Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1890-07-18
Railroad Notes,

| The citizens of Middlebrook and neigh
| borhood, will meet at that place to-day, to
take steps looking to the extension of the
Cumberland Valley Railroad, and offer in
ducements to the authorities Of that corpo-
ration to build their line through Middle
brook in making it's Southern connections.
The earnings of the Chesapeake & Ohio
Road for the first week of July show an
increase of $11 ,0S2.76 over those for the
corresponding week of last year.
For the first half of 1890, 1000 miles of
track have been built-an increase of APO
miles over the first six months of 1889. The
total built for 1889 was $500 miles, and it
is estimated that the amount built this
year will probably exceed 5000. The
Southern States east of the Mississippi
lead in new construction, as they have done
for the last two years. The new road built
in those States so far is fifty-four per cent.
of the whole. The Southwestern States
and Territories have this year built sixteen
per cent. of the total road built. Georgia
leads all the States in the amount OF road
built SO far this year with 1873 miles.
c. P. Huntington has been gradually
sliding out of the railroad business. The
Vanderbilts have been buying his and other
great interests. AS the outlook is, Wander
bilt and Gould will be the two great rivals
IN the near future; the Vanderbilts, Of
course, have the advantage. They have
unlimited capital in good shape, while much
of Gould 8 is in the speculative. The Van
derbilts control the Wagner Sleeping Car
Company, and, in very short while, the
Wagner cars will take the place of the Pull
mans on the Chesapeake & Ohio.
The earnings of the Cincinnati Southern
Division of the Queen and Crescent system
for the month of June shows an increase of
1884, 535 over those for the corresponding
week of last year.
Two accidents occurred ON the James
River Division of the G. & O., Friday.
The first one was a collision between two
freight trains, four miles east of Scotts-
vile, in which two engines and eleven cars
containing wool, corn. salt, mixed mer-
chandise, lumber and coal, We're badly
wrecked. No one was hurt. The accident
was caused by misunderstood orders.
The other accident occurred at Stokes,
midway between Scottsville and Richmond,
and was caused by spreading rails.
Six box-cars were wrecked.
MI. Decatur Axtell, it is rumored, will
soon be appointed General Manager of the
G.. & y. road.
Mr.. w. W. Barrow of Richmond, has
been promoted to the position of chief dis
bursting clerk of the G. & O.
Last Sunday, the east-bound passenger
train on the Richmond and Allegheny road
ran into freight train at Gladstone. W.
B. Holt, fireman, and negro tramp, were
killed, and four employers injured.
Capt. T. II. Bransford, auditor Of the
Shenandoah Valley Railroad, has been made
superintendent, vice Mr.. David w. Flick
wiz, resigned. Mr.. Mcdowell, chief clerk
of the auditing department of the Norfolk
and Western Railroad, takes Mr.. Brans-
ford s place.
A mortgage was recorded in the clerks
Office of Botetourt county on Monday from
the c. and y. R. R. Co., to the Central
Trust Company of New York City, for
1850, 1000, being the first mortgage on the
Craig Valley Branch of the G. & o.
Thirty-one members of the stenographic
corps Of the B. & o. system, spent last
Sunday in Luray, examining the cave and
other points of interest in and around
that town.