The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-12

secured on reasonable terms and the work
done. The line now Is operated at a great
disadvantage. A line was once surveyed
but abandoned on account OF the company's
financial condition at that time.
There were a dozen or more large ship
pers of hay gratified 10 read in the journal
of Saturday that the roads had decided TO
put hay back in siXth-clasS freight, reduc-
ing the rate TO the former basis. Said one
of the largest shippers: "Th branch or
traffic viii now greatly improve, as there
are large quantities Of hay 10 ship IN ter
ritory tributary to Indianapolis lines"
A passenger conductor on the P~ittsburg.
Fort Wayne & Chicago last week took up
a ticket which was over twenty-one years
old from the time OF its sale to presenta-
ton. How it dropped out Of sight so long
a time the holder was unable TO tell. The
ticket bore the signature Of w. p. Shinn,
general ticket and passenger agent at that
time. and called for transportation from
Pittsburg to Robinson, o.
The Pennsylvania relief department east
OF Pittsburg last year paid benefits to its
members on ass deaths and 22,S43 disable
ment cases. on the lines east Of Pittsburg
the membership number 32.S21, increasing
in 1893 1.Is7 members. The receipts in 1888
amounted TO $4,000, the disbursements TO
$4,000 The deficit is met out of the re-
serve of $%9L53Z77. Since the organization
begun its operations IL has disbursed In
benefits and expenses IS. 459,346.
1t is quite evident that the Cincinnati,
Hamilton d Dayton viii suffer in its
through business by the Vandalia passing
more under the control OF the Pennsylvania
Company, Naturally, traffic which the
q ID. will go 10 the Pennsylvania lines.
and there seems to be only one thing left
for the c., n. & ID. to do-that is. to con-
solidate its interests with the Louisville, New
Albany K Chicago or get control of the
Indianapolis, Decatur & Western and build
to some important Western railroad CEN
ter. The C., II. & D." says an old rail-
road man. has got to the place where it
must move in one of these directions or get
hemmed in"
the Chesapeake & Ohio. is very proud of
the train record of January. No. 1. from
Washington, arrived at Cincinnati twenty
nine days on time, and the other two days
thirty-one days on time, and each day
reached the station at Washington on time:
No. g, the f. +. V. train, thirty. days of
the month reached Cincinnati on time. IN
seven occasions making up the leaving of
Washington an hour late, waiting on con-
n~ections. Going East. the F. F. V. train
reached Washington twenty-seven times on
its schedule, and was four times late on
account OF waiting for connections at west
ern terminals.
The railroad career Of d. ]. Mackey was
so prominent for years in both railway and
financial circles that the following, from
the Terre Haute Gazette. will be read with
S %ho h interest," adm h9d his Mith en rsgEe' an DS s snSae
fees in the last few years to keep the
properties clear of receivers. The Gazette
says that David ]. Mackey, the once
millionaire capitalist and great railroad
n~agnate. is bankrupt: A good many think
he has lost nearly all, yet has transferred
much Of his realty to avoid the numerous
Judgments that are being rendered against
him. Considerable of his Evansville prop
erty is advertised at sheriff's sale. The
property in question has been found to
have been mortgaged for $250,OO0, and part
Of it had been sold to F. w. Cook before
the sheriff gave notice of sale. Nearly ev-
cry piece Of property owned by Mackey in
sold to Cook for 81. Though sherif's sales
of property of Mackey are advertised in
various partS of Indiana and Kentucky, it
is said he is execution proof and it
cannot be found that Mackey has a dollar
left"
The Lake Erie e. Western is following
close after other roads in the matter of
retrenchment. The Peru Republican says:
1.-The employees of the l.. T.. & w. shops at
Peru, who have been subjected to several
cuts in wages and in the working force,
were again notified that those men still at
to work twenty hours in the week and the
other half the other twenty hours. This
is the fifth cut in the number of working
hours which has been made since November.
The first cut was that the men should only
work eight hours per day. The next or
der came q short time afterwards to the
effect that the men should be divided into
two crews. working alternately. one gang
TO work the first three days of1the week
and the other the remaining three days.
Then came the order that the shops would
only run five days in the week. Saturday
not being considered as a working day.
The next move taken for reducing expenses
was TO lay off men from duty. Saturday
an order which only allows each employee
to work on an average of two and a half
days per week is taken by the company as
n last resort to reduce their expenses, unless
it be that they close the shops entirely