National Republican., 1885-10-28
RAILWAY NOTES.

T. II. Thomns, the new general manager Of
the Richmond aud Danyille system, cntcrt
upon the discharge OF his duties Friday last.
Passenger agents NJ Buffalo are upset bya
rate war with the brokers, The quarrel began
in fight between the Erie an1 West SABRE u
secure business.
Dispatches from Montreal report that the
Canadian Pacific has borrowed G}OOBD
iirom liaring Brothers in England, and viii re.
lease the securities held by the government tn
that extent. The officials here deny any
knowledge OF the transaction.
The statement of the business OF all lines or
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company east OF
Pittsburp and Etle for September, 1855, rs com
pared with the same month in 1881, shows Il
decrease In gross earnings of slSA2i@, u de.
crease in expenses Of SlSd,SJg, and an increase
in net earnings OF Si,GB.
The statement Of the Northern Pacific rail.
road for September shows gross earnings OF
sl,22P65; operating expenses aud taxes,
Sh0,SG2, leaving net earnings, $500 0q3. This Is
decrease III gross earnings OF sll,Gll in ope.
rating expenses and taxes Of sl0j,Sij, aud an
increase In net earnings Of sgj,2lO.
on aud after Nov. . the interest coupons pay.
able Nov. on the general mortgage bonds of
the Norfolk and Western Railroad Company,
ms well rs all interest coupons on bonds, will,
rs they mature; be paid on pressenta!!on either
NJ the Central Trust Company New York, or ut
the Office of the company in Philadelphia.
a dispatch from vicssburg announces that
the inclined plane Mt that point Is completed,
thus connecting the Nicksburg and Meridian,
and the Nlcksburg. Shreveport, an1 Pacific
divisions Of the Queen and Crescent system by
transferring passengers and freight across the
Mississippi without change OF cars. The last.
named division connects with the Texas Pacilic
system.
At II meeting Of the directors OF the New
York and New England railroad yesterday It
was voted to issue the preferred stock to the
amount taken (ahout s6D00OJ) to the stock.
holders on the 3lst instant on payment of
their subscriptions. IL was also voted to issue
the preferred stock to creditors In payment of
their claims II the creditor do not accept this
arrangement these amounts of the preferred
stock will be sold
The Pittsburg and State Line Railroad Com.
rany filed articles Of association at the state
department Mt Harrisburg The railroad is
already constructed from Walston, Jefferson
county, TO n point where the Tuna creek crosses
the line between New York and Pennsylvania,
in Mexican county, n distance of l2) miles.
The capital Is sl,2OO,OOO. This is the former
Rochester aud Plttsbnrg road which was char.
tered under that name. In building the line
the route was changed but the directors did
not know 1t was necessary In SO doing to have
u fcChaTtCred.
The order Of Railway Conductors, In con.
vcntion at Louisville, elected the following
officers: Second chief conductor. Edward Co.
man, of the South Kansas and Missouri; grand
senior conductor, W. J. Durbin, Chicago Mil
wRukcc, and 81. Paul road; grand junior con
ductor, w. w. W. FlnCk, Wabash and ST. Louis
road; inside sentinel, Charles w. Everts, New
York. Pennsylvania, and Ohio: outside senti-
mel, John II. Hall, Crank Trunk railway. T..
utiye committee, and w. s. Sears of the insur.
ancc committee.
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