The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-04-15
RAILWAY RACKET.

Paris, delaying trains about twelve
hours.
The car-hoist crew are jolly lot.
They go to work in sing.song tone
and keep it UP nearly all day. And
they do lots of work, too.
Supt. Mann, of the c., st. L. q
N. o. road, is helping on the survey
of the new Yazoo branch. Messrs.
Turner and Clarke are keeping this
division straight during his absence
Weekly Call: We understand that
the railroad has brought $50 daI kies
from "Old Firginny" to work on the
road between here and Dyersburg.
The c., o. u s. w. Co. intend to
put the road through inside the next
six weeks and very large force is
now laying the track from Dyersburg
this way. -''f .-r 3t-al
A freight car got off the track of
the O., st. l.. & N. o. road here last
Sunday, and the wrecker had to be
called in to lift it back, A prominent
official remarked that it had been so
long since similar accident occurred
the boys had forgotten how to re-
place them. The last time previous
to this that the wrecker was called
out was in November. This shows
excellent management and competent,
careful eployes.
The Memphis Cotton Exchange in
dorsed a plan proposed by the Mem>
phis d New Orleans Railroad and
Levee Company for the protection of
the Yazoo basin from overflow. The
company contemplate building line
of embankment for the railroad FIVE
feet above high water mark, running
along the east side of the Mississippi
river from Memphis to Vicksburg,
thus forming at once levee and road
bed. The Government is asked to
guarantee the interest on the compa-
ny's bonds.
The CD, in noticing the increas-
ing traffic on the l.. & N, railroad
system says: Louisville, Memphis,
Nashville, indeed all the citis and
towns in the system, have been clam
oring for cheap coal without well
understanding how it was to be pro-
cured. The Louisville d Nashville,
whether or not it has fully solved the
problem, has taken very important
step in that direction and has arrang.
ed to put supply of Kentucky coal
in Memphis at ten cents during the
summer and thirteen during the win
ter" ,
A correspondent of the N ashville
American says Mr.. Hodge, repre-
senting Bristol tobacco and cigar
house, was robbed of about 500 worth
, of samples by the hands of freight
train on the Cincinnati Southern rail.
road at Kismet, last week, and the
: upshot of it was that the conductor,
, engineer and brakemen were all dis,
charged Saturday evening and the
$40 paid Mr.. Hodge out of theil
money, as the railroad managers said
} they could do a better business with
, honest train hands than II set of
thieves.
, Memphis, April IA bill was filed
) in the United States Court to>day
{ by Lafayette county, Miss, against
: r. P. Nicely, formerly receiver o.
r the Mississippi Central railroad
now known as the Chicago, St. Louis
, q New Orleans railroad. The bill
asks that Neeley be made to give Q
full account of all funds, moneys prop
critics, credits, earnings and profit,
t which came into his hands while re-
I ceiver. aud that all moneys unlaw'
!, fully turned over by him to the pur'
: chasers ofthe Mississippi Central roaC
g especially the sum of S25, ,80l paid by
9 him TO the Illinois Central, be paic