The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-05

The new roundhouse of the Big Four at
Springfield will be ready for occupancy to-
day.
The regular fall timecard meeting of the
b. q o. Will be held in Cincinnati to-mor-
row.
The Vandalia brought in from the West
941 loaded cars and forwarded east total
of 1.504 loads, among the latter being 1i3
loads of live stock.
The semi-annual conference of the freight
will be held in Philadelphia on the list
and I'D of this month.
Instructions have been received at the
Big Fours paintshop at Delaware. o., to
paint a number OF the day coaches with
the peculiar green OF the fullmans.
Among the recreations rendered the gen.
eral passenger agents at their forthcoming
meeting in New Orleans is a trip To Cuba
by one of the steamer lines out of New
Orleans.
The winter tourist fares to all Southern
points. including Texas, will become effec-
tive on the 18th. There is no change worth
mentioning in rates from those which pre-
vailed last year.
At the meeting of the iron committee of
the Central Freight Association at Cleve-
land. late last week, the rates on pig iron
Indianapolis and the gas belt were ma
terially reduced
First Vice President McCrea and General
Manager Peck, of the Pennsylvania, have
Just completed tour of inspection be-
tween Pittsburg and Chicago. They went
out over the Northwest system and re-
turned via the Panhandle.
The Rock Island directors were to have
met In New York on Friday, but quorum
failed 70 appear, and the meeting was
postponed till to-day. 1t is expected the reg
ular quarterly dividend of l per cent. on
the preferred stock will be declared pay
able Nov. =
Parlor car service on Trains 3 and Is of
4 he. PAY ba pd he n
Chicago, will be put in operation on the
18th. The Chicago sleeper on No. 3 will
hereafter start from Columbus instead of
Pittsburg, and all space will be on sale at
the Columbus office.
The annual meeting of the Great North
cru OF Canada has been postponed to an
indefinite date, about the middle of No
vember- The company expects TO be OPP
Grating it's trains into Montreal the
Chateaugay * Northern by that time. The
Montreal connection is a recent purchase of
the company.
General Superintendent Van Wrinkle. of
the Big -Four, returned on Saturday from
an inspection trip over the lines in Ohio
He reports about the same conditions pre-
vailing everywhere-more business Offering
than the lines can conveniently and prompt
~ handle He has reached the conclusion
that to handle large railroad system and
give complete satisfaction To the higher
officers and the shipping public in times
like these is an onerous task.
That the Elkins law has failed to accom-
plisn the purposes Tor which il was de-
signed by its author is evident, and the
Interstate-conInerce Commissi ion will make
strenuous efforts 10 induce Congress to so
amend il as 10 make il more effective and
clothe the commission with additional
power. But the main point 1pon which the
commission seems To have agreed will Ger
tainly meet with most determined opposi-
ton from the railroads, since il goes
Numerically against all precedent in legal
procedure. The object sought by the COM
mission Is an amendment to the law, where
by the railroads must bear all the cost of
investigations. and moreover, when charges
are filed they to be held as true unless
the roads can prove their innocence. The
commission will not be required To back up
any charges with evidence of their truth
Owing To disagrecing reports from the
West regarding the outlook for fall and win
ter traffic, the Pennsylvania management
sent ID. T. McCabe, freight traffic manager
of the Pennsylvania lines. and @. u. Dixon
freight traffic manager OF the Pennsylvania
proper on a tour of Investigation in order
10 secure reliable information as to the
business outlook. These gentlemen have
Just returned from "trip during which they
visited ST. Louis. Kansas City. Omaha
Minneapolis. 1t. Paul. Duluth Milwaukee
and Chicago. Everywhere, they report. the
most favorable conditions are apparent and
vast traffic Is clearly i'm sight. They
found that the recent Wail-street slump
was having no visible effect upon condi-
tons In the West and Northwest. The only