New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-09
v,,rr.LANxcJs RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

MISCELLANEOUS RAILWAY NIELlL"ENIE'
philadelphia, May (spcelab.-A I'LL mas O''n "''u !"
rho cour,s here Uy the Catawissa RaItoaH asking ns'
,n reading be restrained from directing freight 20 ~"
s,,L,p sunbury and Lewishurg Railroad The OH
h,,,. that the Reading has violated the lease oil uhe
C.t,wissa IIailroai since March, 1851 ana he cou' "
,sked 20 decree the Reading shall pay over 20 '
,,,.sa compsny 30 per OF the gross fHceIp's VI
49, t,,rc ra,rcd since that date. The point Is rse1
thu, IN, shAuokln, ounbury and Lnwls0uFS Io"o ov"s
paraliol aud competing line with tho Na'a"'sN'' C go
legally be leased 20 tho RcaAnG Whlc Wv 49, eh,
.a.e "a In effect and that Therefore the e'so y, %
optn sunbury and LewisburR road IS illegal ana NoH
The Reading Railroad intends I" ouIId O'~o "
the Lohlgh rcglOns, near Dritton' ,,--, % d,v
Al the main once OF the Fennsvlyania lSNiro"i "y
tho report was confirmed that all the arrangements nSa
80. co,npIeed between the Pennsylvania ana ChrS@pcAo
and Ohio railnads for running through p,'',"Ho IN
botween Cincinnati and New-York Inc m''' 80 -,
leave Cincinnati next Sunday evening IhS ll ' 80
bound ttan win leave New.YoFk at 80 Iue'aA' "'''
l., ala ally tpr
, James Calhoun, general freight agent IN u r..on
the baltimore add Ohio. has resigned that oh0o " -
general freight agent Of the Jacksonville amps ,
ot pslro,d scpl which controls $50 miles OF Far''"
and 900 miles OF steamboat Lines. The prhe'PN 49,
OF the ~ stem Robert IT, Coleman, o. Leo1'OH' A'
and II. NJ Flager, OF Tho STANDARD Oh SOHp@"J
Kansas CITY, May Cspeciap.-An the genera. nhi"s s,
y, tho lines represented I'm tho Trans Missouri
met her, to-day Tho morning session was occupied IN
discussing the scope and jurisdiction Of tue u'"''h'
In the afternoon the matter Of new union 0e-0' WIS
considered. ,
number OF cattle shIroed Texns 70 tho Cherokee
STRIP died IN transit OF ono shipment O'ous'hs 70
ranchnon on the strip consisting OF about LOW mead WV
doA beforo Ponca the Destination. was reached Inc
owners will sock heavy damages from the railroad ana
refused they will bring suit Andy" Snyder OF the
Cherokee strip Livestock Association when lhouaes al
cattle owners pasturinR the snp said this morning tha
the deaf rate ia shipments this season was unpreedenei
PHILADELPHIA May Special The Pennsylvania Rllroa!
to-day began operating on OF 10 cents ton on btu
mnons coal from the Clcarfed region TO this city like
reduction was made oil points on the Pennsylvania
systen, where there mills and furnaces A prom'
uent coal shipper speaking the cut asserted that little
Of the cool shipped 70 Philadelphia this has paid he
40 1Orste and that the socalea reduction by tho Penn
ylvana Is merely that the secret rates
| shall DO open Ones.
Of the Reading Railroad began to-day lay out route
which railroad men say will enable the company reach
the midst OF tho Lehigh coal aeld and compete with the
Lehgh Valley Railroad for big share OF tho tonnage
controlled by the latter. The new line will sttikO OF
from a branch OF the Philadelphia and Heading 1t a
point not far from LOTUS and will northeasterly.
with spurs different eoiores the from which
| II can secure
| sprinrl,d. Ohio, May Ispecian.--The Cincinnati
ssndusGy and Cleveland Railroad Company brought suia
against tho Ohio, Indiana and Western Railroad Company.
the Cleveland, Columbu. Cincinnati and Indianapolis
Railroad Company. and tho Columbus. Springfield and
Cincinnati Railroad Company for possession tracks which
defendants obtained by various transfers The tracks
arc all In this city. The suit involves about 100000.
! Baltimore May S.-The Maryland Central Railroad and
It's connecting enterprises, the York and Peach Bottom
Railroad and tho Deer Creek ana Quchanna Railroad,
preparing for considerable development this summer
In tho noghborhoOd Of the anthracite lines Of Pennsyl'
yania. Tho opinion prevails that these roads viii evon'
uay be absorbed by o. the larger trunk line systems
| Keene. n, H., May at meeting OF the Chestine
Railroad Company today following directors were
/ chosen william L. Bussen Edward Q. Thayer George