The National Republican., 1885-11-17
RAILWAY NOTES.

James Shriver, assistant general ticket agent
of the Baltimore and Ohio railway. was here
on business yesterday.
G. W. Smith, now general manager OF tho
elected vice president of the Atchison. Toocka
and Santa Fe railroad and will enter upon the
duties Dec. l.
Master mechanics and general flrcmen OF tho
machinery departments OF the Blltimorc aud
Ohio held a meeting ut Newark, Ohio, last Fri
day, to discuss matters pertaining TO tho build
ing of engines, &e. Delegates were present
from Chicago, Garrett, Sandusky, Chicago
Junction, Bellaire, Wheeling, ana Newark.
The last of the iron on the great railrold
bridge at Point Pleasant, connecting the West
Virginia branch with the Ohio branch of tho
Ohio Central, has been placed in position. Tho
total length of the bridge is fraction less
than one mile; total weight of bridge and mp
proaehcs, 3,2I2,695 pounds; total cost or bridge,
SC0O,CU0.
The Ohio Central, which was recently sold,
is TO he reorganlzcd. Col. Thomas Il. sharp,
receiver of the river division, has removed
the headquarters of the road from Columbus,
Ohio, TO Charleston, W. Va, In order tina, the
road may be operated from point on it, linc.
Col. Sharp has rented the residence of Hon.
John l., Kenna, United States senator from
West Virginia. and will remove his family
from New York
At the annual meeting yesterday Of The stock.
holders of the baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company the following directors were elected:
ragg Msm William BnrHs svidT + sinear SGnSsS Ioha
4. Won Lingen Decatur II. Miller, Josh q.
Harvey, George W. DObbin, Henry c. Smith,
Aubrey Iearrc, and r. HnTTison Garrett. Tho
president VIII be elected at the next nonthly
meeting OF the board of directors, and no opDO-
siliOn TO the reelection of Robert Garrett Is
known.
A spec al dispatch from New York represents
that II Is tie general impression that the OPP
position 10 tho deal between the Pennsylvania
and Vanderbilt for the transfer of the South
Pennsylvania to the former will prove futile,
and that the courts will be poweress to pre-
won't II, but the acquisition of the Beech Creek,
ClCarllCd ana Southwestern will be attended
with some difficulty. The majority of the par
ties In interest seem determined TO prevent 1t,
IL possible, and are quite ready to pay tho
money required to prevent IT..
The Philadelphia Press says Franklin +.
Gowen, ex'president of the Philadelphia and
Reading railroad, said yesterday that he de-
sired to be reelected because every dollar ho
had invested was In the stock aud junior Sc
curities of Reading. 1t Is said that share.
holders generally are in favor OF change Of
administration, and will support GOwen, be-
lleving that things cannot get into worse
shape than they are In at present.
A special dispatch from Baltimore represents
upon responsible authority that the BllImore
and Ohio Railroad Company has success dully
negotiated another large loan. The loan Is ST.
100000 forty year . per cent bonds, ON the
East Side schuylkill road, Philadelphia. The
bonds are indorsed by the Baltimore and Ohio
company. The East Side Schuylkill road Is the
connecting link between the Baltimore and
ohio's Philadelphia extension aud the Read
ing's Now York line, and the pres ent move in-
dicateS that the Baltimore and Ohio has not
decided 70 use tho Pennsylvania tracks to
New York, but will use the Reading.