Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-04-19

y.l.THEK PROBABILITIES, 1pru ". 1854
r.,,,he Middle Atlantic States party cloudy
',...tacr followed by light rains, northerly to
.,-,rrv winds, slight changes i'll tempera-
ll..c.
,,ru.EcH SERVICES, &c, TOMORROW
ggry Cturcb Service at II a. III. and 7:45
;, ~. by Rev. H. Suter.
= rats Church.-Service at ii g. NJ.
md =, y, m. by Rev. DR.. Norton.
Grors Church-Service at IL a. IN. and s
>, N. hv Rev. Mr.. Sharp.
y Wuy's Murch.-Mass at I a. H., and
HIGH Mass and sermon at IL a. II. by
Rev, John A. Morgan, of Woodstock Col
,pe, Md. Vcspers at 4 p m.
fI,<i Presbyterian Church-Service at II
=, N. by Rev. G. r. A. Buckley.
<rroqd Presbyterian Chmch.-Service at
n =. NJ aud 500 p N. by Rev. VIM. Din
B.yii,. CHmch-5ervice at II a. III. and
At 10 y. IL. by Rev Wharton.
Yrta,ty Neth. Epis. Church. at
II a. m. and 80 p. N. by Rev. John Ed
wards.
Nrth Epis. Church South.-Seryice at II
. IN. and 80 p. III. by by Rev. Mr.. Kern.
ueth Prot Gurch.-Service at ii a. m.
and 30 D. IN. by Rev. c. b. Middleton.
trs-. Meth. Gurch.-Service at II u. IN.
and 80 p. H.
t;srnan Lutheran Church.-Service at 7:3O
n m. bv Rev Mr.. Leubkert OF Washing
ton. ID. c.
loyaq MEMS Christian AssOciation.-Pray-
Or meeting in the Methodist Epis. Church
South. at 4:30 p. IN. Jail at = p. III. Aims
House al 2:30 p. IN.
Gospel Temperance Meeting of the Reform
Club at 3 p. III.
THE CANAL ToLLs-As stated in yester-
DAYS GAZETTE, the Board of Public Works
OF MARYLAND had further consultation
Yesterday at Annapolis over the reduction OF
Ibesapea Ike and Ohio Canal tolls, and after
= conference with President Lewis c. Smith
oflhe canal, adopted resolution coDcurring
in the action of the canal board which re-
dured tie tonnage to So cents, and recon-
nrnded to the directors the consideration
,t a further reduction. President smith
laid he would call an early meeting OF the
canal directors TO take into consideration
the conclusions arrived at by the board OF
public works 1t was stated that the cost
Of maintaining the canal ~ year Is IN round
numbers 500 ,OOU allowing marSln Tor
Incidental repairs. IL was contended that
10 reduce toll to 20 cents, IA asked 10y The
Cumberland people, estimating the tonnage
at 100000 for the year, would cause loss
10 the canal of $4,000 yearly A total
tonnage Of 100000 at 80 cents, which
Is a decrease of six cents on the present
rates would place the receipts at S2lO,OoN
yearly, or Il margin OF at least SlO,o over
The estimated expenses Of maintaining the
canal for year. 1t is thought that if the
canal directors decide to make the reduc-
ton in accordance with the resolution OF
Sf 10 opntS
will be accepted as the standard rate. 1t Is
argued as a good reason for the reduction
that if the Pennsylvania Railroad reduced
lis toll so as to get Cumberland coal then
the canal would lose its coal tonnage. The
advocates of n reduction say there Is no
danger OF competition from the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad for that road has con-
tracted Cor all the coal it can carry, aud
there is no danger of the coal going over the
canal. The PENNSYLVANIA Railroad Com
pnuv lost a good deal of Cleartield coal be-
.uusc of low rates fixed by the Baltimore
and Ohio. The Pennsylvania Road touches
the Cumberland mines as well as the Baltl-
more and Ohio. These were some OF the
reasons urged by the members OF the canal
board, who favored a reduction when the
coal tonnage question was before 1t. Inc
three members OF the board who opposed
reduction to any figure contended that
there was no danger Of that competl.
ton, and that the boatmen aud boat
builders were unnecessarily alarmed
The views "a expressed By President smith
are said to have met the approval OF the
board of public works, and although the lat
ter are very much in favor Of the reduction,
recognizing the fact that the responsibility
fixing the canal tolls is vested wholly In
the canal directors, and that the board OF
public works have only revislonary power
in the matter, the board addressed letter to
the canal directors in reference 10 the reuuc-
ton The letter is as follows:
1--WE acknowledge the receipt of your let.
ter Informing the board of the adoption OF
the schedule of tolls for the year 1854 OF 50
cents per ton and cents for wharfage. Inc
board concurs therein and begs leave to sug-
sest TO Won the consideration of further
reduction" 1t was at first thought adVisa-
BILE to also add to the communication
whenever such reduction can, IN theii
Judgment, be made without destroying Inc
equilibrium between the receipts anu eHpeh-
ditures,'; but this latter claus, was SUISSE
quenty stricken out.
The w, C. & Sr. l.. r. R.-The purcha-
sers, in person or by proxy, of the Washing
ton. Cincinnati and ST. Louis Railroad met
ut Harrisonburg, Va, yesterday, and, after
consultation, decided to go ahead with the
building of The road as soon as all of the re-
naming unsecured rights of way are secur-
ed. A night session was he'd, at which an
organization was effected. Archer n. Mar
tin, of New York was elected president,
with the following directors: y. L: Boyce
Of Virginia; H. D. Cook, Washington
Charles f. Kimbail, Philadelphia; J. W. +.
Allemony and Joseph S. Loose, Virginia.
Work on the road has been in progress Tor
several weeks past, but there will be a Wig,
orous prosecution of the work from that
place west TO the coal fields inaugurated at
once. This railroad organization is entirely
independent of any other corporation, ano
whilst it may connect east of Harrisonourg
with the Shenandoah Valley Railroad, YET
that is a question to be decided. IL IS IN