The sun., 1890-06-26
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discharge OF Henry Hyns superintendent 10
Manager Doane OF the Immigrant Clearing
House, on the floor OF the Barge ONCE. A sub
committee, with Assistant General Passenger
Agent Boyd OF tho Pennsylvania Railroad o.
! Chairman, was appointed TO Investigate
charges that were preferred against Mr. Hyni
OF receiving money from the Lehigh Valley
Union Pacific and Wisconsin Central for In
nuencinE business over those roads. Nick
| Muller, Jr, collected tho charges from several
street agents. None OF those agents appeared
before the subcommittee nor did Muller
Muller has lost u good deal since tho indi'
yidual agents Of the railroads have been Rhut
OF from the floor OF the Barge ONCE. Hynf
wns barrier to the First ward men, although
| nothing waa to be gained by getting rid ol
him; The Passenger C0mmittee c19nXietedq 1d0 tne nl
paying heavy commissions to SECURE business,
| aud these roads asserted that Hyns had prhc-
Clearing House needed TO purify itself; The
| charge provoked the PennsylVania ana New
| York Central representatives. WHO had aiHWah}ys
| aworn that they we're above suspicion. and Mr.
Mr. Hyns has been In the service OF the Clear,
| ing House aince II, was, organized In 1888, anu
| ia considered valuable man. because he has
| command of u good many languages: lie was
a6d aoGI many NJ years prior to 1893 lie
| has received several offers since his expulsion.
| I
| rate wars would be reached soon among all the
principal rarSqds in pas,6S the soqfnEesd have
Chairman MaRoun OF the Atehis9n Hoard 81
Directors had a. conference with PRESIDENT ~.
They turned affairs over to the managing oFf-
cas. OF those roads who will meet in ST LOUIS
bs few daEs and and sad
wars In tho Southwest are now q thing OF the
past There will probably be adivision OF ter
ritory.
There was a largo attendance yesterday at
the annual convention OF the lnternationai Ae;
BrInsWIck. E. NJ Horton 9f the Ilin9is Cen;
tbe assocatcn .nS was IN the chair The other
Officers on c elected were: G. Ii. Ewings, New York
Central. Vice President: :. r. Seehrist % % Sd the
tary: and NJ. c. Trout, Toledo and Ohio Cen
There was. a discussion on demurraEe. and
detention OF foreign cars, In which A. d. Pen
fold and D. ". Mooar took part. The conyen-
tLon finished much OF Its business Yesterday.
Two excursions have been arranged LOT TO-
day and to morrow.
Some time since Simon Rothschild. the owner
OF no past due coupons OF the Denver and Lilo
Grande Western Railway Company. brought
suit against the Rio drnnde western Halfway
Company to cover the amount OF said coupons.
The suit was brought Notwithstanding the
facts that reorganization had been perfected.
eralIy R accopted s % per cent. bond. and that The
bonds sued upon were the bonds Of the old
company. An attachment was ob,Sined tSi a against
demurrer was interposed on behalf o. the rail-
way company on the grounds that the plain
Which VIII I the defendant G t was "a liabie. The demur-
rer was argued before Judge Patterson OF the
G9n snd by am G5 e
company. decision has Just been rendered
sustaining the bondholder and overrulipg the
fendant having mistaken tho law OF the case;
has been permitted upon the payment IN Of HI
costs In the action. TO withdraw ms demurrer
and to put in an answer to the complaint
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Relief De;
last. The receipts were $3l.o00: disburse-
ments. s3l. 100. aggregate amount OF benefits
paid By the relief department from May i,
1880. to April 80. 1890. is $2,2S5,794.
The stockholders OF the Nashville. Chatta-
and raed Wi the p1rch"se @ Of he Ten
nessee and Coosa Railroad. They also author
lied the completion Of the road rs well as tho
vile. Chattanooga and st. Louis Railway. The
amount to be expended by the company is ST.
100000. The roads will be completed by the
first Of next January.
The Wagner Palace Car Company has ap-
toga and the Thousand Islands: G. B. Dean,
T. AlareB GtHsn"n and Asssamon Sssamon NJ j. Clark
These freight engineers OF the New York
runs: EdWSrd fs Hassppe. ssT William Hisney. and
James Kelley. They stand extra.
The new hrakemen appointed by the Penn
sylyana ltailroad are l. Lynch. II. Sullivan.
]. Holt, Is. DuRan, and }. Alansberger.
The Central Railroad OF New Jersey has just
completed In its Jersey City yard reservoir
for supplying It's ears with the Pintsch system
OF gas,with which all OF them are to be lighted.
Tho Central of New Jersey has opened a new
freight and passenger station at WilkeSbarre,
with ). l. Custer iu charge as agent.
Order OF Railway Conductors has aroused
lively discussion among trainmen. Those who
remain In the old Order OF hallway Conductors
handful. and that they will fail to persuade the
majority OF the Eastern men 10 Join them.
Some OF the Eastern eondnctors have hec9me
Independent Order makes the fifth OF the kind.
Caiskill agency OF the Wagner Company; with
nm office at Phpnica between the Grand Ho-
tel station and Kaatersklll. BY being on the
ground he will be able to arrange for addi-
tonal cars at any moment.
II. Mather freight conductor on the New
Croton local passenger train; Charles W. IN
derwood and William l.. Todd, who had locals
now nave through runs
A noticeable improvement in all the freight \
yards OF the New y ork Central in this city is
the planting Of flower beds and grass plots
about the buildings.
The statement OF the business OF all lines OF
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company east Of
Pittsburgh and Erie for May, 1880, as compared
with the same month IN SS9, , shows an increase
In gross earnings OF $4OS.2 an increase In ex-
penses Of $42l,934. decrease In net earnings
OF 3l27ll. The five months Of 1890, as COM
pared with the same period OF 1889 shows an
increase OF gross earnings Of 92.713.29O. an in
crease In expenses Of $2437.7l8. an increase In
net earnings of S275,572. All lines west OF
Pittsburgh and Erie for the five months Of 1890
Rhowa surplus over all liabilities Of $64.509.
being a gain. as compared with the same
period Of 1889. OF $340,SGl.
A conference was held In Chicago yesterday
between the passenger officials OF the roads
running from Chicago to the Ohio River and
those OF the lines south OF tho river. with a view
to forming an agreement in regard TO through
passenger business. 1t 10 probable that a new
nssociation will be formed to embrace the ter
ritory between Chicago and Southern points.
In the Federal Court, Chicago Yesterday.
Judge Blodgett rendered his decision In tho
ease OF the United States against certain execu-
tive officers OF the Michigan Central railroad for
the Interstate Commerce law In
varying grain from Chicago TO New York at
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