The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-04
TWO CENTS A MILE
siAY BB THE RATE ON ALL THE BIG
INDIANA ROADS.
Possibility that the Pennsylvania May
Take the Initiative I'm Reducing
Passenger Rates.

In passenger circles good deal of inter-
est is taken in what steps the Pennsyl-
vania lines will take to protect it's mileage
book. Competing lines in all territory the
Panhandle or the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne
g. Chicago strikes have placed on sale
mileage books covering so many roads
to practically hem in the Pennsylvania
lines, as, by purchasing a Big Four, Gin
cinnati, Hamilton a. Dayton. a Monon
an Indianapolis, Decatur & Western book
the traveller can reach most any important
point in Indiana, Ohio Illinois. The cool
ness with which the Pennsylvania people
look on and see such methods adopted to
draw their business from them leads to
the belief that they have a surprise in
store for competing lines. and that presently
the papers will announce that the Pennsyl-
vania Company has discarded mileage
books altogether and will make a 2-cent-a-
west and east OF Pittsburg. veteran pas
senger men admit that this would be win
and the mileage book is now being used to
such an extent that the revenue from pas
esa into business few would not be
mile rate between al points would increase
loss in reducing the rates.
Bad showing I'm Equipment building.
Locomotive Building the Railroad
0dZSlle Oh to-udy, says, Is SHOWN 10 nave
fallen off tremendously in the past year.
according to out reports of the output of the
various contracting works. The decrease in
the number built is fully two-thirds,
compared with the previous year. Reports
from thirteen companies make the total
sos locomotives for 1894, against 2,O11 built
in 1893. Three companies, building nearly
ninety locomotives in 1893, did not turn out
q single new in 1884,. One company
a q in in nd
only the smaller builders were able to
keep within a third of the output recorded
dor the latter year. 1t need hardly be added
that these figures are unprecedented in To-
connective building in the United States.
Going back five years we get the follow
States: In 1884 ten companies built sos To-
comotives; sthree built none); in 1893. four
in 1881, thirteen built 2. is5; in 1885, fifteen
built $500. It is to be. noted that oyer
built in 1894 were built for export.
The record of the car builders is even
In 1884 only seven companies have re-
ported as having built any freight cars,
s Sa'e eas Dsns b By IN ss
panies. There were fifteen important build
Ing companies which did not turn out a
about 5000 freight cars and over SO pas
senger cars in 1893. Five companies built
In 1880 and 1850 in 1891 Three other sssr' COM ON
built ass cars IN 1852 SA and az 1853 in 1871
AS to passenger cars, the returns show
against 1850 built 10 1888 by fourteen A com.
panies In 1892 over $4,000 freight cars were
States In 1891 the figures were over 5000
cars in fifty companies and in 1890 over
ig Ss es lar asmana bwlt aou,tsss
by the, fact that considerable equipment
was built in ANTICIPATION of the great bust
"a ny fni WI nlI
ment were among the first Of those in
the railroads. to feel se the o effect app of t H
disastrous decline in railroad earnings. We
ns co1So1D Of 70 railroad BY r HE ama
come, and further the equipment of many
Car builders may not be able to get the
prices for their cars which they would
Ike to gs get, but the material which goes
prices than ever before.
Proposed Atchison Investigation.
The Atchison protective committee, OF
which THEODORE w. Meyers is chairman, has
issued circular to stockholders of the
company, soliciting contributions to fund
for an Independent investigation of the af-
fairs of the company and the prosecu-
ton of those whom rests the RESPONSE
bity for the alleged extravagant waste
and Interpretation of money. aggregatina
of the books of the company. "While,
says the circular 1.-The report of Stepher
Little be accepted as accurate so fal
goes, for some reason not a word /.
vouchsafed as to who received the mis-
applied funds, nor as to whether any fact:
to receive either the whole or any par
of It from the parties responsible therefor
ana wno Pro te BY and were r. h the
pany's accounts, and who of the manage
ment can be held to liability for the enor
nous losses sustained by security hold
ers who were deceived by the false AM
misleading statements published by the com
The circular continues: 1.-THE COMMITTEES
says a contribution on the part of tn
yield fund SUFFICIENT for the purpose
and 1t respectfully requests If you are il
sympathy with the movement and deslr
efforts in your behalf that you remit you
contribution. at the rate stated. to William
order or in currency by express, the receip
of which will be duly acknowledged"
Another st. Louis and Cincinnati Line
There are now three lines in competition
for the business between st. Louis and Gin
clnnati-the Baltimore s Ohio Southwest
ern. the Big -Four. the vandalia and Gin
cinnati. Hamilton & Dayton. Now the pas
senger department of the Pennsylvani,
connection with the vandaiia to ESTABLISH
through day and night service between tn
two points via Indianapolis and Richmond
The day trains 20 and q, now running owe
the Panhandle and the yandalia, connec
closely with Trains Is ana 49, between
Richmond and Cincinnati. and with Sigh
changes between Richmond and Cincinnati
can make the same time as do the othe
three lines, and the connections of the nigh
trains are fully as favorable. The passen
ger department wants parlor car haule
between Cincinnati and St. Louis on tn
day trains each way, and Pullman sleep
ing the night trains, and the pas
senger department Is encouraged in the be
lief that they will carry their point, bu
possibly not until the spring time schedul
goes into effect.
Western Lines Agitated.
A circular, instgated by the Gran
Trunk. has been issued ny the New Ems
land Passenger Association and il is as
itating the Western roads not a little.
declares that the Western roads have a,
coded to the demands of the Canada
Pacific for differentials from the terrtor
OF the trunk lines to that of the trans
continental lines without giving them notiS
In any way of allowing them to have an
voice in the matter. The Western road
declare that they have done nothing
the kind. They claim that they have new,