National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-03-24
RAILWAY NOTES.

Tatlow Jackson has been appointed receiver
of the Rochester and Pittsburg Railroad Com
paDy's property in Pennsylvania.
The New Jersey legislature on Monday night
passed. over the governorsveto, the bill to pre-
he bridging Of SSen aSd Sn by
was 80 to TO-
The annual election for directors OF the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company took place
yesterday. A smaller vote than usual is being
polled., The proxies received represent 10000
shares held in England and 240,OO0 shares held
IN this country There was no opposition to
the regular ticket.
President Gowen, of the Reading company,
has issued an address cautioning bondholders
and shareholders of the Reading Railroad
posting securities with Messrs. DreXel & Co.
or Messrs. Brown Brothers Il Co. under tho
plan OF reorganization, issued by the reorgani.
cation trustees and syndicate, for various
reasons assigned by him.
The Jury at Des Mones in the personal
damage suit of Pershing against the Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company
brought In verdict for the defendant, having
been out since Friday afternoon. This viii
destroy. the suits that would have been
brought, aggregating nearly Sl,000O0O The
case grew out of the railroad disaster near
CIeston one year ago.
The interests OF the immigrant clearing
house engaged the attention of the trunk line
passenger committee at New York yesterday.
II was resolved that the Atlantic seabOard lines
will decline to act as the agents of other COM
panies In the sale of immigrant tickets TO COM
petitiye points who directly OF, indirectly per:
nit other parties than the Atlantic seaboard
lines to act as their agents in the sale of immi-
grant orders or tickets
In a decision by Judge Wallace, of the United
States circuit court ut New York, in the suit
brought by Horace NJ. Barry TO compel tho
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad Com
pany TO pay the interest on certain bonds, the
court decides that an accounting Ofthe finances
the company must be made by Its officers,
and further temporarily enlOins any nppropri,
alton OF the earnings contrary to the Interests
of the plaintiff should a final decision Of the
suit be in his favor,
stated that ''as result of the demand OF the
Iowa lines thatt their allowance of $3.50 be re-
stored rates were advanced all around S7.5l
yesterday. Their allowance on through tickets
since the war began has heretofore been S.
The rates now ruling are Limited TO Omaha
and Kansas City, $3.50; Chicago and st. Louis
$3.50; New York, S3250i Boston, $3.50. Emf,
grant-Omaha and Kansas City, 1890; Chicago
and ST. Louis, $3.50; New York, $780, Boston
$780,"
-, c. W. Smith, vice president of the Atehlsou
Topeka and Santa Fe railroad, says nothing Ii
being done Mt present to bring the transcon'
tinental war to an end. His company Is not
pushing the fight, but Is simply acting on the
defensive No proposition has yet been made
which his company could consistently accept,
II is willing to have the difficulty Orbitrated
but only upon the condition of forming dOu'
BILE pool, one on southern business ana another
on northern business, The northern lines
were not concerned In the Southern California
business, and, therefore, ought not to be par
ties to pool on that business The Southern
Pacific thus far had taken very arbitrary
position, and so long as II persisted in this Il
was useless TO talk about settling tho war D.,