National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-01-25
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RAILWAY NOTES.

The United States steamship Lancaster arrived
at Cape Town, Africa, on Saturday.
=. Articles of association of tho Little Rock and
Hot Springs railroad have been filed In Arkan-
sas. The object is to build the road as straight
as is possible between the two points.
It is claimed In Wall street that the compile.
tlon OF the Chesapeake and Ohio system east OF
the Mississippi Will have bad effect upon the
earnings Oft Louisville and Nashville road.
The board of directors of the st. Paul com.
pany that has been in session for two days con.
sidering the question of providing for the eE.
tension of lines to Kansas City and elsewhere
has adjourned until Wednesday next
The statement has been repeated frequently
England would probably be leased to the New
York, New Haven. and Hartford, and that im.
portant Developments were 10 be made In this
connection this week.
The charter Of the Memphis, Birmingham
and Atlantic railroad has passed both houses
Of the Mississippi legislature. The charter
provides that work on the same shall begin
within sixty days, and construction completed
throughout without interruption.
The ferry.house of the West Shore Railroad
Company, and OF the Weehawken Ferry Com.
pany, at the foot Of West Forty-secoud street,
was destroyed BY fire yesterday. Though the
two.Btory; building was entirely covered with
corrugated iron. 1t was entirely consumed.
The total loss is about $4,000.
An explosion of locomotive boiler in the
roundhouse at the Chicago, Milwaukee and
st. Paul depot at Madison, Wis, Friday night,
caused c1Tss death and destruction. One man was
scalded and lacerated. No reason can be as
signed for the explosion, The shock was felt
all over the city mile from the scene OF the
assault
Des Moines for the Kansas City, Des Moines
and ST. Paul Railway Company The object Of
the company as defined In the articles lstho
construction and operation of line of railway
MOinng kansas
to acquire by purchase or otherwise the prop
erty and franchises of the Des Moines, Osceola
and Southern railroad The latter Is now con-
structed for over hundred miles in the direc'
tion Of Kansas City.
Two freight trains going In opposite direc-
tions on the Catawlssa branch of the Philadel-
phia and Reading railroad Saturday, were, by
track, and the result was q collision, by which
the engineer of one train and the fireman of
the other were killed and tho other engineer
wrecked, and several cars Of freight scattered
around the tracks. Traffic was suspended sew
eral hours in consequence of the accident.
In the matter of the application of the peo-
pie of the state Of New York against the Lacka-
wanna and Pttsburg Railroad Company ct al,
in the New York supreme court, for an order
directing the receiver of the road to pay to the
petitioner as receiver Of the Plttsburg and
Western road the sum of Sl0,8i2, II was shown
by the receiver that he had not the necessary
funds to pay the claims, and that, should he be
directed Ito appropriate the earnings OF the
the discontinuance OF the business of the com.
pany. The motion was denied with COSTS
The cloud burst. so.called, which occurred
on the Pacific coast last week caused great
damage to railways. Two Southern Pacific
bridges lost their approaches, and the city
bridge TO East Los Angeles wrenched in two
places, leaving only one passable bridge on the
whole river. The southern Pacific railroad
three hfiUueA Dntwpnn Anpplng
and soledad canyon and many miles of track.
The first train from the east arrived Thursday
tE set s norE The DAMAGE to T the soasS
ern Pacific railroad Is about $4,000.
A serious cave.in occurred under the bed OF
| the Shenandoah branch of the Philadelphia
and Reading railroad Just south of Shenandoah
on Saturday. About sixty feet OF the road bed
| sing over II, and q short time afterwards the
surface dropped into the workings below, leay
ing hole upwards of seyenty.fve feet Ia di
| ameter. passenger train containing nearly
| q hundred persons had passed over the place
| but few minutes before. Traffic over the road
Is suspended In consequence, and the coliieries
several days TO fill the breach and put the roat
| in repair.
What purports to be an agreement made by
| the general passenger agents at their meeting
in Cincinnati last week is to be submitted fol
| the general managers approval. An associa
| ton was formed for the purpose OF convenient
| and economical Transaction of passenger bust
ness, maintenance of agreed.upon tariffs and
| prevention of ruinOus competition and unJus
| discrimination. The organization thus made
| is entitled 1.-THE Central Traffic Association
| Passenger Committee" The volume of traffic
shall be divided among the parties TO the
| agreement so fur rs spracticable, In such pro
| portion as shall enable each line to earn us
| allotted proportion Of the receipts, Regarding
| the diversion of traffic the agreement provides
that companies or lines, parties thereto, hay
ing connections or routes for passenger traffic
| not covered by the terms of the agreement, hui
| which compete for traffic which could be trans
ported by the routes of the parties to the agree
ment, shall not take any measures to divert
| traffic TO such outside connections or routes,
| but shall use all proper and reasonable means
| TO protect and increase the aggregate earnings
to be divided under the terms OF the agree
| ment,"
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company has
| created a new department Of the service to be
| known as "The Pennsylvania Relief Depart
| ment," the object OF which Is a relief fund fol
the benefit OF It's employees in cases OF accident
or sickness, and their families in case of death
| The employees are divided into five classes, &c
cordlng 20 salary, from s35 to over 500 PEI
month"; the payments In case Of death by acct
dent from $500 to So 800, or from natural causes
from $3.50 TO 81 $50, with sick benefits, 80 cent.
to $3.50 per day during fity.two weeks, ant
accident benefits at the same rate during the
twenty.six weeks. The members OF the fund
are to contribute according to salary from Il
cents to s3,75 monthly. a commendable fea
ture OF the plan is that all present employees
irrespective of ago or physical condition, are
admitted to membership. Additional natural
benefits may be taken under specified condl
tions, The plan includes free surgical attend
ance for those disabled on duty, arrangements
for medical attendance at moderate rates, and
sanitary provisions for the welfare of the mem
bers. The operations of the new department
begin Feb. ], and the title to benefit, Feb 10