The Indianapolis journal., 1896-04-21

Lake Superior Transportation Company, via.
Benton Harbor. The lake craft, OF those
making regular trips.
On Friday the Baldwin locomotive works
reSsyed another her order from the Russian
to be delivered by July 1. With the compile
ton Of the contract these works will have
built since Oct. /, 1895, ia engines for the
Russian government.
tury an official OF the Michigan Central rail-
way, Is dead at his home. In South Bend,
aged nfty-nine years: He was born IN In
dia and came tc America when nineteen
years old. Mr.. Elliott leaves wife and a
number or grown children.
From July to March ! the Toledo. Peoria
* Western earned. net, $207,9eS, an Increase
over the corresponding nine months OF the
preceding year of s33 500. This property al
ready shows favorable results from becoming
part Of the Pennsylvania system and
adopting its methods OF doing business.
The transmissouri committee of the West
ern Passenger Association has decided to
place joint agent at the various terminal
points, with whom passengers must deposit
the return portion of their tickets until ready
TO start for home. This will prevent scalpers
from getting the return portion Of tickets.
The Baltimore Sun says the Baltimore &
three months nearly two hundred locomo-
tives that six months ago were side-tracked
as unfit for service until repairs, and several
been repaired, which were then out of order.
There is no foundation for the report that
President ingalls,, Of the Big Four, has de-
va Fact Is st the Bg
-Four system" says one OF its officials. has
been rounded, out. and no further additions
being to develop the business OF the present
system"
General Passenger Agent Reed. OF the
Monon, has decided that the company will not
fah fra0 FAN Afrf
will care for all such business itself, the man.
agement TO be under the passenger depart
ana @ eoR sse Agen e
oils division. The company has had trouble
through irresponsible men chartering trains.
The transmissouri committee of the West
trn Passenger Association will meet In Chi
cago next Thursday TO consider the ques-
ton of party rates. The same difference
OF opinion prevails among the roads In this
section of the association as divides the
roads in the Eastern committee. Some of
them want the rates abolished, and others
wish the party rates epp.ied to all parties
OF ten, no matter whether 1t is is not
an organized party
On Friday G.. r. Sanders walked into the
Missouri Pacific office at ST. Louis and pur-
chased two tickets arcind the world, one for
himself the other for his wife, paying for
them sl,I2.5o. the regular tariff. Mr.. and
Mrs. Sanders expect TO be two years in maxi
Ing the trip. They will go by rail to San
Francisco, by steamer to Honolulu. Yoko-
hama and Hong Kong; will sail through the
Indian ocean. the Red sea, the Suez canal
the Mediterranean sea. and return via Liv-
erpool.
1t is reported that the legal advisers of
the Union Pacific have advised the officials
OF that road and thereafter there must be
on the part of that road no deviation from
the published tariffs, and 1t is further stated
that all of the officials have received orders
to cancel any. contracts they may have
looking toward cut rates in any direction.
All rates are to be rigidly maintained at all
times unless the competitors of the Union
Pacific take It into their heads to cut the
rates, then the Union Pacific will meet any
tariffs hat IN