The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-05-10
OUR RAILROADS.
Notes, News and Personals Here and
Along the Lines.

The !. & C. Road has placed patent gates
at the road crossings along Mlllcreek.
A. ]. Smith, General Ticket Agent of the
c., c., G. & |. Road is at the Grand Hotel.
The O. & NJ Road has telephone con-
nections between the depot in this city and
Aurora.
An excursion from GAINESVILLE, Ohio,
will arrive in this city at 1926 p. IN. next
Monday.
Major Ben. Ewall, General Solicitor of
the Union Pacific Railroad, was in the city
Wednesday.
The c.. H. & D. Passenger Depot is re-
ceiving thorough cleaning and whitewash-
ing. 1t begins to look bright.
There will be an excursion next Tuesday
over the p, C. & st. l.. Road, from Coluln-
bus and Springfield to this city.
A special excursion train from Seymour
arrived in this city at 10:3) o-day over the
O. & NJ. Road, and will return this even
ing
The L., c. & L., Cincinnati Southern and
Kentucky Central have entered into pool,
and will pool earnings on Lexington busi-
ness.
Mr.. w. H. Clements, President of the
Common Carrier Company, leftnight before
last for New York. lie will return Tues
day.
Thirtv-one cars of stock came in on the
O. 4 NJ. Road THURSDAY, and were trans
ferred 10 the Nj. & Z. Road for the Stock
Yards
There were several rumors afoat that
Superintendent Williams, of the c., II. &
d., had resigned but President Shoemaker
denies the report.
On and after June 1st excursion it ckets
to all Eastern and Northwestern watering
places will be put on sale at the railroad
offices in this city.
Mr.. D. w. c. Brown, General Manager Of
the c., s. & C. Road, and Mr.. C. B. Lock-
wood, General Freight Agent of the same
road, are stopping at the Grand.
Frank f. Osborn, General Southern Agent
of the Adams Express Company and also
for the different railroad lines centerng at
Mobile, was at the Grand Hotel Wednesday.
Mr.. Samuel Bennett, Yardmaster of the
NJ. Il G. Road at this place, has been pre-
sented with q handsome brass mounted
lantern by a member Of the U. S. Secret
Service.
John Durand, formerly Superintendent
of the Pan handle and NJ. d C. Roads and
latterly of the Houston & Texas Central.
was at the Grand Hotel Wednesday, on his
way TO Texas.
1t is stated that arrangements are now in
progress to take the l., G. d /. Road out of
the hands of a receiver through a foreclo-
sure sale, which sale is to be made within
the next thirty days.
Railroad men generally will regret to hear
Of the death Of G. B. Brown, who for so
many years resided in this city. His death
occurred April 2Sth, at DesMoines, Iowa,
aged sixty-fou! years.
Mr.. Stannah formerly chief clerk at the
0. & NJ. Station, Storrs. has been trans
ferred to the depot, and Mr.. JAS Dorsey has
been promoted 10 the position of entry
clerk at Storrs Station.
Since the Atlantic and Great Western
have been sending their freight by the c.,
c., C. & |. Road, tie business Of this road
has been heavy. The loading clerks are at
present working over time.
A grand social rlcnic will be given by the
Little Miami Railroad boys at Woodland
Park-late East End Hall-Tuesday, May
20, from p. m. to a. IN. This will be one
of the largest picnics of the season.
The rates of freight are being well main
tanned at present, and, although business is
not heavy, yet several of the different lines
claim from Twenty-Five to forty per cent.
more business than was transacted at the
same time last year.
The l., C. & l.. and Vandala Roads are
making the run between this city and St..
7 IL.
than the o. q NJ. is doing it. and as the
road-bed of the latter is not in a condition
to permit much faster time, war on rates
is expected.
Forr of the officials of the Little Miami
Road, namely: J. D. Ellison, Superintend-
ent; G. L. Becker, Chief Engineer; w. l..
King, Road Master, and L. F. Fuller,
Freight Agent, will start next Monday on a
tour to inspect their road, and will be ab-
sent about week.
The excursion over the Southern Road to
be given by the Board of Trade and Trans,
portation, will start from Cincinnati at 80
a. m. of the 2lSt, arrive at the Cumberland
at 2:40 p. M, start on the return at p. m,
spending the night at Danville, and arriving
home at $50 p. IN. Of the next dav. after
spending two hours at the Kentucky River.
Price of round trip 81.
At the recent meeting of the pool agents
| it was decided that the Western pool out of
Cincinnati to all points in the West, North
west and Southwest should include every
State Northwest and South Of line from
Cincinnati to Chicago, and from Cincn-
natl to Cairo, Texas, Wisconsin, in
elusive, and to the Pacific Coast. 1t is com
posed of the o. & NJ, l., G. & L. and c.. H.
& ID. r. RS, with II. Coope, Commissioner,
127 Vine street, Cincinnati o. The South
ern pool out of Cincinnati to all points east
of the Mississippi River, includes the 0. &
Nj, L., G. & L. r. RS and the U. s. Mail
Line.
The Dayton, Covngton& & Toledo Narrow
gauge Railway which is now being rapidly
constructed, will be an important element
in the railway system of Cincinnati, as il
will open up the fertile, well-timbered
counties of the State north Of Darke anG
Miami as far as the city of Van Vert. The
grading from Dayton to Govington, twenty
eight miles, including The bridge over Still
water, is well advanced, and north of the
Pan handle road, at Covington, much o
the grading is completed. The iron rail-
have been contracted for, and the new lin,
will be in operation by fall.
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