| Show 4 TRAFFIC AGREEMENT Senator Chandler Says i Defiantly ninJIC on the I avr WASHINGTON Nov 20 Speaking of the agreement signed in New York yesterday by the officers of the Joint Traffic association Senator Chandler today said I have not examined the contract in detail Apparently the railroad managers mana-gers have been trying during the six months to modify the agreement so as to avoid ipearing to violate the law Yet it now stands as a trust agreement ment in restraint of trade and commerce com-merce ilio mnkinr of the rates for the railroad being committed to the board representing all the roads so that no road can lower any of its rates to the public without violating the agree < rtpnL The provision for fining each r < ad which may break the agreement and using the fine for the benefit of the other roads is i an illegal division of earnings The president the attorney attor-ney general and Chairman Morrison can easily defeat the agreement by procuring the indictment of all the signers under both the antitrust and antipooling statutes The recital in the agreement that tie managers do not intend to violate the interstate commerce law is the meanest subterfuge subter-fuge ever attempted to be imposed upon up-on an intelligent community The law rrY explicitly forbids pooling agree yjjjrrjts and trusts like this The whole VjAttfect of the railroad presidents is to make a trust and a pooling agreement and dt is barefaced affirontery to in pert this pretense of a desire to observe I ob-serve the law I cannot add anything to my emphatic utterances concerning this crime to what I have said in my letter to the president and his subor dinates I this gigantic trust can de Jibeirafly and defiantly trample upon national law no trust can be sup pressed in America Bade From Old MCACI > J Fewson Smith well known in this city he having served in the past as a member of the city council has returned return-ed from Old Mexico after an absence of nearly five years Mr Smith is John W Youngs chief engineer and he has been making the surveys from Deming and El Paso I westward to the coast in Old Mexico tc proposed railroad to extend some 3ort miles I is possible that the pro jected road will start from El Paso instead of Deming as was first intended intend-ed Tire country through which it woJldpass is reported by Mr Smith as being rich in resources and the road would opera a new field of traffic it being far removed from railroad lines There are rich nines all aloig the route and the timber industry would toe put on a scale commensurate with the facilities that would be thus given it There would also be heavy cattle shipments from all along the route hnd altogether the road would > be a paying investment John W Young is at present in Lon don and reported to be in a fair way to achieve results in the way of carry Ing out several enterprises he has been assiduously we rking on I is I said that I capital is about secured and but air short time will elapse until matters will va under way for the accomplishment o the ends he has in view Mr Smith is now here on business appertaining to the road and his stay will depend on how quickly things materialize ma-terialize that a now under way in this city fSfft Xcre Mode oC Inspection During the past week P H Dudleys dynagraph car which fairly bristles with sensitive instruments to detect any defect in track has been going over the track of the New York Central Cen-tral Mr Dudley Is accompanied on the trip by twentyseve roadmasters oi the New York Central lines and the tip will require ten days The principal princi-pal instrument is the dynagraph through which rolls a continuous sheet o f heavy paper and upon which a dozen or more pens trace in red ink lines which show every p sible variation var-iation of the track as the Tolls iaton trak car ols over the road The simple passage of the car over a rail joint is shown by a V shaped variation of the ines from a quarter to half an inch deep One pair of pens shows the slight depressions a at joints another pair shows theY the-Y of distance between the rails another marks the rail length another shows the comparative height of the parallel nails On a curve for instance where the outside rail is higher a considerable con-siderable variation is shown On each Fide of the car is a device which throws a dab of blue paint A pint against the side 01 the rail wherever there is a depression depres-sion of 332ds of an inch This paint eJble the section foreman to see the < rttTh ct slid repair it at once The usual speed at which this car is run Is twenty miles an hour Several weeks a required to summarize results re-sults in detail of these trips but when the work is done a roadmaster readily ascertains where there is any imper fection in > track and can at once remedy rem-edy it I is stated that where the 100 pounds to the yard rail is laid the var iations of the dynagraph line a very slight but where the lighter rail is laid the line is full of waves and 4 notches Frisco Jloid 1 Solvent The Frisco road Is perfectly solvent sol-vent and since December 23 1894 has paid off 1400000 of old claims and accounts ac-counts The road has 230000 in cash InSt Luis banks At a meeting of til underlying bondholders represent ftt 25000000 held in New York last I Fiday it waged that Atchison e j Mit V c > < I securities would be accepted in exchange ex-change for the underlying bonds of the SL Louis San Francisco system and Mr King of the Atchison committee has been so notified V Another Receiver