The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-05-31
Secretary, and Mr.. Andrew Donaldson,

Treasurer.
Mr.. s. 7. Rock, Chief Engineer Of the Co.
lumbus, Jacksonville & Cincinnati, has
been appointed General Manager of the
same road.
1t is stated a conference was held with
Mr.. John King by some of the railroad men
of the city respecting the building of a
Union Depot.
The Southern Railroad Managers yester-
day contracted with Barney & Smith, of
Dayton, for $4,000 worth of new cars for
the Southern Road.
Mr.. Charles Howard has resigned his po
stion as General Superintendent of the
Cincinnati, Sandusky & Cleveland Road, to
take effect July lst
Mr.. Ed. F. Sisson, General Travelling
Agent for the Memphis & Little Rock Rail-
road, is in town, and making his headquar-
tiers at No. Burnet House Block.
There were thirty-eight County Auditors
in the city this week, and at meeting held
at the Courthouse it was decided that
sleeping cars could be taxed in the counties
through which they run.
A scheme is on foot to secure northern
connection for the Cincinnati, Rockport &
Southwestern by extending the line from
Jasper to Worthington, there to connect
with the indianapolis & Vincennes
Mr.. John King, Jr., Vice President of the
B, d 0. Road, and Receiver of the 0. q NJ.
and M. " G. Roads, left for st. Louis yes
terday in company with his Secretary, Mr..
Crane, after spending several days in the
city.
President Shoemaker, of the c., H. & D.
line, has instructed General Roadmaster
Salter to hereafter sell all iron rails except
those needed for side tracks as fast as they
are broken up, and to replace them with
steel rails.
General Bowling General Agent of the
White Line, with headquarters at Roches-
ter, N. Y, J. H. Steiner, General Western
White Line Agent, indianapolis, and Mr.
Upperman, General Southern White Line
Agent Louisville, are in town, and guests
of Mr.. Elliott, White Line Agent at this
point.
A little five-year-old girl named Julia
Ferriter, sister of the o. & NJ. Agent at
Moores Hill, was standing on the O. & NJ.
track at Pierceville last Tuesday, when an
excursion train suddenly hove in sight and
before she could step off the train had
struck her, inflcting injuries about the
head which will probably prove fatal.
The Democratic Committee on behalf of
the Democratic Club and Executive Com
mittee of the Hamilton County Club have
arranged for transportation to Columbus
and return at one-half fare with the DAYTON
Short.line-the train to leave the Cincin-
natl, Hamilton & Dayton Depot next Tues
day afternoon at $40. A band of music
will accompany them.
Since last Monday the c., c., G. & l. New
York train, instead of running morning
and evening on the c., H. & D. track, has
been running on the DAYTON Short-Line, as
was the custom before the pool between
these two roads was established. 1t is be-
lieved that this is the beginning of the
breaking up of the pool, and that not far
hence the Dayton ShortLine trains will
land passengers at the Plum-street Depot
The Cincinnati Southern Railroad is near
lly completed in the Upper Tennessee Val
ley. The trains now run within four miles
of Dayton, the shire town of Rhea County,
the first county below the junction of the
Holstein and Clinch, which form the Ten
nessee River. A letter from Dayton says:
The whistle can be distinctly heard here,
which seems to put new life in everything.
A lot OF men have moved to this place, and
Will commence to repair the grade this
morning May 26th."
A party of Eastern capitalists, who are
Directors and officials OF the Kansas Pacific
Branch Railroad, came to the city yester-
day on their way from Denver, Col, to
their homes in New York and Boston.
They are R. M. Pomeroy, of Boston, Presi-
dent Of the Road; A. S. rockingham, S. P.
French, c. R. Train, Ex-Attorney General
OF Massachusetts; L. w. Hodgkins
Thomas P. Proctor, Samuel Wells,
Charles F. Walcott, A. Barnes, the
school-book publisher; George c. Wood.
James S. Woodward, President of Han
over Bank of New York; George Ripley.
President Of the Shoe and Leather Bank of
Boston. Mr. VIM. F. Thorne and other
gentlemen of the city took the party in
charge yesterday, and showed them the
beauties of the Geological Garden, the sub
urbs the Music Hall, Exposition Buildings,
and other local attractions. The gentlemen
were quartered last night at the Gibson
House, and left this forenoon for the East.
Caring for her NliStress