The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-06-20
WORLDS FAIR EXCURSIONS
Lower Rates TO Organizations Causing
a Big Rush Towards Chicago.
Ten Heavily Loaded Trains Sent Northward
from the Indianapolis Station Yesterday
in One HOur-A Profitable Bureau.

Yesterday was red letter day with the
Chicago lines. Between IL IN. and IL
o'clock noon ten trains left the Union
Station for Chicago. hauling from eight TO
ten coach loads of people each. Train ],
over the Big Four, was run In two sections.
Train II In four sections, ana Train 30 over
the Monon, was run in four sections. eight
cars TO q section. and during the same hour
the Pennsy lYania sent out one heavy train
for Chicago. Indianapolis did it's full share
in loading the trains The daily rush of pas
senRers at the Union Depot train sheds re-
minds one of State fair times. and passen-
ger men say that this is but the beginning,
ssmaDy organizations are beginning to con-
tract for trains. L. o. Mccormick. general
passenger agent OF the Cincinnati. Hamilton
81 Dsyton has already over seven thousand
people under contract to carry TO Chicago
in the next two weeks, and the Big Four
and Pennsylvania lines are also looking
after this business. In that connection. it
10 proper to state that these ORGANIZATIONS
and their friends are being carried at S1.oO,
round trip. from Cincinnati to Chicago.
while the reg dlar rate Is Sl2 for the round
trIp. This remark Is dropped that organl-
cations in Indianapolis may be on the alert
mated against. Neither OF the Chicago
lines. it is stated, is shading rates on the
regular travel. but to organizations and
their immediate friends lower rate Is
given. To keep peace In the family. organ
izations. W hicb, for instance, 20 north over
the Big Four can return II they wish, via
the Monon, or vice versa, and this Is true
In connection with the PenDsylvenla
from this il is seen that the roads are act
Ing tremendously IN the reduced rate 10
organizations. consequently no general de-
morslIZatiOn of rates Is probable.
IL Is very probable that the lines In the
Central Association will shortly extend
their time limits OF the worlds fair eX-
cursion trains The time. as 1T now stands.
10 four days. including the day on wbIch
the ticket Is purchased. so many strong
objections have been made 30 the limit that
many of the general passenger agents are
strongly In favor of exempting the day
upon which the ticket is purchased, thus
making the time five days. The matter
will come up for early consideration. The
decision of the federal Court of Appeals
opening the fair on Sunday has given q de-
cided impetus to the excursion business
and sO-ao of the roads are already pushed
for cars TO supply the demand. BY the end
of this week lt Is expected by several of
the Eastern roads that they will be over
whelmed with demands for Sunday ex-
pursion trains. and the requests are already
coming in at the rate which justities the
belief.
East-Bound Shipments from Chicago.
The total east-bound shipments from
Chicago, except live stock. amounted TO
5000 tons last week, against 81, CAT tons for
the preceding week, and 90, 122 for the cor
responding week last year. The roads car
ried tonnage as follows Michigan Gen.
trail, 1861: Wabash. S,773, Lake Shore, H.
1O1; Fort Wayne. s.308; Panhandle. 6.SS5;
Baltimore IL Ohio. SSH: Chicago * Grand
Trunk, g 3S7; Nickel Plate. 5, 29S; Chicago *
Erie, 2.245; Big Four. $3.50. The shipments
were made up of the following articles:
Flour 1.7S3; grain and mill stuifs, "a. las:
provisions. lard, etc, $3.50; dressed beef,
lO.6S3; flax seed, AGA; butter. 2.O25, hides.
2.O76; lumber. 6.479; miscellaneous. 657.
Lake shipments last week amounted to 3D.
Ash tons. against 104. $50 for the previous
week.
A Bureau Which Ia Profitable TO the Roads.
Below Is given the report of the gains
made in revenue at the four stations COM
prIsing the Indianapolis district OF the
Joint-rate Inspection Bureau for the month
of May:
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. from weighing carload
freight. S7,7l949; from platform freight l.
: 10; from classification changes and rate
inspection, 1905 30; total, Sc, 74s.09.
Terre Haute-Gains from weighing carload
freight. S3,436. 10: from platform freight.
S3s5.94; from classification changes and rate III
speetion, S441.3l; total. "a, 265. Il.
Evansville Gains from weighing carload
freight, $2.921.79; from platform freight
gS49.43 from classification changes and rate In
specJion. 81 sol 81; total. 50, 273.O6.
Vincennes-Gains from weighing carload
freight, $I03. 76: from weighing platform freight
S251.44: total $655.20. Total for four stations,
S19.939.79.