National Republican., 1885-09-11
RAILWAY NOTES.

Dan Bride, agent of the Ohio and Mississippi
at Baltimore, spent yesterday in Washington,
The feeling in Wall street Is that tho whole
railroad situation is in very unsatisfactory
condition.
W, b. Cobb, general eastern agent of the Den
yer and Rio Grgnde railway, was hero from
New York yesterday.
The general demonstration of freight rates,
which has extended TO the south, is having
depressing effect upon Wall street prices OF
stocks.
Dispatches from Chicago state that the open
rate between that city and New York was
down to . cents per 100 pounds and 10 Balti-
more 10 cents.
The Central Passenger Agents, who met this
week at Louisville, did not take action in re-
gard to cut rates. The next meeting will be
held in st. Louis oct. 10.
II. II. Howser, assistant ticket agent of tho
Baltimore and Ohio fourteenth street and
Pennsylvania avenue oice). left last night
for tour through Colorado, Mexico, and Utah.
meeting OF the reorganization trustees of
the Reading Railroad Company Will bo held ut
the office ofthe company to-day. 1t is.expectcd
that important matters bearing upon the future
of the road will be considered.
A dispatch from London says the absence of
dividend on the Grand Trunk guaranteed aud
preference is chiefly chargeable to the fatal
enmity of Sir Henry Tyler, president of the
Grand Trunk railway, toward the Canadian
Pacific railway.
The directors of the Baltimore and Ohio
railway have decided 10 extend the payment
OF the bonds Of the company to Oct. for iifty
years at a Eer cent. % interest, payable In gold
| loan was S25O ,0OC, but payments on account
have reduced 1t to l,70O0OO
1t was rumored In Wall street yesterday that
| the directors of the New York Central, at u
special meetiDg had decided to pass the next
| dividend. Late in the day this rumOr was de-
| MED, and II was stated that the subject of u
| dividend was not discussed at the meeting,
| which was devoted wholly to West Shore affairs.
| IL was understood that II was decided to call a
| special meeting OF stockholders Nov. TO vote
| upon the lease OF the West Shore.
The New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk
| Company will run cars through TO New Or
| leans and Florida without change. This Is TO
| be accomplished by transferring the cars by
means Of adjustable bridges TO the boats OF the
| company at Cape Charles City Several cx-
periments have been made with the bridges,
| and the cars were transported to Portsmouth
aud Norfolk, where the connection Ia made
| with other roads without trouble,
II Is CLAIMED that as the Philadelphia aud
| Midlunds (recently tho old Chester County,
| railroad has come under new management
| II will certainly be built One of the directors
| is quoted us saying that the road can bo built
| and put in running order with rolling stock
| for S35OOOO. lie also says that 1t is not the
intention Of the management TO stop ~ West
| Chester but TO continue west TO the Chester
and Lancaster county line, ana open up new
country, and make connection with the vii
| mington and Northern railroad.
Col, George l., Perkins, of Norwich, Conn,
| treasurer OF the Norwich and Worcester rail.
| road, celebrated his V7th birthday n few days
| ago by going 10 the scashOrc with his wife OF
| ~. He is erect In carriage. jaunty aud active.
| Ten years agO he testified in the Beecher trial
| and electrified the court, when asked how
| long he had lived In Norwich, by replying,
| "Eighty.sevGn years, sir" William NJ. Eyarts,
who was examining the witness was iloored
| for moment aud finally said, MAY ven
turc TO inquire, Col Perkins, where yol spent
tho rest ofyour lifeY'-Railway News
Ten years ago standard car load on all first
class railroads was 10000 pounds, tho weight
! Of the cars being - 500 pounds, In 1851 the
| load on most roads had increased 10 1901
! pounds, but the weight of the car had ln'
| creased to only 2l,0Jl pounds. The master car
| builders of the Pennsylvania road have npT
adopted cars 10 carry 10000 pounds, while the
| weight of the cars will be very little incIeaicl,
| Instead Of hauling more than one pound Of car
| TO one pound Ot freight, nearly three pounds
OF freight can now be hauled ilr one pol OF
car The sub, ttutiOa of steel FOR Iron rails has
\ made the change pOsslbl2'