The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-01-07
The Sale of Pullman PaIace-Cars.

Bv virtue OF an order OF the CIRCUIT
Court Of the United States for the district
Of Maryland passed in the case OF the Bal
timore and Ohio railroad, complainant, rs.
the Pullman Palace-Cdr Company, defend
ant, .Messrs. Higgins, Cobb " Co.. auc-
tioneers. sold yesterday for Robert T.
Baldwin, receiver, at the Claremont Stock
Yards. Baltimore county, twenty-nine
Sleeping-cars, three parlor-cars, and one
truck of burnt sleeper. The ears were
built and equipped jointly by the Pullman
Palace-Car Company and the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad Company. The snow
upon the ground and the cold weather
were adverse to the sale, but notwith-
standing there was good attendance.
Among those present were Samuel Spen-
Ger. third yice-preSident OF the Baltimore
and Ohio Company; W. NJ. Clements,
master of transportation Baltimore ana
Ohio Company; n. ;. Hill, purchasing
agent Baltimore and Ohio Company; Job
II. jackson, Of Jackson Sharp, ear.
builders, Wilmington, del; General
Horace Porter, first vice-president, repre-
senting the Pullman Palace-Car Company,
New York branch; j. j. De Golyer, repre-
senting the Pullman Company, Chicago;
John Robinson, Jr., and ID. :. Vernon, rep
reSenting RObinson's Circus Company,
Cincinnati, o.; j. A. Bailey, and G..
w. Fuller, representing the BaInum
and London Menagerie and Circus
Company; Joseph Buck, representing
Joshua Horner, Baltimore, and q. W..
Shanks, representing Thomas c. Basshor
q Co, Baltimore. The ears originally cost
S1G,524 each 70 build. They have been
living idle at Mount Clare station since the
lst of November, 1880, and though III gem
eral good condition the upholstering and
bedding are somewhat sOiled by usage.
The ears were sold separately as follows:
Car No. 81, named Pimlico, brought 80, 100;
No. So, Roanoke, $1,000; No. 1871, Cumber-
land. a., 800; No. 800, Kanawha, $1,000;
No. 800. Shenandoah, $4,000; No. 2O4, Con-
nellsvillc, $1,000; No. 1870, Mount Clare,
S4,2j0; No. 3l2, Annapolis, 100; NO. loo,
Frederick. S4,250; No. 2i3, Sandy Hook
(parlor-car), $4,000; No. 1879, Altamont,
$4,000; No. 1876, Parkersburg, S4,25O; No.
sos, GAINESVILLE, $1,000; No. ljl, Wheeling,
$4,000; No. 1874, Oakland, $3.50; No. pa,
Seaside (parlor-car), $3.50; No. 2fl, Long
Branch (parlor-car), $4,000; No. 191, Belalr,
s5,OOO-all purchased by Major n. 5. Hill
for the Baltimore and OHIO Railroad Com
pany. No. 1853, Grafton, $4,000; NO. 40,
llJtsDurgn, S4,0OO; NO. wv, plcch"Oo"'
$4,000; No. 1915, Marietta, s4,15O; NO.
80, Norwood, So, 25O; No. 81, Winehes-
Ter, $1,000; No. 1872, Piedmont, s4,25O;
No. 300, Hagerstown, S5,25O-all pllr-
chased by "W. Co." who was other
wise unknown. though the supposilion
existed that the purchases were made
on account OF the Wagner sleeping
Car Company, OF New York. No. l66,
Potomac, $500; No. 19s, Martinsburg,
$4,000; No. 1914, Virginia, $4,000; No. POI,
Nngwood, $4,000; No. 307, Benwood,
$4,000; No. 1893, Cincinnati, S4,5O0-pur-
chased by Job ii. jackson, for Jackson
Sharp, car-builders, Wilmington, Del. The
trucks Of a burnt sleeping-car were bought
on the Baltimore and Ohio's account for
1926. The entire sales aggregated $685.
800. The terms Of sale were one half cash
and balance In sixty days, or all cash, at
purchasers option. The cars are to be de-
lIyered from Mt. Clare station, and the pur-
chasers are guaranteed the right to use
them In travel without molestation by
patentee. Baltimore Gazette.