The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-03-23
MUST UNLOAD PROMPTLY
Shippers Who Hold Cars Longer than
Forty-Eight Hours to Pay Demurrage.
The Indiana Car Service Association Not Dis
posed to Increase the Time Lmil-Grsin-
Carrying Business to Be Prorated.

The members of the Indiana Car-service
Association held o special meeting yestsr-
day at the Office OF General Manager Bacon,
TO discuss the question of giving more than
forty eight hours. under certain conditions,
for loading and unloading cars. A number
of shippers have asked that such action
might be taken, and many of the railroad
officials think there should be little lem
iency in the matter or at least the general
manager should be given authority to
lengthen the time when there was good rea-
son gwen for delaying the loading and un-
loading of cars A case as cited where an
Indianapolis establishment unl0aded ten
cars within twenty -four hours after they
were placed in position for unloading, but,
OWING TO some misunderstanding. one car
was over forty-eight hours where it could
have been unloaded. yet demurrage
charge was placed on the car. Some of the
freight-sgents take the position that when
a consignee IL usually prompt In unloading
cars. unloading most of them within q
twenty-four-nour limit in extraordinary
cases, where the consignes is slow about
unloading q Few cars, he should be favored
a little The question was discussed for
two hours, when the meeting adjourned
without taking any final action, It being
the sense of the meeting that the time had
not arrived when any leniency should be
shown TO coDsignees or shippers In the
matter of loading or unloading cars when
detained hey ond the forty-eight-hour limit
The Car-service Convention.
II. G. Sleight. of the Vandnlia. j. E.
Cavenaugh, of the Big Four. and w. A.
Wildhack. of the Lake Erie IL Western,
who were appointed the executive commit
tee of the International Car-service Asso-
citation TO arrange for holding it's annual
bar in Inn I'd
perfected the arrangements. 1t is Xpected
some three hundred delegates will be pres
ent. They Will stop at the Denison, and
will be here three days. 1t Unexpected that
freight lines here will tender the sssocia-
ton q banquet The day following the
meeting an excursion will be given to Ben
ton Harb0r. and then trip across thu lake.
interesting questions will be discussed and
suggestions prepared TO present to the rail-
way homogeneous which will greatly facll-
itate the movement OF cars.
Important Action by the Trunk Lines.
The sesboard grain committee. composed
OF the traffic managers of the trunk lines
interested IN the transportation of grain
from the eastern lake ports to the Atlantic
seaboard. has appointed Edward Amman
joint agent for the railroads. and the busl.
ness Is TO be prOrated between all the roads
according to percentages to be hereafter
fixed. His duty Is 10 make quotations of
all contracts from day to day. Over one
million bushels of grain have been con.
Iracted for recently by rail from Buffalo TO
New York. on the opening of navigation.
at cents for wheat, 534 cents for corn and
cents for oats by MIR. AMMAN. This action
of the trunk lines is thought to be very
favorable 10 the all-raIl lines from st.
Louis central Illinois and Indiana. as it
means better rates for grain than have been
IN vogue for some years past.
Worlds FAIR Rates.
meeting of the passenger agents of the
Central Traffic Association will be- held In
Chicago to-day. to take action on the ques-
tion of worlds fair rates from points with
in the Central Traffic territory The meet
ing will take mp the work at this point
where It was left oil by the presidents of
the Central Traffic lines Tuesday. This
means that they will begin at the begin
ming and 20 through the entire subject.
The question of worlds fair rates is the
absorbing TOPIC In railroad circles at
present, but nobody seems able TO get any
thing done.
Personal, Local and General Notes
The driveway between the platforms of
the new Big Four freight depots. which is
go feet long by fifty wide, is being paved
with brick.
~. "A. DaTnaru. general manager oil the
Peoria IL Eastern. who has been ont on the
line most OF the time the last ten days, re-
turned last evening.
Judge Field, solicitor of the Monon, who
las been QUITE i'll for some days, is i'm
lroving. and will be attending to his usual
duties in few days.
The Eureka divi sion Of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Firemen, Indianapolis, now
has 2l0 members and q handsome surplus
OF money In its treasury.
V. L. Nalott, chairman of the executive