Philadelphia, Ju;;^?. —At «•. special meet
ing of the stocknolders of the Pittsburg,
Virginia, and Charleston Railroad Company,
held in this city today, an increase of
$3,7(10,000 in the capital stock of the com
pany was authorized. The present capitali
zation* is $2,30(1,000 ami'the authorized cap
ital is, therefore, now $6,(JOO,000.
Asked a lt.:st oral ion of W»ge*.
Washington, July -A delegation com
posed of iii-n located in various cities along
the line of the Richmond and Danville rail
road, and representing the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers and Firemen, ar
rived here this morning. President Spen
cer of the Richmond, and Danville being
absent in New York the delegation called
upon General Manager Green and bad a
conference reatlve to the restoration o!
the seal? of wages which some time age
Tv 1 a 10 per cent reduction.
Mr. Green positively declined to yiscus
the matter or give any intimat.on as to
what was accomplished by the conference
or whether any steps would be ’taken b;»
the rotid looking to an iiicrease in wages.
•r/iiuci: ’ e Ke.»»s>is.
Columbia. S. C., July 5. —(Special.)—The
fact that General Superintendent V. E.
Mcßee, of the tlichmond and Danville line
in this section, Las resigned his position
was made public here today. Superintend
ent .Mcßee has had control of the Asheville
and Spartanburg, the Western North
C troi'na, the Spartanburg and Union, the
C. C. and A. and the C. and G. raihuads.
His resignati >n was handed in three or
fi.-v.r days ago, ami last night at midnight
Suporinte lent Mcßee ceased to manage any
but the two last named roads, which are
not. as yet a portion of the Southern rail
way sy-tmn, Ltn. are still in th;-- hands of
the l..’ni ! ‘d States court receivers.
