The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-09

but 81 20 per ton for its coal. A few years
ago the price ranged from 81 to $40 per
ton.
James McCrea. first vice president of the
Pennsyly ania Company, says there is no
foundation for the report that the Penn
sylvania lines were seriously considering
withdrawal from the Joint Traffic Asocia-
ton.
The Panhandle lines are hauling a large
number Of gondola cars of novel construc-
ton from one of the Eastern car works.
consigned to the Louisville q Nashville.
These cars have iron ratings along the
side
The harmonizing of the interests Of the
Northern Pacific and the Great Northern
Is looked upon as a move to greater pros
perity for both interests, and will enable
them to Introduce economies which viii be
of Importance.
Samuel D. Davis. vice president and
financial officer OF the Columbus q Hooking
Valley road, since the death OF Z. 1:
Waite, will retire from Wall street and
give his entire time TO the railroad COM
panyS interest.
The Wabash yesterday announced a rate
of 30 cents per one hundred pounds on wool
in carloads from East st. Louis TO Boston,
minimum weight 10000 pounds. The rate
heretofore has been S712 cents minimum
weight, 10000 pounds.
F. w. Huidekoper. who has been elected
president of the Chicago Peoria & ST.
Louis, was with General George b. Wright
when receiver of the indianapolis, Bloom
ington d Western. Mr.. Huidekoper now
TeSlueS III w dSHlllS H. -.
The Missouri Pacific, In connection with
Eastern lines. has put on fast freight serv-
ice, which delivers freight shipped from
Boston in Utah in nine days. Heretofore
twelve days has been considered good time
The Big Four forms part OF the line.
f. NJ. Wilkerson, general freight and
passenger agent of the Cincinnati * MUSK
ingum Valley. has been in the city couple
of days He thinks there is good deal or
prevarication being done as regards me
cutting OF rates with the hope of bringing
about a general Generalization.
Judge Morris has signed an order author h
izing the receivers of the Baltimore 81 Ohio
Railroad Company 10 lease one thousand
box cars from the Akron & Chicago juno
a aDd Fon6Ir8 and the Farpor
Warehouse and Elevator Company.
With the retirement Of James Hall, gen
eral passenger agent OF the wheeling ~
Lake Erie the position has been abolished,
after by II. j. Booth, general traffic man
ager. ]. F. Townsend is appointed as
sistant general passenger and freight agent,
with headquarters at Toledo.
Local ticket scalpers yesterday received a
circular letter from Washington, signed by
their representatives. urging them not TO
cease in their labors to create opposition TO
the passage of the anti-scalping BILL it
not yet settled. They hoped, however
that the bill would be defeated and were
encouraged in the belief that 1t would be.
The business men of Pittsburg and Cleve-
Company, operating the Cleveland & Pitts
burg road. 10 make the run with Trains
IL and II between the two points in two
hours and thirty minutes The distance Is
100 miles, and these trains often make the
run in two hours and forty-five minutes.
General Passenger Agent Scull. of the
Baltimore & Ohio. has been granted con-
cessions by the Joint Traffic Association
which enable that line to give stop-over
cts. The Pennsylvania has Washington as
one of it's terminals, and consequently
had an advantage heretofore over the Bal
timore * Ohio in this respect.
1t is stated that negotiations are nearing
completion by which the Lake Erie d
Western will have a favorable traffic ALI
ance by which ii can reach Chicago; using
the Baltimore & Ohio from Wilkerton.
The distance by such route from Indianap-
oils to Chicago would be 210 miles, no
greater than the Vandalia's chicago line,
which handles good deal Of freight.
Commissions have been cut to such an
extent that the ticket agents are complain
ing that their salaries will not properly
support them. and some OF them Will ar
no increase in their pay. Present salaries,
in many cases, were fixed when the money
the agents got out of the commissions ex-
ceeded the amount they received as salary.
1t is unofficially declared that the Nickel
plate will pay no dividend this month. A
dividend of per cent. was declared In
March. 1896, but the regular time for de-
claring II in 1887 has gone by and no an
nouncement has been made by ne board of
directors 1t is said that the Vanderbilts
have declared that ii is very likely that no
dividend will be paid because of the hard
times.
The Pullman Company is adopting in its
best a novel arrangement for waking
passengers in their berths when they desire
to be called. 1t consists of handsome
clock about twenty inches in diameter,
placed at the end of the car, and there Is
an electric attachment which is so ar
ranged that at a given hour 1t Will ring
a bell in the place occupied by the porter,
and at the same time bell in the berth
which will awaken the passenger at the
| hour desired.
The Baltimore & Ohio succeeded in OBJ
tanning permission from the board of man.
| ayers of the Joint Traffic Association to
| lar tickets sold to or through that point
| during the period of the inauguration cere-
monies next month. The concession was
the result of hard fight, but the Balti-
more * Ohio finally won out 1t Will put
| down several miles of new track on which
to store sleepers in which visitors to the
| city will live during the time of the inaugu-
ration.
| On the line of the Toledo, St Louis &
Kansas City one firm owns thirty-thret
| elevators, which have a capacity for 23,O0
| to 1900 bushels of grain each, and investi'
cation shows that grain Is hauled IRON
| territories north and south of the road tC
| these elevators, a distance of twelve &c
| fifteen miles, even crossing the tracks OF
| the Wabash from the north to reach these
\ elevators There are other elevators on the
road. but none handled on so large bus
| mess scale as are the thrty-three al
luded to.
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