Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-11-16

Baltimore and Ohio Rotlr000.
ANNUAL REPORT OF PRESIDENT GARRETT.
The annual meeting OF the stoc kholders OF
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad company
was held yesterday, and the presidents re-
port of tire operations OF the road for the year
ended 30th September last was presented. II
and branches, with those of the several other
roads operated by the company, TO have been
S14, 426. 25227, of which s10,5i,1 1887 were the
earnings of the main stem including the
Winchester and Potomac, Winchester and
Sfrasburg, Strasburg and Harrisonburg,
wa Masn dr. nsS county Metsopotssn branch
out road There Is a decrease in the general
earnings for the year of s520. SIS Is, but an in
crease c over Is,Z OF s;sss,t s 81, the decrease
Washington branch the earnings were
$3.50, leo as, a decrease OF s3o, IS az com
pared with the previous year, and of sg7,605
Mr.. Garrett sets forth the decision OF the
United States Supreme Court in what is
known as
THE "cAPITATIoN TAX CAsE.r
which required the payment to the state Of a
l per capita tax for all passengers carried over
! the Washlnet ton Branch, which amounted to
one-fifth of the whole amount received from
! this source. The court decided the tax TO be
repugnant TO the provisions OF the Constitu-
tion OF the United States. Mr.. Garrett saws
When the decision was announced, on De-
cember 10th, 1910, the company at once
reduced the fares one fifth between Balti-
more snd Washington, and between all in
J
/ Branch, thus giving the travelling public,
! mainly citizens of Maryland. the benefit of
this decision exempting the company from
| the payment of the tax. The suit in which a
| judgment against the company was affirmed,
as stated, covered one-fifth of all passage
money received to January 1st. 1870. There
are still pending five suits of the state against
| the company, brought to recover the one
Il fifth of the gross sum for passengers that has
been received since that date. As the COM
pany reduced Its fares from the date stated,
| by deducting from them this twenty per
| cent. tax, If the state should still press its
| claim for the one fifth of the fares thus re-
| duced, and the courts should sustain the
| validity of the claim, it will be beyond the
power of the Washington Branch to earn
| any dividends for its stockholders, while
| competing with a road which is free from
| any such imposition. II is believed that the
| legislature OF the state will not insist upnn
taking one fifth of the gross earnings for the
| transportation of passengers on a road one
| third of the stock of which is owned by the
state. while competing line, the Baltimore
| and Potomac road, constructed under the
authority of the state, is entirely free from
| such q burden.
| THE RAILROAD WAR.
Abiding TO the railroad war the report
| says at is believed that the enormous losses
| thrown upon the roadways of the country by
| the iDjudiciOus assaults made upon the Bal
tmole and Ohio company, will cause
| wiser policy to be generally adopted and
\ maintained in the future. Such extreme
| irregularities and rates so unremunerativea as
were needlessly made, have imperilled such
vast interests and injured seriously so much
| railway property, that the lessons of the
| past year should not fail to secure hereafter
ajudicious and conservative policy"
COAL NOT TO BE RICHER IN PRICE.-We
| see 1t stated that the Lehigh and Wilkes
| barre coal companies and the Delaware and
| Hudson canal company have commenced a
| shortening OF the daily hours oflabor in order
| 10 bring their OverstOcks of coal within con-
sroi' ana All the other REGIONS are having re-
| dCctlon To the demand iOr coal in the ma
| ket, which is now quite limited, and yet the
prices of most sizes OF Schuylkill coal are .
| TO 90 cents per ton lower than they were in
| November last year. Some other coal re-
| gionS have put down the prices OF coal 35 To
| so cents per ton. With so large a supply OF
| coal at weak prices users are slow in sending
| in their orders, the apprehension of higher
| prices nom a scarcity Of coal later in the
season being somewhat removed. Tue de-
| maDd for coal by the eastern manufacturers
| on the lines OF the roads, and for steam ma
| rlne purposes, is quite light, the orders being
largely confined To dealers for special sizes
| and qualities of coal. Here in this market
| there is n steady but light demand for do
| mestic uses, made lighter probably by the
very fire weather for a week or two past. A
! little snow and ice viii soon change this.
| For the week ending on the 9th instant the
| anthracite coal tonnage amounteCisto Tz6, s6i
! tons, and for the year to Il .i}6,s26 tons,
| against Il ,6l4 As tons TO corresponding date
| last year, decrease of III ,G57 tons. The hi
| luminous tonnage for the week was S32i6
! tons, and for the year, 1866 ,315 tons making
| vi All lOT week OF 10 tons,
and for the year 20, 500 ,22l tons, against 30,-
| $50 $50 To corresponding date last year an in
| crease of 52,Z35 tons.-Ph3a Ledger.
| FAyORITE ACTORS MIsFoRrUSE-Ge6.
| Il. For OSi5ig his Mind 1t is a sa TACT that
Geo l.. Fox has entirely lost the wonderful
pantomimic ability which characterized him
| for years, and that his career has come 10 a
! most melancholy end. The statement is
| made by one OF Mr.. FOX's most Intimate
! friends that while he was playing in a west
| months a err
| rious accident. In the prod lction OF what is
! called the Freedman's Bureau ne received a
| violent blow on the nose In the scene n
| plumber of negro boys jump from the inside
| of bureau near which the clown stands.
| Mr.. Fox was standing rather nearer The bu-
| reau than usual, and the last boy who jumped
ont was a substitute, and larger than the one
whom Fox expected To see. The boy in fump-
ing struck his head against Mr. Fox's nose,
| fairly driving It in so as to strain the optic
| nerve. The blow felled him to the ground
| and he has not yet recovered from its effect
| Within month there have appeared symp-
| toms which have developed into a marked
| DO doubt that the fine mind of the actor is
now wreck.-N Y. Times, 15,h.
HARD MONEY IN MINNEsoTA-The happy
republicans of Minnesota serenaded Hon
| John y. Pillsbury, their governor elect, on
Saturday night last, and in the course of
| brief acknowledgement of the compliment,
| he expressed himself in this commendable
| way: 81 am proud that Minnesota has pro-
81 WIFI HeT sister
| states, Ohio, Iowa and Pennsylvania, for
| hard money and in favor of resumption of
| specie payments at the earliest practical
moment. 1t is the only safe and true policy
and the one that will restore confidence
abroad in American securities as well as
stimulate business at home and increase the
m aterial welfare of internal enterprise"
A SCORE OF PERSONS PoIsosED.-The
employees of the BloOdgoOd mills, near
Railway, purchase much of their provisions
at the cOmpany's store. On Saturday a new
cheese ives cut, and in the evening all those
who ate of IL were taken violently sick, hay-
ing pains and other SYMPTOMS of poisoning.
The Railway physicians found fifteen persons
suffering terribly, and there We're as MANY
more who ate but sparingly, yet were more
or less affected. A father, mother, and child
named Marshall were the most seriously
taken, but all Were saved. The symptoms
Were those Of metallic poisoning, and the
treatment for 1t was successfully y. Sjat,
15h.
HORSE DISEASE IN LOUDoUN Co.. VA
we regret TO leall several horses have re-