AKRON 0 Nov 20Joirn Todd of Cleveland vicepresident was today appointed receiver of the New York Pennsylvania f Ohio Railroad company com-pany by Judge Voorhis of this city The petition under which the appointment appoint-ment was made was filed by the Farmers Trust company of New York and Herman Drisler and William Tel ler trustees of the company were made parties defendant The petition states that the plaintiff holds a mortgage dated May 6 18SO for 35 000000 which with accrued interest now amounts to 72000000 while the defendant trustees hold a second mortgage mort-gage for 44500000 dated May 7 1880 The present indebtedness of the company com-pany is 125000000 and the receivership receier ship is brought that the affairs of the company may be wound up previous to its absorption by the newly organized organ-ized Erie company AV ALLEGED FRAUD WASHINGTON Nov 20The post office department has issued a fraud order against the Preferred Bond and Investment company of Portland Ore of which W G Bailey is secretary secre-tary treasurer and general manager The charge is conducting a lottery or similar enterprise II ii mi in pri on oir n Tour SAN FRANCISCO Nov 20C P Huntington bade adieu to San Fran cisco today At 1 oclock accompanied by H E Huntington and the two I gentlemens secretaries the railroad magnate boarded his private car and j started south on his overland journey The president of the Southern Pacific I will return home via El Paso in order I I to inspect the Southern route Henry I E Huntington and secretary will probably j I pro-bably accompany him as far as the terminus of ihe Pacific system and I then return to this city S P AVill Join the Conference CHICAGO Nov 20The Southern Pacific Pa-cific has decided that it will take part in the conference of the western roads relative to the adjustment of the ras grant rates from New York to the Pa chic coast The other lines accuse the Southern Pacific of paying such large commissions in the effort to draw the ie business by way of New Orleans that i has been demoralizing I all the traffic of the old roads They made up their minds that they would not stand the condition of affairs any longer and gave the Southern South-ern Pacific until today to meet with them or they would make such rates as would keep a part of the business in tho north The Southern Pacific thought it better to at least meet with the other roads and General Passenger Agent Goodman arrived ar-rived in this city today and will attend the meeting of the advisory committee of the emigrant clearing house tomorrow The meeting of the Western Passenger association today asociaton developed nothing Foreclosure SuMs I TOPEKA Kan Nov 20 Foreclosure Fore-closure suits have been filed in the United States circuit court here by Samuel Carr against the central branch of the Union Pacific Atchison Jewel county and the Western Atchison Colorado Pacific Railway companies Three suits are brought by Carr as trustee for the purchasers construction bonds C U i Q Dividend BOSTON Nov 20The regular quarterly dividend of 1 per cent was declared today by the directors of Chicago Burlington Quincy railroad payable December 17 on the stock of record November 23 Will Sell the Road MILWAUKEE Nov 20Judge Seaman Sea-man in the United States court today granted the application of the Farmers Loan and Trust company of New York for a decree ordering the sale of the Green Bay Winona St Paul railway Clark Goes Eji it OMAHA Nov 20S H H Clark president and managing receiver of the Union Pacific has gone to St Louis where he will visit with his family for a few days and then go to a meeting of the receivers of the Union Pacific This is the regular meeting of the receivers re-ceivers of the Union Pacific and it is suppose that sorme action will be t ken looking for a bill for the relief of the road to be introduced in congress at its December session Against the A t fc P I DENVER Nov 20A special to the News from Albuquerque N M says Judge Collier today issued an order in the case of the United States Trust company of New York against the Atlantic Pacific Railroad company for reference to a special master to hear the testimony and report the findings find-ings of fact to the court Owen N Marron of Albuquerque was named as special master I is expected that the bulk of the testimony will betaken be-taken in New York and several weeks will be consumed Ninety days after the final decree will have been entered the road will be ordered sold to satisfy the claims of the mortgage holders which amounts to 16000000 I Railvrny Notes Traveling Agent Gorham of the Rock Island has gone to Muskegon a visit Assistant Superintendent Snyder of the Rio Grande Western was out on a tour of inspection yesterday Colonel Sam Hutchison general traveling trav-eling passenger agent for the Union Pacific Pa-cific will go out tonight for Denver and St Louis General Agent Mitchell of the Milwaukee Milwau-kee had twelve cars of sheep out of Shoshone Idaho yesterday for the Chicago Chi-cago market Receipts of Pullmans Palace Car company com-pany are showing a handsome increase the gain in the first eleven days of November No-vember being 13000 The gross earnings of the Kansas City Fort Scott Memphis for the year ending end-ing June CO decreased 349030 and net earnings decreased 28037 The Big Four has ordered some more express passenger locomotives for use on the St Louis division to be delivered early in the coming year Earnings of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul for the