The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-25
SHARE THAT LABOR GETS
OVER 65 PER CENT. OF BIG FOUR
EARNINGS PAID OUT FOR LABOR.
A Local Rate War I'm Progress with
the Ohio Observation-Disclosures and
Personal Railway News.

usually the case into details, and there arc
a number of items of interest given below
which appear IN his annual report and in
that of General Manager c. E. Schaff. The
financial exhibit was given in the Journal
of Tuesday. The report shows that the
general expenses, including salaries Of pres
ident, treasurer. auditor and purchasing
agent, were $268, AIS. Some of the principal
items of expense were: superintendent,
$l55,S70; paid engineers and firemen on
freight. 1913 1853; engineers and firemen on
passenger, $243, TAT; engineers and firemen
switching, $212, 249; trainmen, freight S446,-
225; trainmen, passenger, SIT, 917; coal for
locomotives, ss03,154; water for locomotives,
$lO2S1; cleaning passenger cars, $60,043;
roundhouse men, $139, 366: switehmen, $685.,
ISL; watchmen and iagmen, STA, 1873; tele-
graph expenses, $159,021; station agents and
clerks, 1925, 1856; station labor, $264,310; sta
ton supplies, $51,34; dining car service,
$l71o0; stationery and printing, $2S924;
wrecking, $14799; injury to persons, s110,529;
stock claims, $14 723. In the motive power
department Superintendent cost $J5,942; To-
connective repairs, freight, $192, 500; passen-
ger, $173,S61; car repairs, passenger, $2000l2;
freight, 1888, ia; engine house. car shop and
machinery repairs, S57,904. In the mainte-
nance of way department superintendent
neWalS, $3.50, 14l; labor, track and roadway,
$64o.651; ma terial, track and roadway, $780,
OBJ, bridges and treStleS, 500 lU3; frogs and
switches, $2o,392; ballast, S3l,5J0 FENCES,
crossings and cattle guards, $50,z91; building
and station repairs, $l2l. 141.
This portion of the report is published
to show now large per cent. OF the gross
earnings of the road go to labor. The one
item of fagmen cost the company over
$4,000: 10 ,omotiVe and car cleaners received
over 1888, 000 for their labor during the year;
$651. 900 was paid for switching service; over
"a cf.a4 I0asy
immediate employees: S645,651 was paid to
men employed in track repairs and study
OF the gross earnings of the road went to
the laboring man either directly or through
purchase OF material which requires labor
TO produce. President lng1l1S says: The
results for the year are not so encouraging
MS we had hoped for at the commencement.
During the first six months of the year our
earnings showed quite an increase, al
though the competition between railways
was sharp and rates were low. During the
last six months, when rates have been bet
ter maintained, our business decreased SIM
ply from three causes: We had but very
nttie wheat upon our INES and TINS at
fected local earnings; the financial troubles
or the country closed up to a very great
tent the local manufactures upon our line,
and this also largely decreased our local
traffic, and from ST. Louis eastward we
have been subject to very severe COM
petition from railways not in the Joint
that portion of the system has been serious
ly affected. To meet bills payable the COM
pdIy mas IN us treasury unSOlQ over 81, UUO,-
900 of its general mortgage bonds, to which
1T is entitled on account of the payment of
equipment notes and the requirement of
new property.
Rates on Fresh Meats Reduced.
The Rock Island yesterday gave notice of
it's intention to reduce the rate on fresh
meats from Kansas City, ST Joseph and
Omaha to the Mississippi river to 10 cents,
and the rate packing house products
frnrT he ,Noir, 70 h. ,..~t
river to cents per 100. This is a reduction
of s1a cents on fresh meats and cents
on packing house products from the rates
in effect heretofore. Rates of 612 cents on
fresh meats and 141a cents on packing
house products to the Mississippi river are
made from Wichita, Kan. On packing
house products rates of cents are made
from Des Moines, cents from Ottumwa ana
8 cents from Cedar Rapids to the Missis-
Sippi river. All these rates become effective
Sept. Is. The same rates will be made from
Omaha, South Omaha and Council Bluffs
as from the lower Missouri river points. In
sending notice to Commissioner Midgley of
its intention to make the reduced rates, the
Rock Island says that since the reduced
rates of August ! have been in effect
fresh meats and on packing house products
from the Missouri river to the Mississippi
it has honestly endeavored to obtain
freight at the agreed rates, but has not
been able to procure any of it, being told
by the shippers that it's rates were too
n1Sn. 1T says IHat IL is compelled TO make
the rates by the action of its competitors.
and that they will remain in effect until
satisfactory assurances are received by the
Rock Island that its competitors, who have
made contracts for the handling of the
freight at low rates, have abandoned those
contracts and that the Rock Island will be
able to procure its share of the traffic al
agreed rates The action of the Rock
Island was met by the Atchison yesterday.
and it is expected that the other roads VIII
publish tariff sheets to correspond to-day.
Death of Freight Association.
The Rock Island and the Atcnison roads
yesterday sent to Commissioner Midgley,
of the Western Freight Association notice
of their. intention to withdraw from that
organization at the expiration of ten days.
The Rock Island, in giving the ten days
notice, says that the only feature of the as
ISOLATION agreement that has ever been of
any substantial benefit to its members is
the which requires all lines. before
making any reduction in rates, other than
those to meet outside competition. to pre-
sent the proposed reductions for consideFa-
ton at the regular meetings OF the associa-
ton whereupon if they were not acted on
favorably, the line desiring to make the re-
auctions were required to give ten days no
tice at the meeting at which the proposed
reductions were considered of its intention
to put in the rates, Notwithstanding the
action of the meeting to the contrary. The
Rock Island says that some of the MEM
bers of the association have pursued tao
tics that resulted in virtual abandonment
of the agreement and it can see no cause
for remaining member Of an agreement
that is an agreement in name only and
has no binding force Oh power 2ny of
it's members. The notice of the Atchison
gives similar reason for it's withdrawal
saying that so many members of the agree
ment have persistently violated all of it's
provisions that it derives no possible benefit
from it's membership. Both roads Will cease
to be members of the association after
Oct. 5.
The Coal Rate War.
The lake coal lines are becoming des-
perate the decentralization of rates
to lake ports. This exists at all ports
but at point does the fight seem quite
so bitter as at Toledo. An open rate of
so cents from the jackson field to To-
ledo was quoted by the c.. H. & d. Wednes-
day. OF course. ali of the lines Immediately
met the rate openly, although it is said that
they had been secretly making lower rates
than that for some time. In fact, not the
least pretention is being made TO hold up
rates by lines which best known as
stiek!ers for tariff rates Ninety-five cents
is claimed to be the lowest possible rate
that coal can be handled into Toledo with
profit TO the company, but il is not a ques-
ton of making money. The most conserv-
the coal, even if they have to carry ii for
nothing What camplicates the situation
is the fact that some of the lines own the
mines along their lines When these lines
are accused of cutting rates they reply
that * not the rates which are being