The sun., 1888-12-14
NEWS OF THE RAILROADS.
INFORMATION FROM All PARTS OF
THE RAILW1F WORLD.

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Chairman s. f. pierson Of the Passenger
Committee OF the Trunk Line Association ha.
been relieved several times Of late Of the dut,
of presiding at the meetings OF tho genera
passenger agents. Ono OF the roads claims
that for months past Mr.. Pierson has been the
/ only stumbling block in the way OF satisfac'
tory distribution Of the Clearing House busi
moss, and 1t refuses to come to nn understand
ing as long as he Is at the head. He Is sup.
. posed to preside ut all the meetings pertaining
to the passenger traffic OF the trunk lincs. but
two meetings have been held this week outside
g, OF ommissioncr Finks Offices at which ne
, wasn't present. but was ignored. One Of the
, conferences was held on Tuesday in Phlla-
| dephin. Tho other meeting was held
| yesterday at tho general Offices OF the On
taro and Western, Nearly all tho gen-
: eral passenger agents were present. includ-
ing the Lackawnnna representative, 1t Is snid
Tho prjncipal subject under discussion was
the settlement of the immigrant question.
President Sloan OF tho Lackawanna has said
more than once that his road would never re-
turn to the Clearing House while Mr.. Pierson
was at the head of 1t, nor should their general
passenger agent cit in council with the passen-
ger Chairman. This was the reason for tho
outside meeting yesterday. Just what conces-
sions we're made to the extra pool roads for
consenting to raise the immigrant rates. as
has been announced. have not yet been made
known.
The general freight agents had q meeting
Yesterday, to arrange rates and agreements
The yard Of the Central Railroad Of New Jer-
sey, which is, perhaps, tho largest about New
tons. lions. Besides % the sis fS station and the new
ferry slips. new express buildings are being
ones lave bs BEEN ni torn 70 down. G Biz coal S chute
has just been put up, Besides the tracks OF the
Lehigh Valley road tho Central is adding mile
after mile Of tricks for its own use:
The improvements on the Central are carried
on all along the line In addition to the twenty
bridge is about. completed over the Hacken-
sack. to be ready for use in about two weeks.
Most OF the others are being replaced with
and Elizabeth branch. running across the
meadows from Brill's Junction to Elizabeth
have been laid, and the work is to be finished
Mr.. +. s. Curtis engineer of the road depart
e psehcnsetsdy' st Wee " v K K Winisd trans.
Curtis who has been with the company. several
years, and is looked upon as q progressive rail-
The Long Island road is one of the few roads
Inen and tugmen, and to. this SUPERINTENDENT
dom from accidents. considering the large
number OF trains moving. which is greater
than ON any other road in this vicinity during
tho busy season. Each gateman and fagman
has two sand glasses: n three minute and u
@ seven en- minute one When a train pas passes the
is not taken down until all the sand has slipped
through the aperture in the three minute glass;
During this time no train Is allowed to pass.
Then the seven mute glass is set. and tho
green flag is brought out as n caution signal
At the end Of the seven minutes 1t is taken
along knows that the train before him is at
least ten mi nutes ahead. There are 135 gates at
CROSSINGS along the Long Island road and $40
on the Atlantic avenue division. which passes
The Board Of Village Trustees of White
Plains has advertised for proposals for tho
franchise OF an IT. e!sctrS road from that PLACE to
Chester. White Palms and Tarrytown Electric
galway Company has long been urging the
resolution of the Board recently adopted. the
right Of way grsnted is along GSntrs avenue
Tnrrytown people can got it they must bid a
percentage OF their annual receipts Mt public
5s esd Snt 5s eonsrue
ern's fight against the New York Central. The
with the Northerns trains at Elmsford. and It
is said that through tickets to any Of the Sixth
Ii this % ey viii Hf' be- sold at s5 20 cents and e1
eursion tickets at 20 or % cents, The Harlem
branch Of Of the Central charges so cents for sin
road 70 EImsford. but twill probably be con.
o% IN that ,sH onsds @ Of Ss hs
New York travel. there would be good bust
irom Wr WTnrb2Wh and tb. ns
completed to Port Chester.
The time limits under which the franchise is
to be sold 10 until July, l, 1889.
General Superntendent j D. Barton Of tina
Long Island Railroad has appointed Board
Of Examiners to test the efficiency Of all con-
from one grade OF the service to another.
is not fayorably reported unon m By this Board. ard
The Board will meet in Long Island City twice
2 week. The The examinations, mii will include tests
enced conductors. William ApGar and William
Quieley. and two Of the most trusted engineers,
Miliiam Parsons and George Miller. will con-
Charles Reed has, been, appointed station
S the sew Y1Tk and Huda
The unicoked- FOR discharge this week Of
Erie Railroad construction and repair shops ut
Port JerviS Is causing quite q stir in railroad
circles Many Of the diseharged men are
hands having been in the cQmpany's employ
Twenty-Five wears or longer. II is understood
appointed master mechanic In charge OF the
Stops, Mr.. r.. W. Ransom, SAYS the reduction
was made necessary by the dilapidated condi-
tion Of the buildings and machinery. which
rendered iinpraeticable the working 81 q full
complement OF hands to advantage. Ordinary
repairs will be done at Port Jervis as hereto
fore. but heavy construction work will be trans
ferred to the company's better eluipped shops. |
The suit OF William Murtaugh against the |
New York Central Railroad for damages for
personal injuries was tried for the second time
last week mt the. Herkmer County Circnit.
The plaintiff. while employed in the West |
Shore Company's shops at Frankfort. lost a
hand by the bursting Of an emery wheel. which
sGrueted and unsafe. At the first trial he got
verdict Of So 900. which was set aside by the |
Appellate Court. AT this second trial the Jury
gave him $4,000 and costs.
The passenger rate from Chicago 10 Kansas |
City went of So to-day bringing II down to 81. |
This makes a total reduction Of SO. 80 In the I
Kansas City rate since tho war began. The cut
was made by the scalpers. the railroads simply
following up their policy OF meeting all scalp
ers' rates openly.
Chairman Abbott says that all lines between
Chicago and st. Paul have now agreed to nut
rateS mp again aB soon rs possible. and will to-
morrow give tho necessary ten days notice of
their intention to restore all passenger rates in
both directions. taking effect Dec. ~.
One OF the ncipal'rewsons why tho Consol- |
idated Railroad Is TO petition the Legislature
n inpreasa NJ the cuDita nj stock Of tha rpad