The sun., 1889-11-30
NEWS OF zHs hAILRolDa
Latest 1nor-atIon fro-, All ousrtsr'

ment with Its 1000 trainmen In regard to an
obnoxious book Of rules resulted In confer
ence between General Manager Il. d. Thomas
and q big delegation from the mon, from which
the men came out victorious. Tho objection
able clause was removed. md they were not
required to pass q written OK Examination. II the
company hadn't yielded. serious difficulty was
threatened by the united brotherhoods II
was said that the Erie was probably the only
company which had ever asked Its men to
fersweRr any claim for damages In Case OF an
accident to an employee. This Is not the case.
The Long Island road has gone oven further
than the Erie In tho restrictions which It places
upon Its mon. The key to the Long Islands
success lies mainly In tho way tho company
went at II. There hasn't been thought even
OF oast-iron agreement as among tho Erie
mon.
Last spring Superintendent W. L. Burroughs
Of the Rockaway Beach road set to work TO re-
wise the application and rules, and with the
recent addition Of the standard code 1t consti-
tutes one Of the best little books in use among
tralnmen. II Includes selections from the
laws Of the State OF New York bearing on the
new applicants to sign. giving personal history
and re1ercnoee At the eni above the appli-
cants signature. is this paragraph:
poH SSey r al T.. fas snS 81
Of tho Long In and Ra,rosd Company the New York
or that may be issued from time time for the gov
'rR'p; Rna ,Ss of tn, Long Island Raj.
road Company Or ne New YORK aud Rosiaxsy Beach
time Wages 70 cease a. ,ho TINS Of such disSSsrss
This binds him to. keep the rules. according
mand for, damages upon the company, hut
as the Erie demanded Ia the twenty fourth
rule. which the men kicked 30 hard about, and
which .hanaRer Thomas struck out
The Long Island company goes further than
bs ars In the ospss te TO %
such discharge" In .case the company desires
70 dispense with his services. According to
legal counsel this a0reement holds In court
signed the application. The company dlspensed
He en- made adj a. demand for wages Tor toe rest Of
the month as is customary onall roads. HIS
Sssn fS% Sgtbne SsSa
" Ii works wei" said on ofacor Of the road.
fifteen years atandlnG to be reGxamined. We
impose the reautrement only on new men. who
trouble occurs. We reauire much larger
force In summer than In winter on account OF
our excursion business. and at the end Of the
season we have to dispense witt many. They
lowing summer, and, Of course, sign the ap-
by this system the old men look upon the
nse6 Ssn 9R hf Shs Ss %
almost anything in order to get work."
The new time table Of the New York Central
the ieetness Of the South western limited BY
New York and Cincinnati in order to offset the
Pennsylvanias new s.. Louis. Chicago and
day hoSSht tnat the Penn
sylvania would have all Its own way whom II
seen that the Central gets is time between
limited, down inst minutes lover than the
Pennsyylyania's q afternoon Ge limited: The Penn;
TIE new schedule Of the Southwestern az hours
and 10 minutes. The latter will leave at 1880
A. NJ Instead Of $50 as as heIFetofore, arriving
In order to make this faster time the Central
people took 9ff the pail cara. A mail train
limited used to. with express and passenger
Facilities G This change M Of time gives run e
stops: The Pennsylvania, hoHever,. is still
ahead on its time to st. Louis. Most likely the
end. et' 90 'A' ''" -''A 'n''A' Aa' ''A' "' 'A''
General Superintendent ]. D. Barton OF the
Long Island RailroRd has inaugurated eys-
TEN Of Thorough inspection tours Of the Foad
months with his assistant officers. This will
30 distinct, from tho frequent tours WHICH Mr.
day day they Vent over over the North E sGore division.
Eaer In the week hs took II
Mr. Bapton %ero Bun
roughs Of the New York and Rockaway Beach
Railroad. Assistant SUPERINTENDENT w: F.
Lewis, General RoRdmaster p. d. Ford NJ H.
Hpbbell. superintendent OF express; G A.
Thompson. master mechanic, and j. II. Cum
min superintendent Of buildings and master
carpenter.
Superintendent of Motive Power William
Buchanan OF the New York Central has posted
up in the engine houses notice Of the extra
pay that has been granted for overtime. work
tween General Superintendent Toucey and the
week ago The notice s. states @ rEG that ali fTeIsht
engineers, both on through and local runs Will
TSS per hGp or m $ seSd
men ISL cents per hour. The time viii com
mence from the moment the engine Is marked
until the men leave the engine at the terminal
point. The new arrangement will 20 into effect
on Sunday Dec. /.
LII R%%sey I, Tho says he was formerly con
sends to The Sun particulars Of new rail-
road project, adding that 1t is the intention to
have the entire line Completed and @ In operation
is new limo from Hoboken to oRdensburgb.
thence to communicate with Canadian roads.
~ now OutloL 10 LHo DOululOu. ne
speaks Of chartered rights obtained many years
ago part OF which wero usurped by the West
Shore. he says. But he says his road can be
built still closer than the latter to the western
bank OF the Hudson. The estimated cost OF
this scheme 10 S15.0OO.00O.
b. H. Bail was yesterday appointed general
freight agent OF tho Philadelphla and Heading
Railroad Company. Mr.. Bail has been acting
general freight agent Of the company for some
time, He was formerly connected with the
freight departments OF the New York Central.
the West Shore and other roads.
The last report made by tho Fonda, Johns
town and Gloversville Railroad shows gross
earnings for the last quarter to be 59,94l. 10:
operating expenses. $324l5.S2; other income.
1901. q fixed charges. SlO.220.90; net income.
t16 69625.
". W. Reeve. for several years baggage
master at the Erie depot at MONTGOMERY. has
been appointed conductor on tho now p. P.
x Is. Railroad.
The annual election for Directors OF the
Montgomery and Erie Halfway Company was
hold at Montgomery on Tuesday. The follow
ipG DIRECTORS were ELECTED J; NJ. 0uackeSnb bos.
George Senior. I: Van Alst. J, NJ. Wilkin, Bar