The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-17

Indianapolis and Cleveland each evening at
Z O'Clock, and arriving at Cleveland ana In
dianapOliS at Z a. m.
Superintendent PIERCE, OF the National
Electric Locomotive Headlight Company,
yesterday received a letter from Il. ono
Sonezake, OF Osaka, Japan. skiing the price
and on what terms they could be shipped
to Japan.
The passenger department Of the Big
-Four has arranged for running a theat-
rical excursion train from Cambridge City
and points south Of there TO Cincinnati on
Wa~shington's birthday, the train returning
from Cincinnati at 1:30 =. m, and running
through TO Cambridge City.
On the Santa Fee lines the last week OF
January. the gross earnings showed a de-
crease Of SIS, 800, and this month are fall
corresponding weeks of 1888. Competitors
say the falling of is due TO the fact that
the receivers will not allow the company
70 pay rebates and commissions to secure
business.
The Pennsylvania and the Cincinnati.
Hamilton a Dayton, which for Some time
past have been doing but little export bust
ness In grain from this territory, are now
doing so much that IL has caused suspicion
on the part of competing lines that the two
lines first named are doing some shading of
rates, and the matter is being closely in
vestigated.
During January the Cincinnati, Hamilton
& Dayton and the Monon served passengers
on their trains in the dining cars on either
the American or European plan, and 90
per cent. more people were served at an
average cost Of 621k cents per meal; instead
OF 81. General Passenger Agents Reed and
edwards take this as evidence that the
change is a popular one.
In speaking of the elegant hand bills and
posters some of the roads are now putting
out. an artist said yesterday that such lith-
ographs as are now seen at the head of
such posters would, ten years ago, nave
been considered elegant pictures to frame
and place in perlors.. One just issued by
the Chicago 81 Alton is an unusually we'll
finished artistic production.
1t is now believed that the roads out Of
Chicago doing ar -eaSt-bOund business will
pool their freight traffic. They say il is
not a pool. but simply a division of traf-
fc by agreement, everything relating TO
money settlements having been eliminated,
and balances TO be evened up by division
OF freight. The managers are cOnrcent
there is nothing in the proposed agreement
which In the least conflicts with the spirit
OF the interstate-comTnerce act.
The bitter feeling between the old Rail-
way Brott erhoOd and the new American
Railway Union is on the increase. Grand
Chief Arthur, of the brotherhood of Loco
motive Engineers, Is said TO have sent a no.
tice to the members of tbs, brotherhood in
the local union OF the American Railway
Union would forfeit his memb srship with
the Locomotive brotherhood. Grand Chief
Arthur can hardly be blamed for such ac-
ton, so abusive has the organ of the Amer
lean Railway Union been OF him.
William Green, general manager of the
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton, was unable
to stop over here on mis- return from Chica-
go Thursday, but will be in the city in the
early part of next week, hoping to advance
matters as regards connection with the via
duct so that the tearing down Of the par
tally burned depot may be commenced at
once, and that as soon as the weather is
suitable excavations for the new founda-
ton may be begun, which would give work
to a large number of men and to manufac-
turerS of iron structural work, of which
there will be a large amount
The passenger earnings Of the Chicago &
Alton in 1893 were $5i9.5T7 in excess of 1892,
notwithstanding the fact that 95,34i fewer
local passengers were handled in 1893 than
in 1892. the increase being made up in the
lOnSer-distance travellers ca account of the
worlds fair. The Michigan Central is ar
other road whose experience with travel
for the worlds fair was striking. In 1893
the road carried during the six months Of
the fair 1855. coo passengers; in the cor
responding six months of 1892 the road
handled 1,9TS,IO passengers, but the aver
age journey i'm miles In 1893 was 107 against
an average of SiXty-One miles in 1892; the
average passenger fare In 1893, 81. 10; in
1892, Sl2S. In both cases the increased earn
ingS were made up by the greater passen-
ger mileage and really better rates, as on
the Michigan Central the average rate per
mile in 1898 was 2.03S cents, against 2.10i
cents in 1899.