The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-23

honOred on the Nandalia until Jan. is.
Ninety men have been laid off at the
shops OF the Baltimore & OHIO Southwest
ern at Washington. Ind.
The Chicago q Eastern Illinois directors
nave declared a quarterly dividend OF III
per cent. payable Jan. ?.
The Santa Fe passenger department has
further demoralized matters by extending
the limit of holiday rate tickets thirty days
TO return
The regularity with which the pay cars
have made. their rounds monthly since the
depressed times with railways is highly APP
preciated by the employees.
At a special meeting of the st. Louis
terminal board, r.. +. Bryan, superintend-
ent of the l.. & y. terminals at ST Louis,
was elected vice president
c. VI. Pratt, joint agent of the immigrant
pool. recently established in New York. is
in Minneapolis settling his affairs prepara-
tory TO taking charge Jan 1.
Southern roads have notified the general
passenger agents of the Northern lines that
they will make reduction in rates to
the Corbett-Mitchel pugilistic encounter.
c. Pratt the manager of the emigrant
clearing house in New York. left Chicago,
last night. for New York, TO make final ar
rangements for starting the clearing house
in operation on Jan. l.
The Missouri. Kansas & Texas is the
surprise of the Southwest. 1t continues to
show increased earnings from week TO week,
and since Jan. l has earned $3.50, S33, an
increase over 1892 of $547, 800.
Inc l0-cent per ID pOunu iate WHICH inc
Erie and Pennsylvania have made from
Central Traffic territory points covers
wheat, corn, oats, rye and barley shipments,
and forty-nine of the products OF these
grains.
Capt. ]. c. Grammar returned from New
York on Thursday and is at Evansville
lighting of the grip. ID. J. Mackey, presi-
Louis. and Vice President Hopkins are still
in New York.
The old scheme of consolidating the Gin
cinnati. Hamilton & Dayton and the Monon
outside ticket offices at this point as an
economical measure is again being agitated.
The Monon people, 1t is stated, do not look
upon IL with approval.
a plan is on foot to build an electric road
from Portland to Boston within the next
three years a syndicate has been formed.
and ii is understood that Arthur Sewall,
late president of the Maine Central road,
is Interested In the plan.
The courts have decided that the Chicago
~ Alton can use gates at its stations ard
jurisdiction in the matter. The Illinois
Central has q similar legal contest on hand
regarding maintaining the gate system.
General Manager Green has sent out in
points to reduce expenses. and a number of
men are likely to be dropped within the
next thirty days as result OF this order,
while expenses will be reduced in other di-
rectiOns.
The local division of the Order of Rail-
way Conductors is making extensive prep
will occur at Tomlinson Hall Dee. 2S
number of friends of the iii vision from other
points have s!gnified their intention OF be-
ing in attendance.
NJ. Z. ingalls,, president of the Big Four
was in the city last evening en- route from
ST Louis to Cincinnati. TO the question.
will the Big Four meet the reduced east
bound rates made By the Erie from Chica-
go to the seabcard?' he answered: mo;
the Big Four management is not. crazy
yet"
The new management of the Baltimore &
Ohio Southwestern railroad Is making many
changes in the working forces. Thursday
evening Mr.. A. j. Ross, who has beer an
employe of the O. 4 III. company for thirty
eight years, and foreman of the shops in
Seymour for twenty-five years, received his
discharge. MIR. William Cameron has been
The rates between Chicago and Indianapo-
lis and Chicago and Ohio % river points points are
lis and Chicago, and 81 between Cincinnati,
Louisville and Chicago The ticket SCALP
erS are jubilant over the result, as they
have suffered in their business since the low
rates were in vogue between the points
named.
Poor's Manual shows that to transact the
business OF the roads in this country In
the year ending June 80, 1893 IL required
the services of 80, 1856 locomotives, of which
number S,S4S were in passenger service, H.
$50 in freight service, 6,129 IN yard service.
To carry the passenger traffic 1876 coaches
were employed, and to handle the freight
business 965,9S5 cars were required.
a wreck on the 4. LOUIS DIVISION OF the
Big Four, a day or two ago. necessitated
the running of the Southwestern limited
over the Vandalia from Etingham to Terre
Haute, and one Of the Garstang type of
engines surprised the Vandalia people by
making the run. with six heavy cars. such
as are hauled on his train, In eiShty-seven
minutes. including four dead stops and
taking water once in running the sixty
eight miles.
The Wabash earned in the second week
of December 300, decrease as compared
Traaeal-
16O. The road since Jan. l Is $3l6,9Sl behind
In its gross earnings IS compared with the
same period in 1892. The Toledo. St. Louis
& Kansas City rned in the second week
OF this month so, l07. a decrease as COM
pared with the same week or 1872 OF Sl5,l2I;
$3.50 FL below those OF 1892.
The Canadian Pacific road believes that 1t
has been Unjustly treated by the other lines
which have endeavored 70 put upon II the
responsibility OF a rate war, II transconti-
mental rates are not elevated by Jan. l. It,
however. still insists upon being granted a
d!ferential rate, and 10 this the otter lines
granted the differential and the chance Of q
war Is growing stronger every day.
Articles OF Incorporation have been filed
with the Illinois Secretary of state for the
Chicago. Paducah 4; Memphis Railroad Com
pany. II Is proposed to build a railroad
from Altamont. Eihngham county. Illinois,
To Metropolis, Massac county. The capital
stock is s.. 800 coo and the principal business
office is at East st. Louis. The incorpora-
tors and first board of directors are Benja-
min = Johnston. st. Elmo; John W. Girls
void, John J. Mclean, William l.. Huse
and Joseph Dickson, st Louis
The Indiana Car-service Association S
executive committee are taking steps TO
have the rules OF the association lived up TO
more strictly after the LIST OF January.
General Manager Bacon has also found
that the good will of the local agents I'm the
working of the association is necessary
adjunct to success. The proposition OF hav-
ing one man employed 10 collect all de-
murrage charges was a suggestion of a
local agent, and all the roads have assented
To the arrangement but the Monon.
w NJ. Nichols. one. of the parties inter-
ested in the construction OF the Chicago,
Indiana x Eastern. has asked for informa-
ton concerning the action of the County
Commissioners TevOktng the tax levy voted
by Peru TO aid the enterprise. he states
that the work is progressing eastward from
Paramount, and the work will be COM
menced toward Peru in the early spring
Mr.. Nichols ntimates that the right of the
commissioners 10 take the tax from the
duplicate will be tested in the courts.
The tenor of the conversation of the train
men on the Big -Four system indicates that
they viii take no steps on Jan. l 10 have
wages restored 10 the basis before the re-
duction in thS summer, and II the manage
ment goes no further in the direction OF
reducing wages the matter will doubtless
ings than II now does. The road is earning
$25 900 10 Sl5 coo q week less than at the same
time In 1892, and the trainmen think ii q
Door time aEitate restoration 10 the