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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-02-19
Trustees Sale.

RY virtue of authority vested In me by N
certain deed OF trust, executed By DAM
iorth y. caldwell, to the undersigned trustee,
bearing date on the LIST day or September
1881, aud recorded I'm the CLERKS office OF the
County Court OF Mason county, West Vfr-
ginta, in Trust Deed Book, No. TO- folio 1874
10 secure the payment OF a certain promfso-
ry note for the sum of One thousand dollars
with Interest from September LIST, 1887, with
q credit thereon of $500 paid July the Itfi.
lSss, which note was executed by Danforth b.
Caldwell, James Brown and WIN. II. Wallis
and payable onelyear after date, 10 the orsief
Of q Z; Miller, add is fully set out and de-
having been matie in the payment of said
note n, and being tequested by the said q. c.
Miller, theunkrpdr and holder of said note TO
make sale OF tAa real estate in said trust deed
conveyed, RaleSin Wiley, Jr., lTruestee as
aforesaid VIII seA by way OF public auction
In Point PieasfnfA Mason county, West Vir-
ginia, at the fr9nt dAor OF the Court House
OF said Mason fountyspn
Saturday, the 15t6>day of March
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-02-19

No: 5. Leaves Richmond, daily. except
6:l5 p. m.
n. B.7-LCCAL NoTE-No. arrives Char
lesion at iO;1 a. m. Huntington 1850 p. m.
Through tickets and baggage checked to
Agent for full Information and flick cts
j. Il: HAWAIIAN, II. W. FULLER,
Gent Manager. Gen' Pass'r Agent.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-02-19

No.. Q. Leaves Clifton Forge daily, except
6.l5 u. m.
y. B.-LocAL NoTE.-Noe leaves chari-
ington ut 3:O5 y. M.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-16
TIE ii s L. c.
Wind Up OF Litigation Which Has Been
Pending for SIX Years.

| Wind Up OF Litigation Which Has Been
Pending for SIX Years.
| Special to the Gazette.
GALVESTON, TEX, Dec. 15.-Some
time ago Frederick Z. Olcott, New York
purchaser of the Houston and Texas Cen
trail railway, under the foreclosure sale
of said railway, held September s. 1888,
filed his petition in the United States cir
cult court praying that Receiver Cbarlss
Dillingham; Re directed and authorized
to transfer said railway, its property
lands. cash, etc., into his possession.
To-day there was fled in the United
States circuit clerk 3 office here by Hon.
Don A. Pardee, @ decree ordering
such transfer in conformity with tbs
prayer of petitioner, the decree duly
citing the fact that the sale made OF
the Houston and Texas Central railway
property to Frederick p. Olcott, had
been duly confirmed and this deed passed
Ia accordance with the deere Q
thereof, and considering that the tenn
porary restraining order granted in the
, suit of Carey ct ei vs.. The Houston and
Texas Central railway company had been
dissolved, and no reason appearing why
the property aforesaid sold TO said Fred
erick P. Olcott should longer remain in
possession of Dillingham;. The court
ordered that Receiver Charles Dilling-
ham do turn over to said Frederick
p. Olcott or his assignees upon
application Of said Olcott orisaid assignee
within the next thirty GAYS all the rail-
way property, lands, cash, etc, COW
cred 10y the purchase OF said Olcott, and
the decree affirming and approving the
sale. should Olcott or his said assignee
not apply Tor or receive said property IN
said thirty DAYS, tine receiver is directed
to report the fact TO the court.
The decree further stipulates that
Oicott or his assignees are subject to and
charged with all traffic liabilities due
connecting lines and all contracts for
which receiver is or might be held or in
any way made liable. They are also
subject to any and all judgments which
have heretofore been rendered in favor
Of intervenors, which had not been paid
as well as such Judgments as may here
after be rendered in favor of interview
ors IN the case now pending ana
undetermined or which may hereafter
be tled by leave Of the court, together
with the cost of defending said claims.
In word, the decree makes Oleott, or
his assignees. liable Tor all the liabilities
or obligations entered into BY the present
receiver, the same as il the case was
still pending and under the con-
troll of the courts. This is virtually
the wind-up of long litigation over the
Houston and Texas Central railway =,
which has been pending in the United
States court here for over six years. At
the sale on September, 'S7, Olcott, who
is nominally Huntington 8 agent, bought
the railway land, rolling stock. fran
chise, etc.. for $40, 500 900.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-16

