The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-13
WAR ON GRAIN RATES
CHICAGO ROADS busy sLAsHING
THE EAsT-BoUND TARIFF.
Contracts Made Low as Ii Cents
Western Trunk Lines Committee
May BE a success After All.


The Decentralization in East-bound freight
rates at Chicago continues, and is growing
steadily worse. The rate of % cents be-
tween Chicago and New York was cut by
several Of the Eastern lines yesterday, and
the contracts were for small amounts of
business at that. One of the largest lots
taken went at cents under the agreed
tariff, and the others were scattered along
anywhere between Is and 20 cents 1t is
possible another meeting will be called be-
fore long and the regular programme of
agreeing to maintain rates will be gone
through
Railway Accidents of 1894.
A summary of the monthly reports of
railway accidents in this country, as pub
iished by the Railroad Gazette, shows that
in 1894 a total OF Az persons were killed;
$50 were employees, IS passengers and 1O4
trespassers; 1,343 persons were injured, in
Guiding s45 employees, 40 passengers and IS
respassers The Gazette says: "The rec
ord of 1894 is marked by only two accidents
killing large number of passengers. The
first was the rear collision at Hackensack,
N. J., in January, and the other was that
1T Lincoln, Neb., in August. The record
for 1894 is encouraging in the total number
of the list of notable disasters The year
1893 was remarkable for the most startling
series OF railroad accidents ever known
with the possible exception of 1880, and
9 comparison with that year might be mis-
leading; but with 1892 and previous years
the comparisons i show that the number ar1 of
than the number OF accidents; while IL we
eliminate from the record the other per-
rides Oh freight trains E we ind that the
total number killed In 1894 was only 56 per
cent OF the total in either 1893 or 1892"
Passenger Traffic Light.
Passenger business on both Eastern and
Western Chicago roads is at low tide just
now. It has not been so poor as now for
many q day. There is practically no bus
mess being done. and many of the. mana
gers are feeling downhearted over the out
look. For two years earnings have been
year, and now 1896 Is making a poorer
showing than Its predecessor. The thing
cannot keep up in this way much longer
wlunout putting one or two of the weaker
Zines into serious predicament.
Western Trunk Line Agreement.
Chairman Caldwell of the Western
Trunk Line Passenger Association, met the
Union Pacific, the Burlington and the Rock
Island officials at Omaha yesterday. and all
differences as to organization We're settled.
Caldwell and the Representatives Of these
Rio, Grande officials and complete the last
link IN the chain.
Personal, Local and General Notes.
George Kidd is to succeed j. c. Kidd as
auditor Of the Houston & Texas Central,
the latter having resigned.
The engineering department of the Gin
cinnau, Hamilton & Dayton mas prepared
plans for q $500 depot at Oxford.
The net earnings of the Chicago & North
western for 1894 were $9.00S,s34, against $780,
1881 in 1893 and 81 0O6,329 in 1892.
Judge Field, attorney of the L., N. A. &
G.. Is In the city looking after some legal
matters. the company is interested in.
The Knickerbocker express on Sunday
night carried fifty-four passengers from In
Tor points east Of Cleveland.
In the week ending Feb. there were
transferred over the Belt road 1850 cars,
and during the week Belt road engines
handled S02 carloads OF live stock.
Cfficiais and employees on the Norfolk &
Western are very uneasy over a report
that the receivers will make sharp reduc-
tons in expenses by reducing forces in all
departments.
The freight bureau at Charleston, S. c.
Is to be continued and John A. Smith has
been appointed its commissioner. The city
of Charleston contributes $500 per annum
TO keep the bureau In operation.
President Ingalls,, of the Big Four has
ordered fifty flat cars built at their shops
and one hundred side-dump construction
Brightwood and the Lindale shops.
On the list of next month f. L. Davis.
city ticket agent of the Pennsylvania and