The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-07-26
OUR RAILROADS.
News, Notes and Personals Here and
Along the Lines.

The Central Club go on an excursion
over the L., G. & L. Road tomorrow.
There will be an excursion over the
Southern Road to the High Bridge to-mor-
row.
Mr.. M. E. Ingalls, Receiver of the l., G.
& L., has gone on business trip to Boston,
Mass.
There was jump of five points Of the
stock of the c., u, G. & |. Road within two
days recently.
The o. & M. Railroad Company will lay
large number of steel rails this season If
the rails can be procured.
The grain trade for the past week was not
so heavy as for the week previous, but was
as great as the roads could do.
The l., C. & L. Road is transferring one
hundred or more car loads of grain per day
in this city at IS cents per car.
The greater part of the general offices of
the NJ. g. c., D. e. 0. and the o. & NJ. Roads
will be moved to this city October 1st.
One hundred and fifty iron switch
stands have just been received from Indian
apolis for the use of the Southern Road.
The c., c., c. & I. will give six grand ex-
cursions to the Straits of Mackinaw on Au-
gust 1st, 9Th, 18th, 3d. Goth and September
5th.
1t is expected that the o. & M. Road will
soon be taken from the hands of the Re-
ceiver and returned to the original stock
holders.
The l., @. & L. Road last week brought
into Cincinnati twenty.three hundred and
sixty-two loaded cars, so per cent. Of which
were loaded with grain.
The Little Miami and Marietta roads are
selling round trip tickets to the Cincinnati
Camp Grounds for 60 cents, and trains on
both roads will stop at the grounds.
The c., II. & D. Railroad Company have
sold within the last thirty days $4,000
worth of old rails taken from the roadbed
in order that their places might be supplied
with steel rails.
The c., c., G. & |. Road ordered a num-
Der of new refrigerator cars built expressly
| for the Cincinnati, New York and Boston
trade which will 20 through without de-
lay or transfer.
During the Turner Festival in Philadel-
phia, from August I'd to August Sth, the
Chesapeake & Ohio Road will sell round
| trip tickets from this city at SIT only. The
tickets will be good until August 31st.
The East-bound freight agents have re-
ceived orders to advance the rates on
freight to the basis of 20 cents for grain and
30 cents for fourth-class matter, from Chi.
cago, on and after August 4th. This is all
advance of cents.
The P, G. & st. L. ticket office will be
moved into the old Gazette building next
Monday. The windows are adorned with
two fine paintings and the fixtures of the
office throughout are frst-class. This will
be one of the finest offices in the city.
The following promotions have beer
made during the past week from the posi-
ton of fireman to that of engineer: Wm
Keller, William Callivan, Benjamin Brown,
Lawrence List, Aaron Machin, VIM. Evans
Jerry Cronan, Charles Watt Jacob Hun
singer, and Lawrence Schiemel.
The following are number of the rail
road men who have been in the city during
the past week: Captain Tuller, Agent Of
the U. and N. lines; Mr.. s. J. Gilmore
Land Commissioner Mr.. N. S. Pennington
of the C. and V. Road; Mr. P. A. Cooley
Agent of the U. P. Road; Mr. VIM. Duncan
of the o. and NJ. Mr. Fl. H. Poppleton, at,
torney for the c., c.. c. and l.; MrGeo. Ii
Alsop, Agent Cincinnati Southern.