Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-03-27
COAL THIEVES.


Annually While in Transit.
"Anthracitc coal won't melt or
cyaporate or blow away while in transit
from the mines to market said an
official of a railroad, a large share OF
whose business is in the carrying of
coal; ''but no train Of coal ever got to
It's destination yet that had as much Of
it, cargo by a good many tons as it had
when it started. The public no doubt
reads or hears, every now and then, of
some great corporation arresting poor
persons who have been detected in fill
INC a pail or a basket with coal from .
coal train at such and such a station
where the train has stopped. Nine
times out of ten the public has eX
pressed its indignation at such ,Oullc>s
acts on the part of the rich company
The fact Of the matter is the company
always knows just what it is doing
when it makes such an arrest, and eN-
perience has taught it that these SAINT
unfortunate coal gathererS never have
less than a ton or two stored in their
cellars which they have gathered from
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carries coal has its complement Of coal
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ton VI oG"i vi nan" Il 1t "eIe honestly
PIoCureu'
lhe'e coaI thleNes are 50 Nhre"u
ana 80 sNs'tl'a'ic III 'helr operations
MAJ thel can relleNe Il lr"ih OF many
,ohS III 'he eouisG Vi an houT' me
largest opeta'ioii' oS 'heii are carried
on al .le '%eriilll oi divisions OF me
ralIroaos' "here 'ie trains frequently
remain lor ScVeIal nour:' ana Where
'le Sarus are iuii OF trains sWltchlhg
anu running 10 ana no. mus hiahihg IL
'ulh'c"l' 10 "atcn 'he coal ana uetect
'he thieves II Is estimated mat al the
one station Ielerreu 10 not less IMAM
twenty tons OF coal are stolen from our
COMPANY every o"y III 'le year nun
ureaS OF persons are engaged III the
roOoetleS, anu zen OF WE'VE coal trans
slop Ill the Naru every Jay Many
FARMERS IN lie surrounding country
OBTAIN thelr ehlire SNPphes OF coal
ron Intse thieves ana one OF these
agricultural gentlemen a Weli-to-do
anu ~wellhnown 9l'i2en' was discov-
treu late II hlghl WIN a two-horse
wagon uraWh up alongside a coai tram
IN AN Isolated par1 Oh the yard ln'o
when ne was cooliy si1Vellhg a load
OF coal. ne mao thought TO get his
ine' even oheaper .hai, ne got II rom
'he ropper ue"lcrS, pu' 10 escape arrest
ana punishment! ne se.,leu WIN the
con1phl! AZ a ngule va" woulu nave
pau ior ms coal loI nSe years.
ihe s'aIIon vary .n'eHes are NOT 'he
ohlS ohes Una iigntch lhe burdens OF
'he coal Trans; lrainmen nave thelr
customers al, a'ohe 'ae ilne' ana as inc
here n a lump there Tor han a mile
or So oy when time they can relieve
the load considerably we have hNed
this little operation on many employees