The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-03

road. a narrow gauge line, which was
planned to run from Emmervflle. a suburb
or Oakland, to Bodia, twenty miles. Inc
Santa Fe paid $4,000 for the property, the
chief value of which is it's terminals for a
ferry between Oakland and San Fran
cisco.
The iron committee of the Central
Freight Association at a meeting which
has just closed at Cleveland arranged for
an advance of 10 per cent. in the freight
rates on iron and iron products This
change In the rates is TO become enectlve
at once.
There will be a meeting in Chicago to-
day to make an effort to improve the
passenger rate situation between chicago
influence on the situation has been exerted
by the Western passenger officials. out
side of the clergy and mileage bureau the
association IL practically worthless. and
has been so since the Chicago, Rock Island
* Pacific withdrew.
An official of the ST. Louis & San Fran
cisco says there is absolutely no truth in
the current report that this company mad
secured control of the Toledo, st. Louis
& Western. The fact is that under the
sale of the road the agreement was that
there should be no change In ownership
for five years. This was two years ago.
consequently it will be three years before
any change in management OF the prop
erty can be made.
The time limit placed by the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Company for the removal
~ liz w eSlEIn UNION leleSIdpA SOlliPohy
of its poles and wires from the railroad
lines expired on Monday, but they nave
not been removed. The dispute has been
taken into the courts and an understand
ing has been reached between the two
companies by which the poles and wires
are to remain undisturbed until a settle
ment of the pending suit is reached.
Chairman Mcleod who for several years
has been distributing the revenues OF the
immigrant bureau according to the agreed
percentages. has issued a statement cover
ing the movement of immigrants Tor the
ten months of 1902. Tn statement Is par
ticularly interesting at this time owing TO
the inability of the lines in the pool to
agree to a distribution of the proceeds.
The figures show that If a settlement is not
reached there will be In the neighborhood
of 100000 for the railroads TO fight for.
Employees of the Shamokin division of the
Philadelphia & Reading Railway Company
The advance is as follows: Machinists'
from s2.25 per day to $3.50; fire cleaners,
from 1872 to S2.11: inspectors, from Sl.N
to 81: engineers from $40 to sl6s; eHg ynm
$3.50 to $3.50. The car inspectors, VINO re-
ceived $5 and $50 per month, are advanced
10 per cent. Semaphore men are also 10 be
increased s. per month. The new scale TOT
engineers, firemen and trainmen will be
announced later.
The Grand Trunk has terminals in Chi
cago. Milwaukee, Buffalo and New London,
Conn. The Wabash has a traffic agreement
whereby it uses the line of the Grand Trunk
from Detroit to Buffalo, and there Is a
strong traffic agreement between the Grand
Trunk and the Lehigh Valley road. General
Manager Hays is credited with being the
promoter of the plan to extend the Grand
Trunk to the Pacific coast. He left the
Grand Trunk some years ago TO assume
the presidency of the Southern Pacific un-
der r. Fl. Hartman, and a year ago re-
turned to the Grand Trunk and became its
general manager.
The Big Four's October statement, pub
lished in the Journal yesterday, is on a par
with previous reports. So far this year in
creases in gross earnings have been hardly
more than nominal, while rather substan-
tial increases in expenses have caused a
net loss for four months of $347. 427. which is
equal to IA per cent. on the common
stock. Consequently, the road is now earn
after allowing 5 per cent. on The preferred.
The Peoria a Eastern makes a better
showing so far this year than does the Big
Four. Its gross earnings for four months
show an increase of SIS, $50 and the net a
gain of $5,45S.
An apparently pre-arranged plan. by
which the record of an employee may be
| ISOLATION of Chicago, has developed on the
California end of the Southern Pacific
Check and freight delivery clerks of the
Southern Pacific have been required to fill
out blank applications for employment
giving the names of their former employer
and, If they have ever been discharged
the reason therefor. Finally these answers
must be sworn to. The examination must be
undergone as to eyesight. These applica'
tions must be filed in duplicate. each bear
ing a photograph of the applicant. Of1cials
Of the company say in explanation that the
and other classes of employees will be ex'
tended TO the clerical force.