The Sun.
London, England, 1868-06-22 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

The tariff rates for Western bound freight from
New York were reduced 10 per cent. on Wednes-
day, by mutual consent of the railroad lines.
Eight postal cars are to be placed on the Hudson
River Railroad on July Ist. These cars are also to
be put on the road between New York and Boston,
via Springfield to Albany.

A patent for an invention by which passenger
cars may be heated by steam taken from the engine
boiler of the train has been applied for.
A Pennsylvania inventor has prepared a model of
an iron railway passenger car, one-eighth of an inch
in thickness, cylindrical in shape, strengthened by
iron ribs of V form completely padded inside with
at least four inches of padding, amply lighted and
ventilated, heated by warm air furnaces under the
car (and outside), and protected, in case of collision,
by compressible platforms that will ,1 give" freely
when knocked together. He claims that in case of
accidents like that on the Erie road his car would
not splinter, crush, or burn.
The New York and New Haven Railroad will
soon make a stock dividend of 50 per cent., under
the recent act of the Connecticut Legislature, and
call in Isso per share on the new stock.
iThe Union Pacific Railroad locomotive " 100,"
built at Providence, Rhode Island, weighs 72,500
pounds, and will draw 100 heavily laden cars. It is
now being tested on the Providence and Worcester
road.

The Vermont Central is to run refrigerator cars
between Rouse's Point and Boston, for the preser-
vation of butter, cheese, and other perishable pro-
perty. A man will be in constant attendance.
The city of Boston has passed the order for
widening Tremont-street, between Boylston and
the Boston and Albany Railroad bridge, by taking
land at a cost of $500,000. The money is to be
borrowed.
The directors of the Boston and Albany Railroad
have fixed the annual salaries of the principal
officers as follows :—President, $lO,OOO ; Vice-Pre-
sident, $5,000 ; Superintendent, $5,000 • Assistant
Superintendent, $5,000 ; Attorney, $5,000 ; Trea-
surer, $4,000 ; two Assistant Treasurers, $1,200
each ; Clerk of the Board of Directors, $2,700.
It is understood that the conference between the
leading managers of the Pennsylvania Central and
the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne, and Chicago Railroad
Companies has resulted in an arrangement to con-
solidate the two roads. 'The contract is iu prepara-
tion, and in the natural course of events will be
signed by both parties by the middle of the present
month.
The thirty-third annual report of the directors of
the Nashua and Lowell Railroad Company shows
the corporation to be in a highly flourishing condi-
tion. Two dividends-5 per cent. each—have been
paid during the last year, amounting to $72,000,
and $11„130 98 have been carried to the contingent
fund.
On one of th 3 New ,Jersey railroads checks may
now be obtained beforehand for seats in a train by
sending to the station to engage them.
The trains on the Fell Railway over Mont Cenis
are now running regularly. Galignani says that on
Mouday last four trains crossed the Alps, contain-
ing forty-six passengers and the mails. The journey
took place each time in five hours, and with com-
plete success.

llornialan's Pare Teas are Bd. per pound cheaper. Their
2 500 agents—confectioners in London, and chemists in
the country—are constantly receiving fresh supplies of
these long-approved teas. Sold only in packets.