second week in November No-vember were S525G9 an increase of J2S8 159 over the same week last year A circular is out announcing that E A Steifel is appointed general agent for the Southern Pacific with headquarters at Helena Mont effective December 1st The Northern Pacific receivers report for August shows gross earnings l77fl 104 an increase of 5040 Operating expenses ex-penses decreased J12322 Net earnings Increased in-creased 173G2 The gross earnings of the St Louis Chicago and St Paul for the year ending end-ing June 30 amounted to 238223 net earnings 51684 There were receivers certificates outstanding September 1 for i 351033 11 Charles Rudolph has been appointed district passenger gent o the Mobile and Ohio with headquarters at Marquette Mar-quette building Chicago vice W J Mc Lean who resigned to accept service with another company The freight traffic managers of the i western trunk lines will meet in Milwaukee i s3 t kee on December 3 to make one more effort for the adjustment of tonnage percentages per-centages on Southwestern Missouri i River business I this fails they will resort to arbitration General passenger agents of the Central Cen-tral Traffic association roads adopted In session in Chicago on the 13th a resolution reso-lution recommending to their general managers that rates to clergymen bo advanced ad-vanced from onehalf regular fares to 2 cents a mile Mr O A Pier has been appointed chief train dispatcher of the Chicago Rock Island Pacific with headquarters ters at Herinston Kan He was form erly chief clerk of the assistant general superintendent a Topeka Kan Tim Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen Train-men has voted to remove Its headquarters headquar-ters from Galesburg to Peoria Ill to which place the Brotherhood of Locomo LOCno t t the Firemen and the Order of Railway Telegraphers have already moved George W Helntz of the Rio Grande Western passenger department leaves for the east tonight Mr Harrv Abbott has been appointed city passenger agent of the Southern Pacific Pa-cific at New Orleans Mr L B Olds ha resigned a purchas ing agent of the Union Pacific Denver Gulf and that office has been abolished Mr J S Hetherington has been ap pointed general agent of the Continental line at Kansas City Mo to succeed Mr Edward Keane resigned KANSAS CITY Nov 20The Trans Missouri association continued its meet ing In this city today and will be in session until tomorrow night Mr J C Hechler has resigned as road master of the first division of the Illinois Illi-nois Central at Chicago to accept tne position po-sition of roadmaster of the first division of the Denver Rio Grande with headquarters head-quarters at Pueblo Colo A number of freight conductors and station agents of the St Louis San Francisco railway are charged with dis honesty by a scheme to rob the Choc taw nation of the royalty on lumber I amounting to from 10 to 30 per car I is stated that many cars have been shipped out for which the nation received re-ceived nothing Several agents naton con r ductors between Paris Tex and Fort Smith have been suspended for investigation Locomotive and Car Shops The Madison Car works are now working work-ing O men and turning out an average of 2 cars a day The Duluth Missabe Northern has received bids on 200 ore cars to be de livered next May The contract however how-ever has not as yet been awarded The Kansas City aware has placed an order with the Baldwin Locomotive Loco-motive works for 10 engines I is stated that the Baldwin Locomo tive works have an order from the Baltimore Bal-timore Ohio Southwestern for four freight and six passenger engines The Kansas City Pittsburg Gulf has placed orders for 300 freight cars dividing divid-ing them between the Barney Smith Car company and the St Charles Car company These cars are all 6000 pounds capacity and will have diamond trucks Westinghouse air brake American continuous con-tinuous drawbar attachment and Chi caco roof Detroit Mackinac railway is in them the-m rlet for 100 fat 50 box 10 furniture 2 baggage 2 passenger cars and 1 parlor par-lor car Nothing has yet been decided as to placing of the orders for this equipment The Chicago Northwestern has added 300 to the order for 1500 cars placed some time since with the Has kell Barker Car company of Michigan Michi-gan City Ind The Delaware Hudson has placed an order with the Jackson Woodin company of Berwick Pa for 20 coal cars and 100 box cars of COOOO pounds capacity The New York Chicago St Louis has placed orders for ten locomotives five with the Schenectady Locomotive works and five with the Brooks Locomotive Locomo-tive works The Central railroad of New Jersey has placed orders for 550 coal cars 300 of which go to Murray Dougall Co of Milton Pa and 250 to McKee Fuller Co of Catasauqua Pa The specifications specifica-tions for these cars call for Taylor wheels Fox trucks Westinghouse brakes National springs and Smillie couplers The Wason Manufacturing company has completed five new vestibuled postal cars for the New York Lake Erie Western railroad to be used in the through service between Jersey City and Chicago These c r are 6 feet long and contain every device for the safety of the clerks and of tho mails They are illuminated luminated by the Pintsch light each car having 1 lamps thus affording abundant abun-dant light which is so essential for efficient cent work on the part of the mail clerks The cars are also fitted with the Safety Car Heating Lighting com panys system of heating b hot water circulation |
