The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-05-13

fully appreciated their advantage In this
shipping question. No manufacturing center
which Indianapolis does in this matter OF
switching charges.
Next Monday the Indianapolis & Vim
cennes VIII make some changes in Its run
ming time The morning train from VIM
cennes will arrive at 10:40 a. m, and the
evening train will depart for Vincennes al
40 p: m. instead Of p. m, as now. by
this change the afternoon train gets the
Chicago connection OF the Panhandle.
The american Railway Union at Cincin-
natl Is as near thing of the past as at In
Cincinnati for several days trying to instill
new life into the organization An ex-
member OF the organization said yesterday
Railway Union really fiourishes is Terrs
Haute.
Excursion fares for the meeting in Wash
ington. j.; C.. July 7-13. of the Young Peoples
proved by the board OF managers OF the
Joint Traffic Association. The rate will be
one fare for the round trip, good TO return
July 10, and an extension is permissible. II
to July 81.
G. G. Waldo, general manager of the Gin
cinnati, Hamilton az Dayton. was in the city
yesterday 10 consult with Mr.. Galloway, di-
vision superintendent regarding the new
train schedule. Mr.. Waldo says he sees no
reason why the Big Four should take UNI
bragg at the putting on Of the new trains, as
the trains in both directions scheduled
on agreed time.
The sales OF the properties of the North
ern Pacific Will be begun on or about Aug
L The exact date is uncertain and cannot
be fixed until all of the notices of sale have
been prepared There are something like
forty million acres OF land to be sold. among
other things, and the notices must contain a
full description of the property. 1t Will take
long time to prepare these notices.
A startling accident happened TO special
train conveying General Manager Holdredge,
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day. Between Hyannias and Whitman the
surface cock OF the engine blew out. The
scaided and injured. The locomotive could
not be stopped and II ran at terrific rate
of speed for three miles before 1T died The
special was delayed three hours waiting for
another engine. The engineer will recover.
The explosion did not injure any other men,
Der Of the party.
Thus far Terre Haute has profited by the
change in the Vandalia management. The
shops are to be improved, the surroundings
to the new Union Station beautified, and
more men are employed in the shops than
Terre Haute. expects that the same kindly
feeling will exist between the officials the
Pennsylvania Company has placed on the
Terre Haute men, and there are but few
such men as VIM. r. McKeen. 1t takes
scores OF years to develop such men, as he;
he was man for whom every eHlpioye on
the road had the highest regard"
The new mileage bureau of the Western
Passenger Association, which goes into effect
June /, will cause marked changes in hand
ling both the 1000 and the 2,000-mileage tick
cts used on Western roads, and If its pur-
pose succeeds will make it impossible for the
scalpers to deal in the mileage transporta-
ton. This radical action Of Western lines viii
likely lead 10 the Central Passenger Com
mittee lines adopting much the same meth
DDS, although the mileage on the Central
Passenger Committee lines will be 1000 miles
on each road issuing such books and 5000
mile interchangeable photograph mileage
book, good on over thirty roads.
BY May 20 the several Indianapolis lines
local freight schedule. on which rate clerks
have been working for some months. In the
higher class freights no perceptible change
Is made; all changes are made by putting
articles in different classfcations In the
lower class freights some slight advances are
made, but they are said to be fair 10 the
roads and to the shippers and the local
freight agents are confident the shippers will
be satisfied. In the future each shipper will
know the rate and whether he is discrim
mated against, providing all the lines live
Dy the tarin, which, under the conditions OF
operating railways at present. they are-very
likely to do.
Traffic officials of the Western roads met
In Chicago yesterday in the effort to stop
freight rates. The agreement made at Mil
Waukee some time ago by the Western
trunk lines to preserve rates has not been
kept as closely as desirable. While the rate
cutting has been general, IL has been, as far
as known, of an open nature, and the roads
have filed tariffs with the Interstate-com-
merce Commission for all the reductions
they have made. but they have given their
companions in the Western Trunk-lne As
ISOLATION no intimation of their intention TO
cut the rates nor no information of the
yesterday was called for the purpose OF
seeing If SomC way cannot be devised 10
keep all the roads in line with the agree
ment The meeting made little progress in
the matter