Some places
the train of four cars made O single mile
in forty-three seconds. Train Dispatcher
NeRus was on the train, and pronounced
the run b very remarkable one. and be
thinks this engine can beat anything on
wheels.
Differeptial Rates Adopted.
At a meeting of the Western Freight As
sociatien, held ct Chicago yesterday. the
following dIfferentials were adopted from
East st. Louis. above the lake and rail
rates. from Chicago to New York: First
class, - cents; second, 10la; third, 4: fourth,
bla: fifth. 5: sixth, 3. The same rates will
prevail from the upper Mississippi points
on tariff for points west OF the Missouri
river.
waba.h shops Taken from Butler.
Orders were issued Monday for the re-
movaI of the Wabash shops and en-
ployes at Butler to Ashley. Ind. on
the new Detroit and Chicago line. 1t
10 rumored that the Wabash will abandon
The Eel river division from Butter to
IOgansport. and that tho Lake Shore ~
Michigan southern Will IN all probability
operate 1t III the future.
Personal. Local and General Notes.
NJ. E. Ingalls,. president of the Big Four.
j. ut Hampton roads witnessing the naval
display.
The Pennsylvania Company has increased
it's force at its Chicago station forty bag
gagenleD.
!. a. Barnard. general manage of the
JSkOria X Eastern. was so i'll yesterday that
he did not go to his Office.
e.. X. Peddle. purchasing agent of the
Nandalia. was still living las evening. but