The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-18

pared with 2,459 a year ago. More freight
cars and locomotives were ordered during
October, 1902, than during the last six
months.
Passenger officials located at st. Paul
have asked the City Council to pass an
ordinance for the protection of tickets TO
the worlds fair and pevent their manipu-
latlon by ScalperS.
The Illinois Manufacturing Association
has taken up the matter of resisting the
proposed freight rate advance between Chi
cago and the Atlantic coast and have asked
conferences of all commercial organizations
between Chicago and the Atlantic coast
The threatened advance OF 70 per cent. In
freight rates is due to the new bill of lad
ing, which requires shippers to pay the
advance or waive all claims for damages
or loss against the road.
Central Passenger Association lines have
reafiirmed the arrangement of two years
ago relative to the interchange of traffic
with lake lines, providing that when the
lake route reaches a competitive point and
may be made to form part of a through
route, tickets may be honored via the lake
arrangements will be effective with such
lake lines as will make individual arrange
ments with the various roads
The Central Passenger Association has
decided that the skeleton form of tickets
will remain for the time being. Some
traffic men have been antagonistic to this
form of ticket and desired a change, and
the matter was brought up at the meet
a substitute proved too great for the pas
senger men, and the question of skeleton
tickets was tabled. This means that the
present form will remain, at least for a
while.
The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy an
nounces that, commencing Tuesday, May
8, and thereafter, through standard sleep
ing cars will be run daily from St Louis
to San Francisco via Denver, thence via
the Rio Grande and Southern Pacific. On
train No. 15 from st. Louis and immediate
will be in effect from San Francisco east
The same company announces that on
May a line of through sleeping cars will
be run daily from st. Louis to Seattle via
the Burlington and Northern Pacific.
Ralph J. d. Van Dyke, passenger agent
of the Denver e. Rio Grande, expresses
the opinion that the exposition at st. Louis
will in a measure hurt Western business
no doubt that it will affect this class of
travel. 1--WE will" he said ''of course get
some but when compared with the previ-
3ns we tb hear i M r De are
sidering a plan of offering reduced rates
to the West from st. Louis, and in all
probability rate of one fare for the
round trip will be established between st.
Louis and Colorado points
When the Wabash engineer examined
the plan of the Pennsylvania engineers for
the erection of elevated tracks along
Duquesne way in Pittsburg where both
companies have secured right of way it
was learned that the Pennsylvania track
would be constructed so as to compel the
Wabash to build out beyond the harbor
line into the Allegheny river, and this has
caused serious clash between the rival
companies. In order TO build its line, the
Wabash will have to secure consent of
the War Department, which the company
wishes to avoid. The pennsylvania Off
Gals, it is stated, pay no attention to the
protest but are pushing the work for
ward to forestall their rival.
After having been left to a referendum
vote the locals Of the Brotherhood of Lo-
connective Engineers have sustained the orig
inal vote of the body to hold its annual
convention in Los Angeles. That the con-
vention would be held in that city de-
termined some time ago, but recently a
movement was started to change the meet
ing place Ii was stated that some Of the
trunk lines were not favorable to giving
transportation to the delegate and in or
der to get around this difficulty the ques-
ton of changing the convention city was
| laid before Grand Chief w. +. Stone. While
| the exact referendum vote is not known
here it is said to have been decidedly in
favor of California.
The Pennsylvania, which, like the New
York Central, has guaranteed the prompt
arrival of it's limited trains which an
excess fare is charged or forfeit a rebate
| of 81 for every hour the train is late, has
adopted a new method Of paying such for
| felt Heretofore passengers on delayed
| limited trains were obliged to collect the
agents office. Under the new arrange
ment every passenger on a belated train
will be furnished by the conductor with a
| forfeit check specifying the amount of the
| forfeit to which he is entitled. somewhat
| similar to the excess fare check given by
| the conductors when collecting fares on
trains. and these checks can be cashed at
any ticket office OF the company.