The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-10
management is fighting the union ~Organiza-

ton.
Freight traffic officials Of Eastern roads
met in Chicago yesterday and considered
the advisability of reducing Western rates
on manufactured iron. 1t is the purpose
also TO reduce the rates on plates and
structural shapes and bars, including steel
rails.
The Chicago. Burlington & Quincy, as a
method of preventing it's unused tickets
falling into scalpers hands. has posted at
all stations notices that the company will
redeem at full face value any part of an
unused ticket calling for transportation
over any portion of its system. There are
no restrictions or conditions attached.
Frank O'Neil, commercial agent of the.
santa Fe at Oklahoma City, has been
awarded the prize OF $3.50 offered by Freight
Iraffic Manager Biddle for the representa-
tive of the freight department whose Of
noes showed the greatest proportionate In
crease for the year 1900. Mr.. O'Neil was
formerly connected with the Wabash.
On Jan l there were suits in which judy
ments for injuries were asked from the Big
-Four aggregating $4,000. a majority OF
them are said to be unjust, and will on trial
likely be decided in favor Of the company,
as the Big Four invariably makes Ii a rule
where a person is entitled to damages TO
compromise on equitable terms If possible.
In the United States Court at Toledo yes
terday the Bellefontaine National Bank
asked an order restraining w. b. Strang,
tr., and the Colonial Trust Company from
negotiating with the Ohio Central, or par
ties representing the Ohio Central, for the
sale of the Columbus e. ST. Mary's extern
sion. until the banks claim against the road
Is satisfied.
Israel Adams, one of the veteran engi-
neers of the Pennsylvania lines west. was
buried at Fort Wayne yesterday. He had
been employed on the Pittsburg, Fort
Wayne & Chicago since 1859. He never laid
of on account of sickness. In 1913 he ran
an engine on the Camden & Amboy road.
an engine which was exhibited at the
worlds fair.
George ]. Charlton. general passenger
and ticket agent of the Chicago & Alton,
and ID. Bowes. assistant general passenger
agent of the Chicago * Alton, are spending
a few lays in the city calling on ticket
agents in A. ID. Perry's territory. Mr..
Charlton states that the passenger bust
ness in the past year has been better than
in many years.
Railroad and lake steamship lines di-
rectly interested in Buffalo passenger
trafhc from lake ports will work hand in
hand, so far as Pan-American exposition
business is concerned. Representatives Of
these lines at a meeting yesterday practi-
cally decided that rates authorized for the
exposition should not be disturbed under
any circumstances.
Chief Engineer Bissell, of the Lake Shore
road, and a corps of engineers and rcd
men. numbering forty-fve. on Tuesday
begun a survey for constructing a double
track from Doughton to Plymouth. The
construction of this ffty-three miles of
road will give the Lake Shore the shortest
rail- line from Lake Erie to Youngstown
and Pittsburg, with the low grade of three
tenths to the mile the entire distance.
The mail and express train on the Evans
Vile IL Terre Haute run in connection with
the Louisville & Nashville was hauled from
Evansville to Terre Haute, no miles. in two
hours and twenty minutes. The usual
schedule time is three houfs and seventeen
minutes. This run gives ample proof that,
as claimed by the present management, the
II. d L. III. roadbed and rolling stock are
we'll up to that of the best Indiana roads.
John S. Talbot, assistant general freight
agent of the Wisconsin Central, has ac-
cepted the position of travelling freight
agent of the Chicago & Northwestern with
will succeed Mr.. Talbot on the Wisconsin
Central. o. w. tombstone, general agent
In milwaukee,; goes to st. Paul as general
agent of the Wisconsin Central, and w. F.
Lord, general agent at st. Paul, will sue
coed MIR. Erfert as general agent in Chi
cago.
The depot ground and water tank of the
Toledo, st. Louis & Western road at Bluff
ton were sold at sheriff's sale last Saturday
to satisfy a judgment of sly0.5 in favor of
1894 Rev. Winans had a horse killed by a
Glover Leaf train, and the sale of the de-
pot and other property is an outgrowth of
EN- the privilege of paying the debt with In
terest at any time during the year from
date. of sale, when the property will revert
10 them.
The New York Evening Post says: "Of-
icers of the New York Central and Della
ware d Hudson companies again denied
on Wednesday that there had been a guar
antee of the shares of the latter by the
former company, or that such a guarantee
or a lease was proposed. 1t was said that
this report, like so many of the others
which are circulating in Wall street, is a
mere guess. 1t is known. however, that
besides previous long holdings of stock
by the Morgan interest, a heavy
block of stock of the Delaware & Hudson
was recently transferred at private sale"