There was large meeting last night
of rally employees, held in the hall of the
brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, on
the South Side. The meeting was ad-
dressed by Mr.. G. W. Howard of To-
ledo, Ohio, grand chief conductor of the
Brotherhood OF Railway Conductors aud
vice. president of the supreme council of
the united orders of Railway Employees.
Among those present were several rail-
way officials and other citizens. Mr..
Howard explained the object of the
united orders of Railway Employees, and
is forcible aud entertaining speaker.
He said the order did not advocate
strikes, md urged his hearers to better
their condition by keeping themselves
posted on the current topics of the day.
The order of which Mr.. Howard Is vice.
president has not failed to amicably set
lie every difficulty il has been asked TO
help decide. lie spoke for an hour end
q half, and was closely listened 10 by all
present. The meeting was public.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-16
PerEnral and General.

C. c. Drake, chief clerk to Mr.. New
lin, general passenger and freight agent
of the Denver, went 10 Seymour yester-
day, where he attended the ball and
banquet given last night by citizens of
that place.
NJ. W. Elliott, superintendent of mo-
tive power of the Texas and Pacific, was
in town yesterday.
W. d. huston, master car builder of
the Texas and Pacific shops in Marshall,
was in Fora Worth yesterday.
II. c. de Grunmond, who recently re-
signed the position of chief train dis
patcher of the Santa Fe at Cleburne, was
in town yesterday.
&. W. Howard, who spoke at the Fire.
men s hall last night, is an old locomo-
tive engineer, as well as having once held
responsible position with line leading
into Chicago.
b. L. Wiuohell, assistant general pas
senger agent of the Kansas City, Fort
Scott Il Gulf, was in town yesterday.
H. d. Ellis, general agent Of the pas
senger department of the Kansas City
Fort Scott and Gulf, was in town yester-
day.
III w. La BSGum, Eenerai passenger
agent of the Cotton Belt, with head
quarters at St Louis, was here yester-
day but left last night for Dallas.
s. G. Hatch, travelling passenger
agent of the Cotton Belt, was among the
railroad men here yesterday.
{. =. Feagan OF the Texas and Pacific
did Fort Worth yesterday in the interests
of his road.
President Morgan Jones OF the Fort
Worth aud Denver City road is out of
town.
r. c. Cowsrd!an. travelling passenger
agent of the Nashville, Chattanooga AMI
ST. Louis road, arrived last night, and
will look after the interests of those who
wish to go over his line during the holl-
days.
Capt. J. P. Moore, livestock agent Of
the Texas and Pacific, returned last
night from a trip over the road as far as
FL Paso.
]. L. Pennington. livestock agent of
the Santa Fee, went North yesterday.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-16

