The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-11

yantageously be located in the Union Sta
ton, prefer to pay rent to some outside
ownership The elevator in the Union Sta
floor of the building, where there are pleas
ant rooms, is unoecupied.
An experienced railroad official, who has
been noting the manner that. j. w. Sher-
wood, superintendent of the eastern dfvi-
sion of the Toledo ST. Louis & Kansas
City. is managing the road, said that he
would handle men with less friction and
better discipline and with better results
than any transportation man of his extern
Sive acquaintance.
A railroad attorney said yesterday that
he thought the Toledo, ST. Louis a. Kansas
City would be out of the hands OF a re-
ceiver within six months, or at furthest one
year, He knew that decree to sell the
road would be issued in a short time, and
in sixty days therefrom the road would be
sold Should The junior security holders
appeal the case, it viii be decided within
six months, so that in less than a year he
was confident the road would be operated
by reorganized company
A record breaking fast run has been made
by the Union Pacific eaSt-bOund fast mail
train between Cheyenne, Wyo., and North
Platte. The train made the run between
Upton and Mamsutter Station, on the
Wyoming division, at the rate of seventy
eight miles an hour. From Cheyenne to
Sidney, distance of 102 miles, the running
time was ninety-seven minutes From Sid
ney to North Platte, ia miles, the time
was III minutes, being the fastest run in
the history of the road.
The Joint Traffic Association managers
have recommended number of regulations
to govern the transportation Of exhibits to
and from the TranSmissSsippi and Interna-
tional exposition, to be held at Omaha,
June l. 1898. The regulations affect every
road Of prominence in the country. They
are comprehensive and are generally re-
garded as liberal in their provisions. The
appended resolution, to take effect Dec. is,
has been adopted: THAT until further ac-
ton by the managers camel coal traffic,
n through
ern terminal of trunk lines, is hereby ex-
empted from the jurisdiction Of the Joint
Traffic Association.
On Dec / the first years trial of the
Brown system Of discipline ended with the
Chicago q Rock Island, and some interest
ing figures are given as to results. 1t is
shown that the number of employees in
creased during the year. compared with
the previous twelve months, 16. 43 per cent.
and that the number disciplined by the inn
position OF demerit marks was lilo per
cent, or Just per cent. more than the num-
Der discharged the previous year. OF the
total number of men employed and subject
to the rules of the system, 1925 per cent
received no demerit marks, and under the
regulations each man is entitled to twenty
merit marks. 1t is said that employees as
a whole now look upon the system with
favor
There is considerable feeling among the
lines of the Central Passenger Committee
over the fight against the proposition of the
Michigan Central and the Lake Shore to
make the interchangeable -mileage ticket
good on trains. The end of the fight is not
yet in sight no matter what action the
presidents OF the roads may take at their
coming meeting in New York Several of
the roads which favored the plan of MAX
ing the tickets good for transportation when
presented say that they will continue the
fight until the matter has been settled in
their favor The arguments over the
proposition at the meeting in Chicago
Thursday were very warm, and for time
it looked as though the entire interchange
able ticket bureau of the Eastern roads
would be disrupted. The action of the
presidents at their coming meeting is
awaited with great interest by all of the
roads concerned.