National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1885-08-24
RAILWAY NOTES,

The Wisconsin Central railroad has CON
trrcted for the construction nf ll6 miles Of road,
which viii take the line to Chicago.
Operations will be begun at once upon the
construction Of the Chesapeake anh Nashville
failfoud nom GHliatin tO ScItisvillc, Ky
A controlling interest in tho Memphis and
Charleston rniifnnd has been purchased by the
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad
Company.
Tie percentages awarded by the arbitrators
of ihc Western Freight Association were for
MGrdCd from Chicago Saturday to the several
managers
The new awards Of the arbitrators of the Col.
or0do.ltGh Association wero made Saturday,
according to the recent agreement to re.arbl-
trate rather than dissolve the y, VI.
Wall street bulls claim trat the upward
movement in prices OF stocks Is attrlbutnbll 70
the restoration OF passenger rates and the Gx-
lectcd restoration Of freight rates.
The meeting at st. Louis of railroad repre-.
tcntatiyCs interested In southern and SOUTH
eastern business resulted IN mn agreement to
restore what Is known rs the My schedule.
The Wisconsin Ccntrnl's new line from
schlcesngvillc TO Chicago will probably be
completed by Jan. next. II Will make the
las, link of another through line between Chi.
cago and 81. Paul and Lake Superior.
Tho iron bridge Of the Baltimore and Phila.
dclphia railroad over the Brandywino at viii
mington has been completed. All the grading
and track laying ON this road will be com
pletedhp TO tho Philadelphia line by Sept 1.
The chairman of the east bound passenger
committee has forwarded letter TO the sew
oral members instructing them that at the reg
ulrr mt citing OF the committee TO day an effort
will be made TO advance fnres from Chicago to
New York, and advising them to attend pre-
pared TO act.
A statement that there were legal obstacles.
IN the way Of n consolidation OF omaha with
Northwestern was denied Saturday by Senator
Spooner, formerly general counsel for the
Omaha company. The meeting Of the North,
Mt Saratoga next Wednesday. when, II Is said,
the Omaha matter will be considered.
Counsel for the Northern Pacific Railroad
Company will have n hearing before Assistant
Secretary jerks, Of the Interior Department,
to-day, when argument swill be presented In
favor of the revocation of the recORt order of
the department restoring the land 70 public
settlement, beginning within the indemnity
limits OF the road.
The annual report ofthc secretary Of inter
nal affairs OF Pennsylvania states that 'the
railroads of Pennsylvania employ about 1000
wHge.workers, whose time Is computed by the
month. In no other industry In the state Is the
average wngcw worker insured rs regular and rs
nlll working time as that given TO employees In
the service OF railway companies"
The sixteenth annual convention OF the
Master Car Painters Association will be held
at Toronto. Canada, opening Wednesday, Sept
2. The invitation TO tlis convention enumerates
numerous subjects and matters to be considered
which are full OF interest to painters, aud
which will result in benefit to the railway COM
panics for whose interest tho painters labor.
Col. Paramore, the president of the Texas
and 81. Louis railroad, feels confident that tho
plan lately agreed To by q considerable portion
OF the stock and bond holders looking TO u re.
organization OF that company aud rdising
money TO put the road on a sure footing will be
generally accepted, and that sufficient money
will soon be raised 10 put the road in pros
porous condition.
Judge Pardce, of the United States circuit
court, has issued IN order, which has been
filed in the United States district court ut
Waco, Texas, authorizing the issuance of $685.
COO worth OF receivers certificates TO pay the
t taxes IN various S counties and and approved put u
Louis railway These certificates will Nature
in twelve months, unless the road Is sold
sooner, and are constituted prior lease on
the rCad
Mr.. Lewls, chairman of tho voting trustees of
the New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio rail.
road has sent letters from London to, the bond.
holders recounting the vexatious law suits
began by Mr.. McHenry. and giving emphasis
TO she assertion M Is sees cisnr trying 70
only cause unqualified opposition. Mr.. Lewis
adds that the condition OF the railroad Is IN
every way cheering. Concerning the election
ofsir Charles Tennant rs a voting trustee the
other trustees arc willing to accept him.
DR.. Thomas Rainey. whose bill extending
the charter for bridging tho East river ut Black
wells island passed the legislature OF New
bd 'hey
iron work will be 0,2l0 feet. The smn from
New York TO Blackwells island is 73t feet and
the span over the east channel is 6lS feet. The
spans will be l5o feet above high tide. There
will be a double railway, double carriage
| track, and double promenades the entire
length OF the bridge.
President and General Manager Bates, OF tho
| baltimore and Ohio Telegraph Company. VIII
10 nph n1xs xuh hr xuin trit 10 inf fnr
| an attractive book Electric baltimore and
Ohio" which is full of historical and descrlp-
Tive reading matter. and Is illustrated on every
phase of message carrying from the primitive
| TO the very latest method. The design and
execution are both novel and first.class-the
work of J. g. PGngborn, the assistant general
manager of the Baltimore and Ohio Railway
| Company. and the latter was by the American
Bank Note Company.
The Railway News says at is stated from
an authoritative source that the total cash out
| lay Of the Baltimore and Ohio on the Philadel-
| phia extension from Baltimore TO Philadelphia,
| from the time that the first blow was struck,
Seen e @ Ie
the Susquehanna bridge. cost of rights of way,
and ali other charges. The sl2,500,ooO loan, at
i5 rom III this Showing, will be- fully sutccht to
| complete and equip II, and railway officials
estimates show that 1t Will Tho cost, OF rnll;
| road construction has been much lesscned
| since the invention of steam shovels and other
| appliances, and 1t was reported at the time the
| steel was purchased for this line in 1881 that In
| the sharp competition between the railmakera
| for the contract the Baltimore and Ohio got all
| they wanted at s27 ton. These figures have
since then about become the regular price for
| steel rails. On most of the old railroads, In.
| cluding the Baltimore and Ohio itself, when
| steel rails were put down some few years ago
| they represented cost ranging anywhere
| from $50 down to S75 a ton, the top figures
| being the price whom they were first intro
| duced on American railroads"