The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-07-05
CIT Y IN T ELLIGENC G. e
THE RAILWAY KINGS.
A Grand Council at Musical Fund
Hall - All the Great Roads
Represented - Reduction
in Tariff on Rail-
road Iron Re-
commended.


National Conyen ion of delegates from the various
ralroaa organizations throughput the United states
This Is the first convention Of the KIND ever held in this
county, and The rst meeting Of national character
south as viii be by m list of DELEGATES was well
gent omen was marked BY very perceptve cordiailtv
Of feeling and union Of sent ment They for the
to advance railroad interests throughout The country in
The eelegttss from southern railroads took very &C
tive part IN the meeting and were listened to with as
much eai nesness as IL separation feeling be tween
the Two sections had never occurred
Thomson, OF the Psnnsy vania Central Railroad, who
RaG SSsn SSd a L % s
A motion was made and agreed to- that committee
of three be appointed to receive the names the dele
sates and he roads they represent Messrs sturgeon,
The delegates who sent in thtir names during the
j EDGAR Thomson President S dent Pennsy; ;vanla Central
X. n. Brown, T. gneer and Superintendent Beneion-
E. ). Flint superintendent Cleveland Columbus, and
Horace Scott, General suDsrintende9t ID JJeiiersonve'
and Is Rsrosd & 2o4 %
and 0gdSnsSurg Raroad 22O miles c.-., po,,roo, .,
Georgia, 2S4 miles, and for the southwestern Railroad
l.: d. Chnds, Director Of Columbia and GreenviIe
Railroad and branches, l6y miles. -, ,,,,.u.-,,.
Railroad 206 miles.
j. II. Bradley, President Toledo, Logansport, and
william Johns o y President Charlotte and South Rail
and Atlantic. tennessee, and Ohio Railroad-two last
Merrill, General superintendent Vermont Central,
Vermont and Canada and Sullivan Railroad. 221 miles:
and saToSd operaton
Railroad 04 miles, ane oftne Louisvi lie and Cincinnati
Branch. 70 mlles--the latter under cons ructOn;
proposed line 325 miles long 20 miles graded 10 miles
A. s. Lawrence, General Superintendent Mississippi
and tennessee Railroad, 100 miles. s...,...-
Railroad 100 miles in operation, 40 miles to comolee
Engineer Lousve and nashville RsiToa s5s miles
1.J Garter, Chief Engineer San An onio Railroad,
Ashbei W elca Camden and Hmboy Raj road.
q Jordan, Engineer and superintendent Mobile and
j. B. Mogto9, Chief Engineer, Northern Nilsson
Raj road ITO m les; 200 miles of branches under con
Morris *. Jesup. President Dubaque and Sioux CITY
RsiToad ,44 miles, and represents Chicago and Alton
and SesaIE RaTodd s mes '"nuu'h'
senting roads rom washington to Memphis 81 miles
Bentley D. Hasell, President and Chief Engineer
g W. Mead, Superintendent Hannibal and st. 10 eph
RI r.. Bridges, President Wilmington and welden
L. Fleming mi ci Chief I Engineer and General suporin
tendent Mobile and Ohio Railroad 5i7 miles in opera
motion that Committee OF five be appointed to
nominate permanent officers lor the Convention was
MessIs Carter, of Illinois welch, of New, Jersey;
ofNeW Yo k We're selected by the chair as the COM
asT bS They s fS
j. Edgar Thomson; Vice-President, = Sturgeon;
ss + tee CT s be PS1 PS2R Tqs to s
memorial TO the Congress of the United Sta os, and
TeoaS pon " be s Gentleman who mee the On
and who announced himself prOtectionist and
h oppoon TO that eeoh II tie proposed
tariff b which p aces large orif on railroad IRON
said that MI d. during RAJ TfSe1 S
this country had lost money during the war, me
speaker said would admit tina some Of the roads had
then he made an assertion when was Mhoi anu
unwarTanabe The speaker said further mat anOtner
member OF Congress in recent speech advocating the
section in question: had stated that Am sTlcan mLis ms
country railroad purpsses The speaker cOntended
with stne that they not produce Oneioutn
OF the necessary He also spoke in opposition
to the course pursued oy the Cambria Iron Company
Tho motion to appoint committee OF nye was tnen
tiemen as members of the committees :-Messrs. Stur-
geon, 1ngle W 4 smith, Fink and Ramsey. ,,
Messrs. Welch. Johnston Carter, Fleming, ana Mas
sey then appointed committee TO prepare Dusl
Mr Ramsey presented the following resolution which
was re erred to the Committee TO Prepare Business
ReS0lved, That in the Judgment OF this convention
the revenue tax shOu added the rates of
fare ss most of the rates were established and limited
by law previous TO the war; ana which nave not since
been increased whilst IN almost every other
which may charged thus clearly showing the wisdom
and justice of permitting the law TO remain as IL is
The Convention then adjourned.
THE RAILROAD COUNCIL To-DAY.-The
representatives of the leading raj roads OF the coun.
try, who assembled in Convention Yesterday at
Musical Fund Hall resumed their sitting at twelve
The Committee appointed yesterday to prepare o
remonstTau &C to be presented 10 Congress against
the continuance of the pre- sent high tarlh on rai
road iron ade IeTort 10 the document whlcn they
presented several amen dments were proposed upon
the question of the ADOPTION OF which long discus
sion ensued They were finally Withdrawn, anC
debate upon the original paper as drawn up Dy tn'
Committee was then resumed