The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-11
HOMESEEKERs' RATES
EXCURSION TICKETS TO he SOLD ny
ALL WESTERN LINES.
price VIII BE One Fare, Plus 81, for
the Round Trip, and the Time Linn
1t Twenty Days from Sale.

All of the Western roads will. on April
Be-. run home seekers excursions from all
points in their territory east of the Mis-
souri river to points in the West and South
west. This action taken because of the
home seekers excursions recently
nounced by the Texas lines and others in
Southwest territory. The excursions win
be run at one fare. plus s., for the round
trip, and the return portion of the ticket
will be good twenty days after the date of
sale. After the lines had disposed of the
excursion business at their meeting in
Chicago yesterday, the matter of reduced
rates made by the Rock Island the Bur-
lington and the Union Pacific because of
the one excursion to eastern Colorado
points, run by the Atchison road, came
mp for informal discussion. The notice
of reduced rates by the Rock Island. the
burlington and the Union Pacific were
stated that il was not disposed to take
any action until it was ASSURED of the re-
lations of the Rock Island to the, associa-
ton agreement. as that line had given no.
tice that It was determined to protect its
interests IL the association agreement was
not sufficiently strong to project its mem
bers. The Rock Island declared that it
had no intention of Withdrawing from the
ton. 1t has simply. made an ami
acon was taken OF at its the pr mean
but it Is probable that the whole thing
will result in a revision of the agreement.
Inent depends on good faith only. and any
line has the privilege of doing Just as it
ming to feel that the free-and-easy plan
is not productive of the best results, and
fhas an agreement M. with In, sharp lines should
within short time.
big Fosr sells It's sIuncie BeIt.
dispatch from Muncie last night says:
To-day the Muncie Belt Railroad Company
represented by it's officers, President f. C.
Ball, of Ball Brothers Glass Company;
Vice President r. j. Beatty, of the Mid
land Steel Company, and Treasurer George
Q. Cromwell of the Indiana Iron Com
pany, purchased the Big Four belt road
that ercircles the southeastern part of
this scity- The deal had been on for near
~ a year. To-day special train arrived
from Indianapolis bringing several Big
-Four officials to Muncie. The train con-
sisted OF the special car Of Vice President
Murray and Assistant Manager Schaff.
dent Var Wrinkle, General Freight Agent
kuff, Treasurer Comstoek and T. H. Noon
Dispatch. They took breakfast here ans
went went. over the TIVE and one-half miles of
T nefore tine @ e %as ma rac
With switch n engines and and men zen, to do the
ow aaa y co
Germs. Tindlay rolling mill, oliver glass
works Hemingway s ga ro works Bin
-s3rls, Muncie iron and steel works Com
mon Sense engine works, Indiana iron
s aas zssi @Rsk Mun Mssey pulp e0r m
Germs will have stock in the lew company.
AS 1t is now it. costs the manufacturers
ther of FAT the railroads rt,ad and Ball Brothers
and the II diana Iron Company are chipping
nearly two hundred cars per week, while
the pup works and others are doing near
~ as much.
Limit of Economics About Reached.
railway official, in conversation. said:
ut seems to that road and,
in fact, most of the roads of the coun-
try the limit of economical working has
been about reached The journal has of
late several times alluded to the economies
the Panhandle is introducing such as the
better lading of trains to the capacity of
the locomotive, known loading en-
CINE on the tonnage. rather than the num-
Der of cars basis. This is in the right
direction, and the next move will be the
cema % ssefp and
OF most of our railroads they would be
surprised to learn how many steep hills
must be climbed bye the engine with it's
train behind it. The company which has
no grades exceeding thirty feet to the mile
lot The Lake Shore has perhaps done
more than any other road in the Central
ast ouT p spent
in reducing the gradients of their line
engine engine viii haul from Buffalo to Chicago
ten to fifteen more loaded cars than it
could before the cutting down of the hills
unique Membership Certificate.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
has just adopted a new design Of certificate
of membership which is very unique and
appropriate. The sheet is large one. and
Is printed in colors. There are pictures
representing the fireman leaving home,
and on board his train dhe Empire State
express the fastest in the world. being
chosen; then the train is shown falling
through a high bridge. 'rhen the GEM
etery is pictured where the killed fireman
widow receiving her death benefit. All this
illustrates the sood the order does. There
who organized the first lodge of the order
with seventy-one members at Port Jervis,
y. T., on Dec. !. 1873. He is now living
eae ehaf Sse Sl and
pictures The tinted states. Canada and
Mexico, where the brotherhood exists, are
represented by their coats of arms. The
Grand Lodge shield and the tools used by
the craft complete the illustrations
G.. III. 4 ID. Restrnincd.
In the Chancery Court. at Birmingham.
Ala, yesterday. temporary injunction was
granted restraining Henry A. Taylor and
associates of the Cincinnati, Hamilton K
Dayton road, who claim to be the legal di-
rectors of the Alabama Great Southern,
from operating the road such. The appi-
cation was made by the Central Trust Com
pany as trustee for S6.000.0o0 of Cincinnati
extension bonds, the controlling interest in
the Alabama Great Southern, interest on
which was defaulted. The case grows out
OF the controversy between the Southern
railway and the Cincinnati, Hamilton &
Dayton interests over the control of the
Alabama Great Southern property The in
junction was sought by those friendly to the
Southern Railway Company. In order to
keep alive injunction obtained by John
Greenough and associates, which may be
dissolved soon by the State Supreme Court.
Huntington to Be Arrested.
At San Francisco yesterday United States
Marshal Baldwin made returns in the Dis
trct Court on the bench warrant issued for
the arrest of c. p. Huntington an in
dctment for a violation OF the interstate
traffic law The marshal certified that
Huntington could not be found within his
jurisdiction in the Northern district of Cali
fornia. This will involve service OF the
warrant In New York State. or wherever
the accused can be located. The federal