New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-23
RAILROAD INTERESTS.
TWO MORE PRESIDENTS YIELDING.
THE CIT. SCOTT AND NJ. X. AND T. LINES ASK
~ ONLY A DIVISION OF TERRITORY

adjourned this afternoon, subject 70 the can OF the
chairman, the agreement having been signed ana as
much other business transacted as could be, Deioe
Commissioner Walker accepts refuses the chairman
ship. At tho morning session the only business trans
acted was the appointment of committee TO induce
President NettIeon of the Kansas City, En- sco~ ana
Memp, IL possible, to sign for his ROAD. MI MOI
te.on rs present at the afternoon session. He
said In 3ubstancc that he was In favor OF tne agree
nent and would sign, IL tho territory bis ROAD ran
through were divided. This was pracucany eh'
answer also of Receiver Gross, of the Missouri Kan
sas and Texas. Acting upon the suggestion, u was
decided to hold meeting Of managers In 81 LOUIS
next Tuesday 10 divide the territory to the noth"ess
and southwest II this proves satisfactory inc ons
roads not in the association viii be the ilnnois 0en
tral and tho Chicago, Burlington and Nortnern y"
the balloting for vIcechairman, great rivalry was
Tested between the friends of Chairman taitnorn Make
chairman blanchard, and 1t was thought pest ~
more esnddstes II the present intention Of sslecns
SRS Abbott VIII undoubtedly % ent the pas
senger interests.
BALTIMORE AND ONO CALLED TO ACCOUNT.
PHILADELPHIA Feb. GA dispatch TO Tho EVEN
,rc telegraph from Harrisburg, says: MI
Grady president pro tenn. OF tho eohas
s going to make trouble for tho sonuyr
KIN river East Side Railroad Company,
the short line which projected for the purpose Oh
connecting the Baltimore and Ohio with the Resdns
Road IN philadelphia Tho charter Of tho road says
that tho line extends up into Chester County but
s claimed that the limo never got outside OF Phia
delph,a; and that the increased distance IS only Oh
paper and only for the purpose of securing large
sum by bonding the mileage. The company has ho'
reported TO tho Secretary Of Internal Affairs, ana no
facts nor figures concerning 1t can be secured This
what caused Mr. Grady to offer in the
Senate to-day his resolution requesting the Secretary
Of Internal Affairs TO furnish the Senate with an OK
tract from the company's last report showing tne
total number of miles built the amount Of the capta
stock and tho amount of the bonded indebtedness.
AS this cannot be furnished, the question VIII 90
asked why tho condition Of things Is so, ana nr;
Grady viii follow IL up Win tosotuHos
requesting tho Attorney General 10 issue WITT %
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE NORTHERN CENTRAL.
Philadelphia, Feb % (Special-The annual report
of tho Northern Central Railroad Company has been
issued in advance Of the annual meeting, TO be held
In baltimore on Thursday. Il shows receipts ana
expenditures for 1853 follows: Freight earnings
s4534, 800 40; passenger earnings, s1,os4'sos Oh
miscellaneous earnings S6o373i %; gross earnings
SG2o3, 304 40; operating expenses, ShooS,o1S al
net earnings, g., l0o,s21 OIL; other income S5o1'-
62s %; total revenue, so,417,44o rs President
Roberts report stated that the movement Of coal was
5000 800 tons an increase Of 34o,l 66 tons Aiuson
Is made TO the Joint Endorsement by tho company to-
gether with the Pennsylvania Railroad and the Phila
dephIa and Eric, Of tho Allegheny Valley bonds,
amounting to SJoOO,OOO, gwen 10 Sohino"
wealth Two bonds for 100000 each have mstured,
and s1o5 900 In interest is due and the report states
that the company win have to pay is ProPorton Of
the sum. The capital STOCK IS St,l9OiyvV, .he seuo
as last year. The bonded debt, including the state
Of Maryland annuity, is $14,5ssIooO, decrease OF
100000.
