The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-20

Judge NJ. Hall, the newly-eiected vice
Hartford. will receive salary of $4,000
year.
Oscar Murray. freight traffic manager of
the Big Four, returned yesterday from a
ten days stay in New York official
business.
The Big Four lines earned in the first
week In October S270.921, a decrease. as COM
pared with the corresponding week last year.
OF $40,466
The English stockholders of the Ohio &
Mississippi will hold a me ating in New York
city to-day, and new developments are
looked for.
Passenger men are very confident that
this fall and winter travel to California
will be heavy. and efforts will be made to
give the best of service.
1t is stated that on the old Bee line are
more men old in service than on any road
of equal mileage in this country. Especial
ly does this apply to the train service.
John Christensen, controller OF the finan-
cial department of the Vanderbilt lines east
Of Buffalo, is brother Of the rector of st.
Paurs Episcopal Church. Indianapolis.
NJ III. Tilford. in the new directory of the
Evansville & Terre Haute, represents the
Fisk large party of bondholderS whom he
induced to purchase such securities.
Samuel FELTON,, one OF the receivers of the
Kentucky and Indiana bridge. says tie ex-
penses OF the concern too large. He
thinks that saving or Sl5,OO0 year can
be effected with careful management.
NJ. f. ingalls,, president of the Chesa-
peake q Ohio has gone TO Clifton Forge
to help dedicate a building for the railroad
department of the Y. NJ. G. A., to which
he contributed quite handsome sum-
There are at the present time 27.OS2 miles
of railroad in the United States in the hands
of receivers, or equivalent TO 10 per cent of
the roads in this country. The bonded in
debtedness Of these roads is 1892, 000,0OG
Peoria & Eastern; =. e. Schaff. President
Ingallss general utility man, and William
GarstaDg, superintendent of motive power
of the Big Four, cave gene to Chicago.
Chairman Caldwell has decided that the
Missouri Pacific was entitled to relief from
the existing rates which make the fare from
Kansas City TO New York via St Louis
$l.5O higher than the rate between the same
points via Chicago.
The official classification committee will
meet in New York next week to revise clas-
sifications the new one to go into effect Jan;
agent of the Vandalia, is one OF the commit
tee, and Will be present
At the annual meeting of the members of
the c., c., c. & st. L. Mutual Benefit Asso-
citation, Albert S. White was elected presi-
dent and j. q. Van Wrinkle vice presi-
dent. President ingalls, sent the assocla-
ton $3.50 as his annual gift.
The Erie is handling an excursion
from New York which Is the largest ever
handled by any road. 1t started tram
sections tit Contained 2,52s people. Four of its
trains running toward Chicago yesterday
had total of twenty-five sections.
Train r. over the Louisville division of
the Pennsylvania lines, on Tuesday, beat
all former records, making the run from
the Belt road 10 the bridge at Jefferson
vile, no miles, in one hour and iiftyrt 1.-TWO
minutes This is the fastest run ever made
on q Western line for this distance.
After five years of continuous work the
Busk-IvanhOe tunnel was compl eted W edneS-
d aaye ds ae0ee on ten miles of
climbing. Ii is the Colorado Midland Kali
way Company's line The east end or 1.-the the
RADIO Springs. The cost Of the work was
s1,250,0O0
w. c. Rinearson, general passenger agent
of the Queen & Crescent. has hit upon
novel method of advertising his road as
Florida line Under the head of Then he
publishes the time table Of the Philadelphia,
Of 1881 tb and tune Tn
of the Florida express trains for the CON-
ing winter.
j. d. Laying, general manager Of the
West Shore road, and practically its pres
next week. taking in the worlds fair. 1t
Is said Mr.. Laying is one of the most in
dependent of the officials employed any
of the Vanderbilt lines; he does not even
have a president to dictate to him what
must be done
The Missouri Pacific has asked for re-
vision of the basing rate passenger
business to the seaboard via Indianapolis
and the Wabash. as the roads via Chicago
are selling tickets at $25, while the best
senger Association, $3.50, is the best rate
the Missouri Pacific can name, kansas
City to New York.
The Erie has broken over the barriers set
for the roads OF the Central Traffic AsSo-
citation and made it's coach excursion rate
good on all trains and in all cars. 1t has
also set the final return limit of its coach
excursion tickets at Nov. 10, instead of Nov.
o. as provided in the resolution authorizing
the coach excursions. The other lines will
be compelled to follow suit at once.
For some unexplained reason the Western
Passenger Association refused to allow the
roads east out Of Kansas City to use the
present five-dollar rate. Kansas City to
Chicago, and s. Kansas City to St Louis
as basing rates through Eastern traffic,
but compelS the roads TO sell tickets on
the old basing rate of S. to st. Louis and
$I.5O to Chicago, which is proving or great
advantage TO the scalperS.
The Western Passenger Association has de-
clared that the rate of $3.50 from Missouri
river points to Pacific coast common points
may be used as baSing rates from the ter
ritory east of the Missouri river, and the
regular round-trip basing rate between Chi
cage and the Missouri river may be used
Pacific coast. This affects only those lines
which take the regular all-year-round tran
sit rate of 800 from Chicago and . from
st. Louis to Pacific coast common points.
The freight men are becoming eager for
business. Yesterday z. w. Keyes, COM
mercial agent of the Chicago, Milwaukee &
agent OF the Louisville & Nashville J. L.
Hendrix, commercial agent of the Interna-
tional q Great Northern, and travelling
freight agents George w. Bemus, of the
Queen * Crescent, and II. j. Miles, of the
Egin, joliet & Eastern, were in the city,
and others are expected to-day. The
slight Improvement in business with In
dianapolis roads is drawing them here.
1t Is admitted on all sides that the rail-
ways are suffering in common with all
the great business interests of the country,
but there is some division in opinion saws
a large shipper, as to the cause therefor.
Some take the position that aside from
reconstructed currency laws, the only re-
lief will come through repeal OF the in
other class of equally weli-informed peo-
pie, who have had the benefit of years OF
experience, who argue that the difficulty
with the roads does not arise so much
from the interstate-commerce law itself
from its administration by those whose
practical knowledge of railroading is linz
tied
Mention was made, on the 1st of the
month, that the Haskell & Barker car
works at Michigan City. which usually
employ eight hundred men, but had been
shut down for some weeks, would resume
operations with $50 men. They did so. but
on Tuesday shut down again. and
idle, so difficult is il to secure contracts,
even at unusually low prices. The car
works and the locomotive works man.
ayers are of opinion that very dull times
are ahead for them, as, aside from worlds
fair travel, which will now soon end. traf-
fic, both freight and passenger, is so un-
promising as 10 make IL needless and I'M
wise for any of the roads to further in
crease their rolling stock.
With the adoption of the new winter sched-
ule. which becomes effective on the Big