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neroe ere holding meetings preparing to
| formulate report upon the results OF the
travelling investigation last summer on the
subject OF the relations between the American
and Canadian railroads. A protraeted session
OF the committee was held yesterday. and the
matter OF how best TO bring the Canadian roads
| to terms was fully discussed. The committee
desire to bring in bill that will have the effect
Of making the Canadian roads amenable to
the Interstate Commerce law. 30 that their
| workings can be looked into and controlled By
| the Interstate Commerce Commission. A
mass Of testimony has been taken by the COM
| mittee, and the opinion n general that the
Canadian road should be brought to terms
The trouble is that the committee ls at loss to
find way TO bring this about. Tho Inter- State
law. as framed at present, has jurisdiction only
| over such portions OF those roads "a lie within
the different States, and the Senator will en-
deavor to make some recommendation that
| will put the Canadian roads on q footing with
| those owned and operated In the United States.
The Philadelphia and Reading Railroad is
| moving on an average OF $500 cars OF coal per
day from the mines and is using all It's avail
able cars In rushing the coal TO market. Some
eight thousand loaded coal cara are now lying
sidetracked along the lines OF the road on ac-
count OF the necessary block occaeioned By
the rapid transportation OF other freight and
Of specially consigned shipments OF coal. Three
| thousand Of these loaded cars are sidetracked
rsson 1853 bssTson Broaa Snd
Eicetown. and 2,20O between Nieetown and
Of the Reading Company declares that the coal
company cannot AFFORD to close any more OF its
duco furnace sizes Of coal to support tie many
road A6Sqt LOCO s@ptS freight ssrs belong.
| tracked just north OF Reading.
The new, Philadelphia and Reading stone
bridge at Phpnixville has been completed. and
the rails are now being laid. There yet re-
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finished and the extra tracks are laid.
completion. fhe arches are ali Hnished and
n short time the roadbed will be ready for
wyomisslne Railroad. to run from Reading to
Mohnsyile. distance OF five, miles. are going
steadily forward under the direction OF Rslph
connect the road with one Of the big railroads
at Reading: and many Reading capitalists are
interested In the project
Tho Mayor Of Herrisburg has signed the or
S TEb Snd a1 road
bridge across the, Susquehanna iIver. When
b valley the anG snS
heading road at II HHaIrisRprE, By giving the latter
Bowmansdale. At shippensburg the Harris
Maryland, and the latter with the Baltimore
and Ohio The work on the new bridge and
will be close to the uncovered piers of tho
South Penn. Five million dollars win be spent
burg
Albany and Schenectady are to be connected
Of association OF the Schenectady and Albany
Railroad Company have already been filed
construct. operate. and maintain railroad
from some point at or near the commencement
road Company or some other convenient poInt
n HI Schenectady; na thence souitheasterlE through
Compapy's surveyed line betWeen New York
1900 shares Of sloo each The director % are: aeG
Rasse Ja@ss Mannne al heS5y
6T5eh OF ARRany Rnny: H. II Ramsey S Of aoTes Cave
Wooster. and Robert II. Berdeii Of New York.
and $. A. Rockfellow Of Brooklyn.
way OF the freight committees Of the New Eng:
west-b bound inspection. An effort will be made
to correct errors which creep IN either from
By shippers Chicago S90G 1oaoes 'e Of
mistakes are Be sent out BY the railroads. Com
missiGner BIanehard Of the Central Traffic As,
adopted. The matter was referred to the
Executive Committee OF the trunk lines for
approval.
President Alexander of the Central Railroad
OF Georgia denies that the traffic Of that road
soah
the %a ha h9 haa ssen
light; In common with all Southern roads;
ior motive power and rolling stock. but. this
was due to the rapid growth o! Southern busi-
ness. The Central a6 road oought thirteen loco
came so fast that recently LOO more cars and
90 locomotives were ordered. The company is
ment including bridge building. laying steel
rails enlarging terminals. &c.
A Kansas City despatch says that twenty
eight freight and passenger 3 conductors on the
Hannibal and 81. Joseph Railroad are to be
Of the revelations made recently in the reports |
OF the spoilers.
The Worcester. Nashua and Rochester Rail- |
road Company. Ht their annual meeting yes |
terday. reflected the old Board Of Directors for
7. Cook OF Sal lem President, In place OF Charles
4. Sinclair. Th9 10 rssiened OF ACCOUNT OF private
business. L. w. Hammond OF Worcester was
the Hon. T. b. Stoddord. Auditor. At the next
annual meeting the question Of making eight
quorum instead OF five will be considered.
There were represented 1860 shares OF atock
The House Committee on Pacific Railroads
yesterday heard arguments by N. Storey. the
attorney for the Union Pacific Railroad Com
pany, uron the plan proposed in the Outhw waite
bill for the settlement Of the indebtedness; of
provides Tor an extension o. The debt for fity
years. interest 70 be paid at the rate OF per
cent, and the debt and interest to be paid in
viewed the history OF the railroad legislation
ty ConGress and and spoke sb o. the great value Of
government under the terms OF the bill In ad:
to the present rs bsecnry This
without which the main line. to which the
government lien applied. would be worthless.
The remainder of Mr.. Storeys argument was
devoted to an explanation OF the rather com
ple1 financial scheme proposed by the bill for
the debt
The PENNSYLVANIA Railroad Company will
originate q new departure on Saturday in rail-