The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-24
News C,nders Found on the Track.

News CInders Found on the Track.
Everything is lovely on the Mercer
County road at present
The Southwestern train was over an
hour late and the cannon ball an hour and
half late this morning.
The Peoria is doing big freight busi>
ness now-road clear and everything run
nng.
The snow has been settled by the thaw
and there is no further danger of the
roads filing in should heavy wind arise.
%. . trains are moving freely and the
only trouble anticipated is from heavy
thaw and consequent washout.
Station agents of the Wabash, st. Louis
& Pacific railroad have been ordered to
purchase new uniforms between now and
the lst Of April Suits are all to be fur
nished by a st. Louis firm, and will cost
SEE 80 each, cash on delivery. Agents
are required to buy two suits a year-one
on the list of April and the other on the
1st of November.
A late decision of the ST. Louis court of
appeals is Of interest to all shippers. The
case was that of He'll VS. the ST. Louis,
Iron Mountain and Southern railroad
company, and the court held as follows:
Where goods are injured while in transit
the measure of damages is the reasonable
market value of the goods at the point of
destination at the date at which they
should have arrived there according to
the carriers undertaking, less what they
were worth at the date when they did ar
rive in their damaged condition.
The appointment of Roswell Miller as
manager of the St. Paul road, to succeed
S. 5. Merrill, gives very general salts
faction. Miller has for the past year been
acting manager, and in every way his ad-
ministration has proven agreeable to the
business public. His conduct in regard
20 the application by the members of the
chamber of commerce for relief from
the disadvantage TO Milwaukee arising
from the rate discrimination raised him
greatly in theestimation of shippers here,
but especially among the employees of the
road and in the general offices here is his
appointment greeted with pleasure. He
is greatly liked among his subordinates,
and bids fair to be as popular in this res
spect as his illustrious predecessor.
Conductor Barber, his brakeman, and
Baggageman Cross can relate an ex-
perience of track walking that is
causing much mcrriment in rail.
road circles. They thought the train
struck broken rail down near Rio and
walked back to see about it. While they
were off the train pulled out and went to
Alexis, the next station. the engineer sup
posing they were on the train. When it
was time to leave Alexis the engineer
waited for the signal to start, but the sig
nal was elsewhere. In fact it was trudg>
ing along about five miles behind, Barber
SAYS it is ten with the thermometer rang
ing between and 10 below zero Barber
says at least 400. There is also a bridge in
the way, about half a mile long, where it
was necessary to straddle ties over thirty
feet from the ground. They finally
reached Alexis foot sore and weary. Their
remarks when they arrived sounded rath>
er different from the revised edition Of
the new testament, but it was probably a
revision Of their own. They do not de-
sire to become deciples of Weston this
winter
The notice at the Moline avenue depot
that the baggagemaster would refuse to
receive from jewellers, or travelling agents
for jewelry houses, or other persons,
sample cases or packages that they be
lcved to contain jewelry or jewellers
samples for transportation, is to be ia
ken down The c., T. l. & p has with
drawn from the agreement to that effect
into which it entered some months since
with the other western trunk lines 1t
gives as a reason for this cause that it has
Just uncarthed a circular issued by n A
Phillips, general baggage agent of the
Chicago & Northwestern, Feb. 16, 1885,
ordering baggage men that without ref
| erence to circular 81, relative TO refusing
to check jewc!ry sample cases, they must
weigh and check jewelry sample trunks
for Albert A Joseph, of II. F. Hahn &
Co, allowing him 200 pounds free and
| charging for excess over that weight. "
This circular, the c., r. l. & P, people
say, is clear violation of the agreement
of Nov 20, which was approved by Vice
President Hughitt himself, and for this
reason it would be folly for them to re-
! main a party to an agreement that is not
forced by all the roads.
The Red Mems Ball.
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