The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-31

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Floods have caused damage estimated at
81 100000 in Washington State during the
last three days. The Northern Pacific, the
Canadian Pacific and the Great Northern
tracks are washed out, and traffic is almost
suspended. The Shelton & Southwestern
the Seattle & International the Everett x
Monte CriSto and other local roads nave
suffered severe losses by washouts and land
slides.
1t is stated that President Ingalls, will
have every dollar paid for the new freight
cars the Pullman Company is building Tor
the Big Four by the date the last car Is de-
Iivered. The cars are the best constructed
and highest priced the Pullman works have
ever built; STILL as compared with prices
of cars a few years ago, they are very
cheap, but worth every dollar the company
pays for them.
The Elgin Joliet & Eastern Bedtime, it
is reported, will build Il twelve-mile spur
from Dyer TO Crown Point in short time.
1t is claimed this move is taken to receive
the large amount of daily freight Oh the
Crown Brewing Company and also TO cap ca
ture the business of the Buffalo shoe fac
tory, which now contemplateS moving TO
Crown Point and employing three thousand
factory hands.
The Terre Haute car works have been
awarded contracts for eight hundred cars
for the Chicago a. Northwestern and Iowa
Central roads and soon after the first OF
the month the works will be giving employ
ment to as many as ever were on the rolls.
The prospect is good for steady work there
after for from seven hundred to one thou,
II.
has not averaged over two hundred.
The volume of west-bound traffic freight
that is passing over the Western roads is
so great as to aStonsh the traffic officials.
There is usually little traffic at this time or
the year, but now the. roads are having
all the trade they are able to handle. The
amount of business will cause an increase
of earnings of nearly every western road
Notwithstanding the demoralzed condition
OF the freight rates both east and west
from Chicago.
The Monon, the Vandalia, the Lake Erie
& Western and the Toledo, St. Louis d
Kansas City all cross each other near
Frankfort, and the citizens of that place
anxious that they join together and
growing railway center, which would be a
great convenience in many ways and would
be greatly appreciated by travelling sales
men. this being quite an important trans
fer point with them.
The Evansville & Terre Haute has just
completed the filling of the great washout
that occurred at HaZeltOn on March 10, and
which caused a wreck in which several lives
were lost. Ten thousand carloads of dirt
have been dumped into the space, and the
work has been going on without interruption
day and night. Before the washout the
opening for White river was 1OS4 feet in
width; now it is 1854. In making the inn
provement a heavy grade at that point has
been done away with.
A circular from the executive officers of
the Southern Railway announces the APP
pointment of w. II. Green assistant gen
eral manager j. II. Barrett general SUI
perintendent of transportation and w. IL
Peddle engineer circumference of way all
to have headquarters at Washington, ID. {.
Mr.. Barrett was formerly general superln-
tendent of the Cincinnati, Hamilton u Day
ton. and Mr.. Pebble was Terre Haute
boy and began railroading on the Terre
Haute d indianapolis.
George Folsom of Cleveland, o., was in
the city yesterday. Mr.. Folsom is lost car
tracer of the Lake Shore. Twenty-one years
ago yesterday the Ashtabula accident, In
ninAfV-tWO
occurred. and Mr. Folsom was running the
engine that hauled the Inflated train. He
broken and saw people burning up in the
cars, and was unable to give any relief. At
first 1t was thought that Mr.. Folsom would
lose both legs. but one was saved
A railroad attorney, speaking of the rumor
published in Cincinnati paper to the
effect that the Pennsylvania Company was
to secure control of the Cincinnati, Ham
ilton & Dayton said that the Pennsylvania
Company would hardly send the third vice
president to close up so important deal
with NJ. ID. Woodford. president of the G..
H. d. d. There is, however, no ground Tor
the rumor. BY securing control of the C..
H. & d. the Pennsylvania would strike no
important points that its own lines do not
now strike.
AS an outcome of the recent compact
made between the Western roads and the
transatlantic steamship companies the
roads have decided that representatives or
the steamship companies are entitled to
have passes issued in their favor. One an
nual pass will be issued to the travelling man
of each steamship company and other en-
ployeS of the steamship companies Will be
granted Transportation when IT IS SHOWN
they are travelling on business Tor Whlch
passes may properly be issued.
1t is expected that general meeting Of
the Western Passenger Association will be
held in the near future to induce the Union
Pacific to become a member OF the assoc
citation The officials of that road have not
been in a position to say what they would
do, but now that the presidency or the, road
has been filled, and with man who IS
generally supposed to be favorable to as
sociations, there will be as little delay as
possible in making inducements to the
Union Pacific to become member OF the
organization.
Next week a committee OF Chicago bust
ness men will go to Washington for the
purpose of appearing before the Senate COM
rnittee i'm behalf of the bill prohibiting the
scaiping of railroad tickets. The deleea-
ton will be heard before the committee on
Jan. and it is expected that delegations
of business men from other cities Will be
there at the same time. The members OF
the Merchants and Travellers Association
are eager to make a strong fight In hehalt
of the bill on account OF the circular CIR
culated among the members of Congress
saving that their stand in favor of the bill
was not in good faith.
Local passenger men are rot disposed to
give much credit to the reported interview
with President Galloway, OF the Lake Snore
road in which he is quoted as saying that
the long-distance telephone was cutting into
passenger agents has looked into the mat
ter and cannot find business man who
has abandoned making a trip because he
could accomplish just as much by using the
iong-distance telephone, but on the con-
trary he found several who, after using
the telephone, had taken the first train to
the point where the telephone had been
used. Important questions could not well
be settled over a long-distance telephone.
or papers signed, and the other portion or
the travel would profit nothing by its use
Sybrant Wesselus state railroad COM
missioner of Michigan, has submitted to the
Governor his annual report. In addlton 10
the usual statistical and advisory matter,
the report recommends: Increase or the
tax upon railroad properties, to be accom-
plished by a general revision of the law
taxing all quasi public corporations and not
limited to railroads only; repeal of all laws
providing for q tax on gross earnings, as
being unfair to the property OF private IN
dividuals not having this privilege; all rail-
roads should not be taxed alike, because
their franchises are not of equal value. IN
determining the value of the franchises the
earning power should be considered. but Tor
no other purpose; payment of all taxes real
lied from corporations to the state treas
ury: a heavy penalty inserted In eleven tax
laws governing taxation of corporations, IL
the tax is not paid when due, also as to
DISCHARGE appeals and long delays In courts.
cTPEET-CQR PRESIDENT 0llT