The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-05-24
Railroad News
MANAGER SCOUT REslnNs.


general manager Of the Cincinnati, New
Orleans q Texas Pacific Railway Com
pany, has resigned, to take effect June
LIST. His successor has not yet been
designated. Mr.. Scott has been here
since 1881. When the Cincinnati Soutb.
ern railway was leased he was made
general manager. He had previously
been general manager of other roads In
the south, known as the Erlanger svs-
tenn.
CUTTING RATES IN GEORGIA.
AUGUSTA, Ga, May 2S.-The East
Tennessee, Virginia 81 Georgia Railroad
company have placed ticket agent in
Augusta, and are cutting rates north.
south, east and west. A passenger
rate war is imminent among the state
roads.
EQUALIzING DIFFERENTIALs.
ST. LOUIS, May 23.-The representa-
tives OF tho railroads doing business To
points on and west of the Mobile &
Ohio railroad resumed the session
to-day, and 10 X up the report of
the committee n diiferentiais. Tho
Missouri Pacific demanded greater
differentials against Kansas CITY than
was recommended by the COMMITTEES.
This was fixed at Z cents on grain. iour
and provisions. The Louisville n Nash.
vile refused 10 accept the East st. Louis
rate for Evansville. The Illinois
central insisted on this rate,
but a compromise was finally
effected on cents less than East 81
Louis on grain, and 8 cents less per
barrel on ilonr. Ditlerentials from other
points were arranged without
difficulty A recommendation that
the diiierentials as agreed on for
Kansas City apply as minimum
business for L0ayeuworth, Atchison and
81. Joseph was adopted, subject TO the
approval OF the Missouri Pacific, but 1t
is understood that this will
not be given. The Cairo Short
Limo has added 100 refrigerator cars
TO their equipments and will organize
service IN all directions, and expect TO
Try TO double their business to aud from
st. Louis.
The committee on dlfferentials also
recommended that the Joint western
classification be adopted instead of that
or tho Southern Railway and Steam-
ships association, but q discussion
on this was postponed. IL will doubt
less be adopted, however. Rates from
Kansas City and ST. Louis on leJtered
classes nom points north of st. Joseph
are TO be cents less than rates from
81 LOUIS ana hAnpaS proper.
The insurance companies reported
an agreement with the Anchor
line of Mississippi river steamers
heretofore disturbing clement, on a
basis OF cents insurance and water al
lowanco ON grain. This il the first time
that the Anchor line has entered
into an agreement. II the Mis-
souri, Pacific refuses TO Hpproye
the action Of its representative, a meet
ing OF the Fort Scott a Gulf the ST..
Louis IL San Francisco, the Southern
Kansas and the Missouri Pacific will
have TO be held before tho LIST of June
to arrange the Atohison, LeavonwOrth
and 81. Joseph diiierential.
The Wabash will put anew time sched-
ule into effect tomorrow. Under this,
trains will leave Chicago 50 minntes
later in order to catch the limited train
business and arrive in ST, Louis IS min
utes later.
The fast mail from tho east will mako
connection which connects with tho
Chicago train at Bemont, and the Bos.
ton sleeper will arrive hore att instead
OF $40 a. M, shortening the time one
hour and 40 minutes.
The morning train for st. Louis to
Detroit will hereafter reach the latter
point at II 80 p. M, instead of az 9 a. m.
the next day.