Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-03-01
COMING WEST nY RAIL
Road Locomotives Being Imported into
Nevada from England

FOREIGN NEWS ITEMS.
Etc. Etc. Etc.
DOMESTIC NEWS.
Passenger Rates Between the Atlantic
aud Pacific.
CHICAGO, February 2Sth.-A meeting of
General Passenger Agents, representing lines
interested in the California business, was held
at the Grand Pacific Hotel Yesterday. Com
missioner Fink met with the passenger agents.
The matter Of fixing the proportion of
through rates which each line on the route
from the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean shall
receive was under consideration, a misunder-
standing growing out of the recent competi-
ton between the railroad lines and the Pacific
Mail Steamship Company. Thos. L. Kim
ball, who represented both the Union and
Central Pacific Railroads, stated that in the
recent scramble for st-bound emigrants in
California the railroads had captured sos, as
against 81 who took ocean passage. Fink sug-
gested that it would DE a fair division of any
cut rates to allow the two Pacific roads
65 per cent, and the roads east of
Council Bluffs, 50 per cent. Kimbail would
not accept this for the Pacific roads. The
passenger agents, after two hours session.
adopted a resolution giving the Union and
Central Pacific roads 20 per cent. and the
lines east of Omaha 80 per cent. of any cut
rates which may be made from California
eastward. This arrangement covers all At
lantic seaports except those east of New
York, rates to which will be made by adding
the fares charged from New York to these
points. The agreement applies also on west
bound business. In the evening the passen-
ger agents met again, when their resolution
was submitted to Fink who promised to lay
it before the Presidents of the Eastern trunk
lines and advocate its ratification by them
Representatives of lines running westward
from Chicago and st. Louis were constituted
committee to prepare for presentation
to Commissioner Fink an agreement for the
regulation of the west-bound emigrant bust
ness. The Western roads will request
Eastern trunk lines to restrict the issue OF
emigrart tickets to foreign emigrants only.
and will ask that such tickets be sold only at
a designated place in the seaboard cities.
Anticipated Railroad War,
CHICAGO, February 2Sth.-There were ru-
mors last evening of threatened break In
passenger rates westward from Chicago. 1t
is only nine days since the railroads signed
the agreement restoring rates to Missouri
river points Yesterday, it is reported, affi-
davits were presented alleging that one or
two lines had violated the covenant. Some
of the managers declared their intention last
evening of opening up on next Monday such
scale of cheap rates as had never before
been quoted in Chicago. One manager said
if a break occurred, passengers would be
transported from this city to the Missouri
river for any sum they might choose to pay
for ride. These threats may not be exc
cuted, but they foretoken more or less dis
turbance between the roads.
Hallway Observation-Disclosures In Wages
or Employees.
CHICAGO, February 2Sth.-At a meeting
of stockholders of the Chicago, Burlington
and Quincy Railway to-day, vote of 267,-
AIS shares, out of total of 30S, $780, was cast
in favor of consolidating with the Burling-
ton and Missouri River Railroad in Nebraska,
and in favor of increasing the capital stock
twenty per cent, which adds over 81, 900
shares. The vote was unusually large, and
only 2, 552 votes were cast against the propo-
sitions. May 4th the Burlington and Mis-
souri, Road meets to confirm to-day's action.
The Lake Shore aud Michigan Southern
to-day gave orders to increase the wages and
salaries of its 10000 employees five per cent
from the LIST proximo.
Westward. bound Passengers.
OMAHA, February 27th.-Ths following
through passengers were on to-day's train,
leaving at 1915 P. NJ, to arrive in Sacra-
mento March I'd Miss Jessie Heathering-
ton, Charles E. Adler, S. Bachman, San
Francisco; J. c. Kercheval, Covington. Ky /:
A. ID. Remington, New York; Mrs. w. III.
Robinson and two children. Sutro; Mrs j.
P Mclaughlin and child, Benton; Edward
Payson Weston and wife, New York Ham
ilton Busby. Stamford, Conn; A. Morgen-
stein, New York.
OMAHA, February 29th. = The following
through passengers were on to-days train,
leaving at 12:15 P. NJ, to arrive in Sacramento
March Sd: J. L. Lawson and wife, New
burg, N c.; Mrs. McMaster, Toronto, Can
ada; Mrs John Hiles, A. d. Hiles. Milwau-
kee B. J. M. Mcintyre, Vermont; r. L.
San Francisco; Mrs. l.. A. Wilcox, Miss
May Wilcox, Cleveland I. r. Stephens,
F. L. Owens, United States Marine Revenue
service; g. II. Dimon, Lowell, Mass.
Sixty-eight through emisrants left on last
nights emigrant train, to arrive in Sacra-
mento March 9th.
Wholesale Indictments.
ELIZABETH IN. J.l February 2Sth.-
Thirty-four indictments in the aggregate have
been found against the Controller, City
Treasurer and City Clerk for conspiracy to
defraud the city. The indictments chiefly
charge these officers with having bought
bonds at their market price with their own or
the city's money, and turning them into the
city at par and interest, dividing the profits.
Other counts are for paying unauthorized
claims of Ceuucilmen to the National Bank
Note Company and others.
Martal ARRAY.
QUERo (Texas) February 2Sth.-A brutal
and bloody fight occurred between three men,
named Martin, Howard aud Coward, over a
game of pitch, in the course of which Holland
was killed, his mother mortally shot, and
Martin seriously injured.
Disastrous Strike.
New York, February 2Sth.-Herman, a
furniture manufacturer, whose cabinetmakers
cided to-day to close his factories. This &C.
ton throws about 400 workmen out of en-
ployment.
A Minisffr I'm a Bad Way.
New YORK, February 2Sth.-Rev. H. w.
Richardson, of Sea Cliff, Long Island, elop-
ing with his wife's sister, and leaving behind
family Of small children, was arrested on a
steamer about to start for Texas to day.
Verdict Set Aside.
Boston, February 2Sth. - The Supreme
Court of Massachusetts, has set aside the YER
dict of manslaughter in the case of Charles
n. Hartwell, conductor on the freight train
which it is alleged caused the Wollaston dis
aster on the Old Colony Road in October,
1873.
Increase OF WAGES Demanded.
NORTH ADAMS (Mass.) February 2Sth.-
The weavers of Blackinstons mills are on
strike, The company announced ten per
cent. increase; fifteen per cent. increase Is
demanded by the workmen.
weston ON His Way to San Francisco.
OMAHA (Neb). February 2Sth.-Edward
Payson Weston, pedestrian, passed through
this city to- day, accompanied by his wife and
Hamilton Busby, stakeholder and referee, en-
route to San Francisco, where he will walk a
six.days' match against Daniel O'Leary for
IS 600 side, beginning March Sth. Weston
is in good condition, has been in practice for
some time past, has an appetite like bear,
and is confident of success.
Road Locomotives for Nevada.
New YORK, February 2Sth.-The steam
ship Erin, which has just arrived, brought
with her a number of road locomotives and
trains of wagons, destined for the far West,
where they will Ne er~'oyed in the trans
portation of minerals and general merchan-
a.. Tbau ORC infepdad as far os ,,oss;hI.