The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1888-12-21

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The bridge gang were paid OFF and disband-
ed, last Friday afternoon.
Engineers and fremen's time books for sale
at The COo TRIBUNE Office.
II. NJ. Tyler and e. DcLong were In mt head
> quarters from the sunHower line, Sunday. for
repairs.
Smith, the robust, rubicund railroad Insur-
ance man. has been around among the boys,
this week.
Chief Irwin of the carpenter forco received
a badly sprained ankle. last week, In climbing
over Il car loaded with steel rails.
A fine boy baby put in an appearance ut Ems
gineer Burnett's home. Friday night of last
week. Billie never fails to come in on schedule
time since the suspicious event.
. HOLIDAY EXCURSION RATES.
Tickets will be sold on the b. & VI. on Dec. "a,
%. 81, and Jan. |, to stations not over 200 miles
distant mt one fare for rOund>trip. Limit of
going passage. date of sale. Final limit, Janu:
airy LIST. 4.
A new time card goes into effect on Sunday
morning at 4 O'Clock. The principal change is
in No. As time. which is - minutes earlier
than at present. This change will he quite q
convenience 10 parties coming from the west
on business.
The Offices of Supt. Campbell, Chief Clerk
Harris and his force are now located In tho
east end of the depot building in much more
comfortable and commodiOus quarters. Res
ident Engineer Blair and Train Master HAIR
mon occupy the two west end rooms.
SOME FAST TIME.
As a sample of the fast time on Il Western
road it may he stated that the fast mail on the
Burlington recently attained an average speed
of ffty-six miles an hour between Galcsburg
and Burlington. and fifty rine miles an hour
between burlington and Ottumwa. Taking into
account the time LOST in slowing up and start
ing mt regular stopping points. the running
speed must have been seventy miles an hour in
some portions of the route.
AN OLD SOLDIER KILLED.
BENKELMAN- Neb, Dec. II -LSpecial Tele-
gram to TIL" BPe-l-A.H Nnrdvke. of Haigler,
WIS run down and Instantly killed by the east
hound passenger train. a few miles west Of
this place, this after Don. He in q man about
fifty years OF age. and an old soIdier. drawing
a pension. 1t Is thought he was deaf. He has
relatives living ut Hnig.er.
WILL WEIGH sTOCR.
| The flash in the pan regarding the weighinI
of live stock nj Missouri river points. which
system Was To have been inau2rIrafed, las.
Saturday, WAC rot Il fash afterall. TheChica-
20 6 Alton protested against the system and
fatty refused. This left the other road. pow
erless. But. Monday, the Chicago & Alton
MR. upfipo fbut 70 tppuLJ Ia rraIv ~ rofrI
January I. II consequence. on and after New
Year day. the sh' pmeuts of cattle will be by
weight. -.
IowA'a RAILROAD LAW CNCOXsTITUTToSAL.
THE United States supreme court last Fri
day reversed the decision of the state in the
Goodell kretchbaum Gaze. The case involves
the question Of the CnnsiitutiOnqlity of what
is known az the Sweeney hill passed by the
legislature IF Igt6. requiring a foreign corpora
tinn doing business in Iowa to incorporate TN
der the laws Of the STATE. 1t was aimed Mt the
trunk line railways in order to bring them I'M
der the jurisd icfinn of the state courts. 4 PEN
atty was TO he enforced against airy officer or
agent of q corporation who diqrcCardcI the
law. GnO'cll. agent OF the CHICAGO. Burling-
ton &QnircT road at Burlington. was arrested
by Sheriff Krerchbaum. The case vent to the
stare supreme court. which body sustained the
-alidify Of the law. The decision revcrses the
opinion and declares the law unconstitutional.
HOW IOWA METHCD WORKS.
Something may perhaps he learned from the
fact that in the great state of Iowa. where op-
p~ressive legislation against the railways has
been carried 10 extreme. only five miles Of
tract; have TINS far been Laid this year. tnat
N 'eage being only for Il local belt railway.
White in nearly every other state. even those
with the largest p.opOrtionate mileage COM
pared with area, numerous projects are we'll
under way. the prospect FOR nov construction
IN iowa during the cITaing year Is poor. ard
although there i room and demand Cor Il score
or more local lines. and man- of them have
been incorporated. stii!, unless the attitude-of
the legislature anl the people of Iowa toward
railway investment changes. the outside CAPT
tai which is relied upon to build these lines
will he very slow about vcuturing into a state
where it is treated as an enemy. A striking
contrast to the prospects in Iowa il given by
the state OF Kansas. where some seventy new
lines are under way or projected. nOtwith-
standing the fact that an ruormnus amount OF
railway construction has heen done, amount
ing ii tho last three years to no less than 1880
miles. while in the same time Iowa added only
about 800.