Morning journal and courier., 1888-06-11
RAELROAD NEWS.

Meeting of the Directors of the COns sOlidated ROad-The Time Fable
 Changes - Dispatcher Gibbs Dis
 charged-An Hourly Express Service.
 At meeting of the directors of the Con-
 solidated road held Saturday in New York a quarterly dividend of 21a per cent, payable on July second, was declared. The directors spent some time h the examination of plans and estimates for new depots along the new
 York division. They also voted to establish an hourly express service between New York and this city between the hours of a. m. and p. m., one or more of the trains to make no stop between the metropolis and this city. The change will go into effect on Monday, June %. At present it is necessary for trains to stop on this trip for water. but this need will be abolished by the construc- tion of troughs half mile in length be- tween the tracks short distance east of Stamford, from which the new mogul en- zines, which will be used on these trains, can fill their water tanks while go- ! ing at almost full speed by means of the water scoops beneath the tenders. The through express trains will leave New York and Boston via the New York, New Haven and Hartford and connecting roads al the following hours: At g o'clock a. m. wis the Boston andiAlbany road; at 10 o'clock a. m via the Shore Line road and the New York and l New England, which trains instead of run ! ming separately to New York from this city as at present, will be cons olidated in one \ train for the metropolis; at Il o'clock m | via the Boston and Albany road; at o'clock D. m. via the Shore Line road; at 3 o'clock D. m. via the New York and New England l at o'clock p. m. via the Boston and Albany I road; at Il o'clock D. m. via the Boston and Albany road, and at 11:30 o'clock p. m. wis ! the Shore Line.
 The changes will cause the express via the ! Boston & Albany road, now leaving New \ York at 4:30 o'clock D. n. and Boston at the | same hour, to leave half hour earlier; ana ! the express via the Shore Iine which now l leaves New York at o'clock and Boston al | $50, to leave these points at o'clock, which \ 1t is thought, will prove a great accommoda ! tion to business men, and 1t also provides aI ! 11:30 express train via the Shore Line road | where formerly there was but one late ex- press train on that road and that leaving Bos ! ton at Il o'clock.
 It is said that the directors also adopted new passenger tariff, to go into effect on al the divisions of the road on Sunday, July 1 | correcting the inconvenience caused by the | present use of pennies. This will be done by ! reducing some fares one or. two cents and add | ing to others, so that the fare in most casel l will be multiple of five. In no case will I the change exceed three cents.
 Train Dispatcher Gibbs, who made the ia | tai blunder that caused the collision on the Air Line road, has been discharged by the l Consolidated road. William Mclaughlin has | been appointed his successor. He was fer | merly train dispatcher on the Northampton I road
 The contract for building the new depot al | Springfield has been awarded to NorcrcT Brothers, who have the contract for construct | ing the new depot at Hartford. The Boston ! and Albany officials say that they expect to
 spend from $50, 900 to S00, GOO on the station
 and other Improvements which they are about ! to begin