Puck — November 6, 1878 — page 7: what you’re looking at

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JERUSALEM AND MOSES JOSEPHS, COR. EGYPT AND POTIPHAR STREETS, DRESS AND READY-MADE SHIRTS. | “Don't Tear.” (trade-mark.) 6 Fine WAMSUTTA SHIRTS FOR 5 TALENTS, PUCK. Time-TaBLE For 1878, Highest Prices Paid JORDAN CROSSING R, R, (Through Line). MOSES ISAAGS, | Mrs. Isaacs will attend on Ladies. | git STRAIT ST. for Ladies’ aud Gonts’ Cast-off Clothing. Jerusalem Varieties. GOING UP, STATIONS, A, ABRAHAM REFINED ENTERTAINMENT. GALAXY OF TALENT. Davin Kine, the celebrated Harpist. Mike Mesuacn, Syria’s Favorite Moke. | Jacos ABEDNEGO, the Fire-King. AARON THE PRESTIDIGITATEUR. MAMIE Mir1AM, the Serio-Comic Warbler. And a host of other Stars. Admission - -- 1 trade shekel, * Stops on Signal only. + Does not stop on Sunday. 1 Ten minutes for refreshments. J Horse-cars to magnificent steamer “Ark,” Capt. JORDAN R.R. A FULL AND DETAILED HISTORY OF THE JERUSALEM AND JORDAN CROSSING R. R. WHY IT FAILED AND IS NOW IN THE HANDS OF A RECEIVER. SPECIAL DISPATCH THE JERICHO SUN. TO less feel an interest in the history of this novel Judxan enterprise, which is, at present, we are sorry to say, in anything but a flourishing condition. The Jerusalem and Jordan Crossing Rail- road Company was incorporated in 1870 by several public-spirited citizens of the metropo- lis. The prime mover in the affair was the well-known banker, J. Isaac Scariot, whose re- markable career, from indigence to affluence, is one of the marvels of medern financiering. Mr. Scariot started in life on the small capital of $30 in silver, and has become, by dint of steady application to business, one of the largest capitalists in the country, and the king on 'change and in Temple Street, Associated with Mr. Scariot in this undertaking were the Baron Pfigtree, the Austrian speculator, and Lord Howlong, of the British Legation, ‘The original issue of stock was 50,000 shares, ‘at twenty talents a share. Half of this amount Fe many readers of the Suv will doubt- ‘** Passengers for Kafoozleum take the 9:31 Milk train. Milk, AM, |ARRIVE] + ees+ JERUSALEM, . Galilee Junction. Bethesda Springs ++. Sodom® ,. Gomorrah . East Siloam « SILOAMVILLE|| . -Hebron. «..Kafoozleum J sf . ». JORDAN CROSSING... . ADVERTISING-SPACE ON THIS TIME-TABLE APPLY TO The Jerusalem Crickets Advertising Co., 19 TEMPLE STREET. || Must either bust or advertise.’” —Habbakuk. Noah, for all landings. | was subscribed; principally in Jerusalem. the completion of the road as far as Siloam- ville, the first mortgage bonds were issued, for a similar amount, at the rate of 7 per shent per annum. ‘These were in pretty good demand, and in March of '76 the road was completed to Jordan Crossing, and the first train ran over the rails on the 1st of April. ‘The road, however, failed to pay from the Deginning. 'Various reasons are assigned for | this, For one thing, the Jerusalem old clo’ trade, which was confidently counted upon to swell the freight earnings, has been at a stand- still for the past two years, and the Mt. Sinai, Canaan & Wilderness R. R. drew off much of the summer traffic, In June of this year, the coupons of first | mortgage bonds, payable at the Sadducee Natl. | Bank of Jerusalem, having been declared in de- fault, an application was made, before Judge Moses of the Supreme Court, sitting in Cham- bers, on behalf of the bondholders, represented by Mr. Nehemiah Shuhite, to put the line in the hands of a receiver. The motion was granted, and Agrippa B. Herod, Esq., was put in charge of the affairs of the company. Mr. Herod made his first report a month ago, He states that the management of the business has been extremely lax, not to say criminally careless, and points out that many members of the board of directors, men of generally ac- knowledged probity, aad in several cases iden- tified with religious societies, have grossly neg- lected the interests in their hands, and have laid themselves open to painful suspicions. ‘his serves to point the moral, only too often impressed upon our minds within the last few years, that a seat in a fashionable synagogue, a broad phylactery, and a prayerful vocabulary are far from infallible guarantees of business integrity and commercial honor. ‘Trains are still running on the road, although the number, as will be seen from the running BETHESDA SPRINGS as a fashionable watering-place. 4 A , Within easy R. R. ride of Jerusalem City, and blessed with its famous mineral tt Connects with stage line for Jericho and Dead Sea Excursion boats. | springs, a certain cure for Consumption, Gout, Rheumatism, Colic, and Convul- | stons, it is daily growing in public favor. For terms, by day or week, address On| J. MOSES, Grand Union Hotel, schedule, which we reprint above, has been considerably reduced; and, with strict economy, and an honest administration of the finances of the company, it is to be hoped that the Jerusa- lem and Jordan Crossing R. R. will, in a few years, take the high place it should undoubt- edly hold, both as a desirable’ business invest- ment and as a boon to the traveling public of the country. Later.—A meeting of the Board of Direct- | ors of the Jerusalem and Jordan Crossing R. R. was held on Thursday last, to settle upon the | future management of the road. The debate was very stormy. Mr. J. I. Scariot having stated that the finances of the company were in better condition than at any date since its opening, Baron Pfigtree promptly responded that Mr. J. I. Scariot was a common thief, li- beler and blackmailer. Mr. Scariot said that Baron Pfigtree, when he made the above assert tion, stated what he knew to be untrue. Baron Pfigtree then advanced toward Mr. Scariot, when Lord Howlong put his hands on the shoulders of the irate gentleman, and urged him to remember himself. Baron Pfigtree re- torted: “I do remember myself; but I will not be called a liar by such a man as he is.” The gentlemen then shook hands, and further strife was avoided. == The result of the meeting was that the road was put up at auction yesterday, at the Temple Street Hotel. The only bidder was Mr. Jonah, proprietor of the celebrated whale oil refinery of Messrs. Jonah & Co., of Nineveh, who of- fered $100,000 for the franchise. This offer was refused; the reserve price being $125,000. If we may judge from present appearances, the weary pilgrims from Jerusalem to Jordan Crossing will soon have to hoof it. The Board, | however, holds a meeting next week, and any | action they may take will be promptly reported o our readers.— From the Jericho Sun of Oct. 16th, comicbooks.com