The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-06
CLUB RATES TO BE MADE
WESTERN LINES WILL GIVE CLUBS
Low FARES TO KLONDIKE.
The E. az r.. Road Takes a New Name
Ticket scaIpers Closing Up in
Leading Railway Centers.

road passenger agents are receiving
letters every day making inquiries as
to transportation rates for individuals
and parties, and railroad men look
for rush toward the Arctic Cir
Gle next spring. The proposed cable road
over Chilcat pass is said by experts to be
practicable, and the newspaper accounts of
the scheme have started inquiries from
many prospective gold diggers. Little is
known of the cable road plan, but letters
indicate that many men believe the road
will be built, and will be in operation next
spring. Passenger agents are of the opin-
ion that the dangers of Chilcat pass have
deferred many men from making prepara-
lions and plans for gold hunting expedi-
tons as the mails have been burdened with
letters bearing on the subject. Almost all
of the Western roads are preparing Klon-
dixie literature, maps and prospectors
guides, which will be let loose on the pub
lie in few weeks. The letters received by
the passenger agents show that in the
small towns all over the country Klondike
cooperative clubs have been formed. More
interest is being shown in the Eastern
States than in the Middle. Clubs are being
organized in towns generally in which are
large factories that employ large numbers
officers and a board of directors, and each
week pay into the clubs treasury a GER
tain sum of money, which is to be used
to to- send from from two etc TO- a, hal half-dozen
Yukon, Copper creek and the lower
Yukon, the Klondike country, or in some
other territory where gold is known or sup up
the benefit of all, and to be ''grub-staked"
by the clubs. 1t is probable the Western
roads will make club rates for parties, TAX
ing them from their homes to Talya, Fort
Wrangel ST. MichaeFs or some other en-
trance to the gold country.
The New Mileage Making Friends.
interchangeable mileage in Central Traf-
fic Association territory continues to gain
ground rather than deteriorate, and one of
the most important aids it has had is the
determination of the Monon to become a
member of the mileage bureau. This road
was party to the agreement when formu-
lated, but before it went into effect with
drew. An evidence of the manner in which
the mileage is being maintained is shown
in the action OF the ticket brokers, who
have iii the past thrived principally on
mileage, which could be handled by any
one One of the most active district pas
senger agents travelling in the Central Traf-
fic Association territory writes from Co
lumbus, o., as follows:
while here to-day, in looking over the
ground, notice that two of the most prom
inent brokers have gone out of business
and a third has notified his association that
he desires to withdraw and is ready to
quit. In Cincinnati three of them have re-
| tired, and Mr.. Frank who has been the
largest scalper in Cincinnati for years, has
half of his $1,000 room for rent. This is evil
dence enough to the railroads in the Cen
trail Passenger Association that the new
mileage is having it's effect The other day
| was at an important point on the, Pan
handle line, whose local business had been
nearly ruined by the old mileage ticket
and the agent told me that his average sale
on Chicago business prior to taking effect
of new mileage would run from fifteen to
thirty Chicago tickets month; last month
he sold 1863 Chicago tickets. This is surely
evidence of the success of the book, and
places the business in the hands of legiti-
mate agents. l note that the Monon has
dropped into line again, which of itself, /
think, insures the success of the book.
Much interest is manifested in the form
of interchangeable mileage which is to be
placed on sale by the Western Passenger
Association Nov 15 The mileage-book sys-
| tenn, which will also be continued, consists
of the individual 1;000-mile ticket limited to
| one year. and sold7for $25, and the 200O-mile
$40. provided the purchaser does not get
tangled up with the mileage bureau while
using the ticket upof The Interchangeable
mileage credit system, which is the new
ticket to be placed on sale on the 18th, con-
sists of an individual eredential in leather
case of extremely striking appearance,
medical case, containing the names of the
lines over which, the interchange ap-
plies; a contract insduplicate setting forth
the conditions governing it's use and those
of the refund; the original contract to be
signed by the purchaser. who, therefore,
becomes the lawful holder Passenger ex-
pertS assert that the new ticket is in no
wise q complicated affair. and that the pub
lie or that part of it which has been clam
oring for an interchangeable ticket will be
highly pleased with it, as soon as they be-
come familiar with its use.
The Alton Wants the Kansas Pacific.
Between now and Dec. 49, the date of the
sale of the Kansas Pacific Railroad, a syn
dictate will. it is reported be formed with
J. Pierpont Morgan at it's head, which, it is
understood, will buy the road for the use
of the Chicago e. Alton. This road has a
traffic contract with the Kansas Pacific
similar to the one the Chicago & North
western has with the Union Pacific, and 1t
has found the Kansas Pacific almost indis-
pensable as an outlet from Kansas City to
Denver. The Alton has offered to lease it
from the syndicate which is to secure 1t at
the foreclosure sale and operate it, agree
ing to pay the actual net earnings to the
owners of the property. The Atoms offer
it is understood, is being favorably consid-
cred The Vanderbilts are said to be anxious
that the road should come under the control
of the Alton as the latter is practically the
connection of the Vanderbilt lines from
Chicago and St. Louis to Kansas City.