The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-21

road from Lima TO Defiance and the road
coming south from South Haven. BY
building few links over old grades the
Ohio Southern would have a through line
from the coal fields TO Lake Michigan
AT the annual meeting of stockholders of
the Cincinnati Southern Railway, yester-
day, the following directors were re-
elected: Briggs $. Cunningham, Nj. +. In
gals, Lawrence Maxwell jr., NJ ID. Wood
ford and Eugene Zimmerman. Cincinnati;
S. NJ. FELTON,, Chicago, and Francis Lynde
Stetson, Samuel Spencer and II. +. Shoe
maker, New York.
Commissioners Farmer, Of the passenger
department of the Trunk-line Association,
has compared the passenger traffic figures
of the trunk lines for 1899 and 1900 and finds
that the business for the current year is
was a slight falling off in traffic last
month, but the passenger traffic of October
was exceptionally large.
The first meeting of the new Transcon-
tinental Passenger Association convened
yesterday at st. Louis, and the traffic man.
ayers of the roads interested were in at
tendance. e. o. Mccormick represented
the Southern Pacific, and Traffic Manager
Babcock and General Passenger Agent
Heinz, of the Rio Grande Western, were
among those in attendance.
Hon. Richard Yates, Governor-elect of
Illinois, and wife are on trip 10 Cali
fornia- d. w. Ross, assistant to Vice
President Harahsn and wife, accom-
panied them, and they travel ir the pri-
vate car of Vice President Harahan. On
Sunday they were in Salt Lake City. where
they visited the Tabernacle and were
treated TO a special organ recital.
The rumor that the Monon is to shorten
the time OF one of its fast trains each way
between Indianapolis and Chicago TO four
hours and a half is denied on official au-
thority, there being a time agreement be-
tween the Monon. the Big Four and the
Pennsylvania lines between the points
named. The best time the Monon ever
mo do x.,a+t 81 ~ oh
cred the distance in three hours and twen-
ty-one minutes.
A movement for abolishing railroad and
street grade crossings has reached such
point at Milwaukee that IL Is an assured
success. The Chicago, Milwaukee & St.
Paul has expressed a willingness to do it's
share in making the Improvement, and
the other companies are favorable The
prosperity of the railroads has made the
present time oppOrtune for such improve
ments. and the city authorities express
Willingness TO make any concessions posi-
bic TO carry out the undertaking.
The United States grand jury at Phila-
delphia has ignored the bills of indict-
rlent against Isaac A. Sweigart former
superintendent of the Philadelphia IL
hood i Of railway f SS Trainme ~ with having
discharged employees of the Reading Com
pany because they were members of the
brotherhood. The offense alleged consti-
tuted violation of an act of Congress OF
June 1, 1898. The charge made by
the president of the brotherhood, Valentine
Fitzpatrick
The interstate-commerce committee at its
session in Chicago yesterday heard testi-
mony and arguments in four cases brought
by G. G.. Freeman, of Pontiac, Mich.
against the Grand Rapids * Indiana,
Grand frank and Delaware, Lackawanna
& Western railroads. forming the Great
Eastern fast freight line. Mr.. Freeman.
who is shipper of potatoes, declares that
under the system these roads devised for
holding up claims for overcharges he
found it Impossible to secure a refund for
overcharges in the shipment of potatoes.
he WE IA an ad vic