National Republican., 1885-08-26
RAILWAY NOTES.

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4. NJ Rrackcnridge is appointed central !
| Inttnkcr nUHt vt the Wabash, st. Louis mn |
paCii,C hallway. vice Thomas >. Spear, with /
ontc at ri!tshurg, Ia
TIE formation Of the Texas po1l has rc3utod
IN an advance Of rates on all of the roads inter.
cstCd. one manager has put himself on record
with the prediction that the pool will Increase
the earnings of the lines s5,OJOOOO yearly
General Passenger Agent wrenn who's, ap.
=, intmcnt with the Virginia, Tennessee, aud
Morgan Air Line takes effect Sept. |, will have
entire control Of the passenger business Of four
roads, namely, the Air Liue, the EisS Ten.
ntScc Virginia and Georgia, Norfolk. aud
Wcstcin, aud the Shenandoah Valley. These
roads operate gl3s miles of road.
The Cattle King Railway Company Is n new
railway organization composed principally Of
heavy ,ailSCmen who propose e ,,,l build line
CLARK county, Kan, on tine Indian territory
line, dldnnCc Of fi,y milea. Dodge City has
been ihc great % cattle shipring point in Kansaa
on the cars there each year.
BEFORE next June NIL the southern railways
Of magnitude will have changed their gauge
60 VuftUspuud with that Of the northern stlnd-
AID We shall then have but one standard for
the whole country, so far ms the great systems
are tonCerned and cars can traverse the
vast domain of the Union from one reuiosc
point IN another without change or breaklngof
bulk OF course the narrow gauges VIII remain,
but they arc Rt present inconsiderablo In num-
bcr whatever they may bo in tho future
Augusta (Ga) Chronicle.
At meeting of the directors of the Columbus
and Eastern railroad aud those of the Columbus
division Of the ohio Central papers were drawn
up, which will be submitted TO the stockhold-
,fs, leasing the Ohio Central branch for the
term of ninCty-nino years. No doubts are OK
pressed as to the ratification by the stockhold-
ers. The Columbus aud Eastern hus hereto
fore used the tracks OF the Ohio Central as far
ns Badlcy Junction, from which point the
(plnmbug
called Rcdfcld, in the mining region. Active
pi el aralions have been gong on for some
time looking toward the extension of the road
TO Malta and McConnellsville, on tho Mus
klngum river II is quite probable that the
rond known ms the Black Diamond railroad
will he incorporated 9,. Into the new enterprise,
of West Virginia.
report TO the Association of General South
cIn Passenger Agents at Atlanta by u special
committee, upon the subject Of the liability OF
railroads for loss of baggage, embraces legal
opinions Of attorneys representing lines OF the
association. After the reading of the docu
mcnts n resolution was adopted withdrawing
from sale emigrnnt tickets from all points
within the jurisdiction OF the association to
| points west of Mississippi and north of Ohio
| Another resolution was adopted looking TO the
| appointment of n special committee to fix the
| penalty Tor failure to maintain. passenger
| rates when agreed upon. The following OIL
GERS were elected 4. NJ. Emmerson of Will
mingtoi, president; g. a; Whitehead, OF savan;
| Richmond secretary. The spring meeting
will be held at Charleston, ON the first Wednes.
day In April next.
A few weeks ago 1t looked as If the two great
| Canadian railway companies = the Grand
| Trunk and the Canadian Paclfc-which have
| been fighting one another bosh In Europe and
| Americn, had come to an amcablo agreement.
| At the last session of parliament the govern
| ment had appropriations passed, the purpose
OF which was to enable the Canadian Pacific
| TO buy from the Grand Trunk the North Shore
| line to Quebec, and, in order to force the
Grand Trunk to sell, provision was made, in
case 1t refused to do so, to build third line.
| II appears, however, that the war is not yet
over. The report is that no agreement has yet
| been reached for The sale of the North Shore to
the Canadian Pacific. 1t is believed that the
| general manager of the Grand Trunk, Mr..
Hickson, is holding out for higher price, and
l a third line where, with two lines there is
already one line too many for profitable traiilc.
The meeting of the Transcontlnental Asso-
citation at st. Paul Sept. IS anticipated with
considerable anxiety. Fears are entertained
that existing complications cannot be har-
monized. 1t is reported that the Pacific Coast
| Association is not willing to admit the Sunset
route OF the Southern Pacific company into the
The sonhaqn faSc maS rs a"
sion into the association dependent upon being
granted percentage based upon the business
carried during the first six mont hs OF this year
During all that time the Sunset route had been
cutting the rates on seaboard business, and
consequently secured the lions share thereof
To base Its percentage on that business would
give II at least 10 per cent. of the business, aud
the overland routes would have only about 2t
| per cent. to divide among themselves. II the
Southern Pacific continues in Its present atti
| tude toward the Pacific Coast Association there
Is certain to be serious trouble, as the all-rai
routes intend to take such measures as will
prevent the Sunset route from getting away
with the bulk of the Pacific Coagt businc -
The members OF the 1ranscontinen!al Asjo
citation are no better satisfied with the South
ern Pacifc's attitude than the members OF the
| Pacific Coast Association, and II the latter are
compelled to take active measures against the
Southern Pacific the Tran contiuentai Associa
lion will surely be engulfed in the conflict.
Important developments were made ye1ter.
day In the matter of the muoh.talked-abou
negotiations for the sale of the South Penn
sylvania railroad The action just taken Il
said to have significant bearing upon poitica
affairs in Pennsylvania, in addition to hayint
especial importance as q move which, It 1
claimed, is intended for the protection OF tn,
| public Attorney General Cissidy, of Penn
sylyania, filed q bill in equity in the Dauphii
county court of common pleas restraining tn
Pennsylvania or It's agents rom purchasing o
by any means, direct or indirect, acquiring
control of either the South Pennsylvania o
section Of article II of the constitution q
Pennsylvania, which provides that mo rail
road, canal, or other corporation, or the lessee
purchasers, or managers Of Of any railroad
chasers. or managers of any railroad or cana
corporation shall consolidate the stock prop
erty or franchises of such corporation with, o
lease or purchase the works or franchises oi
or in any way control, any other railroad o
canal corporation owning or having under II
control parallel or competing line" The al
torney general said to-day: II propose to hay
the question finally determined whether
great railroad IL simply a private corporGtio
or an institution for the public good-a commo
legal representative of the state, that 1t can
not be charged that action was instituted b
any interested parties. ], Of course, undel
stand that the Pennsylvania Railroad Con
pany will contend that thev secured thei
charter prior TO the adoption of the new const
tuition, and that they are therefore eXemI
| from its provisions Nevertheless, | propOse /