The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-11-12
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MIR. William Bragg, Of Sheffield, Eng
the first maker Of steel rails, was recent
presented with his portrait, aud in III
course OF his speech Of scknow led2meu
told an anecdote which fairly illustrates III
mistrust With which new ideas are received
When he made his first offer OF steel rails Z
. London 6rm, the engineer said: "Brags
you had better go home and put yoursel
under the care OF your friends" But Nj
P-sss. more correctly force ,sting the future
did nothing Of the kind, and to-day stee
rails are superseding iron everywhere.
A special telegram to the GLIB DINO
cruz dated Hannibal, No., November 18th
says: At the annual meeting Of the stock
holders Of the Hannibal and ST. Joe, tn,
following we're elected directors unani
mously: S. b. Armour, Kansas City; NJ
r. Bush, VIM. NJ. Bliss, II. II. Cook, Vim
Dowd, julius Hallgarten, w. b. Leonard
Horace Porter, +. K Duck. all Of New
York. There is bat one change, the name
Of +. A. Buck, vice H. NJ. Benedict. After
the election the directors and officers starte,
on tour Of the road in the official car
From Kansas City they 60 to Jefferson
City to pay their respects to the Governor
thence TO ST. LOUIS, and will be back here
BY Thursday or Friday.
The Eaiiruy Reriew certainly can no,
be considered a journal that is an earnes,
friend Of the Locomotive Brotherhood
After commenting on the annual address
delivered recently in ST. Louis by Grand
Chief Arthur, the editor writes as follows
This is the man who has pronounced war
upon every railroad manager who has
chosen to be master OF his own road, rather
than let Mr.. Arthur run it for him whose
word OF command or assent has caused the
loss Of hundreds Of dollars to the railways,
besides public loss and inconvenience be-
yond computation. He claims that the
strikes we're all forced upon the Brother
hood BY railway officers. So the highway
man also complains that his victim compels
him to commit murder, because he will not
quietly give up his money. There have,
thank heaven, been some railway managers
Who have preferred war with the Brother
hood rather than sacrifice vi all disci-
pline. GLIDE. Ds,nocsat.
1t will be remembered that the Kansas
Pacific and NJ, K. 4 T. Railway Lines,
have for . long time been in litigation over
10000 acres Of land, located him in the vi
cinity Of Junction City, Kansas. The dis
Pu'e arose because the land grant to both
companies over-laPped each other for
distance OF nearly twenty miles. The case
Was brought by the Kansas Pacific. and
verdict for part of the land was given in
favor Of the plaintiff. The x. p, through
i,s solicitor, Judge U.her, carried the Gaze
to the Supreme Court Of Kansas. where
verdict for the whole Of the 10000 acres
was rendered in favor Of the Kansas Pacific.
The N. X. 4 T. road appealed to the United
States Supreme Court, at Washington. II
will be called for trial on the 9Th inst, and
come very able arguments are expected.
The gross earnings Of oil the railroads
in the United States. reported for 1877,
were Sl72, 500, 252, a decrease Of s24 ,34s, 6S7
from 1876. This il the smallest gross earn
inss since 1862, when there Was some $4,000
less miles Of railroad. The net earnings
for 1877 shows decrease Of only SIS, 476..
O5S rs compared with 1876, due to increased
Of operation. Dividends fell of
s., ass, $50. and were less than in any year
since 1871, when there Was $4,000 miles
less road in the country. No dividends
were paid On any of the railroads in eleven
States. The reduction in rates continued
through 1877, and as it Was very general
the country, was one Of the
principal causes Of decreased earnings.
Pursuit Of knowledge.
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