The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-08-23
NOTES.

CDlca2O mas UHlrGJ-uF6 TdI1IOH6S.
sit costs Just seventy cents to stop q
traIn,'' says a conductor.
Sweden uses American locomotives.
The New York Central & Hudson
River Railroad Company will have a
valuable exhibit at the Chicago Fair.
The twenty-tfth annual issue of Poor's
Manual of the railroads of the United
States is out. The manual is the most
comprehensive work of the kind in this
country, aud it is Invaluable to railroad
men, stock and bondhelders, and, in fact.
everybody who has interest IN railroads
and railroad work. Some of the Stats
tics this year are as folio ws:-"The total
railroad mileage of the Unired States at
the close of 1891 vas 167, 909 miles. It's
stocks. bonds and debts was S10.-
765. 626. O41. The gross earnings we've
81, 13S. 024, 459, an increase oyer 1890 of
$40, III. OBJ; the net earnings, $3.50, 227. SS3.
Or 81 80 per cent. OF the gross. For inter.
est, 1921, $3.50, and for dividends, $50.
1879 were paid. The passengers car
ried by all the roads aggregated $50. OILS.
S02, about nine times as large as The pop
ulation of the country. From these
$500, 799, 696 were received. the average
per passenger per mile being 2,184.
Freight tonnage in 1891 equaled 704. 1885,
209 tons, each hauled 1888 miles or 81.
610, 1874 ,523 miles for all. At an average
rate of $3.50 mills per ton per mile, this
traffic earned for the railroads 1854. 1885,.
910."
The Brotherhood Of Locomotive Fire
men, the Order of Railway Conductors,
the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen,
the Switchmen's Mutual Aid Association
and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Eu.
gineers. numbering in all 125. 600 men,
will meet By representatives in st. Louis
mex week for the purpose of forming a
federation which shall be the greatest
labor organization in the country.
Superintendent Buchanan OF the Cen
trail speaking of the improvement in 10.
comotives, says that no change wa made
in the styles or patterns OF engines with
out consulting with a dozen old engineers
of the road.
Prof. Clarke of Georgia has applied for
space at the Chicago Fair for the exhi-
bition of the famous locomotive 'Gen.
%eral," which was captured by the An
drews' raiders during The war, aud fol-
the taking of which hey were killed.
The Washington Star says:-"Conduc-
| tor Amos ZeIlers has been running the
milk train during the past week while
Conductor George Inscho wa taking his
vacation. IL SO happened that Lewis
Perry, an extra brakeman, was ordered
10 the head brake in place of William
Cline. At Paterson Perry came to the
rear of the car, and Ze'lerS. not recogniz.
Ing QlIDs QGuduu6u ulS ldEG. LEFTY De'
| came indignant aud refused to pay up.
The rest of the men urged matters on for
| a time. and then explained the situation
and all enjoyed the joke.
This is what Is said of the Pennsyl.
vania's plaus near Philadelphia:-''The
company 0 propose to make the road
between Thilty-sixth street, or where the
New York division branches from the
main line to Frankford, a SIX track road,
and it is the intention as soon as all the
| grade crossings are abolished OIL the New
York division to make the road, at least
as far as Trenton, a five mile road Tor the
whole distance. and for most of the dis
lance a six track road. The engineer
| corps is now engaged in preparing plans
| for these new tracks in the city limits,
A. urge amount of the grading has been
~acconlpl shed. and in some instances the
ties and rails are in place forthe fifth and
sixth tracks. These extra tracks will
necessitate the widening of bridges and
the setting back of several staiions.o
When DR.. Webb sold the Adirondack
| and St. Lawrence road, he gave Manager
4. M. Burns a present Of $1,000. Civil Ell.
glneer Roberts $4,000 aud Attorney Sny'
der $1,000. Id 9
1.-The annual convention of the Locomo,
| tiye Builders Association will be held al
| Saratoga August II. There are eleven
establishments represented in the asso.
citation with an interested capital Of
$50. 900. 900.