The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-02-24
HEADLIGHT.

-Buslnsss is reviviDg on the nsrrow
gauge rad. Ten car loads of stock are
bnled to arrive over this line tomorrow.
VIM. I. Bartlett, who has been run
nivg as baggsgeman betseen Hannibal and
sed"iis Tor several years, will begin, Sum
day next, In thu same capacity on the
Cannon Ball, between this city and Kansas
City.-Hsnnibsl Courier.
The Central Missouri railroad company
which Is TO construct road from ST. Louis
to Kansas City, via of Hannibal, held a
meeting in st. Louis last Wednesday and
perfected Its organization b. electing the
following officers: president, George I.
Post; Vlce-President and engineer, Col. J.
L. n. Hayward. Executive committee,
George / Post, Col J. 7. X. HAYWARD, l.,
Z. Nelson, John w. III rrisou and John FL.
Grsth Of this city. As this road passes
through Pe!tis county, SedAliius will be
I glad To learn that the articles vi CORPORA
tion nave been filed with The $ crrtary OF
state md work will be rapidly pushed
the prsliminaFi-s slready having beap
arranged. The construction of the road
bed VIII likely begin on April Ist of this
year.
Hannibal railroad circles are al, agog
Just now over a recent orier suspending
three OF the IN appointment conductors on
Tie Hannibal 4 81. Joe railroad for having
passed well known engineer on their
Trans without the usual red tape formali-
ties. The Hannibal Courier speaking of il
says:
'Ionductors Hapce, F,tzger ii and
stevens have heen suspe pdsd for 10 DAYS
Tor pa sing Tie old veteran engineer, Uncle
Jimmy Blood. The action OF Snprriute nd
ent CTaLce seems h"rSh- in The extreme in
this Gaze, where the ennlDye is one who is
cons'a1tiy employed 90 the trains IN ques-
IOH, but Mr.. IrauCe'e position is that En-
g'neer III Cd cou'd easily have procured a
pass by making TIE proper application, and
that the conductors hid 30 more right 10
ra,S him az y more thaH Trey would an en-
are stranger. The action has caused con-
sider bic comment I'm ng railroad men,
mi has worked some good 10 the cOnGuc-
tors WHO have been suspsnlsd, as in ,he
utUre iii, lr friends viii not Of cons. antly
aSkipg favors, when they know that the
granting means certain suspension or p.ob-
able DISMISSAL
The Quincy Wing, in referring to the
matter. st,s:
"couGuctor Biii Hauce, who runs The
lob ;s.l bttween Fl urii-l and Pslmyra,
and Conductors Sim Stevens and DAILY
FI.zGerald, OF the n ain line OF the III. &
ST Jce, nave bsen suspended for fifteen
days by order OF Supt. Crane, ard if re-
ports are true there was no good cause for
the action OF the superintendent. The facts
IN the case appear to BE- "a follows: James
Blood has been p,ssspger engineer over
TIE road for the past twenty-five years, and
GOES queniiy is vel! known by every en-
ploye of the road. On Frid~y last Blood's
engine was taken 10 Hsnnit al for repairs,
and as be was icl4 that she would not be
ready for work until the Monday morninA
following lie concindrd to spend tue few
days intervening with his family in
BrookGeli. Conductor Hance car
ried Blood from Hannibal to Pal
myra. Conductor Stevens took him 10
BrOokGeld, and returning, Engineer Blood
came to Palmyra on Conductor Fiizger-
AIDS train. The tsct that Engineer Blood
was allO~ ej TO ride on the trains was re-
ported to Superin eudent Crarce by some
talking emplcye, and instead of snSpending
the latter 10 teach him to mind his own
business, the three CONDUCTORS were given
lay-Of.
Messrs. Hance, Sewers and Fitzgerald
sre three of the most accommodating and
employees Of the II. Il ST. Joe
railroad comp iEv, AM cid not believe they
were doing a wrong act in carrying 10 his
home one of the oldest aud most feithfGl
employees Of the road, SO that he might en-
joy three days rest with his family,