The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-01
STRONG LINES OBJECT
RATES FOR ENDEAvORERs AND
TEMPLARs NOT SATISFACTORY.
DfnerentfaI Roads Given Too Great
Advantage-Western Trunk Line
Il Meeting n FiaacO.

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Aftezthought is demonstrating that the
results Of the recent meeting of general pas
senger agents at Boston are not by any
means satisfactory to the strong lines. AT
the meeting the rate from Western points
to Boston for the Christian Endeavor So
cieties and the Knights Templars was fixed
at one fare for the round trip when the
same road was used in both directions, but
IF the party returned by another line the
rate would be 60 per cent. OF the regular
entail principle to- the weak lines was COM
Dlefely recognized on both one-way and
intance from Ghnapo tn Rost Micn wonId
make the rate by the strong or direct lines
$23. while the differential line would carry
the party at SO, and now it To predicted
that when the tickets are put on sale there
will be trouble, and such may result in
q passenger rate. war. The strong. roads
now claim that they were practically out
voted at the Boston meeting by the differ
entail lines, which outnufHhered in represen-
made it an easy thing to pass a resolution
nxIng the rates az one fare for the round
TIP a and the usual drsntia ais
larger Fer cent. of the business is now
predicted. General Passenger Agent DAILY,
the meeting, says the differentiaI lines had
at least eight representatives to one of the
strong lines.
BOycOttera Restrained.
King & Spalding. representing the Sea-
board AIRLINE Railroad Company, applied
TO Judge Lumpkin, of the Superior Court of
Fulton county, Georgia, for a temporary in
junction restraining the Nashville, Chatta-
nooga & st. Louis railway from taking
part in the boycott Instituted by the South
ern Railway & Steamship Association
against the seaboard. After retaining the
papers for twelve hours Judge Lumpkin
granted the Injunction, which WILL until fin
of the Southern Railway & Steamship Asso-
ciatlon, since II gives the Seaboard an out
to prove the most serious injury to the boy
cotted line. The boycott goes into effect to-
day. The Seaboard, according. to all express
fight the boycott. The ground for seeking
the Injunction against the Nashville, Chat
tanooga & st. Louis is the violation of
contract between the road and the Seaboard.
which reaches Atlanta over the North Caro-
lima & st. Louis leased line and the West
ern & Atlantic, and the further ground that
there is a clause In the Western e Atlantic
Lease which makes the boycott Illegal
The NJ. r. Not Represented.
The general meeting OF the Western
Trunk-line Passenger Association has adj
5ourned subject to the call of Chairman
Caldwell. When the meeting convened at
Chicago, yesterday, no word had been re-
ceived from the Missouri Pacific and no
representative of that line was present.
The Wabash announced that it had only
signed the committee agreement with the
understanding that the Missouri Pacific was
to become member, and that If 1T was not
to come into the fold the Wabash would
be compelled to remain on the outside.
etructing Chairman Caldwell tc again send
word to General Passenger Agent Town
him. him to announce When it viii be convenienf
FOR him to go to Chicago for the purpose
Of attending the. meeting of the committee.
will be in Chicago by Saturday, Chairman
Caldwell will issue call for a meeting
not be represented here on Saturday the
matter will be put off for longer period.
VIII Act independently.
The Chicago Great Western has served
notice on Chairman Caldwen tnat it is not
a party to and will in no way be bound by
any of the rates which will be shown in
the forthcoming st. Minneapolis rate
sheet The Great Western some time ago
withdrew from the ST. Paul-Minneapolis
Rate Association on account of a dispute in
regard to rates in which the chairman ruled
that the Great Western had taken the
rect position. 1t was later. invited to a
representative was instructed to meet the
other fines half way. in making whatever
rates were desired. 1t was informed that If
1t wished to become O. member OF the as
ISOLATION 1t must abandon its stand on the
matter which had occasioned it's with
drawal. This the Great Western refused
TO do and prompsly informed Chairman
Caldwell that 1t would remain an independ-
emit line.
No Receiver for the M. p.
Regarding a rumor which had received
come publicity, that there is likelihood of
the Missouri Pacific road being placed in
the hands of a receiver, George J. Gould
said yesterday: 1.-THE story is without foun-
1Ixy
more TRUE to-day than 1t was last year"
The board of directors of the Missouri Pac-
fic Railroad Company have under considera-
of the corporation. The plan is to issue
$13,000,000 of per cent. ten-year collateral
trust bonds, which. after providing for the
funding Of the floating debt, will leave a
substantial surplus.
Receiver for the C.. U. & c.
Judge Vaughn, of Bluffton, yesterday
granted receiver for the c.. u. g. c. rail-
way on the application of Henry Harness,
of Chicago, a large creditor of the road.
Some bridges We're built and seventeen
miles of grade finished last summer, but
none of 1t was ironed.
PERSONAL, Local and General Notes.
III. Moore general utility man OF the Chi
cago e. Southeastern, is i'll with grip.
r. NJ. Allen to-day assumes the duties of
assistant general passenger agent of the
Louisville. Evansville & st. Louis.
w. \. arp, Formerly master mechanic OF
the Panhandle lines at this point, now at
the Dennison shops, is In the city visiting
friends
The management Of the. Chicago. Buriing-
ton & Quincy claims to have operated the
system on 81 per cent. of the gross earn
dngs in 1894.
George p. Stats. private secretary of NJ
w. Mansfield superintendent of the indian
apolis & Vncennes. is so Ill as to confine
him at home.
The six-year-old son of Albert Miller,