National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1885-10-15
RAILwAY NOTES.

The directors Of the Baltimore aud Ohio
railroad yesterday declared seml.nnunll
dividend OF per cent. on the stock OF the main
| stem, and also on that of the Washington
OrHnch Tor the six months ending Sept. 3d.
. At Glenwood, Pa, yesterday morning VIM.
funk, engineer ofa baltimore aud Ohio ;avcl
train, was intally stabbed by Richard Andrews
Gonducio' of the same train. Tue cause which
led to the stubbing is unknown, Andrewsisin
jail.
A. s. Durham mas been appointed comp.
tToller of the Richmond and West Point Ter
mipnl railway with Office at Alexandria, Va.
with general supervision aud direction over
thc accounting departments of all the lines
owned or controlled by the company.
In addition to the rumors that the Pacific
railroads had given notice of their determine.
ton to discontinue their subsidy to Pacific
MAI, II Is said that the reports of two Cabinet
9HctIs VIII contain attacks upon the company.
IL is difficult to obtain either positive confir.
nation OF denial of the story respecting tho
discontinuancc Of the subsidy. the replies TO
inquiries being more or less evasivc.
. Tho petition to court for the foreclosure of
the Philadelphia and Reading railrond under
the general income and consolidated mort.
cages, has been completed, aud was Yesterday
placed in the hands OF the committee Of recon.
structi9n trustees appointed to obtain the nee.
essary 10 per cent. OF boudholdcrs giving their
assent TO foreclosure. They proceeded at once
TO obtain signatures to the petition, which In
substance sets forth the desire of the subscrlb.
cages. II Is thought that the petition will be
ready for presentation 10 court III few days.
The examination in the Injunction cases Of
the south Pennsylvania and Beech Creek
railroads was resumed In PHILADELPHIA ye ster
day. Vim. Thaw, a director of the Pcnnsylya.
nin Railroad Company and vico president of
inc pennsylvania Company, and Thomas n.
LOOMS, an assistant engineer of the South
pennsylvania road, were examined. A sworn
statement OF Gcn. George Magrue, the contract
Ing superintendent of the Beech Creek road
was submitted. AT this point the attorney gen.
ernl stated that the commonwealth would rest
Its case, reserying the right however, to apply
TO the court for I'M extension of time. The
hearing was then adjourned.
When in the east recently, President MolIiltt
ofthe Denver and Rio Grande was quoted as
saying that the road will be taken out of the
hands of the receiver in about two weeks and
sold and be entirely reorganzcd under new
management. :Mr. Moilatt has been questioned
concerning this statement, and he says that
THE report Is TO q certain extent incorrect
What snid was that all the parties interests,
namely, the first mortgage bondholders of car
trust certificates and 1.-The general stockholders
have agreed upon q; basis of settlement which
will perfected in about two weeks time. a FER
that in accordance with the terms OF the mort.
gage, 1t will:take six months before the road
can be sold and the new company put In pos.
session of the property" The new company
will probably be fully organized by the list of
January, but II will not come into possession
OF the road much before the LIST OF May