Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1878-08-17
A Reform Needed.

Our connections with the st. Louis, Kansas
City II Northern railway are shockingly bad,
aud the bobtail between this place and x. ~
l.. Junction Is run after the most approved
system not to accommodate. The ST. l.. X. C.
Il n. railway train awaits the arrival at
Kansas City OF trains from the Atchison
Topeka " Santa Fe and Kansas Pacific roads
each evening, the Narrow Gauge leaving for
Lexington some two hours earlier, and ar
rives at K. Il l.. junction u few minutes
after the Lexington Il ST. Joe train has pass
ed that point coming 10 North Lexington;
and a. q consequence Passengers from the
west cannot reach here, under the present
arrangement, on the same evening they ar
rive AT hansa>City. bat must remain there or
at the Junction until morning arriving from
Kansas city by The Narrow Gauge n II q.
m, or from the Junction ut 5 Il. m. This is
bad. but the eastern connection in the even
Ing l. even worse. Passengers leaving st.
Louis In the morning for this piac, reach
X. II l.. Junction a few minutes too late to
connect with the ST. doe train which comes
to North Lexington In the evening, anu SO
must either tramp four miles and nun the
''h - ''' 49, ~ 1 hih' ~ " I
In u dug-nut, or remain at the junction to he
eaten up by mu>puitoes, hedbug~, tieas, &c,
until morning, reaching here two or three
extra dollars out of pocket, and with u LAM
aged conscience caused by til" multitude OF
extracted from them by their
many veXati0nS. II u person desires TO 20
10 Norborne. CarrOliton, Erunswick, or any
point east on the train going east in the
morning.. he must go 10 the junction the
night before in order to catch that train. As
1t pas>t the junction "A few minutes before
the train from North Lexington arrives
there. To illustrate the beauty ofIhe whole
arrangement: \ ~LeXingtonian has business
i'll Carrollton which he can transact in two
hours. 1t is but thirty miles OF, and he
thinks. probably, that he Will run down in
the morning, get through his business and
come back IN the e~,ening-but he can't be-
gun /" do II. tor the simple Reason that ii i
u>rI - 10 begin an impossible task. No:
he must go to X. X l.. junction the night
before, drink bad whisky and tight mus
qlitors ali night, 30 down TO CarroII,on
next morning u, mad rs a wet hen and get
chi>rled in his bargaining because he T.. out
VI hifib "Altl why, w All lDAl IS
good, bad ami Indifferent, To get home he
must run up in the evening to the junction
aud again stay all night because he cannot
make q ronnection-runuing a very narrow
risk, ii lie i Il nervous person OF reaching
home a raving maniac. The road loses Il great
deal Of travel by these uGcon>ionably bad
arrange ii in every direction "a,
II i thereby rendered unpopular with our
people. We cannot believe that Superin-
tenGent Mrki>sock will continue this state
Of things when the evil effect in travel to
and from this place il brought to his atten-
ton. What We want is a prompt connec-
tion from the east and west in the evening,
and to the east IN the morning. all OF which
can easily be accomplished by u little more
running Of the hobtall train between North
Lexington and K. * l.. Junction. II we
cannot have connections both ways morning
and evening, in Heavens name tear up the
track 10 the junction and give Il, "a macaGa-
m!Zed road Instead, and we will guarantee
that our enterprl,iug livery MN VIII never
let a Passenger wait y minute tor trans
portltion. A. 1t Is the who'll, thing Is a tlr>t
class nuisance. Another way in Which
many people could be accommodated, if
there Is any desire TO accommodate, would
be t. mike Il sure connection with the train
from the east ON tie Missouri Pacific rail-
road in the evening. which could easily be
arranged. as there Is now but sume five or
ten minutes difference IN the arrival Of one
and departure Of the other. The travelling
public is greatly dissatisfied with these ar
arrangements, and We are constantly besieged
with complaints regarding them. We have
from time to time spoken of the matter, and
we sincerely hope that the management OF
the road will see 1T TO remedy the evil.