The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-06-08
DEMAND AM THREAT
THE ATCHIsOS WANTS TO KNOW
ABOUT EXCURSION RATES.
Ii VIII Make Trouble If Other West
ern Lines Do Not Keep the Agree
ment-Southyvesfern Rates.

Trouble is coming again upon the West
ern Passenger Association, and the chances
are that it will have a large amount of it
this time. The Atchison has made a d.
mand upon the lines which it suspects Of
violating the excursion agreement. to at
once inform IL whether thsy propose 10
abide by the agreement or not, and, If so,
when they will begin 10 observe IL I'm
once to the Atchison il viii give notice OF
withdrawal from the excursion agreement
" meg Reg1n wb bH5an @ere m oiussst eIT to give aa
account of themselves are the burlington,
the Alton and the Union Pacific. The no
uce Of the Atchison msans sub
stantially that the entire excursion agree
ment of the association will be thrown
cursion business will result, with a who e.
sale decentralization Of rates as the re-
most to Keep the trouble from becoming
serious, but there is small chance OF his
success. as several OF the roads have made
contracts in direct violation of the agree
them go.
Harmonize Their Dfnerences.
The rate war which has been in progress
for months between the Southwestern lines
has been harmonized, which will go a long
way, say freight officials, in restoring rates
west of the Central Traffic Association
lines to a paying basis, even affecting the
transcontinental lines. The Southwestern
Traffic Association gave final consideration
yesterday TO the question Of rates on grain
and grain products and the reconsignment
at Missouri river points, establishing the
following rates to Texas points. Flour, 40
TO 40 cents per 100 pounds; wheat. 80 to 40
81 cents per 100 pounds. 1t was further pro-
yided that the rate of 40 cents on flour, of
80 cents on wheat and % cents on corn
and oats may be applied from Denver and
intermediate points on >\rect lines in Col
orado and Kansas to points In Texas on
Rock Island & Texas and the Gulf, Col
orado & Santa Fe main line. Fort Worth
and north of that point: 1t was agreed
and oats, with class e. as a minimum
Reconsignments at the Missouri river are
to be under the inspection of a joint agent,
who will report directly to the chairman OF
the association The rates on packing
house products to Houston. Galveston and
Texas common points in effect May 1 were
confirmed and made the rates of the aSSo-
citation
Watched with Interest.
Said a prominent railway official: 'The
effect OF the economies the railway com-
panies are now practicing is being watched
with more than ordinary interest, especially
BY investors, who nave insisted that the
railways Of this country were being run
on an extravagant scale as compared with
roads OF other countries. General managers
H[Ne 1OuAQ Lldl lCkc has UGH d EIC1l
deal Of e-xtravagance in employment of
useless labor and in other expenditures.
The dull business has helped managers to
see where a curtailment Of expenses can
be effected without detriment to the prop
critics, and present economies are to
be enforced for some years TO come, or at
least until the earnings justify more expen-
sive outlay. j do not look for much inn
provement in the next few weeks. but the
crop outlook is certainly fair, and business
with the moving of these crops will nat
urally improve. I am not disposed to take
q cheerless view OF the situation, and. in
fact, If railroad managers would put e
little brighter tinge on their general view
Of the situation it would do much to inn
prove the feeling"
Consolidation Perfected.
Articles of consolidation were filed yes
terday in Springfield, ILL.,, and will be filed
in this State to-day. consolidating the Chi
cage & Eastern Illinois and the Chicago &
Indiana Coal roads. under the title of the
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad Com
pany, the principal office TO be at Chicago.
The consolidated lines are capitalized at
So.WO.0V. The two roads have been oper,
ated as one for some months, but not until
the annual meeting of the stockholders
was the consolidation plan perfected. This
last action will enable the Chicago e East
ern Illinois management to considerably
curtail expenses of operating the Chicago
& Indiana Coal road.
Personal, Local and General Notes.
George w. Morrison has been appointed
special agent of the Peoria & Eastern,
succeeding b. H. Je%ffries, resigned.
c. B. Strohm has been appointed assistant
superintendent of the Chicago division Of
the Santa Fe. vice j. E. Burnley, trans
ferred.
The citizens of Wabash are much dis
turbed over the matter that the Wabash
railway mana cement has decided to discon-
6nue its night telegraph office at that point
Next Sunday there will be a band tourna-
ment at Rochester, Ind, in which seven
teen bands will take part. The Lake Erie
& Western Will run excursion trains from
several points to the entertainment.
The Big Four on Wednesday night got
on its Boston sleeping car out of st. Louis,
hauling Il on Train 10, which on the first
night left with sixty-nine passengers IN the
New York and Boston sleeping coaches.
Vile. New Albany 81 Chicago, tells the
friends of the property In Boston that the
company has no consolidation or alliance
with any other road under contemplation.
In May there were handled on the Big
Four system 497, 422 passengers. against $751;
ESQ in May, 1898. a decrease this year of
e3.S64. This decrease was largely in Chi
heavy.
ID. G.. Edwards, general passenger agent
OF the Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton lines,
plans for the new ticket office at Wash
ington and Meridian The Office will be oc-
cupied June T.
A cabiegram on Wednesday evening an
4LJunCC4 Tic Sdl III W. u. a
president of the Big Four, and William
Green, general manager of the Cincinnati,
Hamilton & Dayton. at Liverpool, after a
pleasant voyage.
A Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul locomo-
tive. on Tuesday last, hauled thirteen
coaches, including several sleeping cars,
from Chicago TO Milwaukee, in two hours,
which is considered a remarkable run with
so heavy a train.
The management of the indianapolis, De-
catur & Western is already spending money
In putting its passenger equipment in good
condition. and some of it's trains begin
to look like those OF the days of the roads
greatest prosperity.
The American Ticket Brokers Associa-
ton has offered William B.. Shattuc, for
meriy general passenger agent OF the Ohio
q Mississippi, a handsome sum of money to
go 10 Washington and look after their in
terests with the congressman.
In preventing accidents on the Vandalia
and the Evansville & Terre Haute the To-
connective electric headlights have proved
very efficient the last few nights, and
Inverted several plans which the striking
miners had laid TO wreck trains.
1t is stated that George w. Parker, presi-
dent OF the St. Louis, Alton * Terre Haute,
who has been in railroad service thirty-two
years, has decided 10 accept the. recent
offer Of the directory of a six months
leave OF absence for a wel-earned rest
George Bender, superintendent of the Chi
cago division OF the Big Four. says that
division has been moving for fourteen con-
~Becutive days the largest tonnage in its
history, several days exceeding 1.4J0 cars.
One thousand cars a day is considered good