National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1885-09-16
RAILWAY NOTES,
The Iowa Central has reelected It's preside
Elijah Smith, and all of the old board

The Iowa Central has reelected It's president,
Elijah Smith, and all of the old board
Francis II. Killlcutt, who died at Worcester,
Mass, yesterday, at the age of 73, was for many
years president of the Worcester aud Nashua
railroad Company.
The Master Cur Builders Association opened
lis annual meeting yesterday at Buffalo. Mat
tiers OF more than ordinary Importance will en-.
gage the attention of the meeting.
The semi.annual session of the National AS
ISOLATION of General Passenger aud Ticket
Agents was begunat New York yesterday. Only
routine business was transacted yesterday.
The application OF the Atlantic and Pacific
road for nm indemnity grant of odd sections OF
land alongits proposed line through California,
under the act of Congress ITO aid in the con-
struction of q railroad and telegraph line from
the states of Missouri and Arkansas to the
Pacific coast was denied Monday by the
United States land Office at San francisco on
the ground that II was not in conformity with
department regulations, and that the road had
not been built within the prescribed time.
The accounts of George d. Chapman, re.
ceiyer of the Lackawanna and Pittshurg rail
road, from Dec 0, 1884, to June 8, 1885, and the
report of the retereo, Charles 3 Cary, show
that the total receipts were Sl0l, iS26O; OK
pendtures slOO,2lS55; leaving balance of
81 23l05. Judge Childs ut Philadelphia,
Monday, ordered that the report be confirm sd,
and the accounts be allowed. Tho receiver Is
allowed 5per cent OF siO0,OO)an "a per cent:
in excess of that. The referee Ia also allowed
certain fee.
The representatives of the southern rail.
roads held a Meeting at Now York yeSte rday
for the purpose OF settling the bitter rate war
which has been waged between the Louisville
and Nashville East Tennessee, Virginia and
Georgia, Richmond and Danyille, ana others
Tor some time past. II Is understOl ii that II
was agreed TO restore passenger rates batwGan
southern and eastern poiuts, the restoration to
take effect nj once. II Is officially suited that
the Richmond and DanYille eNpresssd II will
ingness 10 accept tho terms proposed % Il by
the Fast Tennessee officials recently All those
present signed an agreement providing that
excursion rates shall be the same as last year,
and that any agent cutting the schedule rates
shall be fined $50 for the first aud BIO discharged
for the second.
The war Of rates among tho eastbound roads
Monday assumed n new phase, The fast
freight lines operating over the Erie, haGka-
wanna, and Vanderbilt roads, with the eNcep-
tion of the Blue line, ordered an advance In
grim rates from Chicago 10 New York to II
cents. The Pennsylvania people claim not tn
be taking grain ut II less rate than II cents to
New York, and are not anxious 70 carry II nt
that figure. None Of the roads Will agree TO
quoting shippers present rates more than
twenty-iour hours In advance, aud all lndlcl-
terror western points, In this connection the
statement is made by people in confidence of
the managers OF the eastern trunk linel that
an agreement has already been made provide
ing Tor seven years money pool on business
to the sealoard, As evidence that some M
dcrstnnding has been reached among the cast
eTn trunk lines, the tiet IS cited that they are
now demanding their fun proportion of II 10
cent rate on grain to New York and the
further fact that the agents OF Chicago cast
bound lines have instructions to quote present
cut rates only from dny to dny.