Evening star., 1896-12-03
HEADLIGHT FLASHES
The Baltimoremd 0hio's Payment Of Inter.
est Charges.
Various Items of Railroad Improve.
ment, and the Gossip of
1.-THE Offices.

The Baltimoreeand Ohio paid this week
interest chargeH;to the amount Of $61S.75O.
or this sum s191, 1,25O was payable at the
banking house Of Brown Brothers & Co.,
New York, on the terminal loans; $3.50, 600
at the Mercantile Trust Company, New
ork, on the receivers certificates; $165, ,OOU
IN London on the Baltimore and Ohio and
Chicago railroad loans, and $112,5OO at
Philadelphia on the bonds of the Schuylkill
ftlVer and East Side Railroad Company.
Inc Illinois Central Railroad Company
mas contracted for further lot Of 1000
oox cars, making in all $3.50 freight cars
purchased during 1896
Inc Central Pacific Railroad Company
mas, II 1s officially stated made arrange
inents FOR the extension of $780,. 600 first
mortgage bonds. maturing January l, 1897,
SO that the principal will become due in
one year from that date.
Capt. Hassler's Road.
The Forest City and Sioux City railway,
OF which Capt. ]. ]. S. Hassler of Wash
ington and ex-Gov. Bulkeley of Connecti-
cut were the inaugurators and chief pro-
moters, has been sold al auction for So 500
Inc purchaser was the New York Security
ana Trust Company, owners of the mort
cages under which foreclosure was made.
Inc new steamship La Grand Duchesse,
"hlch mas just been finished at Newport
news for the Plant system Of railways and
steamships, Is said to be in some respects
.he hhest ship ever built She is one of the
largest boats ever constructed for the
american coastwise trade, and 1t Is said
,nere Is nothing like her engaged in SINH
lar business at any European port She
was designed on precisely the same lines as
tne auxiliary cruisers of the United States
iasy' lay ana Is 404 feet long, Al feet . inches
- dioi,l port TO starboard rail, and from top
Vi aeck to base line is 81 feet inches
MI George Ingalls, has been appointed
ass!stant to his father, President Ingalls,
oI the Chesapeake and Ohio
al. i. II. Russum has been appointed
general car foreman of the Mount Clare
shops of the Baltimore and Ohio at RaIti-
more. vice Mr.. Z. II. Williams, resigned
MT Harvey Middleton, general superin-
n .sient N OF motive power of the Baltimore
ana ONO, has organized fire departments
al an the shops along the road.
nte fresident-elect Garret A. Hobart
WI WI not, 1t Is stated. resign as an arbtra-
tor Oh the Joint Traffic Association
irahscontinental Immigration Busf-
ness.
Inc southern Pacific has informed the
western railroads that commencing 'rues-
oay IL Will join them in reduction of COM
MISSIONS on California immigrant business
u normal basis. There has been conten-
'ioh between the east and west lines and
'he southern Pacific for months regarding
'hls and at times 1t has appeared as though
'he entire Immigrant business would be di-
seitea W from New York and Baltimore to
Ne" orleans anu Galveston. The Canadian
hnes nave also stated that they would
ADOPT the course of the Southern Pacific
in the matter
Chairman blanchard of the Joint Traffic
ASSOCIATION denies that the boycott against
the Toledo. ST. Louis and Kansas civ
road generally called the Glover Leaf route.
mas been Withdrawn. President Kneeland
OF OF the company has petitioned the United
states court at Toledo, which at present
has charge of the Clover Leaf, to remove
receiver Pierce. on the ground that he
mas mlsmanaget the property
IL Is reported that Cudahy Bros. of Chi
taso nave entered into a contract with
eaole and trolley railroad company of that
city for furnishing it 2,5oo barrels of crude
petroleum per day for fuel purposes This
IS sald TO be the largest contract for oil
ever made The contract has heretofore
been held by the Standard Oil Company
Lower Rentals.
The Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
Company has notified the stockholders OF
number of small lines which were leased
by the old Reading company that they will
nave to agree to accept less rental or
the Philadelphia and Reading will throw
the property on their hands, 1t is pener-
ally understood that the terms offered by
the new company will be agreed to by the
others.
The Nandaiia Railway Company, which
has been operated for a long time by the
Pennsylvania, is said to owe an orphans
home in Terra Haute. Ind, $4,000, and as
the Pennsylvania has instituted receiver
ship proceedings against the Vandalia, it
is a question whether the institution will
not lose the entire sum. 1t is asserted that
the company borrowed $1!o.oOo from the
Continental Bank of ST. Louis and gave
as collateral a large amount of stock
When the suit was filed for a receiver the
bank, it is said, seized the stock and Is
holding it. Their right to do this will, it
is stated, be tested in the courts.