The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-11-15

day passenger trains to be nine hours and
fOrty-five minutes, running time. between
Chicago and Cincinnati. and night passenger
trains eleven hours.
The switchmen on the Ohio Valley road.
who have been on strike for several
months. have declared the strike off and
expressed a willingness TO so back TO work
vices.
Under the new schedule the Big Four Will
put on fast freight trains between Cincin-
natl and Chicago and Cincinnati and St.
have been on between Cleveland and st.
Louis.
The Toledo. st. Louis & Kansas City
earned in October $50, 4S4, a decrease this
year as compared with October, 1892, of
S14.2S6. It's earnings thus far this year are
S76.5G9 behind those of the corresponding
period Of 1882.
The passenger department of the Nickel
plate is 70 publish a monthly magazine
much similar 10 that OF the Big Four,
which was an outgrowth Of the Bee-line
will be the Headlight.
Engine So on the Monon, which made such
an excellent record in hauling fast passen-
ger trains during the worlds fair. in a test
on Saturday hauled twenty-six loaded cars
over the heaviest grades on the main line
from Bloomington to Chicago.
G. G. Eenion, representing the passenger
department. of the Southern Pacific, and
George T.. Gunnip, representing the Santa
Fe, are in the city. Both speak of the out
look for a heavy California business as
being excellent for some months to come.
III. w. Hubbard, general freight agent of
the Vandalia lines. is going over the sew
eral divisions this week stirring up the
freight representatives. He is much pleased
with the revival in business the past few
days, and talks ercouragingly over the out
lcok.
The executive committee of the trunk
lines have agreed to continue the export
rate ADOPTED a year ago, and TO continue
the full tariff rate TO the seaboard, taking
the position now, that there is some bus
mess, the roads should get something for
carrying ii.
Eastern financial circles have a report
that the Vanderbilts will at the next an
nual meeting of the Vermont Central,
which OCCURS in February, be shown to
nave the controlling stock or That COM
pany. Should it prove true another rate
cutting line will be placed in a position to
be less of a disturber.
After Sunday next the Florida special
.cinnau at z p. IN. instead of 8 p. m, as
heretofore, and will make the run to Jack
sUhytee than IN t;W w hours TS,s one pne hour
makes the run between Cincinnati and New
Orleans in ~twenty-six hours.
The Western Freight Association and the
Association were both in session at Chi
cago yesterday. The Western Traffic Asso-
citation transacted nothing of particular i'm
pcrtance, and the Central Traffic matters
were referred to subcommittee, which will
report to the main committee to-day.
Under its new time schedule trains of the
Baltimore & Ohio are to leave Cincinnati
at 6:lo D. NJ, instead of Ills, as for many
years, and the time between Cincinnati and
New York over the b. q o. has been
shortened one hour, so that passengers leaV-
ing Indianapolis at 8 d. m. will reach New
York two hours earlier than heretofore.
The headquarters of the general pas
of the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern, will
be removed TO st. Louis. o. Z. McCarty,
general passenger agent, follows r. NJ.
Fraser, general freight agent of the consol-
idated lines, to st. Louis next week. Mr..
McCarty was in st. Louis yesterday looking
after office rooms
Managers OF Western roads are consider
ing a proposition for faster train service.
The proposition is to take an hour off the
time between Chicago and St. Paul, Chica-
go and Omaha and other Western gate
ways. The reduction in time can only be
made by an agreement between all the
managers, and no definite conclusion will
be reached inside a week
General Superintendent Waldo, of the Gin
cinnati, Hamilton & Dayton. General Su-
perintendent Collins and superintendent
Lowell, Of the Monon, were in the city yes
| terday talking over time table matters. AS
a result, the day express on the Monon will
reach Indianapolis at 2:55 p. M, and the
Cincinnati, Hamilton x Dayton will CONSOLE
date trains 81 and SO. now leaving here. re-
| spectively, at 2:54 D. IN. and 4.l5 D. H., and
| leaving at 3:O5 p. m
But a very small per cent. of the bus
jul VI AAAiNuEO III ldCI 1VuI MtGhS
has paid the roads carrying it any revenue,
the travel being carried on the return part
of tickets held by the rightful party or on
| tickets sold by Scalpers which were bought
from persons who never returned from
Chicago TO points where they purchased
their tickets. After to-day such business
ends, as no road in the country issued
worlds fair tickets with return limit be-
! yond Nov. 10.
So much has been said to the effect that
the New York Central and Lake Shore
4 roads would tax on the tWenty-hOur
trains between New York and Chicago
rather than have a rate war with the
Pennsylvania lines, that the statement of
officials of the Vanderbilt lines becomes of
interest. Those of both the New York Cen
trail and the Lake Shore say the trains
were taken off because it did not pay to
run such high-priced trains. Since the
worlds fair rush was over it has not aver
aged more than twenty-five passengers
daily in either direction.
A motion was made by the government
yesterday in the Supreme Court to advance
the case of the Interstate-commerce Com
mission, Appellant, VS., w. G. Crimson e.
al. brought from the circuit for the North
ern district of Illinois. The case involves
the constitutionality of that portion of the
interstate-commerce act giving Authority
TO Circuit Courts to compel parties and
witnesses to produce books and papers and
to answer legitimate questions respecting
interstate-commerce suits. An early deci-
sion is desired, as the commission will ,be
greatly embarrassed until this point is
finally settled.
Al ' dllQdAId pCOpAC lttl lldI TIE Guy
authorities are not treating them fairly in
The matter of the company laying q switch
to the ground OF the company leased some
months ago on South Pennsylvania street,
near the Union tracks. Utilizing this ground
for a system of tracks on which to place
cars for loading and unloading would be q
great convenience TO the merchants on
Meridian street, and much more to the
merchants on Commission Row. as every
month the Vandalia brings in hundreds of
carloads of bananas and other fruits for
iris market. and 1T would be a great saving
in time and expense to the business men,
as we'll as a convenience for the company,
to permit it TO carry out its plans.