The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-24

ell is composed almost wholly of railroad
men, having among it's members repre-
sentative men from all indianapolis lines
Mr.. Williams expects TO add from sixty
to seventy-five members to this council
during his stay.
A sharp rivalry has sprung UP between
the Big Four and the Wabash on time
freights, more especially live stock and
dressed meats, and few nights ago a train
of twenty-three loaded cars was hauled
from Bellefontaine to I4indale, 1876 miles, n
three hours and fifty minutes, making three
stops for water.
The Pennsylvania lipes have erected at
Fort Wayne q large icehouse, so situated
that the refrigerator cars of the Pittsburg,
Fort Wayne & Chicago and those of the
Grand Rapids q Indiana can be supplied
with ice at that point. The company is
now cutting several thousand tons of ice In
northern Michigan.
General Manager Schaff and George w.
kittredge chief engineer of the Big -Four,
will to-day meet a committee appointed by
Congress at Benton Harbor, to confer IN
reference to making an appropriation to
improve the harbor at that point. The cltl-
Gems of Benton Harbor, well as the Big
Four people, are anxious that something
should be done in that direction.
The Canadian Pacific has reduced rates
locally in all Canadian territory in Whlch
the Grand Trunk is competitor. ThlS ac-
ton can have no effect on American rates
unless it should force the Grand Trunk 10
In that case the American roads would be
in a sorry plight because the Western
roads might then find themselves shut off
from any outlet to the East, the Central
Passenger roads show little inclination to
take part in the fight. In the meantime the
Grand Trunk says it will not meet the cuts
In Canadian territory.
The Union Pacific road has decided not to
take any part in the transcontinental pas
senger rate war 1t issued notice yesterday
that, after considering the matter fully. 1t
had decided not to use the cut rates
through the Missouri river gateways. This
action on its part will tend to strengthen
the situation materially Other roads will
now be less inclined than ever to allow the
war to spread beyond the territory in which
the Canadian Pacific is an active compet-
itor; Should this action prove effective in
shutting the Missouri river gatewayS
against the cut rates it will save large
amounts of revenue to the American roads.
Considerable concern is felt at Chicago
IN the result of the presidents meeting to
be held there to-day to consider the Denver
fast train Squabbe. When the executive
officers decided to refer the matter to the
presidents an understanding reached
that no rates should be cut until ten days
notice was given. The Santa Fee issued a
circular yesterday stating that it's interpre-
tation of that understanding was that the
notice referred to only embraced the first
ten days after the date of the meeting. AS
that term has now expired the Santa Re
now considers itself at liberty to cut rates
at any time after giving the legal three
days notice.
Oscar Allen, who resides at Brownstown
Jackson county, was in the city yesterday
and in conversation with some railroad men
said TO business man who had not expert
enced it could believe what good roads in
a county mean. In the last two years all
the roads in Jackson county have been
piked, and in one of the adjoining counties
forty miles Of pike are to be built this COM
ing summer. He says it pays the county
the first year for the expense incurred He
owns a large spoke and felloe factory at
Brownstown, and finds that he can do bust
ness now as well in the winter. as summer;
Farmers are now hauling their grain and
other produce to railroad stations.