National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1885-08-25
RAILWAY NOTES.


The Central Pacific road Is still shipping
large quantities Of fruit TO eastern points by
express trains
Passenger agents in the western cities say
ticket sales never before ran 50 low ut this set
son oftht year.
BW wrenn will, on Sept. l. become general
Passenger agent of the Virginia, Tennessee aud
Georgia Air Line.
w H. Richards Is the newly appointed gen
cral manager Of the Potomac, Fredericksburg
md licdmont railway.
The monthly meetings or the fast freight
lines will be held at Commissioner Flnk's
Office, New York, tomorrow aud Thursday.
Express business, Il is stated officially, is now
so per cent. heavier than In Auyust, 1884,
There is no better pulse of business than tho
volume of traffic carried by express complnles
hence The Improvement in business with them
Is orc OF the best indications that trade Is inn
proving generally.
Amccling ofthe Transcontinental Association
will he held at ST. Paul Sept. 4. and u large at
tendance Is expected, ns there are many i'm
poItant questions to be decided, A sort of
makcghift agreement was entered Into at the
last meeting, held at Chicago, more for the pur-
pose of hanging together than by reason Of any
satisfactory solution Of the difficulties 1t labors
under, md 1t was understood that there was TO
be a rCpatchng Of the covenant ut the expire
tion ofthrec months A lively session at st.
Paul is anticipated.
'The connection to be made (by the Butt
more and Philadelphia ruilroid) with the Re Id
ipE railroad" b" says the Railway News, twill be
completed In another eight months, and. u Is
expected by the officials, the trains Of the Bal
timorq and Ohio Railroad Company will be
running to New York by that time. The Bat
timofo and Philadelphia line was built under
loan Of the baltimore and ohio Railroad
CoPpany for sl2gCO 900, which was placed IN
Record says: at is declared that the road has
not cost more than one.half of that amount,
and that the balance will be used for equip
mcnt"
4 Memphis dispatch says there has been a
war on rates from Memphis to eastern points
wRgcd between the Louisville and Nashville
railroad and the ticket brokers representing
other roads. Thelousvillo and Nashville people
say they Will meet any rate mnde by the brOk-
ers no matter how reduced The fight Is very
interesting especially to the travelling public
as they arc receiving the benefit OF the quarrel
The cause Of the war, II Is alleged, was due to
the fact that the Louisville and Nashville peo.
pic did not think they were getting their pro
rata Of the business out of Memphis. The
Memphis and Charleston and the Chesapeake.
Ohio, and Southwestern, which have eastern
connections, are meeting the reduced rates as
promptly MS do the Louisville aud Nashville"
An impressive order has been given u con.
duciors on certain western railways Ia regard
TO the exercise of great care TO avoid In any
way offending the occupant of any berth in
sleeping cars or unnecessarily disturbing pas
sengcrs after retiring, which is similar In its
nature 10 that given to conductors OH the
Chesapeake ana Ohio railway, and to the
practice, which 1t is understood, has been en-.
forced on other of our eastern railways. The
order is good one, which all passengers on
through trains must appreciate. The text Is as
follows: I've do not desire that passengers
holding through tickets, and occupying berths
or sections in tho Pullman palace sleeping cars,
shall be unnecessarily annoyed after they have
retired, and TO prevent such annoyance the
Pullman palace car conductor Is instructed to
take up the tickets of all passengers in his car
on retiring and hold them for the examina
tion of and proper canceling by the conductor
In charge OF the train, who will ascertain by
personal observation that he has u ticket or
pass for each passenger, and then return them
TO the sleeping car conductor for delivery to
the passengers In the morning, unless they ex-
pirc on his division, in which case he will, If
necC ssarv, take them up"