The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-09-27
THE RAILROADS..
Newsy Signals From All Along
the Lines.
Notes and Personals About Rail.
road Men, and Other Items
of Interest.

sistant to President Benedict, of the Chi
cago and Atlantic.
James E. Cowan has been made travel
ing freight agent of the Louisville
Southern Railroad company, with head
quarters at Louisville.
The appointment of j. Q. Van Wrinkle
as superintendent of the Indianapolis and
st. Louis railway, with headquarters st
St. Louis, Mo-, has been officially an
nounced.
W. B. Biddle having resigned the posi-
ton of western division freight and pas
senger agent on the Atlantic and Pacific,
to accept service elsewhere with the sys.
TEN, that Office is abolished.
R. M. Bachelor has been appointed
general agent of the freight and passenger
department of the Atlantic and Pacific
Railroad company, with headquarters at
Albuquerque, N. M.
The official announcement has been re-
ceived from the Chicago O. Atlantic Rail-
way company that B. Thomas having re-
dent, L. W. Burrows has been appointed
as superintendent.
The Missouri Pacific Railroad company
has filed certificate with the Colorado
State department increasing their capital
stock $6,OOO,0O0, making in all $66,000,-
900.
The bell cord is gone from most of the
Pennsylvania railroad trains, and instead
of it the air-brake pipes are, used to blow
a whistle in the cab of the locomotive.
The slightest touch on a cord leading to q
valve in the brake system blows the whis-
tie.
Indianapolis scalpers filled up their
offices last week with G. A. r. excursion
tickets to st. Louis, which they agreed not
to sell below Sc. But since last Saturday
the Bee Line and Vandalia have made an
open rate of So for the round trip, and it
bids fair to continue until November l.
The scalpers are paraiyzed.
The Pullman Palace Car company is
placing new hotel red books in its cars on
the Pennsylvania road. These books con-
| tain full list of all the hotels through
out the country, and are placed in the
cars for the information of travellers.
When passenger asks the conductor
where a good hotel can be found the
book is handed down for reference, as
conductors are not supposed to influence
guests to any of the hotels on the line.
The new books replace the old ones of
1887
The angriest men that have been seen
in Des Moines for a long time are the
engineers, firemen, brakemen and con-
ductors of the Burlington road. A few
months ago the employees asked for an
advance in their wages, and they expected
their demands would'be granted. Thurs
day, however, they were amazed to learn
that their wages had been cut from So to
SO month. The employees declared
that the Burlington is now in for the worst
strike in the history of the road. They
declare that they will not accept any re-
ductlon, and that when the LIST of the
month comes all hands will quit work.
The failure of the company to advance
wages is due, it is said, to the heavy de-
crease in the earnings of the road since
the great strike of last February.
There was full representation of mer-
chants and manufacturers at the meeting
of the Chicago freight bureau Thursday
to consider the discrimination against
Chicago by the transcontinental railways.
After long discussion of the points in
volved resolution was adopted declaring
SUCH ulsCTlulubtlOu uleBdl, all Aholl uSV'
ing Commissioner Iglehart to confer with
the attorney of the Chicago board of trade
with a view to placing the matter before
the interstate commerce commission.
The house of representatives has passed
a bill giving state courts jurisdiction over
railway companies holding federal char
tiers. This Is a measure put forward by
Minnesota representatives in order to
reach the Northern Pacific Railway com
pany.
The gross earnings of the New York
Central for August amount to $3,273,771,
or at the rate Of over 100000 per day.
Still this Is a decrease of $5S,550. The
Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul
earned .$2,O7S,OOO during August, a
gain of $7O,1O3. The other roads
earning over million dollars
were the Northern Pacific, 81 ,653, 1875, the
Louisville and Nashville, $1,34O,3i5, the
Grand Trunk, of Canada, $1,526,462, and
the Canadian Pacific, $l,17S,0OO. Oh
these six com panies three show gains and
three losses. The Cotton Belt Route
the Texas and Pacific, the
Fort Worth and Denver City and the At
lantic and Pacific have substantial gains
The decrease of the Denver and Rio
Grande is above its average, and
the gain of the Denver and Rio
Grande Western is below its average
The Mexican Central and Vera Cruz
lines both make better showings than they
did a year ago. The Missouri, Kansas anC
Texas, the Frisco, the Wabash Western
and the Kansas City, Fort Scott and
Memphis were heavy losers.