Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-11-21
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| We have been furnished with copy ol
the proceedings of the Sabbath School Con-
ventiOn, held in Freeport last week, and
would cheerfully have published the same
were it not that our space Is limited TINS
| week We notice. however, that several MN
| isters of this county, including Revs. fergu-
| son. Jamison Clark, Young and ShanOr, took
part in the exercises and that the stand taken
on the liquor question was very decided
| one.
BY the new time table of the West Penn
road, published IN another place, 1t Will be
| seen that four passenger trains now leave But
! Ter on that road, instead of three as heretofore
| The new train leaves ar 4:50 P. NJ, railroad
time, or 4:30 P. NJ. local time, and connects at
| the Junction with Freeport accommodation,
| No D. which arrives at Allegheny at I:3O p. NJ.
railroad time or 7:lO local time, giving passeh-
/ gers wanting 10 20 east on the night express
| which leaves the city at soc P. VI. (city umeJ,
nearly one hour to get to the Union depot.
| There are but three passenger trains TO Butter.
The P. & W. train going south last Friday
| morning, was delayed in Butler two hours, by
reason ofthe breaking down of freight engine
| pear Bald Ridge thereby missing connections
at Callerv. Some,passeDgers who remained on
| the train and who intended going TO points be-
| yond Gallery changed trains at Bald Ridge and
| came back TO Butler. There is a siding at Bald
| Ridge and the engine of the passenger tram
| here could have gone down and pushed the
freight train on it, but did not do so because 1t
was nearly out of water-nearly out OF water
and creek the whole length ofthe line.
Since Sunday noon the Shenango & Alle-
gheny railroad has been running on the time
OF the 18th meridian which is 81 minutes faster
than Columbus time-the time used by that
road up TO that date-and is 20 minutes faster
than local time The West Penn road has also
made the change, but with it the change Is such
slight one-only one minute faster than Phll-
adelphia time which it had been using-that
it will not be noticed by the general public.
All the railroads of the United States are now,
by agreement of the managers running by the
| 10Th g0th, 105th and 120th meridians, just
one hour apart and the points for changing
time will, we suppose be as near midway be-
tween the merldians as the terminl of the east
| and west roads will allow of. Pittsburgh IS
| change time place-it always was-and per-
son passing through that city from east to west
BY rail will have to set his watch back one
hour Farther west the change time places are
probably Kansas City and Omaha, and still
farther west Ogden, on Central, or Virginia
City on the North Pacific,
The decision of the Supreme Court of this
State in the case of Oakland township, Uerses
Martin, is Of interest," not only to the citizens
of this county alone, but to those OF the Whole
State The facts of the are about as fol-
a township bridge at st. Joe station OF the
p & W. r. R. in Oak land township this coun-
tv, and the Supervisors of that township after
endeavoring to induce the Railroad Company
to rebuild It, gave Mr.. Abraham Martin a con-
tract for doing so, agreeing to pay him there
fore the sum of $500. Mr.. Martin built the
bridge, but a new set Of Supervisors refused TO
pay him for it,per agreement, alleging that there
were citizens of the township, owing for taxes
who could and would have built the bridge,
and that the Supervisors had no power TO
make contract that would bind the town
ship. Mr.. Martin brought suit and got
verdict against the township for $340.95, the
contract price with interest. The township
appealed, and the Supreme Court has decd-
ed in Mr.. Martins favor, or has affirmed the
Judgment of the Court below. The law makes
it the duty of all Supervisors to make and
maintain sufficient bridges over all small
creeks and riyulets and deep gullies as shall
be necessary for the ease and safety Of travel
lers, and the Court says that the contractor was
not required TO run around and inquire Of
the taxpayers whether they still owed road
taxes and wanted to work them out on the
proposed bridge. Another decision OF inter-
est to travellers is that making a sleeping car
company liable for the robbery of passengers
through the negligence of its servants. In
these days pretty much all long distance trav-
ellers take ''sleepers." They are obliged to
trust not only to the honesty of the conduc'
tor and porter, but also to their watchfulness
for protection against the dishonesty OF fellow
passengers and other persons having or seak-
ing access to the sleeping cars. If due dill
gence were exercised by the company and
proper vigilance by its servants there would be
little danger Of sleeping passengers being rob-
bed provided the servants honest them
selves. A lady Of this town who was travel
ling alone this summer, was awakened in
sleeping car at night by the porter of the car,
who was trying to pick her pocket.