The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-05-09
ARE RATES SHADED?
SEVERAL RAILWAY OFFICERS
THINK SOMETHING Is WRONG.
They Even Say the E~aSt-Bound Tariff
Was Never Restored by Two
Roads-ApriI Traffic.

A Pennsylvania freight official yester-
day remarked that he was satisfied two
of their competitors for east-bound business
were cutting rates; in fact. he was satisfied
that neither had ever restored rates ac-
cording to the agreement. lie based the
statement on the volume of business the
roads were carrying and ths fact that Of
fers of lower rates by other lines had been
declined by certain shippers who were
friendly TO the Pennsylvania lines. Mr..
Stiles. of the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Day
ton. said their road was charged with cut
ting rates, but the fact that they could not
get any business at tariff rates and were
practically doing no east-bound through
business showed the untruthfulness Of the
charge Traffic Manager Parker. of the
Lake Erie * Western, said he could see
but little change in the rate situation; the
Lake Erie * Western, he knew, was living
up to tariff rates and getting a good east
bound business, but chiefly from stations
on their own lines. Assistant General Freight
AGENTS Ford Wood and Holiday. of the Big
Four, in very positive terms say that the
Big -Four is maintaining rates, and one
of the reasons that they are handling so
much business is that a considerable per
cent. of 1T goes by the way of Newport
News and Baltimore. The Chesapeake &
Ohio and the Baltimore & Ohio have diff
ferentials and this makes the business of
the kanawha Despatch and of the Central
States Despatch as heavy as ii is. While
each line is suspicious that the other is
in some manner shading rates. when pressed
the onlcials or neither line Will attempt TO
prove it. but say if necessary they could
readily do SO.
Still Room for Improvement.
In the matter of heating. ventilating and
lighting passenger cars perfection has not
by any means been yet reached. In lighting
trains better results have been accomplished
than In heating or ventilation. The past
winter has shown that while much has been
accomplished in the best methods of heating
trains there is opportunity for greater i'm
provement and increased economies. Dur
ing the past winter the Pennsylvania people
went into the matter more scientifically
and expended a larger sum of money TO
equip their trains than did any road in this
country. The experts in this line are by
no means satisfied with results, and al
though they used. in heating their trains.
three different plans, the results of either
method demonstrated the best plan to heat
a long express train was yet to be dis
covered. An official of the Pennsylvania
road is quoted as saying: 1T seems ordi-
CINE. but when a ear is cut of at functions
the least condensation is frozen and the
car is out of service. With the condensed
steam lIOLCn III lic pipes they lluSl Dt dI
once thawed out or the pipes will burst.
To do this the cars have to be hurried to a
warm shop and put through a thawing
process with live steam. 1t is the opinion
of experts that radical changes will have
to be made in the system before IL can ever
be declared a success. In lighting cars
similar difficulties have been encountered,
while ventilation is still an unsolved prob
lem. Electricity is being looked to for a
been made that it is believed eventually
light and heat will be furnished by this
power and ventilation be secured through
the operation OF electric fans. With storage
batteries on each car and a system of
augrnenting the supply through the axleS
OF the car it is believed the expense can
be kept within the requirements. With
increased resistance from the wheels in
supplying electricity IL will be necessary TO
With trains properly lighted, heated and
ventilated the comfort of passengers will
reach a condition bordering on perfection
in view of the safety and speed already
attained on most roads"
MiIe n Minute on the Fort Wayne.
A fast run was made Tuesday over the
Fort Wayne road with a special train as
a test of speed preparatory to putting on a
fast passenger train at the coming spring
change of time tables. The best time made
during any part of the trip was between
Valparaiso and Wheeler. where seven miles
were run in five minutes. Between Val
pdi LIS ahQ AhNi AAAtc
were accomplished in twenty-three minutes.
Leaving Fort Wayne at i:5l p. m, the run
to Chicago was completed in three hours
and a half minutes. This includes a stop of
fifteen minutes. making the net time for
l49 miles. two hours and forty-sixe and a
half minutes. The previous run from
Crestline to Fort Wayne, a distance of 131
miles. occupied 143 minutes net time. a
stop of six. minutes having been made at
| Lima,O The train was made up of "A coach
and two special cars. General Manager
Joseph Wood and party were on the train
| accompanied by superintendent 9. ID. Law
and Train Masters 5. Clark and Walton.
To Conserve Revenue.
A formal call has been issued for a meet
ing of the transcontinental lines TO be
held in Chicago on next Friday. The call
does not state specifically that the meet
ing is 10 consider the reorganization of the
transcontinental association. but that is
what it means. The call states that rep
resentatives of the trdnscontinenta lines
are invited to meet and discuss methods for
the conservation of revenue" II is well