National Republican., 1885-09-08
RAILWAY NOTES.

There is continued rate cutting between New
YORK and Chicago, with no prospect OF cGs5t.
tion.
"ccntral ard rinnpgmate" ls tn, now title
bestowed upon the New York Central nll
West shore combination.
1t is cin med that the restoration of rates on
the New York Central to . cents per mile has
not decreased the passenger tralij.
The Northern Pacific figures ont that 1t cnn
land cattle weighing LOU pounds rrJm points
in Dakota and Montana to London ut SlhSI
per head. The trade Is grOwins AMI uroita.
bic enc.
one OF the latest tea trains from IN Francisco
to Chicago, win the Central and Union Pacific
ard Chicago and NorthwoTern roms, male
the trip IN four days, thirteen hours, and eight
minutes
Receiver Contcs has assumed charge OF the
property of the Cincinnati ard ElIern rail.
way, ana In his official order announcing that
fHCt he requests all officers agents, aud EN-.
pluycs TO continue In the Discharge of their
duties as heretofore.
The time within which, H. ITo ,sac tun iel
could under the law have been consolid lici
into ana made nm important link In n consbi.
dntcd railroad, reaching from Boston to Billhlo
under one management expired Saturday.
| No action having been taken the tunnel prob.
| lem continues an unsOlyed one.
The Chesapeake ana Ohio iS about to pib.
| l'h q handsome illustrated work. entitlcd'"Io
| the Mountains and the Seashorc Through the
| Battleiields of Virginia." continuing many
| views OF the grand scenery alone It's line
| Copies of this publication will be presented to
| the friends OF the road bvt pasSeDger deDurt.
| mCnt.
The first train on the Syracuse, Phoenix nid
| Oswcgo railroad len Oswego yesterday. The
| rond has been leased to the Rome. Watertown
Snd osdTms6ns G9i%PpSNny and 70 syr
and Rome, Watertown and Oswego tracks, aud
| will compete with the Delaware. Lackawauua
| and Western road.
| General Solicitor Scott Assistant Solicitor
| Logan. general counsel Wayne MnCNengh and
| David w. Sellers of the Pennsylvania Railroad
| Company, were In consultation at Philadelphia
nearly all day yesterday preparing the com
| pany'B defense to be presented to the Dauphln
county court at Harrisburg to-day In the suit
| brought by the attorney general Of the state to
| prevent the transfer OF the South Pennsylvania
| eral will ask for postponement, on the ground
that the state is not ready with Its case
The Ohio Central railroad has completed the
| transfer OF $40 cars to the Baltimore and Ohio,
| preparatory to the amnlgamnton of the Coum-
| bus, Hooking Valley and Toledo. The failure
| Of the river division of the ohio Central and
the closing up Of the mines has given the road
an opportunity. to rid itself OF useless equip
Ohio as TO the personnel of tile prospective
| officers of the united company. II Is generally
believed that General Manager J. f. Martin
will be the general manager OF both roads.
When first exploited the United States Cen.
| gauge line from San Francisco to Ogden and
Denver was much talked of and written about,
but latterly 1t Is rarely mentioned Now, how
| ever the promoters of this additional transcon-
tinental railway scheme avow an intention to
construct the road at an early day. The San
Francisco Chronicle quotes q gentleman VIII }
was formerly closely connected with this en-
terprise as saying that THE public really
knows less about the inside history of the
United States Central than of amy line that has
yet been projected across the continent. 1t
was Jay Gould who furnished the capital for
the surveys-Sl00.0O0 or more-and the COM
pany was Incorporated with n fnir show OF
success. IL was at first purely local affair,
with no transcOntinental prospects. At that
time Gould was ut outs with Huntington over
the Texas Pacific. He threatened to run an
independent line from Ogden to San Francisco
and was looking about for an opportunity to
strike the Central Pneitlc people at the most
vulnerable point. He saw this chance in the
| United States Central, as the line was after
ward called, and furnished the money for the
surveys, which were made in 1882. But when
the reconciliation between the Gould and
Huntington interests came tho great Union
Pacific shareholder had no further use for the
new line and he dropped II like n hot potato
Then there was nothing left for the original
promoters to do but to give up the road or in.
| tercst capitalists in the scheme. Two years
have been spent by agents in Europe aud a
large number of stocks and bonds have been
disposed Of so that the road may yet be built. "
In this connection the gentleman further said
that he had heard reports of the Burlington
having for some time been interested in the
United States Central, and he believed that II
such were really the case Its construction
would not long be delayed, rs 1t Is well-known
that the Burlington Is seeking an outlet to the
Iaciflc coast via Denver.