The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-16

suit for the money he had. paid into the
association. with interest. He claimed that
and sued to recover it. The decision was
in favor of the railroad company
The citizens of Alliance. O., are con-
Ssi om1anyy h dast. srme ,d dnat 81 fn aha pennIiges ahat
city as a division point for its accommo-
dalton passenger and freight trains. the
tering station, a division point, making the
division $50 miles in length. an the handling
Of trains, as regards grades, the change
woulds be very beneficial.
Freight officials of the transcontinental
lines held a short session in chicago yes
terday and adjourned until Friday. While
the meeting was in session the other roads
tried to induce the Southern PACIFIC TO
abandon its declared intention of making
Sunset route as the other roads make from
the Missouri river. The Southern Pacific
will make answer on Friday.
The competing lines for passenger bust
ness between Cincinnati and Columbus, o.,
are now running sixteen fast trains daily
between those points. 1t is stated that
umbus to Cincinnati. and not many more
than that number in the opposite direction.
This led a prominent railroad officlal TO
remark, yesterday, that as soon as the
pooling business was permitted under the
interstate law, there would be a great cut
ting down of the fast train service.
A decree ordering the sale of the Toledo.
Ann Arbor & Northern Michigan railroad
at public auction, at Manhattan junction,
near Toledo, after the requisite four weeks
United States Circuit Court at Toledo H..
G. Blanchard, of Detroit. is appointed to
carry out the decree. II is possible to re-
deem the road at any time prior to the sale
by the paymen of costs, Indebtedness, -ex-
penses of receivership. etc. The debt due.
to meet which the decree is ordered, IS
about $500, GOO.
The Pittsburg, Fort Wayne Ga Chicago
has been testing a new car for distributing
gravel or other ballast along it's tracks
rr-itL xrnrxr snn ,fxfro aCr1l Tho ~ iS nf
ordinary length, and has a. capacity OF
one hundred cubic feet. The interior is di-
these pockets, or all, can be dumped at the
same time, the pockets being turned by
means of a separate lever or a general
lever, which, when moved, releases the ma
terial on the car. 1t is claimed that the
car can also be used in handling coal or
ore.
gantic corporation is being formed for the
purpose of manufacturing refrigerator cars
in that city. TIL company will have a cap
ital of s., $780, 900. and it is being backed by
the Adamses, of Boston, and other promf-
nent Eastern capitalists. The company
will build an immense plant at Armour
dale. The plant will include a big foundry
for casting car wheels and all other work
necessary on the cars, big planing, mills
the works will give employment to between
five hundred and one thousand men.
Arrangements have now been completed
for the fourteenth. annual meeting of the
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Agents, which will convene in st. Louis
to-day. 1t is expected that general baggage
agents of at least one hundred ALWAYS
in all parts of the United States and Cam
ada will be present. Among the more i'm
portant questions to be brought up for dis
cussion are those relating to uniform ex-
cess rates and tariff sheets, c. 0. ID. bust
yiess, transfer arrangements, concealed
losses and transportation of bicycles and
baby carriages. Many other interesting
questions will also be ta~en up.
Several Ohio roads are adopting the plan
Of the Panhandle company in the matter
of disciplining employees. TIL system is
educational and characterized by consider
alton. 1t provides for the .s~uspending Of
an employee for a specific offense; the ma
ture of the offense is posted on a board in
the form of a bulletin in the trainmaster's
office, with the number of days charged
up against him. The employee continues on
duty, and although he receives no punish
ment, the dereliction stands against him,
and he knows that eventually it means his
discharge unless he is more careful in the
performance of duties. One employee or
the Panhandle road has 105 days CHARGE
against him, bat is doing SO well now that
the number is not likely to pe increased.