Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-06-08
MISCELLANEOUS

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A union depot is to be established
at Portland, Maine, 1000 feet long.
An engineer resigned his position
| on a Western railroad in disgust because,
as ne said, it consisted of nothing but the
right Of way and two streaks of rust.
In consequence of the increasedtrade
and travel, it is announced that a third
passenger train Will be put on theSt. Louis
and Chicago Railroad.
According to-the best authority,
there are 6,47, GOO, 900 tons of coal in the
belt of country lying fifteen miles on
either side of the Tennessee and Pacific
road, between Nashville and Knoxville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Don A. Curtiss, of Mil
waukee, have recovered SIS, 900 damages
from the Detroit and Milwaukee Railroad
for injuries received by Mrs. Curtiss
through negligence of the railway en-
ployees.
The New York Central Railroad
has undertaken to compel its passengers
to patroniZe a certail hotel at Utica, or
none mt all, and has ordered its depot po-
lice to arrest the porters of all the other
hotels if found in the depot.
Col. NJ. L, Harrison, chief engineer
of the Pacific and Great Eastern Railroad,
left Fayetteville, Ark, q few days since
with a full corps of assistants for the pur-
pose of surveying the route. He pro-
poses beginning at the Cherokee line and
running east 10 the mouth OF the ONO
river.
The annual report of the Mobile and
Ohio Railroad shows a large decrease in
the floating debt; gives statement of in
crease in manufacturing along the line of
the road. amounting to one hundred and
thirty establishments, proving conciu-
siyelvthat mechanical industry is largely
on the increase. The connections in pro-
gress and neutrality-suspicious. promise
well for the future. aFa r- s.
In the great freshet which occurred
at Chattanooga in 1867, a lot of groceries
and other goods belonging to a number Of
merchants, and at the timein the keeping
of the Nashville and Chattanooga Rail
road Company, were destroyed. The
owners of these goods, NJ. A. Dehoney, A.
r. Seago, Ewin A. Rector, Davis Bros,
and r. W. Herd, now bring suit against
the railroad company for damages.
The Monroe Ta. H1teRigeRcey'o of the
10Th nit, saws of the North Louisiana and
Texas Railroad, better known as the
Vicksburg, Shreveport and Texas Rail
road: We have been informed by Capt.
Stubs, that contracts have been entered
for the immediate building of all bridges
between Delhi and the Mississippi river, ?
and the thoroughsrepair Of the entire road
bed between Monroe and the Mississippi
river. He feels confident that by the Isl
Of September that the cars viii n
through to Delta"
4 The Nashville Banner says: We I'M
derstand that, two weeks ago, Bosom,
Davenport and Spence, all State Directors
of the Southwestern Railroad, went to
McMinnville with the a%Owed intention
of calling an unexpected meeting of the
Directors of that road, deposing President
Parker and electing Bosom to fill his pO-
sitiOn. 1t is said that the plot failed for
want of a quorum of the Directors, some
of the members OF the Board having
heard of the scheme, purposely absented
themselves to prevent action at that time.
The trio subsequently departed, and their
plans havif% been mad known, have
probably abandoned their project as last.