New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-01

sleeper will be attached to train No. r. arriving 20
Philadelphia at 3 :45 a. m. ana Ne"'io'A AZ Wv
Railroad zen interested in the LehIgh Valley k9aa
say that the Lemsh Valley has arranged No Us" easses
Of traffic The company has recently spent .hs
sum I'm Improvements upon its coal wharVes az "i ~
Also putting piers and docks upon It's properly az
Jersey city near the New Jersey central 'e hnaness
where n t. expected all its New York frclght Dusls
viii he handed and perhaps part Of It's export iraae:
large force has been put TO work on INC n he'd
CITY branch Of the Reading, ballasting 'he o'''''
with clnders. - , =, ncrsons
During the year Just closed there were lSt peiso"'
killed at steam railroad crossings III 'h'9 W.
Dubuauc. Iowa, Dec. Ex-Governor Lalraoee Is
sending instructions to some Of The county ATTORNEYS
Of the state calling their attention to the pfo''so"s
of the laws OF the last General Assembly III rega"
10 the regulation OF railroads, and askhs Wo" III
case they al any time become SATISFIED ..s ,"' 1ain
S being violated by any Ia urea ompaint before
the Grand Jury to secure the ndc,nen n Of
The Governor proposes TO see tna' '"' P''''9''' -
the law enfo ed II possible. .
81 Iouis Dcc Flor some time the ST. LOUIS
Alton and Springfield Railway has bccn endeaVor'ns
TO gain an entrance TO Alton. Ill, but owing 70 an
lninnction sued ont by the Chicago and Alton to pre-
vent the new line from crossing the Chicago al"
Alton tracks 1t has been unable to do So Aesler-
dav ,bc 81 Ionis Alton and Springfield conceived
now way OF rffrctng an entrance. by cutting away
portion of the Weaver Vinegar works , ana p N
a mile Of track was put down yesterday. The 81
Louis Alton and Springfield enters st. Louis on tho
indianapolis and ST. Louis tracks
Kingston. Dec. 3l-Gencral Passenger Agent Lam
bert and Division superintendent Bradfield OF inc
West Shore Railroad, say that the obstruction IN thc
West Point Tunnel IS nearly removed. Ihcy
expect 10 have trains running through the tu''hei
regularly In ten days.
ST. Paul Dee. 81 lspecian Chairman Abbott, OF the
Northwestern Passenger Association, sent out notce
three DAYS ago TO agents that return portions
of excursion tickets Of the Burlington sold In MIME
apolls and ST. Paul are on the Chicago market affecting
the rates. lie asked the Chicago lines to cheek up
their collections at once and advise him how many
return portion, belonging TO cast-bound coupons tha
have bcen collected are outs andlng. AS today Is
tho withdrawal Of the Burlington from me agireiheia
have been rccived IN st. a probaoie nav tp bc
tickets sold previous - hs advance In rates oXplle
on January T.. and the rrturn Trip OF hoilday * r4
cuIsion tlckes expire January D. mere VIII De IL"
disturbing tickets OH the market after these dacS'
poughkccpsic Dec. 81 (Spccal).-Thc official transfer
of thc poughkcepsic bridge from the contractors to
the Poughkoepsic Bridge Company was made today,
John l. Patt vice president OF the bridge COMPANY
receiving the property In behaf OF MS co"iPans'
Cincinnati Dec. CID @. Edwards, heretofore act
nr general passenger agent Of the Queen and Crescent
route has been appointed general passenger and
ticket agent Of the company, dating from January
l. 1889.
Chicago. Dec 31-The shipments Of hour. grain
and provision, from Chicago to the seaboard by the
,opds I'm the Central Traffic Association last week az
c,rgacd G7,572 tons, agans. eO171 the previous
wee. and against 44763 for the corresponding
week last year. The advance in the easbound rates
had something 10 90 with the falling on in tonnage
Another factor was the circumstance that only I'VE
days ain included In The report owing 10 me .hIis.
mas holiday. The Vanderbllt lines carried ool rer
cont of The total the Pennsylvania lines 1919, Orailu
Trunk 1915, baltimore aud ONO 49, biz four o'i