National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-05-13
RAILWAY NOTES.

The brakemcns strike all along the line OF
the Union Pacific has ended.
The Senate yesterday passed the Cullom In.
terstate commerce bill by avote of47 against I.
The Mississippi railroad commission has ap-
proved of Il maximum tariff OF cents per mile
on all the railroads In the state.
The House Pacific railroads committee yes.
terday decided TO give tho Pacific railroad
funding bill the preferences when the commit
tee secures the attention OF the House.
Petitions nre coming to Congress from col
ored citizens of the south, asking for an appro.
priation OF 800 per capita to enable colored
people to emigrate TO Liberia and provide for
their immediate wants upon reaching there.
The stockholders of the Central Railroad of
New Jersey have elected as directors Henry s.
Little, John Kean, John s. Kennedy, Henry G.
Kelsey, Jas, A. Roosevelt. George G. Williams,
Samuel Sloan, Il. somers Hayes, and George b.
Mckenzie.
Bell SUPERINTENDENT of foreign mails, shows
that from 1913 TO 1885, inclusive, the sum of
s32 l8i ,950.57 was paid TO vessels carrying the
American flag for ocean transportation of
United States mails.
The bounty bill, which has been pending
before Congress for many years, has passed
each house at different times, and was once
vetoed by President Grant, was reported by
the military affairs committeeto the Senate
yesterday without recommendation.
Hon. DAVID X, FRANCIS tne mayor oil 81,
Louis, will to-day appear before tho Senate
commerce committee in support of the propO-
sition for low bridge a. that city. MAJ, Q. Q
Rainwater VIM. ;. Clark, aud other promi-
nent citizens OF 81, Louis are here urging the
passage of the bridge bill.
At the meeting of the directors ofthe Penn
EylynniR Railroad Company yesterday i'm
portant recommendations of the finance conf
mittee were adopted, providing Si.OJOOOO for
construction and equipment expenditures dur.
lglSCI
lines and branches, and for the, completion
ana extension of new and auxiliary lines.
This extra issue of stock makes the total Cap
ilal Of the company about SJS,OOl,OOO,
A motion to nbrogate all special rates on
grain and its products to pool points was made
at the meeting of tho general freight agents OF
the Chicago ana Ohio liverpool, but, ~ unaul,
was lost; but the bylaws were at once amended
so that in future two-thlrds vote shall be
sufficient for tho adoption Of n resolution. The
present rates, however, Will be continued un'
| Ill further notice.
The Chicago east.bouud passenger commit
| tee, in session at Chicago, considering the is.
cue Of tickets by foreign roads that are brought
| to the Chicago market and tind their way Into
| scalpiug Offices, instructed the chairman %
| request foreign lines TO more closely limit the
| tickets, Members also agreed TO adopt uni
| form rules for the use OF agents in asking the
| assistant commissioner for permission 10 issue
| half.rate ana special fare tickets
| Representative Reagan will introduce bill
| IN the House, and attempt to secure It's pas
cage this session, providing that railroads shall
| not be operated by receivers for period eN'
| ceedlng one year and defining more infinitely
| what acts shall be construed us contempt Of
court, The purpose Of the bill is to prevent q
| repetition ofthe acts Of the judge of the court
| In the case Of the Texas Pacific, where II wds
| held that all the employees of the railroad be-
| came officers of the court, and could not s.OI
| work or exercise any other privilege Of nu
| American citizen without being subject 10 i'm
| prlsonment for contempt Of court