The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-17

notified connections that their conductors
have been instructed TO take extreme care
when collecting tickets, scrutinizing them
carefully for evidence OF alteration
or fraudulent manipulation. Some of these
fraudulent tickets. il is alleged, are being
furnished by Cincinnati scalper.
The managers of the Indianapolis lines
held their annual meeting yesterday II
was much of a routine affair, the only I'M
portant action being 10 authorize A. A.
Zion, superintendent of the Union Railway
Company and Belt road. to purchase two
miles more of steel rails weighing ninety
pounds TO the yard, and he was instructed
70 make the change In the system OF tracks KS
leading east from the Union Station by
which the engines which haul passenger
trains can be handled more expeditiously
when coupled on 10 trains. This improve
ment Will cost about $4,000.
The Western Passenger AssJcis ton has
given Chairman Caldwell unusual authority
as means of preventing scalpe~s opera
ttons between Kansas City and St Louis
and Kansas City and Chice 90. This author
ity is, in brief that If he hnds az any time
that any line is using the brokers for the
purpose of securing business at less than
tariff rates he may without consulting any
of the interested parties declare a reduction
of rates. Furthermore. If he finds that
Kansas City brokers are furnishing low
rates TO the country west of Kansas City he
may also declare low rates to be in effect.
There were quite number of passenger
and freight officials from other points in
the city yesterday on official business.
Among the number We're a. j. Gates, gen.
eral passenger agent of the Big Four at
Louisville; c. s. Hillary. travelling passen-
ger agent, with headquarters at Cairo; +.
ID. Kellum, travelling passenger agent of
the Big -Four. with headquarters at Ander-
son; j. II. Milliken, district passenger agent
of the Louisville d Nashville, with head
quarters at Louisville; d. G. MacWaters.
district passenger agent OF the Pennsylva-
MIA Company, with headquarters at Pitts
burg and Il. j. Libbe, travelling freight
agent of the Iowa Central. Mr.. Libbe
states that there has been decided i'm
provement i'm business on the Iowa Central
of late, and the road Is beginning 10 show
increased earnings over last year.
On Sunday the Knickerbocker express left
NATION thirteen minutes late and reached
Terre Haute on time. The private car of
General Manager Schaf, which was at
tached to the train, Is equipped with a
speed indicator, and this showed that for
several consecutive miles the train was
hauled at a speed of seventy-five miles an
hour at one time reaching seventy-six. In
speaking of the run the engineer said that
after running up to seventy-six miles an
hour he slowed down to siXty-five miles,
which is the usual speed made daily by
this train much Of the distance between
ST. Louis and Indianapolis. General Su-
perintendent Van Wrinkle expresses the
opinion that on no road in the country is
a train run at q higher speed than is the
Knickerbocker over the st. Louis division
of the Big Four, there being seldom a day
that the train leaves East St. Louis on
its scheduled time. but invariably ii comes
into Indianapolis on time.