National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1885-08-20
RAILWAY NOTES.

On Sept. c the "Qmigley committee" will
meet at Toledo, nhiu, tp confer ab nut pur1h iS
iug tie Toledo, Cincinnati ana 81. Louis mar
row gauge railroad.
TIE Plant Improvement Company yostcrity
completed the railroad from Pcnlb irtll :
Ferry tu Lakeland. Fla. This completes tn,
nli-gEil route to Tampa, AMI extends the ft,.
laail system 10 liavmn by steamer.
II is stated that Mr.. Vanderbilt has socirc |
control Of tic Ontario and Western, the nr,n OF
Nnslow, lunicr a Co. agreeing to turn il oyge
ut the time they made tho dcpl Of giviaE M 3.
Vanderbilt che control oftho West Shore.
The passenger agents of the various railrlld'
were In session again ut New York yesterday
NJ the Office Of Commissioner Fink. NJ OH.
cial announcement Of IN agreement was IN ne,
Tut it isuudCrsuod TINT satisfactory urrdu ge-
went has been reached.
Tx.Rcccivcr Craig. of the Toledo, Cincinnati
md St. Louis railroad, narrow gung1, says h
has itimCd Il syndicate representing over h 81,
the Indebtedness of the road, and viii try -
buy 1t ut the salc. II they succeed they VIII
widen the gauge ron Toledo - 81. LDits m |
make Il q great rival to the Wabash. Receive;
MtNutn is now trying to place certificates 70
TGisc money.
Total gross enrnings Of the four lines Of tn }
Atlantic system Of the Southern Pacific Com.
lnny, including the Galveston, Harrisburg and
San Antonio, TeN, and Northwestern, Louis
iuua ana Western, aud the Morgan line, for the
past sis months were S30g36j7, an increase OF
Sl3i,8S s. Hs compared with the corresponding
period Of the preceding year. The net earn.
ings for the same time were Sl,5lO,7i0, an In.
crcusc OF SjGT,@iI
The ioint conference of the members of the
p0rol and Whclcn cpnmlticcs OF the Read.
INK tondhOlhefs took place ut Philadelphia
yesterday. The session was very brief ur'l
hardly any time elapsed before II adjourned 20
meet next saturday. President kclm Sitd
briefly that nothing had heen done. The action
with reference to u foreclosure which ha, bc5n
intinatcd as q measure to prevent the transfer
of the Readings property into other hands
will, It IL expected, be more definitely outlined
at the meeting next saturday.
Among the many unique, neat, aud interest.
Ing publications relating 70 travel by railways
which have CmanRtcd from transportation
companies, the most beautiful. as we'll aS the
most complete ana entertaining. Is "plctur.
csquc II. n O,-llistOrical and Descriptive" +"
issued by j. @. Pangboril, the assistant general
passenger agent Of the picturesque limo OF
America" 1t is both useful and ornamental.
The matter is interesting and instructive, the
engraved illustrations nr5 accurate beautiful.
and costly and the typographical make zip"
Is Al.
Relating to the expected sale of the South
Pennsylvania railway, the Philadelphia Press
yesterday published an opinion by ex-Chici
Justice Agnew on the legal phase Of ths pro.
posed sale of the South Pennsylvania railrO VI
TO the Pennsylvania railroad. Though Judge
Agnew says he is "a pretty large holder Ui
PENNSYLVANIA stock" and has not q panny's
interest in South Pennsylvania" his opinion
'fluWh lnHl nc CleNlly EeguruS tnc pTOpO5S'l
scheme as illegal. Upon the WHOLE" lac says
"tho Gttcmpt of the Pennsylvania to smother
or control in its own intcrrs. this rival route l.
clearly ngalnstthe public interest aud is fall OF
danger TO itself"
A comprehensive charter was recently filed
at Fort scott, Kan. under the style Of "rhc
Kansas, Nebraska aud Dakota railroad" The
object Of the corporation Is TO construct and
maintain railroad OF standard gauge through
certain counties IN Kansas and elsewhere. It
is intended TO run this line frJul point on the
cast line of the state OF Kansas, at or near the
corner OF the state thence In northcrly d.
rection through the state of Nebraska by the
way Of Lincoln TO Bismarck, Oak. II Is als1
intended to construct n standard gauge road,
with line OF telegraph in connection there.
| with. The estimated length of this road Ii
| LOCO miles, and the capital stock Is s., i,OlJ0)J
| The prospect OF the road being built Is now
| better than ut any time in the past connecting,
| rs II would, the coal fields of southeastern
kGnsGs and the gruin fields Of northwestern
| Kansas and Nebraska giving the latter a mar.
| kct south over the Memphis system aud east
! over the Missouri Pacific. while along its line
wuuldlie many Of the beat cities of Kansas.