National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1885-10-07
RAILWAY NOTES.


rondack Railway Company, died Monday at
his residence at North Creek, MY.
Maj. B. d. Townsend president of the Cheraw
and Salisbury and Cheraw and Darlington rail-
roads, died yesterday morning at Society Hill,
S. G.
The land sales of the Northern Pacific road
for the month OF September were very encour-
aging as compared with the same time last
year. The total OF acres sold is 2S,9i0 for which
September, 1864, for which 500 635 was received.
Tho emigration to points on the line shows a
decided increase, and the inquiries for land are
more numerous than any previous year.
The joint western classification committee
did not meet at Chicago yesterday, according
to adjournment, the ostensible reason given
being that they cannot get the managers to-
gether. The true reason Is that they have been
threatened with so many delegations of mer-
chants from all over the country, from Chicago
to the Missouri river, respecting the abolition
of carload rates between Chicago and the Mis-
souri, river, that they do not wish to meet them.
The statement of the New York, Lake Erie
and Western railroad, including slxty'eight
per cent. of the earnings and the entire work.
Ing expenses of the New York, Pennsylvania
and Ohio for August, shows gross earnings of
ing net earnings sos, 6Oi. Az compared with
the same month last year this Is a decrease In
the gross earnings of Sl23 1856 and an increase
In the operating expense of Sl2,Sl7, making q
decrease In the net earnings OF Sl36,573.
The news yesterday from Commissioner
Fisk's office was meHger, but was all OF favor
able character. A statement was given out as
coming direct from the representative at the
meeting OF the Lackawanna Company as fol-
lows: I'VE were working all day on resOlu.
tion in which II IL agreed to form trunk limo
pool on all business To-day's meeting was to
agree TO Il pool The perfection of the details
Will be for future dealings. We shall undoubt.
edly agree TO make new pool. Until the new
pool ispericcted we shall maintain rates under
the resolutions passed the presidents" 1t is
generally understood that this Is a fair pre-,
sentation of the situation at present.
In resuming the hearing before Examiner
Weiss ut Philadelphia yesterday, in the inunc.
ton cases involving the transfer of the South
Pennsylvania and Beech Creek railroad "a the
PENNSYLVANIA railroad, Attorney General CAS-
sidy called ex-senator William a. Wallace,
president of the Beech Creek railroad. lie had
heard that negotiations were In progress affect
ing the transfer of his road, but he was not In
vlted 10 attend the meeting at Merton at
which the negotiations We're completed Pres
railroad was next examined. He explained
that Mr. Vanderbilt owned a controlling inter
est in the Beech Creek and South Pennsylvania
railroad, and that Mr. Twombly was Wander
bilts authorized representative, lie then went
on TO describe the various meetings aud negO-
tatiOns, repeating identiCally the terms and
conditions under which tralsie- was made.
The witness believed that the transfer was
made TO the Pennsylvania Company and not to
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. The
witness then explained the arrangement by
which the South Pennsylvania road was to OBJ.
tain an entrance to Harrisburg.