The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-17

its annual session in Cincinnati yesterday.
and VIII be in session two days. The asso-
citation originated in Cincinnati ten years
ago, and Will Brown, the ticket agent at
the Grand Central was one of the founders.
and was later elected president. Invita-
tons have been received from Seattle. Tam
pa, Fla. and Detroit TO hold the next an
nual convention in one of those cities.
The Western classification committee ].
I. Ripley, chairman, met at Hot Springs,
present representing the freight depart
ments of eighty Western railroads. SUBJ
committee has been at work for several
days considering petitions for a change OF
rating on various commodities. There are
over two hundred of these petitions. and
nearly every line of trade is interested. The
committee will not complete the docket be-
fore Friday.
The directors Of the Atchison road have
referred to the executive committee the adj
Instability OF buying up the stock held by
the minority holders of the preferred stock
of the Southern California road. The Atchi-
son road now owns the majority of the
stock. but there are about $1,000 shares in
the hands of individuals 1t is the idea to
exchange this stock for preferred stock of
the Atchison Company, but II Is not known
whether the stockholders will be willing to
sell on this basis.
Wayne & Western Railroad were removed
from Fort Wayne to Findlay, o.. yesterday.
IT IS beneved that the change IS for the
purpose OF placing the officers where they
can oversee the work of extending the
road eastward. John Jacob Astor. president
inspection Of the road and outline the plan
of work on the extension, which is to con-
meet with Eastern roads, and thus make
new route across the State OF Ohio.
c.. A. Wilson, chief engineer of the Gin
cinnati, Hamilton & Dayton was in the
city yesterday for q conference with SUI
perintendent Graves of the Indiana: Deca-
tur & Western Mr. Wilson states that the
contracts for the erection of the new shops
Of the, Cincinnati. Hamilton q Dayton at
Lima have been let, and that, unless the
winter is unusually severe. by April l they
will be ready for occupancy. The new
shops will be modern in every respect and
equipped with the most improved ma
chinery.
The Importance of the Judgment against
the Wabash Railroad Company in what is
known as the Compton suit, has been over
estimated, any purchaser of the line
from Toledo to the Indiana state line would
secure property of very small earning ca
pacity by itself and with local business
reasonable that in the event of anyone bid
ding higher than the Wabash for the, sew
enty-two miles of road the purchaser would
be glad TO make arrangements with the
Wabash for the use of 1t rather than per-
nit the Wabash to construct new line,
as it certainly would do.
A Big Four official yesterday in speak
ing of the popularity of the Knickerbocker
express, run between ST. Louis and New
York over the Big Four and it's Eastern
connections the Lake Shore and New York
Central, said that when put on it hauled
but one sleeping car between St. Louis and
New York, reserving two Ions for In
dianapolis; now there are two sleeping
coaches hauled on the train-one between
st. Louis and New York and the other be-
tween Indianapolis and New York, and sell
dom is there night that the berths in both
are not occupied The Indianapolis and
New York car pays equally well with the
St. Louis car 9eT
If the ruling Of the Joint Traffic Associa-
ton is needed by the roads running through
trains between ST. Louis and New York
after Dec. any train which covers the dis
lance in less than thirty hours must be
considered an exdess fare train, and the
rate must be 81 per hour or fraction of an
hour for the shorter time consumed on the
trip. This ruling is not so unsatisfactory
as was the first one announced, which was
thirty-three hours between ST. Louis and
New York, all trains making quicker time
increasing their fare 81 per hour 1ne hrss
ruling would have affected number of
trains. but the thirty-hour rule will affect
but a half dozen, and a good deal of inter
est is felt as to what steps the Big Four,
the wabash and the Pennsylvania lines will
take in the matter, as the fast trains Of
these three lines and of the Baltimore &
Ohio have become SO popular 1t would be
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