The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-03

has prepared plans. The Improvement, it is
estimated, will cost $5O,o00.
The Gould lines now have mileage of
nearly ten thousand miles. Starting with
the Wabash, the Gould lines extend to Chi
cago. st. Louis, Kansas City, Denver and
the Gulf of Mexico, with headquarters in
St Louis
The Chicago & Alton few weeks ago
commenced running trains from points on
its line certain nights of the week into Chi
cago TO carry people wishing to attend the
theaters, and it has proved very profitable
undertaking.
The estimated gross earnings of the Chi
cago, Rock Island & Pacific, both east and
west of the Missouri river, for the month
of February, 1898 are s1,S56.SlS, an increase
as compared with estimated earnings of
February, 1897, of $2S5,983.
The Pittsburg Fort Wayne & Chicago,
among other improvements is taking steps
20 get rid Of some of it's most dangerous
crossings of highways, in some cases chang
ing the location of the track where two
crossings can be eliminated by so doing.
The Central Association of Railway Off
Gals has voted to hold its annual meeting
in this city in July. The association includes
railroad officials of roads centering, at To-
louisville, st. Louis, Peoria and Kansas
City.
Col. William Shaw, district passenger
agent of the Chicago, Burlington 4 Quincy,
is in the CITY, He says the report that their
new fast train was not paying is untrue.
Every trip it has made it has been we'll pa
tronized and more than paid expenses from
the start.
indianapolis is considered the strongest
point for passenger and freight business on
the Big Four system, and the earnings of
in proportion to the expense incurred in
operating, are the largest of any point on
the system.
1t is evident that the Wabash manage
ment intends to make the Detroit division
It's main system and operate the Toledo
line as a branch. On March / the dining
cars which have been run between Toledo
and Peru, will be taken off and also all
parlor cars, except on two trains.
General Manager Loree. of the Pennsyl-
Yania lines west, has offered a prize of
$UO to the supervisor who will have the
best line of continuous track and $500 to
the assistant supervisor on the same Sec
ton, subject to the decision of the inspec-
tors who will go over the lines in October
March brought several changes on the
Southern Pacific. William Sprouie, general
freight agent, succeeded the late Mr. Som
ers as freight traffic manager, and A. D.
Sheppard, assistant general passenger and
being succeeded by G. W. Luce, assistant
general freight agent at San Francisco.
The Erie road should have the credit of
avertng what promised to be an ugly rate
war on west bound business from the sea-
board. The Lackawanna was doing some
shading of west-bound rates. The Erie peo-
nounced that unless the Lackawanna can
celed its reduced rates it, the Erie, would
issue a tariff on fiat rates.
Thomas Campbell, representing the pas
senger department Of the Wisconsin Cen
trail, states that the business of the North
western lines is highly satisfactory. Just
now, he says there Is quite u movement
of homeseekers to Washington and large
number have gone there in the last few
months to settle. He predicts that in a few
years this will be one of the best States in
the Northwest for farming and fruit grow
ing.
The section former on the Wabash have
been notified to send to the roadmaster's
office the names, ages and time of service
OF all men in their employ who cannot sign
the payroll. These who cannot will be given
one month to learn to write their names,
after after Which they will be dropped unless
thought this means the dismissal of a num-
Der of men who have long been in the serv-
ice of the company
The Southwestern Passenger Association
has granted to the Christian Endeavorers
of the United States and Canada all the
concessions desired. They included the sale
of tickets to Nashville and return for the
Christian Endeayor convention, at one fare
for the round trip, July to inclusive, with
final limit July 81, and with privilege of
extension to Aug. IS, provided tickets are
deposited with the terminal lines at Nash
vile prior to July 81.
A striking feature of freight traffic this
fall and winter has been in the fact that
Michigan, which for several years past has
furnished markets in this section with
Irish potatoes, is now shipping their stock
TO Eastern markets, ana potatoes Snlppeu
from Wisconsin have taken their place in
markets in this section. In the month of
February fully one hundred carloads of po-
tatoes were shipped from Wisconsin to In
dianapolis, a portion of which were re-
shipped to other points.
-Four years ago, at the suggestion of Gen
eral Manager Bacon, of the Indiana Car
service Association, the roads composing it
selected a representative of the association
to collect demurrage charges. The plan has
worked admirably and greatly relieved the
tons are adopting a similar course for coll
lecting their demurrage charges and are
writing to General Manager Bacon to as
certain the plan on which the Indiana Car
service Association operates.
The Intersta commerce Commission
represented by Judge Charles A Prouty,
Of Vermont. yesterday began an inquiry at
Cleveland into the complaint of III. M
Strauss. a commission merchant, that the
cleveland Car-service Association, which
includes all the railroads entering the city
except one, is discriminating against small
shippers in favor of big ones. j. J., McAu-
life, of Washington, the commissioners
official stenograpner,. was in attendance:
James ID. Yeoman, of Iowa, member of
the commission, will attend the hearing, if
possible, before It's close.
Justice Chase in the Supreme Court of
New York, reserved decision yesterday on
the application of Arthur Barnard for Il
temporary order restraining the reorganiZa-
ton committee of the Union Pacific Railroad
from issuing more than $75, 0000 900 worth OF
bonds for reorganization purposes. The APP
plication was made on the ground that UNI
der the plan of reorganization as submitted
to the shareholders in January, 1891, the
committee stipulated that the amount of
bonds to be issued for reorganization pur-
poses was not to exceed $4,000 600 Mr.. BAN
nard is shareholder in the road.
The lake and rail lines met in Chicago
yesterday to consider the question of differ
entails that shall govern the trade during
the coming season of navigation The differ
entail that has been allowed the lake lines
heretofore has been 5 per cent. but tine
rail lines are of the opinion that this
for the roads to maintain the rates with so
large a differential in effect. The lake
lines are strongly Of the belief that the diff
ferentlal was too low If anything. The
meeting waxed exceedingly warm at times,
but the indications are that the matter will
be settled by the granting of the old differ
entail.
The Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad
Company held Its annual meeting at Grand
Rapids yesterday. The gross earnings were
$l,97S,567, an increase of $l9,123; net earnings.
$525 0S6, an increase Of 500, $50. After the
payment of S445000 interest and other
charges, there is a surplus of $70,077, the
first surplus since 1890. The election result
Brooks, Joseph Wood and N g. Darling
ton, Pittsburg; w. r. Shelby, T. j.
O'Brien and Harvey II. Hollister, Grand
Rapids; president, James McCray; vice
president and treasurer, w. r. Shelby; sec
rotary, r. r. Metheney; general manager,
j. H. p. Hughart
The Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
inaugurated last night a magnificent train
service between Chicago, st. Paul. Mime