The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-10-26
RAILROAD NOTES.

American Car Com pany capital 81 90. 900
is to start at st. Louis.
Peter A. Beers and George Lear Central
firemen, have been promoted as
engineers.
W. B. Murray has resigned as district
passenger agent o I the Lackawanna and
M. L. Smith has been appointed In his
place.
Birmingham has the largest railroad
station-eleven acres.
Maine Baptists want Sunday trains pro-
hihited.
Chicago will nave an electric uuicyle
railroad, to make forty miles an hour
Twenty-nine death assessments levied by
the Locomotive Fireman's Brot herhood
last month.
station built bv the Illinois Central.
A new railroad is to be built between
Chicago and Omaha.
The Grand Trunk Railroad has ia-
creased the wages of 1t employees ten per
cent because OF the large traffic returns.
A $3.50. 900 tunnel is to be constructed at
Leadville.
The new bridge of the Lehigh Valley
road over Newark b ay is nearly COM
pleted, but the draw is not yet in place.
Four thousand feet of trestle work on
1000 piles has been completed in six
months.
The brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
shanty in the Erie yards at Port Jervis,
N. Y, on Dece mber 1. 1878. During the
last ten wears the receipts amounted to
81, ,767.71772 and S2,704. 1859 have been
expended.
The Railaoay Age and Nor ttl0ester7l
Rnilrodder has much to say Of ra ilroad
building According to its exhaustive re-
ports there has been laid this year, up to
October 1st, in the United States alone.
2, 500 miles on 1856 different lines about $50
miles less than during the same time in
1890 The total for the year, with nearly
three months for construction left, will
probably fall considerable short of 5000
miles, while the total for last year reached
abont 5.738 miles. The Age and Rail
roaderreports show that the yearly addi-
tion of new track has not fallen as low as
5000 miles since 1885. when 1t was less
than 5000.
Grand Chief P NJ Arthur. of the Broth
| erhood Locomotive engineers. was In
ST. Louis rev days ago. Mr.. ArtheE
went there at the request, 1t Is under.
stood, of Missouri Pacific officials to In
quire into dispute that recently original.
| ed in between the Locomotives
Brotherhood and the Fireman's Broth 81
| tempt of the master mechanic to promote
fireman to road engine over Brother
| hood engineer who had served year on
n switch engine. The Brotherhood of
| Firem6n expect the rallrOaQerS 10 promote
| their members to positions as engineers
| when they become competent by years OF
| service as firemen to handle valves and
| throttles. The engineers only object to
! this wnen there is any attempt made u
| push forward fireman ahead OF a Broth
erhood engineer.
| The report of the Board of Trustees O
the brotherhood of Locomotive En-
gineers, just issued. shows that for u pr
/ riod covering the last ten years the mem
| bership has increased from 300 to $4,000
| Disbursements for this period were fol
| life insurance 50, 704, 936 and SAG, 400 on ac-
| count Of the Burlington strike.
| New York State mulcted the New York,
New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
| in 81, 900 for using car stoves after the limi
| fixed bv the new law had elapsed.
| The Italians employed in the construct
| tion OF the Government railroad TO th'
| Navy Departments reservation at Picca
tinny use hand car to carry railroad
material to the points where it is needed.
| A heavy rope is attached TO the car Il
| haul it up grade. When going dowr
| grade the majority of the men ride on the
| car while several others hold on to the
rope. The grade Is four to 100, and few
! days ago in an unhappy moment the men
holding the rope released their grip. In-
stantly the car shot forward and attained
a terrific speed. For several seconds II
rained badly scared Italians on both sides
| of the track; once in their lives their faces
| look white, but none of tue men were in-
| iured The car was not derailed, rs the
rope canght in some projection, stopping
III car.