The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-10
MUST DO WITHOUT IT
SOUTHERN RAILWAY WILL NOT GET
THE QUEEN & CRESCENT.
The c., II. e. ID. People Know Good
Thing When They See It-Inter-
state Commefce Decision.

Queen 81 Crescent road. writes: II have
just read an item which appeared in the
Journal, quoting an interview with Samuel
Spencer, president of the Southern railway,
the item closing with the remark that
there was little doubt that the Southern
railway will ultimately get control of the
Queen & Crescent, but will have to pay
the Woodford syndicate a large bonus
There is not only a doubt, but a very
large one, about the Southern railway ever
getting the @. & c., in fact, they are
not going to get it. The Cincinnati, Ham
ilton e. Dayton people did not buy this
property for the purpose of trading in it
with the Southern railway people. The
syndicate are railroad operators, not brok-
ers, and / imagine an impression exists
in the minds of great many people that
the Southern railway, Drexel, Morgan
& Co., is firm of vast resources and
wealth. is the basis of the idea that they
will ultimately get the road. This theory
is altogether wrong. In the first place, if
it came to a question of command of ready
money. between the firm of J. p. Morgan
& Co. and the. people who represent the
ownership Of the Cincinnati. Hamilton &
Layton l., the latter can raise more money
IN week than they can The c., H. g.
y wants. this property for the purpose
OF protecting the values of the Cincinnati,
Hamilton q Dayton and keeping it from
being fenced in at Cincinnati. The other
side own property which parallels the Ala
and touches every commercial point on the
line or that road and also parallels, nearly.
i ine Gin Gin Southern railway By look
nectlon with the l.. & N. road via Jellico,
they have a line to Chattanooga, which
IS only hfty-three miles longer than the
Cincinnati Southern. Taking these facts into
consideration it will readily occur that
critics IS more to prevent sne aee pfI se
from IRON having them than from any actual
Of way In other words, the whole PROPOSE
ton on the part of the c., H. & D. is
to ADD value, but their scheme for float
Company is to destroy the possibility of
direct competition. Taking the acquisition
of these properties merely as protective
measure necessarily makes the value to
them less than it would be to parties who
wish to operate the properties legitimately.
Meantime, the Journal should refrain from
swelling the general howl, by those who
are totally ignorant of the circumstances,
and is going to get the q. & G. From ron the na
piratical effort which. they. made. recently
to have special legislation enacted in Ala
bama one can see that they are not as
confident they will get the property
May Meet the Seaboard's Rates.
The Interstate-commerce Commission has
granted the recent request of the Southern
Railway Company that, in order to meet
the cut in rates made by the Seaboard Air
line, 1T be authorized to charge less for a
long than short haul of passengers The
order of the commissioners was as follows:
1T is ordered that the prayer of said pc
tition and the same is hereby granted and
said Southern Railway Company is hereby
authorized to charge less for the Transport
tation of passengers for longer than for
shorter distances over the same line in the
same direction, the shorter being included
within Ia ST hut tl,o
extent and upon the conditions following:
"First-Such high rates for shorter dis
tances shall not in any case exceed the
lower rates for longer distances by more
"Second-Such lower rates for long dis
tances shall not in any case be less than
those previously published by the Seaboard
Airline OF competing carriers between the
same points.
"Third-such lower rates for longer dis
tances shall not in any case be less than
the cost of the service rendered.
This order is hereby declared to be tenn
porary and provisional, pending further in
vestigation by the commission and the
same may be modified or revoked at any
time tins. and with or without notice. in the
discretion of the commission
In explanation of the order the commits
sion made the following statement in SUBJ
1895, the first-class passenger rate between
ATLANTA and New York was $24. by all the
seahoard Airline published a tariff putting
into effect rates between Atlanta and New
York city as follows: Via Portsmouth and
the Old Dominion steamship lines, $14; via
Portsmouth, Cape Charles and Dellnar. $14;
via Portsmouth and Baltimore, $14, and via
Weldon and Quantico, $3.50; that while
such rates apply north bound, the $14 rate
south-bound applies only to the Old Do
nlinon steamship line to Portsmouth, the
route through Baltimore and the Bay line
of steamers to Portsmouth. by way of
Qgantco., Delnar and Cape Charles. being
SIG, and by way of Quantico and Weldon,
1910. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
has not reduced its rates between New. York
and any of the Southern points named, and
and from intermediate points wherever nee
essary, SO to conform to the rule of the
fourth section of the act to regulate COM
duced rates so published by the Seaboard
Airline and it's connections, other than the
PENNSYLVANIA system, apply over part rail
and part water routes, except the route via
Quantico, and are SO much below the reas-
enable rates which can lawfully be charged
for the service rendered to afford an in
sufficient and inadequate basis for the adj
justment of relative rates over the all-rail
routes of the Southern. Railway Company,
and that sufficient grounds appear for
granting relief to some extent from the
operation of the court and section to regu-
late commerce
Excellent Counsel Appreciated.
But few If any chiefs of the labor or
CARNATIONS stand higher as wise and
conservative leader than does F. p. Sar-
gent, chief officer of the Brotherhood OF
Locomotive Firemen, and time has demon
strated that he was safe leader for the
organization. Mr.. Sargent on Sunday Wis
tied Lafayette, and in commenting on his
visit there the Lafayette Courier says:
1.-THE presence in Lafayette of Mr.. Frank
p Sargent chief officer of the National
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, serves
as a pleasant reminder of the fact that he
is one of the few labor leaders in this
country whose course has been INDICATED