The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-05-24
NEWS or THE RAILROADS.
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Quarters.
Baltimore despatch says: An offer has
been made the state Board OF Public Works by
j. X. Cowen. representing the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad, for the States holding OF b. and
| o. preferred stock amounting to nearly sl,OOO,-
| 600. The proposition was discussed bohind
closed doors for nearly three hours and when
the conference ended it was said that no con-
clusion had been reached, but that ono would
be reached by July /. The object to be gained
| by the state is to secure sufficient money to
pay off the loan in London, already due, and
upon which the State is paying interest Mt the
rnte Of five per cont. Tho persons seeking
control OF the States holding Of b. and o. pre-,
ferred stock agree to take up the remainder of
! the States issue OF bonds bearing three per
GENT. Interest and hmountlnE 10 about
aSg4ovG paying therefor iOIi Inns IsaiS
TO Toui pay ''V oir the "" ma,urSd sterling loan.
new three per cent. bonds, but 4 was not sue.
! taken. II is said That the same persons who arc
negotiating to secure the States T. ~ Q. stock
the city and q portion Of that held by tho Chr
Tetts The city OWES so& S24o9 shares and to the
inEs, With II portion of that Of the CARROTS.
would give the owners control OF the Is. o.
OF the T. 4 O., it is said. lies in tho fact that
! The company is in need OF a great deal Of
E 1nGS 10 anG 0q The ut" intel to
get now pcoule and more capital into the en-;
trprse II Is rGp9TIe er mat hS re Or S6
handed over to the Johns Hopkins, University
! trustees ii part payment for their 10000
institution All investment that will vel an in
| come. Francis White one OF the trustees:
| the universitys stock is disposed OF it should
he sold outright"
I. Frank and G. G. Lansing returned yester-
day fr2m the annual onysnfiGpI II TIE amer sH
held in IGdianapcIis. They report the largest
attendance they ever had. The case Of +; a.
Mo% an of w the n
Mr. Muford. It ia alleged. offered his services
TO Commissioner Walker g. the Intel state
business. For this he wasn't readmtted to the
association. Three, officers. were SELECTED for
indinnapols; Vice Presidents. v. S, Duck
worth. Nashville; l. Salneison; Memphis; v:
Lake City. The new members Of the ENecu.
tive Comm ttec are |. solomon OF Chicago and
II. ID. Smith OF Detroit.
An officer of the Wagner, Palace Car Com
pany said yesterday. Degrading he suit begun
States Circuit Court at Boston, seeking to en-
Ion tho IuIlman Company ara c the New York York
using certain patented devices, tia. the de-
Y IS;,i in question were those ratented .b by
Wagner Company had Just purchased the
Enlennt5i; The DEVICES are now used iy boln
struggling platforms and councillors Of the
,es,ihuo cars. Tho injunction asked for hy
the WaRner Compnny Is to prevent Inc Iui,
It's vestibue cars. II the injunction is granted
it will not only prevent the Pullman Company
from 'ng them. bui all railroads that uso the
cars OF the Pullman Company.
A mortgage of 81 900 900 given by the Utica
and Black River lailroad Company IN favor Of
tho Central Trust Company OF Now York WAS
Wntertown on thursday. Tie railroad COM
rany borrowed the money t" SATISFY m9ttE9se5;
thousand doiia,s IS t. lie Paid on Jan. i. is0l:
5000 uUu on Jan. L. 1924. and s2aOnUu on uly |.
Isa Th Eco comnnny ms lJsned r ~" h9r
Tho mortgage is secured by the entire uca
and Black Liver hailroad PROPERTY now used
under ninety nine year lease by th' Rome,
Watertown aud tgdenebur. l;aIitoad ON
puny. This mortgage Is one Of the largest ever
The report Of the Connecticut Railroad Com
m:elon"rs Honcerning the sprimf TGNnHinnton1
has Just been conf, ot"I and li!et with n" de-
partTent The rad was examined on May II.
It's reference to the Thames Bridge. In eGnrd
10 the settling o. ne west I!Gt. ne commas.
ment Of tho pier, and q slight setting SINCE
then, yct it has not, in their opinion. IN any de-
gree imreril!ed tho safety q the structure
The Commissioners found that the loadhed
track. and lridGcs have been maintained in
such excellent condition Ms to reuniie from
them no rccommendatiUns Tor renewals or re-
palrs.
The Passenger Committee OF the trunk lines
devoted it.eT yesterday 70 tho considerations OF
competitive hmsiness. II doesn't allear that
any steps have boon taken yot 10 stop III" pay
menI Of comm!ss"ns' which Iiin SUI n, sH n re-
way Ieslatches iIon Chicago mention big
cuts on oast-b@und business By reason OF
liberal COMMISSIONS
Tho general officers of the Canadian Pacific |
have been lnitho m"rl mo provinces making |
tibuled cars rom llaIli4X and 81. John 70 |
run over The Canadian Pacific and It's recently |
completed extension {. om London Ont; to De-
T&G n 'eHf from T Y ohn To- Chicago viii less
than forty eight hours.
The first vestihuled Pullman train OF the
eenson from: Chicago 10 Portland: over tho |
Grand Trunk. will lenve Chicago about June
uratci b. III" Grand Trunk last year, Is OF
pccled to Attract large num ME OF Western
A Chicago despatch says: The 81 passen-
having been in effect hardly twenty. four hours.
wns rescIndel by the Central Traffic Associa-
ever. There wrro no changes made in Vast
ern passenger rates to-day. Tie 81 rate eli her
way between Chicago ana ~; raul won't into
effect on the Oh cago. Milwaukee and 81. Paul
road this morning
Reformed Cost Of Running the Sheriff.
Once.
Somebody started rumor yesterday that
Gov. Hill had re olved to veto tho Sherin's bill
on the ground that 1t would greatly increase
the expense OF running the SheriG's Office.
Cen Sickles said he didn't believe it,
81 suppose" he said, that the attention Of
the Governor is taken up at present with gon-
eral bills. Later he will consider the local bills.
anu he will then, l. think. sign tho Sherin's bin"
Tho General admitted that II the bill hc-
comes a law the cost Of running the office will
lie greater than under tho old system Tho
tota, salary list will be about t69,uuo. but ths
will be reduced to about $4,000 by tho turning
into the city treasury Of half the fees.
Tho nost az running h,. ofIlra nj