New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-29
GENERAL NOTES.

| Charles McArmOr, for many years cor
respondent OF The American Register In Paris has under
taken the publication of journal for Americans in
Europe In connection with American and reading
rooms and a general Intelligence office; at No Hay
market The little paper is called AmeT1cd and IL Is an
| attractive sixteen page issue, sold for penny.
After long delay, the ST. Louis, Hannibal and
Keokuk has secured into st. Louis synd-
cate having bought the Forest Park aud Central ra
II expected that the completion OF this line norhn ard
Into Dakota aud 10 junction with the Northern Pacific
will bring To st. Louis much of the wheat OF Dakota on
account OF the grades and cheap construction OF tho
| proposed line.
Only 100 miles of new railroad were reported
completed lust week, making 5000 miles in the Uned
States this year. against 9l7l miles 10 dato last year,
OO49 to date Ia 1881 and G3ll date 1872 But IN
all other years past history, the mileage completed
from January To date less than IL has been ts
year. The weather continues generally favorable for
track laying. and &c Is thought that the mileage
plrt the end Of the year may prove larger than
has been hitherto expected. Among the additions last
week wetu thirty -thrce miles TO the ST Pau, and Omaha
system twCny four miles marrow gaiSel from Leon,
Iowa into Missouri, thirty miles the Michigan dsion
Of the Grud Trunk. twenty miles the LOuIsyie
and Ne" Orleans, from Dogwood Ridge, Mississippi
suuM ard, and twenty four miles the PalOuse branch
of the Northern Pacific.
The prohibition of sales of tickets over some
RAILROADS west VI Chicago is not altogether understood
Tie RaHroad Gette explains that the trunk lines found
tlel agreement 20 rcs violated by curious process
The roads ur Chicago sold tickets the EIscTa
trunk iue" In connection With their own tickets. and
clamrd allowed such large commissions OH their own
tickets that 'ca!pci could make good thing by selling
the ticket, the Nowlork- Chicago part OF the rlt a.
less thn Thus, getting commission OF 81 u ~
from the road wot or Chicago he could sell the ucEe, 10
Chicago than Shc regular rate, though the rail-
roads between here and Chicago might get tho iul rate
lie would then have left ticket mum Chicago WESTWARD
which he could also srll at less than the rgilh ial'
Though with loSs profit than the ooniss ON allo @ra h
lttEfn flsl
. - sd 10 h,f [S tI, e 70 sfy SSaTH bb,
the sale of ANY tickets the Western roads paying
such heavy commissions.
The success, during the past few years, of tho
Episcopal Church Congresses, has led few ccrgyoeGo
Berkshire County, Mass 10 issue call for an Inter
Ecclesiastical Congress during the coming winter "
spring. The clergy of all the Protestant denominations
represented III the call among them being the Rev.
w. " Newton. author Of The Priest and the Man., am
the Rev. 4. T. Munger, author OF " The Freedom"
Faith" In their call they say 1.-THE present movers
this direction feel that all attempts in the past as fp0
scented by Evangelical Alliance, have failed, because
they have underworld TO Ignore their differences mSe
of affirming their positive convictions Perhaps hon1ts
may come OF this Perhaps there may be no response
such movement To the unn ersgned, however nmJ
seemed good to take the initiative step In the ma~
sounding the churches by sending forth THIS car sUs
prevail the blank silence unconcern. ANY reply VI"
be made TO the signers OF this paper"
A London company has patented device ,o'
lighting hallway cars by means OF battery odrcu q,
meath the 1t said that tho chemicals 'seu w."
cost only one-oighth much rs the appliances m'u
used to develop tho same electrical energy. On
trip Pullman dining car on the Northern roam ~.
lighted brilliantly by six swan hcand,soet iSnl" "a
supply being furnished by battery 0t twelve ceis ~
length of tho battery being feet and The Drcaa'h
deptE each eight inches. The excellence and 'es as
OF tho light highly commended. 1t WIS pei"s
easy ruad small type while the car was at iuh sp
After other preliminary trials, several railway oo"p
have mido propositions for the adoption Of ~e ars
Tho inventors say that they supply private as, n.
at less cost than the estimates latpy pnbsheu
Edison or the uouloler COMPANIES. battery 'r,uss
OF supplying eighteen lights Tor eighteen houis pas ~
ousy, lt u stated would weigh 800 Yvuads