National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-09-21
RAILWAY NOTES.

Robert Garrett, president Of the Baltimore
and Ohio, sailed from England for New York
last Saturday.
Austin Corbin will tomorrow be installed as
president OF the Philadelphia and Reading
Railroad Company.
The request for the establishment of a local
mail service along the new route of the Balti
more and Ohio Railroad Company between
Baltimore and Wilmington will be acted upon
by the Posiofiice Department In few days.
A large force is at work grading the Paducah
where the Cairo Short Line win be tapped.
This road forms q connection with the Chesa.
peake and Ohio, and will give that system ad-
ditionM leverage.
Kentucky Central workmen will begin this
week the work of regarding streets in tue wesl
end of Coyington, KY, on which to lay tracks
TO the Ohio river, at the site of the Hunting.
on(Chesapeake and ohio)bridge TO Cincinnati
There remains but little of the work to be
done. and trains will be able 10 pass along the
line TO carry the material for the new bridge
in a week or two more.
d. d, widderheld, night yardmaster for tho
Virginia Midland railroad at Lynchburg. while
attempting yesterday TO get on a rapidly NOV.
ing freight train near Amhurst Court House.
missed his f0othold and was thrown 10 the
ground, portion of one Of the cars striking
his head, tracturing the skull, and then drag
ging him some distance, tearing his lefl shoul-
der almost to pieces. He will die.
The reduction in passenger rates to Now
Orleans and other southern points ordered by
the trunk,line pool commissioner will be met
by the Baltimore and Ohio. The reduction
took effect yesterday. The pool line ratio q
New Orleans will be SIS II reduction OF 81. IL
Is said that several of the southern roads that
= are In a measure competitors OF certain of the
northern lines are determined to place tholr
rates on the samo basis as those OF their north
ern rivals
dispatch from Philadelphia says 1.-THE
Inauguration of the baltimore aud Ohio's reg
ulnr schedule OF passenger trains from this
city 70 the west and southwest, via Baltimore
and Washington, was accomplished with
CELEBRITY and absence of confusion IN )re char.
noteristio OF an old than of an entirely new
line. Hereafter all tho b. and O's New
York and New England business will leave
New York by the Jersey Central and tho
transfer viii be made through this city by
coaches until the junction with the Reading
tracks Is completed, which wall hardly be do.
lnyed more than tbity days.
The committee of first mortgage bondholders
of the Wabash system east oil the Mississippi
have prepared a comprehensive answer 10 the
modified plan Of the purchasing committee.
In II they state that they consider themselves
free TO protect the, interests of the first mort
sage bondholders to the fullest extent and
they decline to avail themseveso OF the author
ity given them by the bondholders, who have
already signed TO accept per cent. extended
bonds. The committee of second mortgage
bondholders agreed 10 append their concur
renee In general terms TO the propositions of
the circular, contending that their coupons
should be paid before any interest or securities
junior TO their own.