The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-11
MAINTAINING TARIFFS
THE SITUATION AS VIEWED BY LO-
CAL FREIGHT OFFICIALS.
Railway Travelling Freight Agents
Form an Association to Encour-
age Closer Relationships.


Inquiry among freight officials shows that
for once every freight official is determined
to get tariff rates for every pound of freight
his line may carry. Ford Wood, assistant
general freight agent of the Big Four. said
he felt confident that the business now NOV
ing in all directions is carried at tariff, and
he expressed the opinion that at Chicago,
Peoria and st. Louis for ten days past
tariff rates have been adhered to on all new
Business. John S. Lazarus. traffic manager
'of the Indiana, Decatur & Western, said he
had not heard of any cutting of rates in
this territory in either direction. The In
diana, Decatur & Western is particularly
interested in good west-bound rates, and
MIR. Lazarus says the agreement entered
into by the Big Four, the Vandalia and the
j., ID. & w. some weeks ago is being strictly
lived up to. II. G. Stiles, general agent of
the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton, ex-
pressed the opinion that at Indianapolis
rates are well held; there had been several
attempts by shippers to get some favor in
rates, but he thought that in each case they
had failed. On Thursday one shipper told
MIR. Stiles that he had two carloads of
freight for competing point of the c.. H.
* d. and wished to know the best rate his
road could name. Mr.. Stiles told him tariff
rates. The shipper said he must do better
than that The two carloads of freight
had not been shipped yesterday morning.
William Sullivan, commercial agent of the
Big Four lines, is positive in his belief that
freight men are naming only tariff rates.
One of the Big Four freight officials says
if the Pennsylvania lines will adhere to
tariff all other Indianapolis lines will; on
the other hand, a Pennsylvania official says:
IF the Big Four will do its business at
tariff rates every other road in the Central
Traffic Association territory can readily do
30" Line agents are sanguine that rates
have been restored, and freight men are
strong in the faith that at present better
rates are obtained than at any time in
months, if not years Among the line men
VINO speak positively regarding the matter
are Ennis. of the Erie lines; Stanberry, of
the Traders Dispatch; Wilson, of the Lack
awanna; Simons of the West Shore; Innes,
of the Kanawha Dispatch; Fellows. of the
Midland line: Baker, of the White line;
Watson, of the Blue line and Canada South
ern. and Pierce, of the Merchants Dispatch.
Personal, Local and General Notes.
William Cannon, paymaster of the Union
Railway Company and Belt road, yester-
day disbursed SIS $50 among the employees.
all directions has greatly improved the last
week and sleeping cars are now doing big
business.
In October last. in the Central Passenger
Association territory. there were 1SI ticket
scalpng offices. On June l the number had
been reduced to 11&
President Ripley, of the Santa Fe, says
there is no foundation for the report that
that company is seeking to control the In
diana. Illinois & Iowa.
The net earnings of the Illinois Central
for the ten months ending April 30 show. an
increase of 81, 1923 over the corresponding
period of the previous year
w H. Fogg, who. on June /. resigned his
position on the Missouri Pacific, has been
appointed travelling passenger agent of the
Toledo, st. Louis & Kansas City.
The telegraph operators on the Cincinnati
Hamilton & Dayton lines. who are asking
for an increase I'm their pay, have presented
the matter to President Woodford.
Arrangements have been made for hold
hoods at chiIiicothee, O.. July ii and T. The
meeting will end with a ball on the even
ing of the 18th.
A large interocking and signal plant is
section of the Indianapolis and Sandusky di-
vision of the Big Four and the Columbus
& Northwestern.
An official circular announces that W. c.
Knittle. of st. Louis, has been appointed
travelling passenger agent of the Big Four,
with headquarters at Dallas, Tex, vice A. ].
Whitehead, deceased.
Elmer II. Wood. who has been appointed
general freight agent of the Union Pacific,
will make his headquarters at Omaha. c.
]. Lane and w. II. Garrett have been ap-
pointed assistant general, freight agents.
The New York Central lines earned in
May 946, an increase over May, 1897,
of $l36215. Since July ] the lines have
earned $42. 4934S, an increase over the cor
responding eleven months of 1897 of 81, 1853 1923.
w. IT. Newman, president of the Lake
Shore 7 rat fiO MAJ
ager, have been spending a couple of days
at Pittsburg looking after the affairs of the
Pittsburg & Lake Erie, an ally of the Lake
Shore.
Engine 1877, hauling the special which
carried the officials of the Pennsylvania
lines on 9 their inspection trip made the run
Wayne road sixty-five miles. in sixty-four
minutes including one full stop.
The Toledo. ST; Louis & Kansas City
earned in the first week of June $40SSS, a
ing week of 1897 of $3.50. Since July ! the
gross earnings were $2S,S96 greater than
those for the corresponding period of 1897.
P. F. Flynn declines to serve as chairman
of the Southwestern Passenger Bureau, and
G. M. Pratt, who represents the Western
Passenger Association at New York, has
been offered the position The time for the
new association beginning business has been
set for June 10.
The roads centering at Terre Haute have
made themselves popular with the mer-
trains from points on their lines. A special
on the Vandalia on Thursday brought in
over five hundred people from points west
of Terre Haute.
Nj. w. Mansfield. superintendent of the
indianapolis & Vincennes, states that the
earnings of the road for May were the
largest in any May in years and handsome
~ in excess of May 1897 This year the coal
mines on the line We're worked, while last
year the miners were on strike.
The Chicago e. Alton has announced that
Ii will sell tickets from St. Louis to Eastern
points via Chicago at the same rates as
are made by the short lines out of st. Louis
to such points The effect Of this will prob
ably be to further demoralize rates from
f0-day's points to the East via st. Louis.
An official of the Vandalia says the large
freight locomotives recently purchased by
that company are doing more than the
builders guaranteed. They haul forty load
ed cars readily over the road on freight
time schedule and one of them hauled thir-
~ loaded cars on Thursday night at an
average speed of thirty miles an hour
The New York Central has placed on
sale five-hundred-mile mileage books at So
These books are issued in the name of the
head of family or firm. and will be avail
able for use by any member of the family
or firm or will be honored by any traveller
of a firm. and are TO be honored on all
trains to the end of the run of conductor.
The Chicago Junction Railway and Union
Stock Yards has declared a IL per cent