The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-16
RAILROAD NOTES.

| Managers of lake lines and traffic Of
ficials of the New England and st. Paul
! roads have been requested TO meet with
| the representatives of the eastern trunk
lines. in New York. on Wednesday.
| March 1S at II a. m., to discuss rail and
lake rates.
At Omaha. Neb.. United States Dis
| trict Attorney Sawyer has commenced
suit against the Chicago, Burlington
and Quincy railroad, ct al. to cancel
land grants alleged to be held by set
tiers under the laws OF the government.
! Fully 5000 persons are affected by the
| suit.
The Chicago. Milwaukee and St. Paul
road Announces that II will grant the
rate of one cent Der mile asked by the
executive committee of the Grand
! Army OF the Republic for the annual en-
! campment at st. Paul next September.
| In addition to the One-cent rate, the
! Milwaukee road will grant the time
| limit of thirty days asked by the Grand
Army of the Repuhlic. ....
The Pennsylvania railroad officials
are considering the advisability Of
placing between Philadelphia and New
! York faster trains. but up to last night
nothing had been determined upon. ON
Monday the Reading Railroad company
/ viii begin running d new train. which
is scheduled to cover the distance be-
/ tween Philadelphia ant New York in
| lG5 minutes. which Is fifteen minutes
/ faster than the quickest schedule now
/ in force.
There Is aS Vet no sign Of an abate-
! ment of the Colorado passenger rate
war. The PASSENGER department of the
/ Gulf road denies the report telegraph
from Chicago that rates We're restored
after the former reduction a. its snc-
cial request. and that 1t was forced to
take it's tickets off the r,arEct at con-
siderable loss. The Gulf road officials
also deny that brokers are now supplied
with large stocks of cut rate tickets
and say they are being sold only over
the counters of the company.
u. Il. Hatch. OF New York, and c. f.
jackson, of Middletown, Conn. mem
bers OF .he executive committee Of the
board of directors of the Chicago, Peoria
and ST Louis railroad. who have re.
turned from an inspection of the line.
state positively that the road Is not
for sale. They say they consider 1t Il
good property and abundantly able to
earn its charges and leave a handsome
surplus. and that i: is the settled pur-
pose of the directors to operate ii abso-
lutely Independently.
The Pennsylvania company has built
Gu. coo cars through the iustrllme ntality
of ear trusts. That system was insti-
tuted when tile credit of the company
was not cutie as good AS ii is today,
but the system has been dropped for the
present. and the necessity will probably
not occur for rtsorting to that method
hereafter. The GO.OOO ears in the trust
have involved an outlay of about Sal.-
100000 all of which has been paid off
but 81. 50O. 600 and when that amount is
paid off the remaining 2I,5OO ears will
come in.0 the direct ownership of the
company or its allied lines.
Up to this time the PENNSYLVANIA
EailrGad company has not made any
change In its New York schedule. and as
one of the vice-presidents said yestcr-
, day. ii may not. as the officials do not
think Il reduction in time is warranted
The Reading company intends to haul
only three ears. but II the Pennsylvania
Railroad company decides to meet the
Readings reduction in time ii will haul
much larger train. Ii Is cOntended
by officials Of the greater corporation
that their locomotives cannot be sur
passed as they can haul an average
train at u very high rate of speed. 1t
is said that the Pennsylvania Railroad
company is contemplating putting ON
two faster trains. which will more than
compete with tn. Readings.
II H
Thomas +. Fowler. president of the
ontario and Western railway, who is
also one Of .he executive committee of
the Atchson company lef; Saturday via
the Pennsylvania railroad i'm the official
car Of the Ontario and Western COM
pany, 10 Join President Ripley. Chair
man Walker and Others at It. Louis
Mr.. Fowler was accompanied 10y Victor
MOrawetZ general counsel of the Atchi-
son company, and Rotch and Cheney of
Boston and some Of the New York
IN. mbers of the Atchison board Messrs
Gibbs. Gleed. Nickerson and other di-
rectors will join the officials of the com
pany at s.. Louis and the Marty will
then leave in ID special train for an in
spection triD over the ST. Louis and
san Francisco lines. going as far south
as Galveston and 10 the western termi-
nus of the ST. Louis system. The en-
tire parry will return to New York in
about ten days, Via Chicago The
Atch!son lines between Kansas CITY
and Chicago will also probably he in
Spected.