The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-19
RAILROAD NOTES.

RAILROAD NOTES.
The conductors on the northern divi-
sion Of the Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western railroad are much annoyed
over a mythical story which appeared
IN the Hallstead Herald Of recent date.
The story was to the effect that one
of the passenger conductors was carry
ing on Irritation with "a young wom-
an who wears very fashionable clothes
and a gutta percha smile and whose
custom 1t is to board a train at Nichol-
son." What then takes place Is de-
scribed by the Herald as follows: 1.-The
scheme Is for madam to take seat by
herself and allow no one else to sit with
her, until the gallant conductor has
finished punching the tickets, when he
comes back and drops into the seat
with her. and words cannot tell what a
nice little chat they have" "A long and
narrowing tale Is then related concern
ing the way the heartless woman with
the "gutta percha smile" freezes every
one else out Of the seat that it may be
reserved for this conductor OF course
the story is a fabrication pure and sim
vple for no other than the editor of the
Herald has seen such conduct on the
part of any of the northern division
passenger conductors. At the same
time such statements should be frowned
upon as they tend to cast odium on
every conductor on the road In the eyes
Of persons who do not know them.
When the editor of the Herald Is next
tempted let him resist the desire to be
an Eli Perkins. If he has complaints
to make let him adopt the manly place
of being specific and as DR.. Parkhurst
would put it. let MIN strike some par
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The new mana cement of the Atche-
son. Topeka and Santa Fe Railway COM
pany has decided to cancel on January
l every contract of every description
held by or against the old company and
begin over again. This decision applies
to traffic contracts with other corpora
tions. railroads and otherwise, and in
fact contracts of every kind. Wheeler
Fl. Peckham, of New York, counsel for
the Union Trust company, holds that
the foreclosure sale wiped out every
thing in the shape of contracts, liza
bilities, liens and obligations of all
kinds. and TIE purchaser starts out
entirely fresh. The first announcement
is that the contract with the Pullman
company has been broken This does
not mean, however, that Wagner cars
will be put on the Santa Fe in the fu-
ture. On the contrary. the contract
with the Pullman company undoubted-
ly will be renewed. The contract with
the Wells Fargo Express company will
he the next one to be abrcgated, but 1t
also will be renewed. There Is gener-
al impression that contracts may be
renewed upon terms moro favorable to
the company.
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The Morov gahcll River Railroad
company, q line closely identified in
ownership with the Baltimore and Ohio.
las purchased The West Virginia coal
land controlled b. the Monongahcla
Coal and Coke company. the railroad
line iylrs frcm Clarksburg to Fair
mount, W. Va. touching the Baltimore
and Ohio system ut both of these points.
Short branch line extensions will be
constructed to tap the field at numerous
points. The output will reach the mar
ket over the Baltimore and Ohio lines,
though officials of the latter company
disavow any closer connection with the
enterprise.
The Pennsylvania company will dis
pose of all of It's old style passenger
equipment. and in its place put the most
modern equipment, even to the express
and baggage cars. The passenger
coaches are to BE- similar to those eX-
hibited at the Worlds Fair. 1t is pro-
posed 10 have western Pennsylvania
lines as well equipped as are the Penn
sylvania lines east of Pittsburg.
An American company has been in
corrorated to complete and operate a
railroad from Bogota, the capitol of
t,1 10 LOT ict, nj
three miles. When finished this line
will afford easy travel between the cap
ital and Cartagena, on the Atlantic
coast. The company intends to pur-
chase the new locomotives and cars in
the United States.
A Birmingham special says II is
learned on reliable authority that theIl-
linOis Central and Southern railway, |
have about concluded the joint purchase
of New Orleans and Northeastern, the |
Alabama and Vicksburg and the Vicks-
burg, Shreveport and Pacific railroads
with total mileage of about 500 miles
in Mississippi and Louisiana.
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1t is asserted that no attempt will be |
made at this session of congress to Sc
cure a repeal of the anti-pooling clause |
OF the lNteTStdte cOHlIlefce law. Inc |
reason assigned is that congress will |
be too busily engaged this session in |
political and financial ques
tions to find time for the enactment of
railroad legislation.
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1t is understood that the officials of
the Pennsylvania railroad are among |
the foremost in the efforts to secure
a more profitable westbound freight |
rate fer anthracite and will exert con-
siderable pressure upon their associ-
ates at the meeting to be held on FRI
day next.
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. 1t is estimated that it will cost about
500, 600 a year to run the new Joint
Traffic association, a leading feature
of which will be the handsome salaries
that will be paid.
HALCSTE ..