Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-18
RAILROAD HUsTLERs IN TOWN.
The B. R. & p. r. r. Company Has Organ
lied nm Extensive Junket-They'Il Have
Their Eyes Opened By Our sIshfs-Who

The b. R. & p. r. r. Company Has Organ
lied nm Extensive Junkef-They'l HIVE
Their Eyes Opened BY Our sIghfs-Who
They Are.
Last night an aggregation Of railroad ex-
ecutive ability in the persons of a number
of general freight and passenger agents,
representing Eastern and Northeastern roads,
arrived in the city over the Allegheny Val
ley Railroad and put mp at the Monongahela.
They are here as the guests of the Buffalo,
Rochester and Pittsburg Railway Company,
and are IN charge of the general freight and
passenger agent of that line. Mr.. Joseph P.
Thompson.
The idea was conceived some time ago BY
that gentleman of affording the general
agents of the lines mentioned an opportu-
nifty of familiarizing themselves with the
territory through which the B. r. & P.
Railway operated, and accordingly invita-
tions were extended to them to make spe-
cial excursion through the district. Some
25 gentlemen accepted the opportunity, and
assembling at Rochester yesterday, were
carried through the Wyoming Valley, visit
ing the salt works there, viewed the oil wells
of Brad ford, passed through the lumber re-
gion' of Northern Pennsylvania and over the
Kinzua bridge. A visit was made to the
mines and coke ovens of the Rochester and
Pittsburg Coal and Iron Company at Walls
ton and De Lancey, and by special invita-
ton OF General Superintendent McCargo, of
the Allegheny Valley Railroad, they trav-
eled over the latter liue, stopping of at
Ford City to view the glass works there.
Prior to entering the city an impromptu
meeting, presided over BY Mr.. John Por-
teus, of the Boston and Maine, was held in
the cars, and resolutions passed thanking
the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg Rail-
way Company Tor their courtesy and hos
pitality.
To-day will be spent in visiting the works
at Homestead and other places OF interest
in the vicinity, and in the afternoon
the visitors, still as the guests Of the
Buffllo, Rochester and Pittsburg Railway
Company, will be entertained at a banquet
in the Duquesne. This evening the visitors
will return home over the same route, while
others will travel over the Pittsburg Rail-
road trunk line. Following are the names
of the visitors and roads represented:
John Porteus, Freight and Traffic Manager Of
the Central Vermont; d. G. Prescott, of Bos-
ton, Assistant General Freight Agent Boston
Agent of the Fitchburg Railroad; L. A. Emer-
son, of New York, Traffic Manager Rome,
Watertown and 0gdensburg Railroad; l..
Smith, Assistant General Freight Agent West
s Shore RsirSad, New S.,. York; IL, =; E. How, How
Connecticut River Railroad; b. G.
Coggswell, Bridgeport, General Freight
Agent Housatonic Railroad; E. A. Chittendon.
Albany, Superintendent Local Traffic Central
Vermont Railroad; ]. W. Parsons. New York.
General Freight Agent Rome, Watertown and
Ogdensburg Railroad: c. L. Vanvort, Me-
chanicsville Division Freight Agent Firchburg
Railroad; II. B. Chamberlain, New York,
Freight Claim Agent New York, Lake Erie
General Freight Agent Ogdensburg and
Lake Champlain Railroad; II. B..
Crandall. New York, Chief Clerk Coal
Department. New York. Lake Erie and West
Agent Lake Shore Railroad; L G. McKenna,
Bradford, General Freight Agent Bradford,
Bordel and Kinzua Railroad; W. A. Fleming,
Birmingham. Travelling Freight Agent Della
ware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad;
Agent Delaware and Hudson Canal Company;
G. A. Rapals, Scranton, Travelling Freight
Agent Delaware, Lackawanna and West
ern Railroad; w. c. Buck, New York,
Charles Starr, editor of the East Orange Ga.
zette; L M. Horton, Rochester, Division Freight
Agent New York, Lake Erie and Western
Railroad; I. A. Haskett, Walston. General
Manager Of the Rochester and Pittsburg Coal
and Iron Company; Ed. Redmond, representing
the Post Express, Rochester; George W.
Bartlett, Bradford. General Superintendent
Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg Railroad: r.
NJ Davis, Travelling Freight Agent Buffalo
Rochester and Pittsburg Railroad: E. Q. Lspey,
Travelling Passenger Agent Buffalo, Rochester
and PittsDprg Railroad.
Several Of the gentlemen seen last night
said that the Zip had been very pleasant
one and full of surprises. They had not
eb ssy nassed and
spoke Of valuable exPJliencss~ :ney' ksd
gained by the way. Mr.. Thompson said
that the new road from Rochester to Char
lotte had been just completed and would be
soon able to carry the extended traffic.