The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-03-03
RUMBLINas OF THE RAIL.

CHARLES JOINS, travelling passenger agent
Of the Kansas City road, Is back from
trip.
q. q. PAnsLy, freight agent Of the Kansas
City, Fort Scott X Memphis Railroad, lett
last night for Louisville 10 bc gone two or
three days.
JAY GouLp aud Russell Sage have resigned
from the directory uf the international A
Great Western Railroad. J. A. Eddy aud
W. Z. Cross were elected 10 I'LL the Vaean-
cics.
Tnr Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad Company
has let contracts for building four heavy
passenger locomotives for IT, ycstibulo lin
tied express, which is 10 be put ON the line
early in May.
PASSENGER agents Of the Louisville a
Nashville. Chesapeake 4 Ohio and u number
of other Southwestern ruadt. met at Louis
willie Thursday aud fixed the fare for attend
anco upon the National Teachers Assucia-
ton, which meets la Nashville In July, ut
one fare for the round trip.
QurE number Of Mcmphians left last
night Tor New Orleans 10 witness the Mnrd
Gras festivities. Two trains ON the Louis
WILLIE New Orleans 4 TcxA Road, one com
posed Of four slcepcrs and the other ~ on,
sleeper aud three coaches, pulled out loaded
20 their fullest capacities. The Illinois Cen
lists bound Tor the Crescent city.
srryTNsos, Ala, on the Memphis 4
Charleston, u about 10 secure n new rad.
II i rumorcd that a trade has been oonsum-
mated between the Stevenson Land ana I'm
proyomcnt Company aud parties who own
large bodies of coal land Ia that vicinity,
whereby a railroad u to be built from the
station 10 the coal lands. II Is also rumorcd
that q furnace will be erected nj the station,
and other substantial Improvements, work
TO commence by April l. Should the road
be constructed Il will open mp some Of the
finest coal, iron and timber lands Ia the
| South.
Tn following Is comparative statement
OF estimated gIoss earnings Of the Louisville
! q Nashville Railroad:
For third week Of February, iss1. ...--...stla -
Corresponding week Of last ycaf............ Si2''H
lncrcafe tiA'luo
Total for ihrco weeks Of February. iss9....sp,a, ..
Corresponding period OIL asi yoara.'...... Hii'e'a
Increase ......s...z.sss's ''s..asssssss' fAsNi'
July I. isss, 10 latest date ei, el.
Corresponding period Of last yohr....-. lV'-i''Sl
Decrease ........................-........ tisLas
| TmH u Judge COOcy's latest cNicmporhne
Gus effort. 'Of course ! am under NO cir
cumstnnccs In favor NJ cutting mates. an
always strongly opposed 10 u, aud believe u
should be made Just o. illegal 90 reduce q
to raise them unwarmntahly. The railroads
should be protected against each other Just
the same a. the people are protected against
arhitrnry action in iiio railroads themselves
II u certainly q bal state Of Affairs When
any interest combining such vast amount
Of capital ~ the railroads " this country b
actually losing money. o. are many oi th'
ruads, and yet there are many ~ the head
officials Of these fnmn concerns Who sccin "a
have no desire 10 protect the interest %
their own iockholdcfs, but get the business
al any price rather than let u 60"
Tnr sheffield a birmingham Railroad
which went into the hands u receive
about thirty days ago, will be- changed Iron
the sheffield a birmingham a. the Bifming
ham A Tennessee River RAILROAD Company
This road runs from sheffield to jasper, Ala, 4
distance II cighty.nyc miles aud penetrate
ino1haustiblo deposits Of rich iron orc, ala
the famous Warrior coal fields. Tho iallun
Of the ruad 10 pay Interest ON IT, bonds
due 10 the fact that the i've immense iufnac
plants Of Sheffield whose coal and ore vii
b. shipped over this line, did not go into ~
crntion when expected, therefore dclnyin
the principal business Oftho rad. The iui
naces will also soon go into blast, and th
/ I
road will be- their exclusive feeder OF con
and raw material, while Il viii also handle
largo portion Of the products.
Ma. T. llARAnAS. the new general mar
, aeor 81 the Chesapeake a Ohio Railroad, al
tered railway service In 1894 as switchma
at Alexandra, Va. lie was aitcfNnfd en-
ploycd for hK months o. engine dispatch,
! and engineer Of the Orange Alexandra
. Railroad FROM the fall Of 1888 a. the sun
mor Of 400 be was yardmnsicr OF the hasl
Vile a Decatur Railroad NJ Nashville, Tent
lIo was. for about a year, conductor OF ~
. construction train on tho same road, Roin
from u a. the Clarkhville division u III
! Louisville a Nashville as conductor. For
part Of 1890 aud 1870 be was placed In chan
OF the shelby branch. FROM 1874 10 1873
) was roadmnsicr Of the Nashville Dccatt
: lewiston. In 1879 be was promoted ~ u
supcrintendency Of the Memphis branch
the Louisville & Nashville. The New Orlcai
. division ~ tho same road was next place
under his charge. Afiervard he serve
with the Baltimore a Ohio, but was pc
auadcd 90 return 10 the Louisville n Nns
. willie by Mr.. Smith when the latter assum'
D the presidency. lie remained With the col
!. pany until few weeks since, when b. so
, orcd his connection 10 20 with the lA
Shore lload, at Cleveland o.
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