The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1889-1889, 1889-05-21
RAILROAD JoTTINGS.

Calvin s. Brice, who owns nearly $4,000
shares Of the Richmond Terminal common
stock, says there will be dividends declared
and paid upon this property before Decem.
ber 81, 1890. The officials deny there is to
be any further issue Of common stock.
Vice-President Lord and General Passen-
ger Agent Scull of the b. & o. will attend
the coming meeting Of the Central Traffic
to resist the attempt Of the PeDnsyl-
vania Railroad Company to reduce the B.
p, u O.'s differentials on passenger rates. AT
present the b. Il O.'s rates between New
York are SO lower than the Pennsylvania,
50 lower to St. Louis and $3.50 to Cincin-
natl, These figures are bases for the differ
entails to other points East and West, and
the Pennsylvania wants revision, as they
claim the rates were made lower for the b.
& o. on account Of their having no
through service to New York, but now
having obtained through service, the diff
ferentials should be modified. On the other
hand the b. & o. claims the differentials
were granted while the Pennsylvania hauled
II. d o. cars through Philadelphia TO New
York, and 1t consequently has n right TO the
rates on account of shorter line
A rumor is aloat that the gross earnings
of the Union Pacific for April show loss
Of $500, 600
People who 90 into the Baltimore and
Potomac Depot in this city about $3.50 at
night soc a very handsome train, one of the
most complete that rolls out of Washing
ton. 1t Is the new vestibule special "F. f.,
w." which the Chesapeake and Ohio has
put ON TO run between New York and Gin
cinnati and Louisville via Washington,
The train is made up of two sleepers,
dining car, composite car, day coach and
baggage car, all vestibuled The train is
lighted throughout by electricity, generated
from dynamo In the baggage car. All the
coaches are new and beautifully finished,
The dining cars are said to have cost S2l 200
each. General Passenger Agent Fuller il
making big bid for Western travel, and
the EAST Flying Virginianh is calculated
to draw 1t. The new train, as the acme OF
progress In car building, is inspected every
night by crowds of visitors to the depot
and Is well worth seeing.
Chairman Walker OF the Interstate Com
merce Railway Association has decided IN
the matter 0f the Armour IL Company re-
frigerator car contract that the st. Paul
Railroad be ex0perated. In another case
he has decided that the Northwestern, the
Rock Island, the Sc. Paul aud the Wiscon'
sin Central railroads are guilty OF violating
their agreement in manipulating coal rates
and has fined each OF the roads 500 and de-
clared their earnings in the business for
feited. This whole amoupt, about $1,000
is to be paid into the treasury Of the lnter'
state Commerce Railway Association, The
| penalties are the first under the amended
| Interstate Commerce Act.
The Critic is in receipt of q volume oi
| Crofutts "Overland Tours,n by the cour
tesy of General Passenger Agent ,Lomax Of
the Union Pacific.
The Norfolk and Western Railroad has
| taken contract for soft coal to be de
| livered at Monteydeo, South America. II
| 1t is found that the Company can compete
with English coal, II will be made a regular
business,
The earnings of the Norfolk ard West
ern for the second week of May show Al
increase of $2,004.
| The Richmond and West Point Termina
Company has applied to list S4,263,590 ad
ditional capital stock.
BEEonAM's PILLS act like msgic on
weak stomach.