The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-06-06

threat is that the c., NJ. & 81. p. hauls no
Pullman cars, furnishing its own sleeping
and parlor car equipment.
Jerome F. Wares. general manager of the
Burton Stock Car Company, and c. j. Eel
lows, general manager Of the Western Car
Association. were in the city yesterday on
official business.
The indianapolis, Logansport & Chicago
has its right-of-way now secured from Lo-
gansport to a point in close proximity TO
the old Landers penthouse, or to the COR
ner of Blake and Market streets.
The Nickel Plate management has issued
orders to the effect that any engineer who
does not bring his train to a dead stop be-
fore crossing the track of another road will
be dismissed from the company's service.
Frank l. Richardson, claim agent Of the
pennsylvania company, who was attacked
with heart failure on Friday last. and was
for a time seriously i'll, has improved so
much that he is able TO attend to business
again.
In their eagerness to get the business of
the National Education Society this month.
for Asbury Park, it is stated that some OF
the Western lines are violating the agree
ment under which the rate is offered in
the matter Of limit extensions.
Eastern lines are not disposed to give the
Grand Army people anything lower than
one fare for the round trip to Pitrsburg 20
their encampment. and there Is a good deal
or feeling over the matter, as the western
lines i~naugurated the one-cent-a-rnile rate.
George Bender, superintendent of the
Chicago division of the Big -Four, states
| tildI yesterday OH lHS 1DlCdSO ulNlSfOll
there were fifty through freight train crews
in service and ten local crews. This d-
vision is still hauling large quantities of
coal northward.
Charles Zell, who represents the passen-
ger department of the Queen * Crescent
in this territory, was in the city yesterday.
He says the men on the Queen & Crescent
know the troubles the road is laborfng un-
der, and he thinks there will be no strike,
despite the sensational reports sent out
from Cincinnati.
Tho Cinofpnati IJopoiIt0n e. noyfop mao
pie will spend considerable money in nit
ting up their new up town office in this
city. The Monon people, who will occupy
the ofnce with the C., h. d d., have begun
TO take some interest in the new move,
which will benefit the Monon fully as much
as the c., III. q d.
The Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton has
a contract to haul 5OO,0 900 tons of coal from
the river at Cincinnati to the Indianapolis
Artificial Gas Company but for the time
being has stopped hauling 1T, as the parties
who furnish the coal for the gas company
are now getting for their coal twice as
much as they get from the gas company
under their contract.
Frank Reed, general passenger agent of
the Monon, says he is finding 20 trouble in
keeping the passenger earnings of the Mo
non up to those of the corresponding period
of 1892, but against the worlds fair business
of 1893 il is a big task. However, the pas
senger earnings of the third week of May
were but 1851 below those Of the CORE
spending week of 1898.
The annual meeting Of the Western Indi-
ana road was held at Chicago yesterday,
and the old directors and officers were
The annual meeting of the Rock Island will
be held to-day and that Of the Chicago &
any sort in the directorv or officiols Of
either line is expected.
While the Big Four people think they
have enough coal on hand to supply their
| engines this month and July, William Cars
tang, superintendent of motive power, is
hitting up the engines on the Cairo and
the Michigan divisions to burn wood, as
quite a saving OF coal could be effected
We're the company to use wood on these two
divisions.
is willing, 1T is said, to let the Indianapolis,
Logansport & Chicago come in from North
Indianapolis over the Big Four tracks on
the most reasonable terms, and as the road
Will not be a competitor of the Big Four
their working in harmony might benefit
both The new road would intersect the
Big Four at or near North Indianapolis,
or use the Big Four tracks from Blake
street 10 the Union tracks.
Merle Middleton. representing the Pintsch
Lighting Gas Company, is in the city MAX
ing preparations TO erect a plant here. The
machinery. for the plant is now on the
way and he hopes to have it in operation
within sixty days. The Big Four has It's
dining cars. its parlor cars and it's private
cars fitted to be lighted with Pintsch gas,
and fifty coaches will be arranged for its
use. Some of the other roads are arrang-
ing 10 get their supply of gas at the In
dianapolis plant.
The suit of the old Colony road to collect
10 cents fare from a passenger who refused
10 pay his fare because he could not get a
seat, was last week decided by the Higher
Court of Massachusetts in favor of the
road. The chief reason why the passenger
lost his case was that he boarded the train
two minutes before it started, at once went
through the train, and therefore knew be-
fore 1t started that there were no vacant
seats. As he might have left the train, IL
was therefore held that in deciding to re-
main he elected TO ride standing.
Regarding the recent decision in the
United states Circuit Court, at Cincinnati,
against James Lemon, the court deciding
that he must pay the fine of $50 assessed
Tor contempt of court in refusing to haul
Ann Arbor cars In a Lake Shore train, and
he summarily leaving the employ of the
company, ii is stated that the executive
tive Engineers have been instructed to car
ry the matter to the Supreme Court, and
that the recent dicision was but a step
further toward the disposal Of the case.
The general passenger agents of the roads
in the Central Traffic Association are
guarding against the annual Generalization
Of passenger rates caused by the numerous
conventions by pooling the business wher-
ever practical. The usual reduced rates in
each case are so arranged that no harm
comes from pooling the business. Where
there are but two lines, as, for instance,
between Indianapolis & Terre Haute. the
Vandalia carries the business one way and
the St. Louis division of the Big. Four the
other way and each gets some profit out
of ii.