Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1884-05-04
LOCAL RAILROAD NOTES.

THE Sheffield boom continues.
RoBsoN and Carr have gone to Louis
vile.
THE Kansas City road will defy over
flows hereafter.
DICK LIPsEY, conductor of the Illinois
Central, is in the city.
IT Is rumored that the Illinois Central
has absorbed the Selma road.
REDUCTION of pay is causing serious re-
suits on several Western railroads.
THE su inner schedule over the Mem
phis and Charleston will be daisy.
On May 18th the Yazoo branch of the
Illinois Central will be open for business.
THE Mississippi and Tennessee has been
shipping large quantities of old rails
north.
JOHN ScoTr has been appointed passen-
ger agent of the Louisville and Nashville
railroad.
J. HARDY, general freight agent of the
Vicksburg and Meridian railroad, was in
the city Friday.
NJ. S. JAY has been appointed general
agent of the Cotton Belt route, with head
quarters at Cairo.
THE Louisville, New Orleans and Texas
has run no trains on this end of their line
for several weeks.
The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
now provides sleeping cars for emigrants
travelling by her lines.
p. R. ROGERS, Texas agent of the Mem
phis and Charleston, enjoyed stay among
his Memphis friends.
As the summer approaches the different
railroad officials are beseiged by parties de-
string to run excursions.
l. HARDY, general freight and passenger
agent of the Vicksburg and Meridian rail
road was in the city last week.
GEO. NJ. DUGAN, superintendent of tele-
graph of the Mississippi and Tennessee
railroad, was in the city this week.
/ HARDY, general freight agent CT the
Vicksburg and Meridian, was in the city
yesterday, on business for his line.
MURRAY KElLAR, formerly general pas
senger agent OF the Louisville and Nash
vile road, left for Louisville last night.
THE indications are that the summer
tourists business from here this season
will go West instead of East and North, as
heretofore.
RUDoLPH FINK, receiver of the Memphis
and Little Rock railroad, was among last
weeks arrivals. He is a thorough and
SEVERAL prominent railroad men have
been limping around as if they had been
in the wreck the day of the Wild West
show at Olympic Park.
A LARGE party of gentlemen went to
Ravenden Springs, on the line of the Kan
sas City and Memphis, last week, on a fish
ing and hunting excursion.
MAJ. J. NJ. EDWARDS, general manager
Of hEaT I rY15e
is in the city and will make trip down
the road as far as he can go.
HARRY EAsToN, Of the Mississippi and
Tennessee shops, was out in his regalia
last Monday morning, to meet the Knights
of Pythias from New Orleans.
Vice President EcEoLs, of the Chesa-
peake, Ohio and South western, has issued
an order forbidding employees to smoke in
offices or while on duty. This is drawing
it fine.
IT has not yet been definitely announced
bv the Memphis and Charleston railroad
where they will locate their shops, but it
is very likely they will be removed some
distance up the road.
FRANK r. SIMhs, formerly with the
Western Union Telegraph Company and
the Louisville, New Orleans and Texas
railroad, has gone to Birmingham, where
lie has been offered a position on the
Georgia Pacific railroad which he viii
| likely accept.
JOHN ScoTT, for long time assistant
ticl ct agent to Mr.. S. L. Finley, of the
Louisville and Nashville, has been ap-
pointed passenger agent of that line, Ujce
James Webb, resigned. Mr.. Scott is a live,
active young man, and the Louisville and
Nashville folks displayed good judgment
in selecting him for local man.
THE Rev. J. w. Bates, who was the
first conductor that ever run train on
| the Mississippi and Tennessee railroad,
vas in the city yesterday. He can relate
| "reminiscences of "away back that are at
once interesting and edifying. The par
son" now runs train on the Jerusalem
| road, of the Methodist" persuasion.
Every railroad man has a warm shake of
/ the hand for ''Parson jim"