| hrms its position against the payment of
| passenger commissions, and asks the
chairman and vice chairman of the joint
committee 10 endeavOr to get ell lines to
hSree TO the same, and, in case they do
not, to call IL meeting of the joint COM
mIttee not later than December 20, 1890,
to receive snch recommendations rs they
NAV offer in relation TO this subject.
at is well known that the voluntary
| action of railroads and railroad associa-
tons has been in this direction for sew
eral years, tut all such action must con-
tinue 10 he largely futile, go far as any
permanent remedy OF TINT evil ls con-
crrned, until there should be appropriate
legal enactment 20 prohibit the practice
and MAKE il criminal.
''In lgief the reasons for such legisle-
tiOn may be summarized Us follows:
81. The payment of commissions tends
To the constant decentralization of passen-
ger rates and leads to violations of The
| law that are difficult 10 reach under ex-
is!iug statutes.
-. IL leads TO unjust ana fragrant
Determinations between passengers by
the division of the CON issiGns between
the agent and the passengers.
80. II serves as an inducement to
I
ing rouds aud TO divert travel to roads
paying the largest price for transportn-
ton.
-. 1t tends to keep the schedule of
rates of transportation higher, 10 reim-
burse from IL portion of the public for
the discounts made il the form of COM
missions.
IS. II saps the fidelity OF ticket agents
to the companies by which they are en-
ployed.
SO. 1t Is an enormous drain upon the
revenues OF roads by which commissions
are pald and the loss of revenue is not
confined to roads paying commissions,
but affects in q corresponding degree
other roads that find themselves COM
PEELED TO offer such open reductions OF
rates TO meet the secret reductions
effected bv means of commissions.
~. X is an illpg:timGte waste OF money
from which no permanent good results
can accrue. When done by one COM
pany, 1t is certain TO be done by other
competing companies, and when all COM
peli:ors do it, il can be of no advantage
10 any.
"lt is difficult 10 give accurate statis-
tics showing the amount OF money an
uuully wasted in this manner. The
seial ia acknowledged to be very large
sfsnd TO reach millions OF dollars.
Official reports, it is believed. are not
yer sufficiently full and general TO even
approximate the gross sum. From the
reports of fOr!y-uine roads to this COM
mission in 1858 It appeared that the
amounts paid IL commissions by those
roods aggregated 81 ,07S, l2S SO and that
eight only of these companies had e1-
pended for this purpose SS12, SSt .c1.
By the annual report of the year end
ing June 50, 1887, the payment OF COM
missions By los companies is shown 70
have aggregated for the ifs al year the
sum of 81 ,.29, 49l .35 and steven COM
panies report that com missions paid were
included i'll other accounts and their
amount is not specified. The sum OF
s. ,O97 l29. 80 is reported by nine only of
thOge roads to have been paid III the
farm of commissions.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-16
FOR THE HOLIDAYS.
\ Very Heavy Business Expected by ALI
the Roads.

\ Very Heavy Business Expected by ALI
the Roads.
The general and special passenger and
ticket agents of the Southeastern lines
are jus, the present time hust!ing for
business in Texas. The excursion rates
offered by the roads for the holidays are
very liberal this year and each line Is
ANXIOUS to get its share Of the travel. In
talking 10 well known travelling pas
seuger sgeu. Yesterday, reporter was
told that there will be Il larger NUN Der
of people go outside of the state to
spend Christmas this year than ever be-
fore. Generally speaking, the farmers
have raised a pretty good crop, and it is
becoming regular practice with most
of them to lay aside e bale or two Of cot
ton for the holiday trip 10 the Eastern
and Northern states.
The heavy travel which is expected
during the greater portion Of next week
will tax TO the utmost the rolling stork
of nearly all the roads, and extra coaches
from the Eastern lines will be pressed
into service.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-16
Trains Mineral Wells.

Special to the Gazette.
MINERAL WELLS, Ten, Dec. 1.-THE
first train over the Weatherford, Mineral
Wells and Northwestern railroad hove
into our little city yesterday evening,
and the blowing of the whistles of the
two locomotives made one feel as though
after so long time, the day of our pros
perity has arrived. The coming of the
railroad has produced no perceptible
change in the Price OF real estate though
n greater amount of 1t is changing
hands, the most OF the purchasers being
among our local capitalists, every one of
whom is taking all the cheap property
put upon the market, thus showing their
confidenc in the ultimate outcome OF
the town. Your correspondent leans
that after Tuesday next regular trains
will be put on between this point aud
Weutherford thus saving the unpleasant
hack ride from this place to Millsap.
Arrangements are being made for
grand blowout to celebrate the coming
of the iron horse to this place, and when
the day Is named we shall expect all of
Weatherford, Fort Worth, Dallas and
the rest of the world to come out AMI
help us rejoice. II you will only come
TO our mountain home we will net only
show you the prettiest country eStant,
out will let you Quaf OF our health
giving waters and breathe of this pure
mountain air, and after feasting on the
beautiful landscapes which surround the
Wells you will return to your Fort Worth
home souncing the praises of Mineral
Wells and her people.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-16
HE RAILROADS.
a Law Recommended Against Paying
Agents Commissions.
lie Interstate Commerce Commission Have a
BusIness-Ratlway Employees Meet.

