The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-07-24
SALEOF b. p. TICKETS
NORTHWESTERN AND ROCK ISLAND
MIXED UP IN THE NATTER.
Each Road Charges the Other with
Having Made Unauthorized Rates
to the Recent Convention.

to the Baptist Young Peoples Convention.
The Rock Island claimed the Northwestern
had sold the tickets on unauthorized rates,
and the Northwestern retorted with
charge that the Rock Island had sold the
same tickets at unauthorized rates. This,
the Rock Island denies, and has preferred
charges before the chairman of the West
ern Passenger Association of malicious
persecution against the Northwestern, and
there the matter rests for the present. Chair
man Caldwell, of the Western Passenger
Association. has gone to st. Louis to hear
the cases between the Alton and Missouri
Pacific. Each some months ago brought
charges against the other of cutting the
rates on passenger excursion business
Chicago Shipments Increasing.
East-bound shipments from Chicago last
week amounted to 29,146 tons against 4,142
for the preceding week, and 1859 for the
corresponding week OF last year. The roads
carried tonnage as follows: Michigan Cen
tral, S,9i5; Wabash, GA; Lake Shore, 52i2;
Fort Wayne. 4.27; Panhandle, eg74; Balti-
more & Ohio 1,619 Grand Trunk, 1859;
Nickel Plate, 2,1S2; Erie, 2,2S4; Big Four,
40. Shipments were made of the following
articles in TONS Flour, As; grain and mill
StunS, 5,2u9; provisions lard, ere, 12,lB;
dressed beef, S,119; butter, 2, lO6: hides, 1,199
lumber, 2,160; miscellaneous, 1852.
Personal. Local and General Notes.
Superintendent Darlington, of the Pan
handle, has gone to Pittsburg on business.
II. G.. Clark has been appointed general
superintendent of the Kansas Pacific North
western.
During the past week Belt road engines
delivered at the stock yards GAG carloads
of live stock
There is still no whisper as to the prob
able successor Of General Freight Agent
White. of the Big Four
c.. A. Barnard has been appointed as
sistant general freight agent OF the Cleye-
headquarters at Cleveland.
The. Big Four shops at all points are
steadily increasing their working force,
and the superintendent of motive power
full summer average soon.
The most of the roads report a very
satisfactory increase in freight traffic. The
Vincennes road is handling a good amount
OF grain coal and stone, and probably
roads in the way of local business.
Travel to the East and TO the northern
summer resorts continues fairly good,
though not up TO the mark of a few years
has robbed many family of the summer
tains. or in the East with relatives
During the past week the Belt road
handled 2794 cars Qoaded and empty I'm
local traffic. while 90l6 cars of through
freight passed over its line. This is an
increase in through traffic of 2,127 cars
and a falling on in local of 2S0. During
the same time the Belt delivered 49, cars
on private switches.
From Jan. L to July l, 1894, twenty-three
railway companies went into receiVershipS
These roads represent 1855 miles of line
and bonded debt and capital stock of
500 10000. This makes total of ninety
seven railways, aggregating $1,000 miles Of
line, and bonded and stocked for more than
$500. O0OOO0. that have gone into the hands
or the courts in eighteen months. The
courts now operate a total of 152 railways.
The report to the Weighing and inspec-
ton bureau of operations for the month
OF June shows the following gains at the
various points:
Louisville A259. so
NlncenneS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 3Sl. Il
huIdhdp DIlS ''''.'''......''....'..... oVd..oi
Iefre haute.- .............-..-......... 2,oJ5.u6
E<NdnSNuue 430. ~
Total .S17 993. so
A gentleman connected with the city
ticket Office of the Big -Four saws IL is a
who go out of the city for a couple OF
weeks or more vacation are in the habit
He says that his company is accustomed
10 ticket as many as twenty-five or fifty
Indianapolis people 10 one resort within a
week. and after the lapse of few weeks
send as many more. perhaps. 10 the same
resort.
new pOsition-that of Improvement
agent'-has been created on the West Vir-
ginia Central * Pittsburg road and W. G..
Russell has been appointed TO Till it. Mr..
concerning the natural resources of the
country along the line OF the road. secure
the cooperation of capital and labor for
their development and act generally for
the good of the road and the contiguous
country.
Concerning the matter OF the alleged
overstated income of the AtchisOn. Topeka
* Santa Fe, Robert Fleming, a member OF
the London committee OF the AtchiSon
bOndholders. said: Mr. Little's report is
not quite finished. but he states that the
net earnings OF the Atchison system for
the year ending June, 1894, on which the
provide for the fixed charges OF the new
company. proposed under the plan, if
the auxiliary cOmpanies-the st. Louis Il
San Francisco. the Colorado Midland and
the Atlantic x Pacific-are left for separate
treatment.
John q. Egan. assistant general solicitor
OF the Santa Fe road, has been interviewed
at Chicago concerning the statement cred
tied TO officers of the road that two sets
OF books We're kept by the ccmpany-One
I'm the East and the other in the West
and said ne did not believe that such was
the case. He says ne was never more as
together with the statement accredited tC
Secretary Herman KObbe. OF the reorgani-
cation committee, 10 the effect that in his
opinion the income OF the company between
July. 1889. the date Of, the last reorganza-
ton. and December. 1893. had been over
stated by at least S7.000,09o. But while eX-
pressing establishment and disbelief Mr.
Egan admits that a majority OF the
higher officials are located in the East
they might keep dozen sets or books