The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-06

consin Central was great enough to call for
regular reports of the condition of the rail-
road and his influence WAS sufficient to re-
suit in an order that duplicate copies OF
the statements of the road be forwarded
TO him.
No. Is. the fastest scheduled train on the
Big -Four between indianapolis and Cincin-
natl, on Tuesday night left Indianapolis six
ty-n1ne minutes late, arriving in Cincinnati
thirty-three minutes, and the engineer says
but for a train dispatcher's interference lie
would have made the run in one hour and
hfty-four minutes. Two hours and eight
minutes is the best record with Il regular
passenger train up to date.
Traffic Manager Parker, of the Chicago &
southeastern and General Itihty Man moore
were in the city yesterday. About thirty
cars per day are being loaded with coal on
the line. about thirty of grain. ten to twelve
of lumber, and for the strawboard works at
NOblesville the company is handling ten
cars per day. The company has eleven en-
gines, nine being in good condition, and yes
terday closed Il contract with the Western
Car Company for one hundred box cars
Lake terminals of the Wisconsin Central
road at ManitoWOc are proving great sue
cess The package freight carried by the
steamers connected with the Wisconsin
Central during the last season of navigation
west-bound amounted to 1880 tons. and
the figures were 37.126 tons of grain and
1906 tons of package freight, principally
-four, making total Of 10 S29 tons. East
bound and weSt-bound freight together
footed up 1885 tons.
With the new year the Lake Shore ceased
running trains into Cleveland over the
tracks of the Big -Four from Berea, owing
to a disagreement regarding the use of
croSS-town tracks, 1t is expected that with
in a short time the difficulty will be settled
and the use of the tracks resumed. The
agreement between the Lake Shore and the
Big Four as to the joint use of these tracks
has been in force for eight years and the
former road has a contract permitting their
use for considerable term of years in the
future.
General passenger agents in this territory
are already calling the attention of their
representatives to the fact that the national
gathering OF the Uniformed Rank. knights
of Pythias, will be held at indianapolis in
August, and the National Encampment of
the e. A. R. at Cincinnati about the first
part of September. The rates and ticketing
arrangements have not been completed, but
will be announced as soon as possible, and
to take such steps at once as will secure
the business in their vicinity for the re-
spective lines
The Chicago-St. Paul lines have agreed
TO withdraw reduced rates east-bound from
Minneapolis and st Paul to the Atlantic
Seaboard via Chicago. Next Saturday the
rates will be advanced from SIT to $21. The
rate was reduced about one month ago
in connection with the great volume of
Scandinavian business setting in from Min
nesota and the Northwest to the seaboard.
The first reductions We're made by the 500
line and the other roads followed suit. The
500 has now given notice that it intends
| to restore the rates and the lines between
likewise
Another meeting of the Western lines will
be held in the near future for the purpose
of considering the question of homeseekers
excursions. There is a feeling that the de-
cision to restrict the excursions to South
ern points and to sell tickets from points
on the Missouri river only will have the
effect of giving two or three lines monop-
oily of the business, and this is not looked
on with favor by many of the roads. 1t is
| agreed on all sides that the present agree
ment cannot stand for any great length of
| time and that another meeting must be
called within short time to settle the
| matter definitely.
| A call was issued yesterday for a meet
| ing of the Central Passenger Association
to be held in Chicago next Wednesday, The
| principal matter to come before the meet
ing will be the fight over the interchange
able mileage tickets A strong effort will
be made to force the lines which recently
put out their own tickets to pull out of the
interchangeable mileage bureau of the as
ISOLATION. The roads are prepared for this
and say that while they have no particular
objection to being forced out of the organ
iZatiOn they desire to put all of the respon-
Sibility on the other roads. Composite tick
cts and a large number of reduced rates
for meetings of various kinds will also be
considered
The new coal plant that the Baltimore &
Ohio is erecting at Sandusky. o., will consist
| OF an elevated track to be used either with
side dump or drop bottom cars, the coal
dropping into bins from which it will flow
! into buckets of four tons capacity, each
of a capacity of ten tons each will lift the
buckets to the vessel. There will be six
teen of these patent drop-bottom buckets
and they will be handled by two of the
latest steam revolving derricks. These ma
chimes will give the plant a. capacity of
about three hundred tons of coal per hour
at minimum cost for the work and with a.
slight breakage. The plant will be in oper-
alton nv ADriI /.