The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-06-08
NEWS OF TIE RAILROADS.
THE LATEST JNFURJdTI0N FROM
AN OU1RIEIS.
The Delaware and Ulster Road Makes
Important Alliances.


Delaware Railroad, formerly owned by the lat
Thomas Cornell. At meeting Of the stock
holders held yesterday directors were clecte
ms follows: Edwin Young. Robert c. Pruyn
and Horace q. Young, Vice President and gen
oral manager OF Delaware and Hudson, OF Al
bany william A. Road G. C.. Clark Vice
President New York Central Railroad; ]. II
Laying, general manager OF West shore; Al
fred Van Santvoord. director Of Delaware ant
Hudson. and Joseph Cornell all OF New York
II. Q. Scoop OF Rotbury, David Winnie. Samue
O. Dimmick, r. c. Hornbeck, Challes Bray o
Rondout. The Board orgnnl2od by eleotini
Edwin Young. Pre- sident; H. c. Pruyn, Vice
President; s. q. Dimmick, Secretary, and
Mr. Young is sole executor OF tho Cornell es
tate, and the changes made in the DIRECTORY
bring an infusion OF tho Vanderbilt and Della
ware and Hudson interests into the company
The road Is TO b9 opened in connection WIFE
that, under tho new management. It's business
will be largely Increased An extension oil the
line from stanford. tho present terminus 70
road will connect with the Delaware and Hnd.
son. making a AMI through sh2RT ichd .h1Gg
Springs
compeied between tho Northern Pacific and
Milwaukee and St. Paul roatS; since me
Hn 'E@eo pe yHiE0'9 systems Sattcr time has
been made over the NortlhiTSsteTn IRON rom
Chicago
81. Paul to Portland than. could be made
over the Wisconsin Central from Chicago and
Northern Pacific from 1t, Paul. Tho result nus
naturally been that great inroads have been
mado upon the llrst-class business oil the North
orn Pacific. Ths road finding it tmp9;ssi6Ie to
t IaHT In from chicago as was made by the
Northwestern ma tnion Pgcinc. mad made over,
traiic Arrangement Tor through passenger
SFoHFh from csas0 to fSssHlsd and %
VA tho MwsgEee and s. lpu ,S at 35G y NJ
day This Will give direct, connection with the
new fast train Of the Northern Pacific TO Leave
Northern Pacific trains Will mako competition
with tho NliiTaukee and St PAU train Leaving vim,
the trip from Chicago to Portland will consume
has not as yet been announced. built VIII. II Is
said be sidera9y shorter ,aH th9r VI" o me
train under tho new schedule will leave Chi
cago on juno 10.
Charles +. Crocker, general manager OF the
Occidental and Oriental Steamship Company;
said yesterday. In San Francisco. that word
had come from the Steamship Agency ut Hong
Kong that tho Canadian laciilc Comuany had
announced IN intention of ro-uming steamer
service between Vancouver and san Francisco.
The result ofsuch an invasion by the Canadian
Pacific would be general slaughter OF rates
the Canadian Pacific was forced to. withdraw
its steamers from san Francisco and an agree.
OF one anothnrs territory.
George II Rice, genera! traffic manager pager Of
said regarding the Suez Canal lines:
The, Peninsular and Oriental COMPANY
wa an WHICH other nes
made rates for us. has for years maintained
rates with other canal lines. My latest ad-
If this proves true trans-Faci6c rates on |
through business to the Atlautic seaboard will |
go way down."
General PASSENGER Agent Z. A, Ford Of the
rangemenls for running dining cars regularly
on the Pennsylvania lines west OF Pittsburgh.
The cars vii run to Chicago on Express No 8
on the Fort Wayne T9ad, leaving Pittsb9rgh at
and supper One OF the main reasons for this
change is tho time that will be saved in not
having to stop for meals The trai now waits
This will be cut down to ten minutes. and ar
rangements will be mad to have a through
will also be shortened at tho other poiu IS where
they were made to get meals
A jolly lot Of Erie Rail way ticket agents. with
|" Jim" Buckley rs "chaperon." went up the
line yesterday to, SEQ how # was for themselves.
They have been busy as bees for month past
passing out summer board books and directing
the people to congeniar Ilaees for the summer,
blossoms hardly e ne they have taken flying
trio TO the famous bass and trout region at
Port Jervis, on tho Delaware to lunch at the
new inn at High loint, New jersey away no at
the topmost level OF land in that State. 1867 feet
!I, the sea. The party includes Chief
Bordwell, Bevan. Seymour, Newman. Dough-
erty. Lindsay, FGarsy. Z3nbiriski'9 Maloney.
der. Roemer. Tupper; Levy. Swift. Scneeschaf.
johnson. and NaeGelt.
A test was made Yesterday at Washington
Of the electric railway signal of the Universal
Electric Railway Signal COMPANY Of Richmond
timoIe and ohio Railroad has been provided
with this signal system By waV OF experiment.
Tho apparatus consists OF nm electric circuit
tween tho trac KS aud II wire brush attached to
each engine IN connection T3t, With an electric
Ing each other on tho same track come into cir
cult at tho distance of one mile and q half or
and at once the telephone begins to ring. This
10 signal for the trains to stop. and The en-
phone to discover the trouble whatever it may
Le Two trains were sent out on the baltimore
and ONO Yesterday afternoon with q party.
aud Virginia and correspondents OF news
papers in diterent parts Of the country. The
tests proved extremely satisfactory.
The Inter State Commerce Commission sent
to the senate on Saturday report upon the
vestigatiOn made by 1t under u Senate resolu-
lion directing the Commission to inquire into
The truth Of the allegation that the long and
rates OF TRANSPORTATION Of food products from
Lll0 mlhblbslDpl NuIlby. Uo report ulsCuSSeB |
The reasonableness of cost OF freight Transport
tation at great length. and says:
he rebates before the act. and the very
much lower ratios frequently puI In force since.
'airly lead to the conclusion that existing corn
and grain rates are so high as to encourage I
frequent and hurtiul changes. and to make re-
AUCTIONS eXpedent and profitable to the roads {
whenever necessary to secure tho business.
We are constrained by all the facts to believe !
hat any rate or greater charge from the Mis-
,ouri River than II cents to Chicago and II to
he Mississippi east side is excessive. and that {
he rates should be SO reduced and adjusted
and reduction OF two cents should be made
rom all stations west Of the Missouri River In I
Nebraska and Kansas"
The Commission says that the rates on grain
rom Kansas and Texas points are unreason-
ABLY nigh Tor longer distances, and grossly eX-
cessiYe and eXorbitant Tor tho shorter and '
mould be reduced Wheat and flour should | g
bear bear the same fate, which should not be more 7
man 10 per cent above the rates on corn and t
pats, Hates on al grain other Than wheat a
9noulu pay the same rates as corn. Grain rates r
rom the Dakotas and Minnesota should he
and adjusted W G
We think no better rule applicable TO the a
n after under Investigator" says the Commiiso
Slon, than that applied by railroads them
selves. IN accordance with which rates are SO | Il
adjusted rs to secure the largest exchanre nj II
In the carriage Of tho graat stS | 4