The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-22

OF bondhoders OF the Louisville. Evans
Vile & St Louis. The report is looked
upon as favorable TO the consolidated
bonds.
A surveying corps in the employ of the
Baltimore & Ohio Is making a survey OF
a route from Salem TO Marietta. o., with a
view of building road from Salem 10 that
point, to connect with the GAINESVILLE * Ohio
River road. making shorter route than
by way of Cincinnati into Chicago. The
road to be built is about fifty miles in
length.
The Lehigh Valley will enter the field
more aggressive competitor for business
from the West, and is constructing new
freight yard at Newark. which will COM
prise twenty-seven miles OF track. OF late
the Lehigh Valley has been getting .consid-
cradle business in this territory in the way
OF furniture, lumber, live stock and pro-
visions
d. i. Roberts. general passenger agent OF
the Erie, expresses the opinion that the
strict enforcement of the new trunk line
agreement to maintain rates and abolish
commissions on passenger trafnc Will save
the railroads interested not less than ST.
100000 per annum. This estimate is re-
garded as reasonable by other general pas
senger agents.
In the week ending Jan. 20 there were
handled by the Big Four at Indianapolis
1882 loaded cars, S94 more than in the cor
responding week of 1899. While the Bee
line and st. Louis divisions show falling
off as compared with last year. the Chi
oago division this year handled $50 more
loaded cars at Indianapolis THAI IN The
tiii d week of January, 1899.
George s. Batty, general passenger agent
of the Iowa Central, is doing good work
in bringing the road into more general no.
tice. He has just issued an attractive
folder, and all local and through time Ia
bles are very conveniently arranged. Entire
pages are devoted to their tourist car line
and the attractions of the new territory re-
Gently opened by the extension of the Bel
mond branch.
The general passenger agents OF the Cen
trail Traffic Association and Trunk-lne
Passenger Association were surprised on
Thursday on receiving circulars from the
Canadian roads, Incfualns the Grand trunk
and the Canadian Pacfic. announcing that
they would participate in abolishing the
payment of commissions on sales of tickets
calling for transportation over their re-
spective lines.
1t would seem that S. II. Kneeland still
has some influence in the affairs of the
Toledo, St. Louis & Kansas City. the post
ponment of the foreclosure sale being cred
tied to his efforts. For years he has been
one of the prominent and untiring iltlgants,
and is said to have prevented Its SAFE Tor
the last three years Mr.. Kneeland Is often
a visitor TO Indianapolis. and is admitted
by the parties interested in the property
to be a good fighter in legal way.
Officials of the Pennsylvania lines West
are displeased with the Chicago ordinance
calling for the stopping of all trains one
hundred yards from grade crossings, as,
under present conditions, IL Is irksome
enough for the P.ttsburg, Fort Wayne d
Chicago trains to reach their Chicago sta
ton, and 1t Is predicted that the railroad
company has decided to run trains as usual
for a test of the ordinance, which fixes
penalty of from SIS TO 500 for each VIOLA
ton. ftff