The Interstate commerce commission
IN It's annual report to congress devotes
considerable space 70 the practice of rail-
r2ads paying commissions TO agents for
The sale OF tickets. The commissioners
recommend that q stringent law be
passed prohibiting the practice:
by common consent the payment Of
commissions to influence trafiic.-espe-
caly passenger tratiio-is one of the
most disturbing, wasteful and useless for
any good purpose OF the transportation
evils of the day. The subject has been
treated at length in former reports Of
ill, commission. There eau be no
doubt that legislation 10 make the pay
mCAt of commissions unlawful is de-
mauied by many weiShty consIGera-
tons aud that such measure il generally
favored 10y conservative railroad inter-
ests Railroad associations and railI oGd
Companies have earnestly struggled with
Ills abuse for long time and voluntary
agree mpntS have been repeatedly en-
tered into 10 bring about its discontinue
agce, but 50 long as the practice Itself is
10, put under the ban of the law il is in
lie power of one or two unimportant
roads in any group OF competing roads to
defeat agreements resting only On the
GOOD faith o; parties and 10 keep alive
the wastfuI and demoraIiZing practice.
LAS an illustration of the efforts and
also OF the anxiety OF railroad aSsoria-
tons on this subject II may be noted that
al Il recent meeting OF railway officials at
which twenty i've leading railways were
represented hy some forty officials, in
Guiding presidents, vice. presidents and
Y eral managers. After q statement
showing the complicat oRs which had
arisen through the payment OF passenger
commissions, the following resolution
Was unan mously adopted:
Resolved, that this association reaf-
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-16
THE PRESIDENTS MEET.
They Go Into Session ut }. Pierpont Mo,
Can's Residence.

They Go Into Session at }. Pierpont Nor.
cams Residence.
NEW YORK, Dec. 15.-Tbe meeting of
the presiden of the railroads west of
Chicago, called for the purpose of form
ing a Western association, went into
session a. 1880 O'Clock to-day at j..
Pierpont Morgan residence, No. 2l9
Madison avenue. At that hour there
were present representatives OF all the
roads that agreed to respond TO the call i.
There was no representative Of the Chi
cngo and Alton present. nor were the
Vanderbilt lines represented. Before
the meeting Mr.. Morgan stated to a re-
porter that they might be in session two
hours or all day. He couldn't say how
long the meeting would last, but how
ever long it lasted 1t would be useless for
the reporters to wait there for its ad-
jourumeut, as no information would be
given at his residence. Whatever in
formation they SHOULD decide to make
public would be given ct the Office of
Logan s. Co.
Among the gentlemen present were
Jay Gould, c. P. Huntington, Russell
Sage, J. J. McCook. President R. R.
Cable of the Rock Island railroad, Presl-
dent II. d. Porter of the Chicago and
Eastern Illinois, President Morgan
Hugbi,t of the Chicago and Northwest
ern, Vice. President NJ. L. Sykes and
W. H. Newman of the sams road aud
George II. Pullman.
It was resolved to form an advisory
board, consisting of the presidents and
one director of each road, which shall
have entire charge of rate making and
the conduct of the joint agencies. This
agreement is to last for six
months, and any road may with
draw at the end of that time
by giving ninety days notice. The vote
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-16
IRON MOUNTAIN ROUTE

