The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-02-26


on saving coal. which has been the custom
on the Pennsylvania lines, has been intro
duced on the Vandalia.
Messrs. Fathson and How are now in
Galveston. Tex. taking evidence as arbl-
traitors on the points in dispute in the
southwestern grain rate controversy
Conductors on roads centering at Detroit
are raising a fund 10 prosecute an officer OF
one or the roads who Is quoted as saying tnat
the average conductor knocked down 81
day.
+. c. Wells, district passenger agent Of the
Chesapeake * Ohio, is in the city with an
electrician, arranging 10 light the large signs
OF the Chesapeake & Ohio with electric
lights.
The Indiana, Decatur G. Western and the
Toledo, st. Louis & Kansas City passenger
of their st. Louis line and taking the ag-
gressive.
T. NJ. Pearson. assistant grand chief of
the Order OF Railway photographers, VINO
has been on an extended tour for several
months in the interest of the association,
has returned.
Passenger conductors f. p. Fox and M.
Burns have won the prizes OF $40 offered Dy
the Chicago & Alton to conductors who
take up and report the largest number OF
misused annual and trip passes
John Andregg. who for years has been a
passenger conductor on the Big Four, but
who was laid off for color blindness, has
been re-examined with more favorable re-
suits, and will. 1t is said. be reinstated.
AT the Joint conference or the generdf pas
senger agents of the trunk and central traffic
lines. held in New York yesterday, it was
said that there was no information con-
corning the meeting TO be made public
Il. II. Armstrong, one OF the original pro-
jectors of the Indiana Central railway. which
was to be built from Union City to Hunt
ington, Ind, does not speak il very en-
couraging manner of the prospects that the
road will be built.
p. H. Blue. general manager Of the In
diana & Illinois Southern, says the i'm
proyements- to the roadbed are to be
pushed, and when completed the physical
condition of the property will be equal to
that of most roads.
Some OF the employees of the Chicago e.
Erie have been abusing their pass privileges.
and as a consequence have been dismissed
from the service of the company. The Of
Tense is transferring passes to persons not
CONNECTED with the road.
c. w. Zell. district passenger agent of the
Queen * Crescent, is in the city on official
business. He reports Southern travel very
satisfactory of late. Yesterday over the Big
Four fifteen first-class passengers for Florida
left on the afternoon train.
1t is stated that on straight tickets rates
are now better maintained between Indian
apolis and Chicago and the; Northwest than
at any time in the last ten years. There
is some manipulating o. rates through
mileage books. but in this direction much
less is doing than for many years past.
William Green, vice president and general
manager of the Cincinnati, Hamilton IL
coming successor to c. c. Waite. deceased,
president of the Hoo King Valley. Mr..
Green now controls 81 O. h which will elect
him to that position if lie - willing to &C
cept il.
The Missouri Pacific passenger department
has extended to the members of the Western
Passenger Association an invitation To hold
their next meeting, which occurs on March D,
at Hot Springs, and efforts are making to
induce the Southwestern Passenger Associa-
ton to select the same place for its next
meeting.
President Ripley. OF the Santa Fe, says
the arrangements between that company and
the Wells-FarSo Express Company will not
he disturbed. the terms being very lair 10
both interests. He questions If equally
favorable contract to the Santa Fe road could
be effected with any other of the express
companies.
The Railway Cripples' Association, organ
lied three years ago in Pittsburg. will be
made a national association, with subdivi-
sons ell over the United States. IL will be
world. and a railway employee. to become a
member. must have lost an arm or leg or met
with some other accident in railroad service
which incapacitates him for work.
At little Rock. Ark, yesterday, Judge
Williams appointed John G.. Lonsdale re-
ceiver of the Little Rock, Hot Springs <
Texas railroad The application for re-
contractors. of San Antonio. Tex. They al
lege that the company Is indebted to them
in the sum of $4,000 About 100000 has been
debt OF $4,000 still hanging over the COM
pany.
oscar Murray. as first vice president. is
to have full charge on the Il. q o., and
will introduce reforms he deems advisable
Like the Grand Trunk. the road is incum-
bered with men who have taken matters
easy for thirty or forty years while draw
ing good salaries, and the dismissal of
some of these men and a reduction of the
number of private cars may be expected
Mr.. Murray, however, will not be hasty in
his action.
The Louisville & Nashville the Southern
railway and the Plant system now have
looking for parties to form colonies and go
South. The large number that have gone
TO Fitzgerald and other colonies in the
South have brought considerable revenue
to the roads named One of the passenger
men says that in the last four months over
eight thousand people have been carried
South in these colonies.
There Is considerable speculation in rail-
road circles to who is furnishing the
money to improve the Indiana * Illinois
Southern. That Ii is done in the interest
of some stronger line is apparent. A few
months ago it was understood that the
Louisville, New Albany q Chicago wanted
the property, and. in fact, w. III. McDoel
vice president and general manager, in
spected the road, but ii is understood that
his report was so unfavorable that the
matter was dropped.
The Chicago Tribune is fighting the Joint
Traffic Association and goes so far as to say
il is responsible for the large falling off in
east-bound business the last two weeks.
Freight officials, however, do not hold such
an opinion. They say IL is on account of the
bad roads. East-bound business out of st.
Louis is proportionately as light as at Chi
cago and Peoria. The Toledo. St. Louis IL
Kansas City and the Louisville. Evansville e.
St Louis are not members of the assOcia-
ton, and are getting all the business they
can, but are by no means carrying the tom
mage OF last month.
The ST Louis * San Francisco road makes
an official announcement that on and after
March 70 viii have it's own exclusive rep
resentatives in the traffic department at
Chicago, Cincinnati. Pittsburg and New
York. The following appointments Will take
effect March 1: J. H. Cook. general agent
at Chicago; w. L. Van Nest, general East
ern agent at New York; II. II. Franklin,
general agent at Cincinnati .. NJ Conley,
general agent at Pittsburg. The foregoing
ger traffic for the Frisco line originating
in the territory TO which they are assigned.
c. w. Fairbanks. who represents the
frst-mortgage bondholders of the Toledo.
st. Louis * Kansas City, looks upon the
United States Court, as an important one
and very favorable to the first-mortgage
bondholders interests. The preferred stock
holders claimed that their stock constitut-
ed lien next after the first mortgage, and
they asked to be made parties defendant in
the foreclosure proceedings. Judge Kicks
holds that under the laws of Ohio, Indiana
and Illinois, through which the railroad
runs, no law could be found which author
lied a lien upon the body and assets OF it's
property. He also held that these stock