The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-07-18
NARROW.GAUGE CONVENTION.
The Business Transacted To-day.

Inc business transacted Today
In the afternoon the following commit
tees were appointed:
On Benjamin r. Clifford, H,
R. & E. Railway; Albert II. Hin, New
York; Thomas Corzain, Ohio; John Lee,
l. d. & c.; Colonel 8. B. Smith, S. " Rail
way.
On Constructions. Woodward, Cincin-
natl & Eastern; J. NJ. Graham, o. ID. & o.
R.; J. Gore, Cincinnati & Fayetteville; A,
W. Hays, Pittsburg; S. S. Haynes, j. S.
Cravens.
On Rolling Stock and Machinery-E. HUI
bert, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad; John W.
Sprague, Ohio Falls Car Company; Geo. s.
Bollmeyer, York, Pennsylvania; II. G.
Brooks, Dunkirk, N. Y; Kirk Porter, Pitts
burg, Pennsylvania; A. Ii. johnson and
Gen. Negley.
On Operating Expenses-A. w. Wright,
Superintendent Hudson River & Erie Rail
road; w. w. Borst, Superintendent Denver
Rio Grande; Geo. II. Wilbur, Cincinnati
d Eastern.
The Convention, although called to open
at clock. did not assemble until an hour
aft er the time this morning with Mr.. Dren-
nan, of Mississippi, in the chair.
The following offered, by Col. Hulberts,
was adopted:
Resolved, That in view of the necessity
OF concert of action and the dissemination
of information on the construction of mar
row-gauge roads, a National Central
Executive Committee be appoin ed,
consisting OF thirteen persons,
to whom all applications may be made for
information, and TO whom all les may
be forwarded, said Commitjee ee to have full
authority to call the narrow-gauge advo-
Gates into convention at such time and
place as they may think proper, and to take
such action as they may deem advisable TO
advance the general interests of the narrow
gauge roads,"
A motion was made that commi tee of
three be appointed to consult with the
Chairman to select the Committee of Thir-
teen. Adopted.
An amendment to appoint one member
from every State to this committee was lost
General Negley, Colonel Hubert and Ma
jor Byrne were appointed as the Committee
of Three
The following, offered by John II. Snlli-
van, of Madison, Ind, was laid on the table: {:
Whereas The Congress of the United
States, in 1876, granted charter for mar
row gauge railroad from Washington City
to Cincinnati thence west to st. Louis and
Chicago, and
Whereas, There is that portion of the
line from Cincinnati to Bedford, Indiana,
and to indianapolis which has not been To-
Gated; therefor be it
''Resolved, That the President of this Con-
vention appoint committee, to be COM
posed of the delegates on the lines desig-
mated to this Convention, with instructions
to report as soon as practicable defining the
lines as nearly as can be"
The Committee on Resolutions, the chair
man being absent reported that they
had nothing to report
The Convention then went into a discus
sion of narrow-gauge interest.
Col. E. Hubert, of Bedford, Ind, was to
have delivered lecture ON the narrow
gauge system this morning but on motion
of Nlajo Smith motion was carried that
the lecture be postponed until o'clock
this evening.
Mr. brennan, of Mississippi, spoke first
on the idea of narrow-gauges, their con-
struction, management, expenses their
comparison with the standard gauges, etc.
He hoped that before the Convention adj
Journed committee be appointed to estab-
llth syndicate to secure the interests of
narrOw-gauge bonds
Major Byrne explained that on the Gin
cinnati q Eastern Narrow-gauge he was
using fourty-pound iron rails spiked on to
six feet long six inch wide and six inch
thick ties, the ties costing from 25 to 27
cents. The road being fifty-fve miles long
The rail used was the re-rolled one Our
grade is seventy feet, and we haul ninety
six tons.
He believed that the narrow-gauge equip
ment at present was out of proportion 1t
should be higher thereby reducing the cost
of equipment and the wear and tear upon
the rails. The cost of the road is $4,000
per mile, including everything.
There is bonded Indebtedness on the road
of 5000 per mile. Our bonds are taken at
80 cents on the dollar. Our operating ex-
penses are 4212 cents, or about $1,000 per
month. Two trains are run each way daily,
at rates of twelve miles and fifteen miles
per hour.