of at least four ifths of the associa ton
shall he required to make its action
binding upon all. All corporations pres
ent voted in the affirmative and none in
the negative, Chicago, Kansas City and
St. Paul declining to vote, desiring time
for further consideration.
resolution was adopted binding up
the companies voting III the affirmative.
it being understood that the following
three should be invited to join: Chicago
and Alton railroad company, Kansas
City, Fort Scott and Memphis, Missouri,
Kansas and Texas.
The following was then adopted:
Resolved, that Roswell Miller, presi-
dent of the Chicago, Milwaukee aud st.
Paul railway company, should act as
chairman of the adjourned meeting, with
power to call the first meeting of the
advisory board Oh receipt by him of q
notice of the action of the several boards
OF directors upon the foregoing resolu-
ton, such notice to be sent to him to
Chicago.
Resolved. that it Is the sense OF the
meeting that the several boards OF direc-
tors be called together to act upon the
resolutions above adopted on or before
January 5, 1891.
The most perfect harmony prevailed
at the meeting, aud it was considered
by all present that tine action taken
was great stride towards securing oou-
servatiye and effective cooperation
by ell companies arranging
to vest absolute power in
one body of men, constituted
as an advisory board, will be aud acting
with full authority for all companies
members OF the ASSOCIATION. A great
element of the conservatism in the plan
will be the fact that no withdrawal can
take place without tbs formal and de-
uberate action of board of directors.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-16
Tina. San Antonio Score. Meeting.

Special to the Gazette.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex. Dec. l5.-At the
secret meeting of Texas railway EN- plores
held last night nothing decisive was
done. 1t was attended by representa-
tives OF the Brotherhood Of Railway
Trainmen, the Brotherhood Of Locomo-
tive Engineers, the Brotherhood of Lo-
comotive Firemen. the Brotherhood of
Railway Conductors and the Order of
Railway Conductors. They we're ad-
dressed by Delegate Slatterly of
the Grand Lodge of Railway Train
men, who urged all OF them to
send delegates to the meeting OF che
grand lodge, wherein some plan OF fed
Grafton would be adopted. The central
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-16
several days that since the change il the

several days that since the change 10 the
ownership of the Union Pacific, Texas
and such products hauled over the Fort
Worth and Denuer City road, and that
instead, several shipments had been sent
via St. Louis and then over the Iron
Mountain. An investigation reveals the
fact that only one instance of this kind
has come to light. This was Dallas
merchant, who bought a carload of po-
tatoes and onions in Utah, which was
sent 10 ST. Louis and then south over the
Iron Mountain. 1t was done through an
error, and the mistake was corrected at
tbs time.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-16
To Build Another Track.

Since the Fort Worth aud Rio Grande
road succeeded In getting the injunction
obtained by Mr.. Hyde Jennings set
aside, which was done by paying Mr..
Jennings what he asked for certain prop
erty along its line, il is expected that
that road will build separate track into
the city. An official Of the Rio Grande
told reporter Yesterday that arrange-
meuts would soon be made 10 build the
new roadbed, and it was thought before
many months the use of the Texas and
Pacific tracks into the Union depot can
be dispensed with.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-16

iremen employed on the ST. Paul road.
The demand ls accompanied by an init
nation of IL strike in the event of the
rompany's refusal to grant the desired
increase. No answer has been made to
the men but it is thought In the present
unsettled condition of railway affairs
their chances OF getting an advance are
not very good.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-16

izing tendency of the railways, he sad,
and their evident disposition to consoi-
date against Hbor rendered IL aOso-
lutely necessary that general defence
be undertaken. All of those present who
cln DO induced TO talk heartily commend
about everything Slatterly had to say.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-16

General Superintendent o. o. VIM
tiers, OF the Denver, has in his possession
pass over the Wichita Valley road,
bearing number one, the first ever is
sued. Mr.. Winters will keep the pass as
q souvenir and values il highly. 1t is
for the year 1891
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-16
Kansas and Louisiana Salt Rates to Texa.
Special to the Gazette.
demand for Increased M.x...

MILWAUKEE. WIS.,, Dec. IA de-
mand for an increase Of wages has been
made By oil locomotive engineers and
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-16
TranScontinental.


GrriF. EAST ROUND. Leave.
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l,:-- q. m No. - daily.
I,zas and Pacific trains Nos. and ONLY stop
e. HAursann, 7. c. junction, Atlanta. Jefer-
80. NnrsheN. Lonrview Junction. Zig sandy,
N5lrala. wills 20 Mt, Terrell, East Dallas,
Iaas and Fort Worth.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-16

Collins s Co., the art peQD1a safa
South, have ,10s604 1l6itiTn their
wbols.eaUUaeSfT Mfed with Christmas
cards, booklets, albums, art novelties,
comic pictures and thousand of haEd-
some gifts.