". b. STRONG PASSES THROUGH THE CITY.
william L. Strong, president OF the Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company, passed through
Sew-York yesterday his return form Chicago,
where no has been attending the meetings OF the pres
dents OF the western railroads. Mr. Strong has taken
an active interest in the formation OF the Interstate
Railway Association and from the first suggestion
has worked hard TO bring II TO successful accom-
plshment. He was decided IN HIS opinion about the
beneficial result OF the agreement and the permanency
OF the association. He believed that the committee
TO secure the services Of Interstate Commerce Com
MAKER e .onsS n s 's a nOs So% Sa
Mr.. walker had fully decided TO accept tho POSITION
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MISCELLANEOUS RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE
Phiisd,lphia Feb % tspeclsp.-The rennsyiyania
Railroad made contract with the spFsgue Electric
Railway and Motor Company for the equipment OF The
street railway in Atlantic City with eiecuac mo'os'
The first calls een 10 be operated by tne
overhead wire system. and power station. E7eh car
Will be supplied with 1fteen-horsepower motors
espabe OF drawing heavy loads At the rate OK rom ten
10 fifteen mies an hour.
Pennsyysnla Railroad onielas say their company Is
not interesed IN the introduced into the New
Jersey Legislature suhorslns the construction Of two
bridges over staten Island Sound
rha directors OF the Jersey Railroad have de-
clarcd n eemi. annual dividend OF 3s per cont. Last
wear the road earned IL per cent on the stock.
Tho directors OF the West Jersey and Atlantic Rail-
road declared regular Oh per cent Dividend on the
soek The statement OF the West Jersey Railroad and
hranehes for January 1883, showed Gross earnings
$50 $50; operating expenseS slo1l3ei loss sx''l'"
For January, 1885, gross earnings ssS'oa oerauns
expenses sS4isii net earnings sl,ZZV' Inc comps
EoruHan and
N, January showed In 1sS0-gros earnings sSooio'
GENERATING expenses, s45,979; loss sa9S9 In 1855
ross earnings sS2,s3i operating expenses s4z'i'o'
| loss, sos2L -, .. :.
r,,os az trustworthy authority that lively war u
i've stock rates was begun in Kansas CITY yesterday ana
a., a., ,so roads there took hand in IT, The cut was
secret, and tho exact extent Of II Is not known h'fe
! packing house PRODUCTS it is said were also cut
| 60 p,nlds Mich. Feb. 22tSut was begun In the
r,,od states Court Yesterday TO forecose mortgage
Of 100000 against the Kalamazoo haAi"y 0onpany'
T .orl,napt is the Central Trust Company, OF New
York Marshal Waters went 70 Kalamazoo ana ser'eo INC
! nore,s unou tbs treasurer OK the company
cinelnnnu Feb oo-The general manager OF the queen
and Crescent route, John c. Gaut says thao the hto
a. ,,nre, No II on the Cincinnati southern ROAD was
n-,e,lcav extnguished to-day The coal VEINS IN the
pnne have not been burned temporary track arouna
49, ,,,,ns "a being built and will be In operation on
Monday when business on the direct e OF the roaa WIN
10 reSumed In the meantime both passenger ana treisn'
rains arr sont by OF Junction cry. Jeleo Knox
-, "a Cho,,anooqa an additional distance OF only
~ H.. The burncd-out tunnel will DO permanently
por,ona POM, Feb % tSpeeiaD-The contractors
for he pennsylvania POughkeepss and New.England
ol .. - r,,chod this village the Delaware River
49,, 80 ,ov,n.r oorpany abandoned the work, bridge
was rartly built over the Delaware River here To-day
'. ,s,vnOs that the new company had secured the
ZION. o, way to opproach this bridge and the road VIII
r,s,on penn. Feb % tspeciaD.-rhe Adams Express
a~sr n,yIc4 withdrawn It's business from the Reading
n has discontinued running through cars over the
North penn Branch OF the roai carrying goods 70 ana
from the Lebleh Valley and southern New-fork. This
., A., nxprcss goods began running over the Penn
sylyanIa system from philadelphia, reaching this place
ID tho 1,eyidere and Delaware road Here the cars are
| switched 10 the Lehlgh Valley system t
Charleston, 5, O., Feb y afv JUNIORS