National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1885-05-07
CURRENT RAILWAY NOTES.


Latest Information By Wire from Special
Sources.
EVERY washingtonian desiring pleasant
trip will use Baltimore and Potomac Rallrond
to Baltimore to-day. Fare, round trip, ST. Sec
schedule.
Mai. +. T. d. Myers, superintendent Of the
Richmond Fredericksburg and Potomac rail-
road is authority for the statement that the
Virginia and Caroline railroad, chartered to
run nom Ridgcway, N. g., TO Richmond, has
been sold to the Atlantic Coast Line syndicate
for $4,000
Nearly 100 railroad laborors employed on the
Reading and Pottsyille branch railway near
hoadiny, Pa, struck yesterday for an advance
in wages, which the contractor refused. The
men were getting ST. 10 per day, The contract
or offered them Sl.20, which was refused. They
want Sl.3j. All is quiet.
The section hands on the line OF the Nil.
waukee division Of the Chicago and North
western railroad, between Chicago and Win
netka, are on strike. They have been re-
| ceiving Sl,l0 day, and are standing out for
sl'2o. An effort is being made by the strikers
| to draw into the strike section hands on the
entire division.
| The annual meeting of the stockholders of
the New York, Chicago, and 81. Louis Railway
| Company was held at Cleveland Ohio yester-
day. J. II. Devereux aud James 'rillinghast
We're reelected for three years; Henry Ham M
9. Whitney Secretary Of the Navy, resigned,
and James P. Curry Tor the same term, vice
Stephenson Burke, resigned.
| At Cleveland yesterday, at the annual elec.
ion of the Lake Shore apd Michigan Southern
f. Barger, Japtha II. Wade, and G. NJ. Reed
were elected, leaving the board of director'
the Same az last year. Part of the Vanderbilt
party have gone e Chicago 20 inspect the roas
ton OF the Michigan Central Railway Com
pany., The rest returned to New York tt
attend tho funeral Of Mrs. Commodore Van
d0rbilt 81.
Another meeting of the first mortgage bond
holders of the New York, West Shore, ant
Buffalo Railroad Company will be held at th'
Merchants Exchange, Philadelphia, to-mor
row to take further action in regard to thu
protection Of their rights ON this occasion
inc committee recently appointed, consisting
OF John /. lawson, Frank j. Furth, and X. ii
Y, Hill will submit a report based upon IN
formation obtained by them in New York. !
member of Che committee states that tn
Hewitt committee Of bondhodersis likely /
bring about acceptable results, although tn
original plan of reorganization submitted b
them has been materially modified. II
thinks, too, that stronger feeling for the II
ture of tho company has lately been deye
t-oped.--
The New York supreme court yesterda
made an order enjoining the New York. LAX
Erie, and Western Railroad Company, and tn
New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio RailrOa
Company from diyorting traiiic from the Ch
cngo and Atlantic Railway Company III
suit against the offending companies va
brought by Frederick Broughlon, Amos !
Crane, Joshua d. Kershaw, Samuel w. Snow
-lnhn Ii. Parsons, Samuel 4. Lockwood, an
Orange w. Child, who charge that the Err
company have been diverting traffic contrar
! To the terms of the Great Western Dispatc
contract, and are retaining and appropriatin
to their own use money belonging TO the Oh
cago and Atlantic railway. The roads to whicl
II is said, the Eric diverted the traffic IRE III
Pittsburg Fort Wayne, aud Chicago, and II
Chicago. st. Louis, and Pittsburg Railroa
Companies.
PURCHASE round trip tickets TO Baltimo,
over Baltimore and Ohio railroad at
Forty-ave and fifty minute trains.