The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-01-22
TRACK TALK.
lettings Of Interest TO Railway
Men Specially, and the Pub
lie Generally.

mumpS.
Nose Avery, Pacific engineer, who
has been confined to the house by illness
for the past week, was able to be out yes
terday.
George l.. Lowry, who has been run
ming on The Hannibal division of the Pa
cifc, has thrown up his job and will leave
in short time for Mexico, TO work for the
Mexican National.
There a. about 66, 900 locomotive en-
gines In the world, and l20 900 passenger
aid 100000 freight cars. There are 200
900 miles of track, and the capital invested
is $40 OO0, OOO, 900.
AT THE HOSPITAL.
There were four arrivals at the hospital
yesterday as follows; f. Updyke, switch
man, from ST. Louis, catarrh Of bladder.
John Smith, work train laborer, New
Haver, Mo, frozel toss and bad cough.
T.. O'ander, machiDist. ~. Louis, ampu-
taxed thumb. While let,iug down tue nk
of valve notion, the link iell and caught
Tue ,humb of he r.gdt hand between the
link and block of iron, cu.tiOg the thumb
Oh at the frs, joint.
AVAILABLE "GRIP."
A lady passenger on the eastward bound
WabasL to-day, aud who got off at Cen
iralia. left living beside the seat she had Oc-
cupied DANNY l'itie grip" which was
picked up By the conductor aud banded to
Mr.. E X. Wilson. agent at the union depot.
Upon opening the depository OF smelling
salts. ETC., Mr.. Wilson found, among other
.hiUgs. two diamond rings, three plain
gold rings aud about 800 In cash. The
valuable find was sent back TO Centralia by
| the conductor OF the westward bound l-aIn.
Mexico Intelligencer. ] lth ins:.
RAILROAD TRAVELLING IN EUROPE.
The fist thing that is likely to strike an
American travelling for the first line in
Europe, as being especially peculiar, is the
marked difference In the railroads and their
management, as compared with ours at
home The cars are much smaller than
ours, being but little larger than those used
on our narrow gauge roads. Each car IS
DIVIDED into Jour or five apartments seating
iron four 20 eight passengers. These COM
partmeHIs are entered from the sides OF the
cars, and are entirely separate from eacn
other. Alter one gets use 10 the change IL
is quite pleasant way To travel. Especi-
ally is tbs true il four or five friends a.e
travelling together they can usually have
a section 10 themselves, and this is decid-
edly pleasant as We have already found.
With a we'll filled Ia lch basket a day s
travel In one Of these rooms with a couple
OF friends, is very enjoyable indeed. You
have the same privacy and seclusiOn that
you would enjoy In your own home.
On, the whole, travelling here is much
cheaper than 10 America. First-class
tickets are sold at about three cents mile f.;
second class, two cents; third class, one
and ore-iOurth cents; fourth class, about
lhrse-four;h rs of a cent. There is bot little
difference between the first and second class
compartments, both being very nicely up
holstered. and quite comfortable. The
third class has comfortable seats, but
they are not upholstered, and the fourth
class is without seats. The second and
hird class cars are the more largely pal-
Onized, very few going 6rst-class. | have
noticed many seemingly well-to-do-people
90 into the fourth class cars. Many who
go fourth class carry with them camp
stools, while others stand up the enti4 .
journey. The cars run Ut about the same
rate of speed that we are used To al home,
perhaps a trifie slower, bu. there is not a
noticeable difference In this respect
There are also sleeping cars (Sehlaf-
wegen, as they are called heIe) attached
10 the night trains.
Great care and caution is used to pre-
vent accidents especially is this the case
IN The country where the public roads cross
the railroad tracks. AT every one of the
crossings guard is stationed, whose duty
il is to open the highway when anyone
wishes TO ride OF drive across the railroad.
AT all other times it is kept closed, and lie
only opened when there is no danger from
an approaching train. People in Germany
are not killed on railroad crossings.
The same care extends 10 every depart
ment of the road. At the depots rooes are
stretched along the side of the platform TO
prevent any one from being thrown under
an incoming train No one allowed TO
pass Immediately In frort o an engine
when it is standing at the depot. THESE
and many other precautions are taken that
it might be well for American railroads to
import and sdopt.-European Letter to
Rev. ID. l.. Miller.
THE BELL ROPE MUST GO.
The Pennsylvania road has been expert
menting recently with patent which is tc
do away with the bell rops on passenger
trsius. The experiments are being con.
Quoted on the Pittsburg division, and the
patent is the production of the Westing
house Air Brake Company. 1t consists o.
communication by air pressure with {
small whistle in the cab of the engineer
The hose through which the air is condr c.
ed will be independent of tha: communica
ton with the brakes. The connection De
tween the passenger car and the air tube is
from the rear of the coach, near the closet
where there is button which is pressed b,
the conductor whe0 he desires to signal tn
engineer.
The Merry Dance.
An elegant dancing party was given b,
the young men OF Brownsville, at the Cen