The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-09

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year, and unless get my name exactly
the same each time / sign my firm is out
$50 per year-just what the railroad COM
panieS expect w. H. N.
Columbus, Ind, June s.
Admitted Having Cut Rates.
The investigation of the alleged rate cut
ting on east-bound grain by means Of
export" shipments was continued at
Chicago yesterday by the Interstate-com-
merce Commission. Most of the evidence
given during the day was unimportant and
of little interest The most interesting wit
ness of the Gay, however, was ]. L. Clark,
the general freight agent of the Lake
Shore & Michigan Southern Mr.. Clark got
along smoothly until the attorney for the
commission asked him to explain why he
transferred eaSt-bound cars to the Nickel
plate line.
The Nickei-plate was short on it's per-
centage Of traffic at that time and we
helped the other road out
Then there is an agreement to divide
the east-bound business from Chicago?'
asked Mr.. Day, the commissions attorney.
Mr.. Clark had to admit that there was.
He said his road was allowed IA 2-1O per
centage. AS to other roads he was in
ignorance; When asked if he had ever
Freight Association rates, Mr. Clark an
swered that he had not during the period
covered by the investigation
Did you at any time prior to JAM /, Of
this year, cut the rate"
Mr.. Clark asked to confer with his coun-
sci, George B: Green, before, answering
the question. Mr. Green gave him permits
sion to answer and reluctantly he admitted
that he had cut the rates. He denied
having had any business relations with Ar
mour, Counselman and other grain ship
pers and asserted that he had not given
any preference to any of them.
Personal, Local and General Notes.
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the Erie lines is on Western trip.
w. P. Campbell has assumed the duties
of chairman of the Southwestern Freight
Bureau, succeeding 1. F. Day
The first Niagara Fails excursion of the
season will be run June 10 by the Nickel
plate road from northern Indiana.
The Grand Army is assured of a rate of
cent mile hereafter for its annual en-
campments, no matter where held
%ne % Fort %ayd ee will Ravyg her
annual excursion on the 18th, going to
Rome City, Ind.
j. A. Barnard, general manager of the
Peoria & Eastern, yesterday went to Peoria
to attend a meeting of the Peoria & Pekin
Union Company
Last night two carloads of Indiana straw
berries were shipped from indianapolis 10
Milwaukee in refrigerator cars, hauled on
regular passenger trains.
Walter Cox, of Cincinnati, special attor-
ney of the Big Four, is spending couple
of days in, the city looking after some legal
matters Of a local character.
The Wabash lease of the Grand Trunk
tracks to Suspension Bridge places the
road in a position to dictate terms as to
connection eastward from Buffalo.
j. A. Rose, contracting agent of the
Nickel-plate at Buffalo, has resigned and
is succeeded by w. 6. Retcher, a freight
clerk promoted from the general office.
The shopmen at the New Monon shops
at Lafayette have organized an excellent
hltn nd will OIV
at Lafayette They will be assisted by out
side talent.
The managers of the Joint Traffic Asso-
citation have declined the application of the
Baltimore & Ohio for a dit1erential passen-
ger fare between New York and Pittsburg
and Philadelphia and Pittsburg.
E. A. Could, superintendent of the East
ern division of the Wabash, is this week
on the Grunk Trunk line, prior to having
his territory. so far as the movement OF
Wabash trains is concerned, extended
All roads in the Central Passenger As
scciation territory have been authorized to
sell excursion tickets on July g. and .,
coed to return on July 6, at one fare for the
round trip, within a distance OF 200 miles.
The Big Four proper earned III May 81
062 5S0.1l, an increase over May, 1896, of SILL
000.96. The freight earnings were highly sat
isfactory, as were the through passenger
earnings, but the earnings from local bus
mess are disappointing.
II. E. Felton, general freight agent of the
Chicago & Eastern Illinois, has been APP
pointed general freight agent of the Lake
Shore & Michigan southern, with head,
quarters at Cleveland. William Campbell
succeeds to the vacancy on the Eastern
Illinois.
The joint traffic arbitrators have decided
that the differential fares must be used
for making through fares from interior
Michigan points to Eastern cities much to
the surprise of the general passenger
agents of roads which are not benefited by
the decision.
The Western Trunk-line Committee is in
session at St. Paul, considering among
other things lumber rates from st. Paul
and Minnesota points to Illinois; Indiana
products st. Paul to Louisville and Cincin-
natl versus Missouri river points.
Since the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton
got it's power into good condition the train
records at the Union Station show that no
road is running it's trains nearer on sched-
uled time than is the c., II. q D., ana
some of its trains are scheduled as fast
as are those of any roads in the country.
The furry in passenger rates between
Kansas City and st. Louis and Kansas City
and Chicago ended yesterday, and the re-
duced rate of $3.50 from Kansas City to
Chicago and return, and of $3.50 from st.
Louis to Kansas City and return were with
drawn, all lines agreeing to enforce the
regular rates hereafter.
p. A Bonebrake, superintendent of the
Louisville division of the Pennsylvania
lines, was in the city yesterday and was
much e!ated over a fast run made yeSter-
day morning from Louisville to Indianap-
Oils. the train covering the 10 miles In
two hours and three minutes, the best rec
ord ever made between the two cities.
The Big Four no longer uses it's line via
the Whitewater road and the Peoria &
Eastern via New Castle between Cincin-
natl and Indianapolis, except in case of
emergency. To connect the two at New
Castle the track of the Lake Erie q West
ern- must be used, and the little traffic over
this route did not Justify the Big Four in
paying what the Lake Erie & Western de-
manded.
Citizens of Buffalo claim that it is the
greatest railroad center in the United
States. and includes more trackage than
New York Chicago or ST. Louis. Twenty
six railroad corporations operate their
effect, published in Buffalo paper drew
forth the following comment from the Bos-
ton Herald: I'm the matter of business
Buffalo is a child as compared with Bos-
ton"
A protraeted meeting of the traffic man.
held in New York yesterday. Commissioner
Goddard said later that the question of re-
storing all west-bound rail and lake freight
rates from New York was fully and free
taken He said also that the Baltimore x
Ohio matter was discussed only in casual
way and that no recommendations would be
made to the board Of control The Balti-
more & Ohio road was represented by Man
ager G. S. White
placed on record in Cook county, Illinois,
was filed yesterday afternoon. 1t is given
by the Lake Shore q Michigan Southern
Railway Company to the Union Trust
Company of New York, and John t. Dye,
of Indianapolis, Ind trustee. The object
of the mortgage is to issue bonds with
which TO refund the bonded Indebtedness
of the company amounting to $3l92,000,