The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-03-28
RAILROAD MISCELLANY.

f. g. Allen, late superintendent Of the Mas.
sachusetts Central road, and more recently of
the Ohio river railway from Parkersburg to
Wheeling, w. Va, has returned to Boston to
take the position of general agent of the New
York & New England railroad, in charge Of the
docks, elevators and terminal ireights in lhlt
lity.
The Boston & Lowell company will probably
spend 500, ,00J this year over the Manchester
4 keenc road. The Keene end is to be put in
thorough repair, ready for the heaviest traffic;
several oi the largest wooden treStles are To be
replaced by iron ones and the Others vii be
filed The freight business OF the road is in
crea>ing.
A qu rtet of baggagemen who ruu through
Manchester, n. ii bear the names OF Love.
land Lowering, Lovejoy and Lovely.
No trains were run over the NJ inc Central
road tor many diyS ON account Of the snow;
the Sandy River road was also showed under.
The Fall River, Warren & Providence rail-
road elected thee directors at Warren: L.
Choate, of Cambridge, Mass. F. L. Ame9, Of
E0ston; John S. Brnyton and Thomas j. Bac-
den OF Fall River; Royal w. Turner, OF Ran
dolph; Thomas Dunn, of Newport, Il. |,
Pierce Daton,. a shoemaker of Bradford,
Mass, was instantly killed at the Havcrhill
tation on the arrival of "a train from Boston.
Stepping from the car, he fell, two cars passing
over him. He WAS As years old and leaves u
widow and three CHI ldren.
The adverse report in Congress upon the pc.
titi1n of the Norwich & Worces er road lof
permi sion to run tracks through the n W
London navy-yard, will cause the road u great
outlay, as heavy rock cuttings must C made
to pass around the yard. 1t was supposed that
the government was through with tie naval
station.
The now iron bridge of the Boston s. Lowen
railroad acr IS the Western canal in Lowell,
Mas, was completed recently. The bridge
stands at quarter angle with the canal, b-ins
built IN an angling shape different from the
usual io1n; has two trusses and three tracks;
weighs about 260 tons; spans l60 feet between
piers and 10 feet between abutment is 10
feet W de and stands 40 feet from top chord
'o the bottom beam. The work of Ii ing tie
ties and rails will so n commence. and six
months from the time of laying he first stone
everything will probably be in running orlar.
The Connecticut railroad commissioners
heard and approved the petition of the New
York Il New England road to issue preitrrld
stock to the amount of $1,000, 900, each share
to be pad either wholly in cash or $50 in ca-h
and two shares Of common stock; also to issue
the remainder Of the $2,000,000 Of second
mortgage bonds. The commiss oners aso
commended the passag of a supplementary act.
which provides that the stockholders may, L
they choose, allow the preferred shareholders
to elect a majority or the whole of the board
of directors until all dividends at any time due
on the preferred st ok have been declared The
object of this was explained to be 10 allow
those who advance money to relieve the COM
pany Of its embal1assmcnts to say who shall
manage its affairs, at any rate unit they have
received interest upon their advances The
supplemental bill also provides that preferred
stock, if issued, shall first be offered on equal
terms to common stockholders pro rata.