The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-27
RAILROAD NOTES.

The corrected report OF the Lehigh Val
ley Railroad company'S lines in the state
of New York filed with the state railroad
| commission shows: Net income for the
quarter ended Dec. II last OF $685. as
| compared with S243. .392 for the correspond
ing quarter u year ago.
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Conductor James Mccain is the owner
| of silk hat which he won from School
Controller Il. j. Jennings on the result
OF the recent election. He has not yet
theless receiving much attention from his
fellow-workmen, who are devislng all
manner of schemes to wreck the hat and
McCann's peace of mind.
The hearing on the League of American
Wheelmen bicycle baggage bill before the
assembly railroad committee of New York
state took place yesterday. Chief Consul
Potter. of the New York division, was
present and spoke for the bill. The mem-
bers of the railroad committee have peen
notified that the railroads do not want
the bill to come out. If the move of the
ers in other states will undertake to Sc
cure the same reform by legislation.
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The largest vote ever cast in the his
tory of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation
company was polled at the annual meet
ing of the stockholders of that corporation
last Tuesday, over 10000 shares voting
out of Il total of 2S,;, ,93:, The meeting was
reading of the annual report and the re-
election of old board of directors, the pro-
ceedings were of the cut ana dried order.
The only change in the board from last
year was the election of J. Bayard Henry
in place of James NJ. Wilcox, deceased.
tilt
At the annual meeting of the stockhold-
ers of the Delaware. I.ackawanna and
York Tuesday the venerable Samuel
Sloan was reelected president. The other
officers chosen We're: Secretary, Fred r.
Chambers; treasurer. Frederick H. Glib
bons; managers, John |. Blair, Eugene
Higgins, William W. Astor, William Rock
afeller, Henry A. \. Taylor. j. Rogers
Maxwell. George +. Baker. James Still
man. Alex. r. Vannest. Frank oWrk,
Hamilton X. McTwombly, Harris o.
Fahenstock, Fred w. Vanderbilt and"M.
Taylor Pyne.
As result of the acquisition of the FL
mira, Cortland and y orthern railroad,
mentioned previously in this column, sew
eral changes in the administration of the
affairs of the road have been made. Notice
of these changes are contained in the
following circular sent out from the gen
eral office to the local agents, one of which
was received by w. l.. Pryor, the Lehigh
Valleys representative in this city: THE
Lehgh Valley Railroad company having
acquired the control of the Elmra, Cort-
land and Northern railroad the duties Of
the following traffic Officers of this com.
pany are extended to cover that line: ].
II. Hickman, general freight agent; South
Bethlehem: A. l.. Foster. through freight
agent. Philadelphia; Bert Haydn. division
freight agent, Sayre: George >. TAYLOR,
coal freight agent. Philadelphia: G. 8.
Lee. general passenger agent. Philadel-
phia; A. w. Nonnemacher assistant gem
cral passenger agent. South Bethlehem.
G. W. Williams. heretofore general freight
agent of the Elmra, Cortland and North
ern. has resigned" The duties that were
incumbent upon Mr.. Williams during the
independence of the Elmira, Cortland and
Northern. will not be divided among the
several officials mentioned in the order.