National Republican., 1885-09-09
nAILMAY NOTES.

Tic agreed passenger rntc from Klnsts City
To New York has been reduced frOh 80 .
S.2t0 to meet the cut from 81. Louis to N3y
York
General Manager AIcCrei, of the Pi.tsbnrh
Cincinnati nnd 81. louis riil'yay, vita hltl.
QUARTERS IN Columbus ohio. will be Transferred
to lrtsbng, where he Will bc prom ted M
made general manager of all lines oi the con-
pLny west of Piusburg.
AT the recent session of the executive cjm.
mitce of the Texas Trd'lic ASS jciatOn "a r..
rdiHtn ett OF local rates was male. NDi'"
crtascs were made, while In many instances
they wee lowered. The new tlriN Will ~
into tHt ct tomorrow
il has been finally settled that the Calaag),
Burlington aud quincy will build its cxtei.
sion into the st. Paul territory, which Is cN.
pcctCd to lead to railroad fight in the uprtt.
west similar to that which mas already bocn
experienced In the cast
The unexpected reduction in tho Lshign
Valley dividend is accepted In Wall strcct ~
an Indication of the very unsatisfactory CJnli-
lion Of the coal trade, and there Is much sp3cn.
lniuu as to the Probabilities OF n rcdu,tlO by
lGckawannH in the ninount of its next divi.
dcnd.
Tie Baltimore and Philadelphia Railroad
Company has completed the grading on its
road through Chester, aud the track llyers are
now employed just outside the city lines \
Temporary bridge has been erected across Chgs
ter Cftek, but u pcrmnnt mt bridge will shortly
be lcgun to take its place.
Inc Olu pun pNrtyln tniOn racine Is pro lict-
ing 50 for that stock duriug the current year
II Is claimed that the cash balance which Mr.
Adams insists the company has In hand be.
longs to the land grant department. and cannlt
be used in the payment of the floating debt,
which 1t is estimated now amounts to about:
sl0OOOOCO.
James H. Staples. n conductor on the Virginia
Midland, has been arrested ut Culpepcr on u
churgo of bigamy. He had u wife and one
child when he married young lady of good
family. aud was IN the act of boarding train
with The latter when he was arrested Mt the In
stance OF his brothcr.inlaw. 1t is believed
| Staples is insane.
Nearly all the representatives of the lines in
| the Trans Continental Association arrived at
| 81. Paul yesterday morning. The passenger
| agents viii have for consideration the sale Of
| tickets intended for duly accredited emigrants
| TO local passengers by the eastern lines, while
| the main question before the freight agents will
be the demands of the Southern Pacific.
+. A. Clark, general passenger agent of the
| New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio; T.. A. Ford,
| general passenger agent of the Pan Handle,
| and A. J. Smith, general passenger agent OF tho
| Bee line met Mt Cleveland aud agreed to re.
store fnteJ. The bee line Office was the first to
receive the intelligence, and at once ADVANCED
| Handle and New York. Pennsylvania aud OliC
are awaiting their orders.
| President Roberts General Mlnaycr Pirh,
and superintendent Petit, of the Philadelphia
| division of the Pennsylvania Il lilroad Com.
| pany, accompanied by Robert Nelson, of tho
| Northern Central, left Philadelphia yesterday
for nn inspection of the company's lines. II
| has been decided, aiter Il conference of the
officers of the eastern lines, to stop all work
that can possibly be dispensed with. And It i
| understood that similar plan Will be carried
out upon the western lines of the company.
The strike ofthe switchmen on the Plttsburg
| Fort WAYNE and Chicago railroad became mort
| general yesterday. All the switch engines OH
| their tracks in Chicago were abandoned by
their crews. The men say that the trouble
| grows out Of the action of Thomas Griffin, thC
| yRrdmaster, In giving an inexperienced man d
| place as switchmnn on an eXtru engine. They
claim that there were old swltchmen, former
| employees OF the road, one of whom ought 10
| have the job.
Thenew railroad from stuarstown to New
Freedom, Pa, which at the latter place form
| Il junction with tho Northern Central, will be
formally opened tomorrow. The new road
gives fine railroad facilities aud n direct line tC
Baltimore and York to II Delt of country lying
between the Peach Bottom Narrow Gauge and
| the Northern Central. The little road Is already
doing Il good freight and passenger traffic, an
will constitute an important feeder of the
| Northern Central.
Gen. Anderson, whose retirement from The
position of cngineer.in.chief of the Northern
Pacific is announced. IL probably the bcs
known railroad engineer in the country, nn1
has had charge of blildng some of the creates
railroads and longest and largest brid ses. IL
has been building railroads for nearly fortl
years. From June, 1862, to February, 1853. Ii,
roads in Virginia, and from November 1851, tt
the close of the war he was chief supcrintend
cnt and engineer of the military roads OF thi
United States. lie was elected cngnoer.in
chief of the Northern Pacific in February, 1889
The Cincinnati Enquirer says: /, Is probable
that proceedings TO forcclose the first mortgage
bonds OF the Nickel-Platc road will be com
menced within n few days BY the terms o
the bonds the principal becomes due thre
months aitcr default of the payment of interest
which was uupad June !. 1t is believed tina
Vanderbilt has been quietly buying up a ma
jority interest In the bonds as the easiest w,ll
of acquiring control of the property. II. si
iercd ! per cent guarantee bond, which wa
declined by holders and has since changed hi
tactics and has been working very mysterious
ly through Edward D. Adams, of WinSlow
LGnier u Go. For the purpose of affecting tn,
value Of the bonds, II Is said, 3 per cent. OF
fer has been made, and that under the depreSs
ing effects bonds have been purchased.
The South Pennsylvania and Beech Creel
injunction suits were called up by Attorne,
General Cassidy at Harrisburg, Pa, YESTERDAY
| before Judges Simonton and Mcpherson. MI
merous counsel were present to represent thu
parties in interest. Solicitor General Scott o
the Pennsylvania railroad, stated that th,
numerous defendants had found II Impractical
bic to confer with each other within the tim,
allotted, and were not prepared to proceed
| lie moved for continuance of the hearing
Attorney General Cassidy, In asserting to til,
motion, said the commonwealth had expected
TO go on with the case yesterday. lie slld hC
made this statement so that there might be
correction of an impression that had gon,
abroad that he meant to make an application
for delay. He had never contemplated such
thing. The court upon being assured that thu
defendants generally concurred in the app
cation, set down the hearing for the 10Th in