The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-04-25
WESTERN ROADS WARNING
The Rio Grande and the Atchison Cut
ting Rates TO the Worlds Fair.
Earnings Of Indiana Lines and Connections
for the First Three Months of the Year
East Bound Shipments.

The statement made by President
E. T. jeffrey, of the Denver az Rio
Grande. that before long his CON-
pany will announce Q fortv-fve-dollar
rate between Chicago and Colorado
common points. was received with some
uneasiness by the passenger agents ct
Chicago. and the feeling is general there
that if the Denver a. Rio Grande attempts
any such rate 1t will be promptly ~squelched.
The rate announced by Mr. jeffrey is a re-
duction of about 10 per cent. from the
established fare. and as the Burlington and
the Rock Island are the hackers OF the
Denver & Rio Grande in the Western Pas
enger Association, any cuts In rates made
By the Denver * Rio Grande will be
promptly laid at their doors. The Atcnison
will, II the forty-five-dollar rate is made,
promptly make q reduction on the rate be-
tween Kansas City and Chicago. and then
there will be no stopping of the light The
Burlington and the Rock Island roads
doubt, they say, whether the Denver u
Rio Grsnde will do as It threatens. and it
probably Will not If they veto the PROPOSE
lion.
Chairman Caldwell, of the Western Pas
senger Association. has announced the
official rates of the association. They are,
rs previously announced; 80 per cent. OF
The double local rates. The majority of the
roads seem to think that the rates. as an
nounced. will not be molested. They GER
tainly will not. If the Denver IL Rio Grande
can be silenced.
A dispatch from Denver says: 1.-THE Santa
Fe has announced shat the round trip rate
from Colorado points to Chicago after to-
day will be $40 tlrst-cless passage. and to
SO. Louis Si1. Tickets are good until No
vember -. It was at first decided to put
these rates into effect on May l. and the
change has caused considerable excitement
among the Santa Fe's competitors"
Earning Exhibit.
Below is given the gross earnings of o
number of the most important roads in
this territory for the first three months of
1898. and the increase and decrease as
shown by official statements:
Chicago L Eastern Illinois, 81. O63, 7I2; In
crease. $3.50, 156.
Chicago & Erie-Increase, S20,39Z
Chesapeake & Ohio. $2,3s0,65 increase,
$117.1O2.
C., =, c. & st. L, So, 16s. o2s; decrease. $780,
Peoria q Eastern. 1885. 500; decrease. s45. 572.
Columbus & Hooking Valley, $soe.os7; in
crease, $l03,3i6.
EIgin. Joliet 4 Eastern. s234.027; increase.
Evansville & Indianapolis, $s7,l6s; increase,
e4,l4y.
Evansville &Terre Haute. s31o.31s; increase.
G1S.034.
Grand Rapids & Indiana. $40. 800; decrease,
Illinois Central. $4.616,1 1874; decrease. S25,527.
Indianapolis. Decatur L Western. $1l1,6Sl
Lake Erie 4 western. ss9s.s26; increase,
6S,647.
Louisville. Evansville & st. Louis, S473. sos;
increase, SlS5. 743.
Louisville. New Albany & Chicago. s707. 672;
Ohio 4 Mississippi. 81. os4, 966; increase. $685.
Ohio southern sIe7.4l2; increase, ses.ess..
Peoria. decatur az Evansville, $21s,9O2; IN
srease. S9.4l9.
Toledo. Peoria & Western. 1898, 244; decrease,
Toledo. st. Louis & Kansas City. S471 .3s1; de-
crease, S35.l29
Chicago & West Michigan. s437. 6ss; increase.
wabash. ss.2ls.s57: decrease, slsI,s5s.
East-Bound Shipments from Chicago.
East-bound shipments from Chicago last
week. except live stock. amounted to 63. 600
tons. against "a. sS4 tons for the preceding
week The shipments were divided as fol-
lows: Michigan Central. s.s1s: Wabash.
SslO; Lake shore. IL. l6s; Fort Wayne. 1882;
Panhandle. T,760: b. & o., S.65I: Grand
Trunk 5.s02; Nickel Plate. s;s7l; Chicago ~
Erie. 3.s6l; Big -Four. 2.25o. Shipments were
made mp OF the following articles: Flour,
4.47s; grain and mill stuffs. %. 107; provisions
and lard. 5,95s; dressed beef. Ia. l5S; fiaxseed,
2.2O5; lumber 1880; miscellaneous. 3.407.
The total amount of through of
flour. grain and provisions was SO. 1853 tons,
against 27.547 for the corresponding period
last year.
Personal. Local aud General Notes.
George Sipp. csr-service agent OF the
Chesapeake Ohio. has been In the city
for a couple of days visiting relatives.
The Lake Erie & Western earned in
the third week of May s63, 76l.5 "a. an in.
crease over the corresponding week OF 1892
of 6. iS4s4
ID. X. Folsom. general agent of the Ameri-
can Express Company at this point, will
to-day enter St. Vincent's Hospital TO un-
dergo a painful surgical operation.
The local committees at all prominent
points IN the Central Traffic Association
territory Will meet IN Chicago to-day. at
the Office of Commissioner Blanchard.
Ford Wood. OF the Big -Four; Colonel Gray,