The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-07-30

an end to the war. The action of the
court was heartily Endorsed by the meet
ing.
At the meeting OF the executive officers
which was held at the request of President
ingalls, in New York on Tuesday for the
purpose of considering the matter of ton
mage distribution. the subject was referred
TO a board of arbitrators- The Chicago
Eastern lines met yesterday in New York
TO take up the same subject. President
OF the Joint Traffic Association and is
making a strong fight for the maintenance
OF rates and an equitable distribution OF
tonnage.
A large force of men are engaged in re-
ducing grades and strengthening curves on
the Pittsburg. Shenango & Lake Erie. At
S~henango an excavation thirty feet wide
and three thousand feet long is being made
for the purpose of diverting the channel
Of the Shenango river. the object being
TO secure the old bed of the river for a
roadbed. At present the road winds along
the face of a steep and high e~mbankment.
with numerous sharp curves. The hillside
has always been a source OF both danger
and expense, both of which will be avoided
by the change.
Mention was made a few days ago of the
alleged fact that shipments of corn
originating in Kansas and Nebraska
ern points were stopped in Chi
cago by connivance of Western lines.
thus giving Chicago dealers the benefit OF
NbC INV III OpOI jill IdltC tlhtt RllSSlN-
sippi river points and Chicago accruing
under the export. rate established by the
Joint Traffic Association. The report
gained such credence that Traffic Manager
Leeds. of the ST. Louis Business Mems
League, has laid the charges before the
1nterstate-commerce Commission asking
that the matter be taken up at the hearing
on grain rates TO be held in Chicago on the
4th prox.
A test of the Holman speeding trucks was
made yesterday on the South Jersey rail-
nnnd tue Co. To- ord AAtnaInu
JUNCTION. These trucks are made up of
five smooth or friction-geared wheels
placed under each driver; Three of these
wheels rest upon the track: the others are
placed above these, and the driver rests
upon the two upper wheels. The inventor
claims this arrangement affords natural
pockets for all the wheels above those
which rest upon the track and make ii
impossible for any of them TO become dis
placed during any kind of running. He ex-
poets eventually to develop a speed of 100
miles an hour. Mr.. Holm the inventor
of this novel device, is a cousin OF Hon.
William S. Holman
The proposed sale of the Cincinnati
Southern TO the c.. II. & u. and the South
ern is exciting deep interest in Cincinnati.
election for taking the sense of the
people on the subject will be held next
Monday and the merits of the ouesSon are
being discussed earnestly everywhere-on
Change. in the clubs, on the street, and
wherever people cOngregate TO exchange
views. 1t has even put political discussions
aside for the time. 1t is claimed that the
active business men. jobbers and manu-
facturers are in favor of the sale on the
terms proposed by a large majority. The
road was built by the city of Cincinnati
some twenty-five years ago 10 enable her
merchants and manufacturers to capture
the Southern market, but under existing
conditions the line is operated more as a
local road than any other way and rates
are higher than those afforded New York TO
the same region. Notwithstanding this fact
there is a large element among the citizens
who are actively opposing the sale, and the
result of this election is a matter of grave
doubt.