The sun., 1890-05-27
NEWS or THE RAIbRohDa
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| Quarters.
A strong effort will be made this week to re-
| store eRst-bound freight rates and also LAX O.
and-rhil rates between New York and the
Northwest. The Executive Committee of tho
| Trunk Line Association will meet to-day to
| consider various phases OF the subject and
| general business. Tomorrow the Joint Ex.
| ecutive Committee Of the Trunk Line and Gem
tral Traffic Associations will meet In Now York
and handle esst-bound rates The Lake Shore
last week gave notice OF reduction on the
lower classes OF freight Mt the beginning OF this
| week. This Will have to be recalled by the
| Joint Committee before any progress can be
made. The lake lines will insist on being s
cents lower on NTH and sixth cnsses than the
all-rail lines. and II tho Inter reduce they will
follow The lake mon were expected to meet
in Buffalo to-day to settle the west bound rate
Joint meeting In New York to.mortow '"O
will be restored a member OF the ENecutive
Committee said yesterday that 1t was n matter
OF doubt The Grand Trunk and Central Ner-
mont, he thought, were ready for a settlement,
There was change In the Board of Drec-
tors OF the st Louis and san Francisco Rail
road YESTERDAY al a result OF the recent ac-
QUESTION Of the control Of that road BY the
ShsOR AEs.s TGRsss srns ns srn .o F.
George. .Coppell, Horace Porter. Bryce Gray,
Henry x. SMcHaFg, tlenry Sslsman, and ii. L.
WI William fTi5Sy TS Allen MaaSSf Alden No sTSaro,
Mr. jesse seligman in his resignation said
that his house had been Interested In the
Ipisco Propsrly i since iSt2 and one Of the
with their boIdings,was that they thought the
time had arrived when large corporations
to the public as well as more etrectually TO pro-
tect their bond and stock holders, and hope
thing toward bringing about this desired re-
suit"
Chief Arthur Of the Brotherhood OF Locomo-
tive Engineers passed through New York yes
terday morning. on his way to Albany. where
Division 4G. Several hundred were expected
to be pres present EeRresen'nE all the roads ter
meetings this week along the line OF the Van
der6ilt r9ads al and he if working hard to create
upon at the next Convention.
Scranton, on SundaY. similar to thai at New
Haven. In significant contrast to these anti
federation meetings In the East are meetings
Of englneers in n the Nest to further the cause
brotherhood Of Locomotive Engineers is eager
for union with other railroad organizations,
at the dne shan sey & at tSe
last to amend the constitution so as to allow It,
Al meeting IN Indanapois on sunday
made addresses. along with an ex: grand OH
Ger OF the locomotive engineers. 1t may be a
thur hns his office. is about the dividing line
between the engineers who are opposed to
federation and strikes and those who favor
these ideas.
Several OF the monster locomotives from the
Schenectady works which were designed by
Supet intendent William buchanan. have been
tried on me Hudson River division Of the New
highly satisfactory on the heavy vestihule
trsnS ms Gr o% Which they were Intended They
ders, and 5-foot lO-inch drivers. ON sunday
last engine $50; with ". Kirke In the cab. came
mnute This is nearly ty miles Sp hour for
continuous stretch OF l43 miles.
The trackmen on the Harlem Railroad
south of Mount Vernon. sent down a .rom.
mittee the other day to ask the General Super
1ts9dsp for a" &dyaPG9 of from
the men in the yard of the Grand Central sta.
ton who failed to get their domande. Tie
anything. and forty Of them struck. The COM
nany filled some OF their places with new men.
shortly after some OF the old men went back at
$l.35 day.
Tho, new train schedule Of the New Haven
the men. Jerry Wall an oldtime freight man.
Of & "a
wa d ns1 OF ,ls
savage has charge OF the train on the Harlem
branch which meets thi train. E. F. Taylor
was appointed extra conductor on the Port
EI,cneor H. +. Penny, who used to stand exc
express. William Guthrie, who comes from
the frel Ght service has charge Of the engine Of
a new ortchester passenger train, These Are !
men have been promoted to engineers: Will |
liam Baldwin. j. Hall. and Van Hise.
The block signal system on the Harlem River
branch OF the New Haven road Will be put into |
operation to-day over part OF the road
The New York Central Railroad Is renumber-
ing all Of its engines, Of which 1t has over 500
Those from 10 2i9 Will he switching engines.
from ?5O to 700 freight, engines. and all above |
the latter number Will be passenger engines.
William L. Lockwood OF Philadelphia ad-
dressed the House Committee on Railroads and
Canals yesterday in support OF the O'Neil bill,
appropriatinR $23.OOOto meet the cost of ex-
perimeRts to detsrmi9o the force Of the 50.
wheel. Mr.. Lockwood submitted drawings OF
a locomotive. which will be exhibited TO the
locomotive building intended to obviato the
dreaded hammer blow. which Mr.. Lockwood
said. had been estimated at nine tons on each
side ut each revolution.
A Chicago despatch says the Burlington road
competition and announced a frst-olass pas
senger rate OF So from Kansas City to Chicago
this rate the same as that adopted last
potwlthstsndlne the 50 fares in force by the
Alton. the ST. Paul. and the Santa F6 between
Chicago and Missouri River points.
. G. G. Cochran has been appointed general
freight agent OF the Chicago and Atlantic
Railroad. 70 take effect on June I. vice a. S.
agent Of the Erie road, and his appointment is
evidently the result OF Erie influence. as the
position Is only temporary. The Chicago and
Atlantic is to be sold Aug. ~, and the Erie is
to be the purchaser.
1t. was reported yesterday that tho dressed
em i'o jH1t GohTiMde1 p IA conrnct win
which they will turn over all their easthound
busineSs to these two companies. after the
manner of the leRl with tho lfrand Trunk