The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-07-22
Rumblincn of the Rall.

Rumblings OF the Rail-.
The Houston Il Texas railroad will be
sold at Galveston, Tex, September s.
GAIT CHARLES Il. RUSSELL, agent OF the
Traders Despatch line, has returned from
business trip to Cincinnati.
MAJ. J. q. LEWIS, travelling passenger
and land agent of the Missouri Pacific rail-
road, is in the city in the interest OF his
line.
The slowest running passenger train in
this country, as shown by the "0fficial
Guide" is on North Carolina road where
it takes nine hours TO run 100 miles, an
average OF ILL miles per hour.
FRANCE, Great Britain and Germany
each have five miles OF railway to every
10000 inhabitants. Austria three and
one.hai miles and Russia trifle less than
two miles On the other hand the United
States has twenty-iour miles for every TO-
600 inhabitants.
ARTICLES have been filed in the Office OF
the Secretary OF State OF Illinois, incorpo-
rating the De Pue, Ladd Il Eastern Rail
way company, with the principal offices at
Chicago, and n capital stock OF $50, 900, To
construct a railroad from De Pue to Bureau
county, through Seaton and Laid, in that
county, aud thence TO an intersection with
the Illinois Central railroad
1T is becoming very clear that the re.
ported acts of certain discharged locomo
tive engineers on the Burlington in using
dynamite 10 destroy the companys prop
erty are altogether disowned and re-
pudiated by the best men in the Brother
hood OF Locomotive Engineers. One Of the
officials Of the brotherhood is quoted rs
saying that as soon as ii is proved in the
courts that any one OF the brotherhood
membership conspircd 10 destroy the COM
pany's property, decided action will be
taken. and the offender expelled from the
organization.
TnE following is comparative statement
OF estimated gross earnings Of the l. d N.
For second week of July. isss............. saoIs1
Corresponding week Of lat yenr............. 3l02D
Dcctease.......,; s!0l6i
Total Tor two weeks oi July. isos.......... sl5S5i
Core ponding period Of last ycar.........- 5000
Decrease si6a0
TINS city council OF Augusta, Ga. has
put damper on the prospects Of the rail-
road scalpes for business during the ex.
position in that city. The council has
fixed the license at a rate Of 500 per day,
aud this will probably change the plans OF
parties who were intending 10 make a
waterhaulat Augustus show.
OK certain Sunday last September the
Louisville & Nashville railroad sent a work
train from Grecnberg, KY, down one Of
its branches 10 distribute tres along the
line con,raryto law At the January term
OF the Greenberg court the railroad COM
pany was indicted by the grand Jury -
violating the Sunday law. The case -
tried before jury last Friday No (. ~, YER
dict was guilty" rs charged, and the fine
assessed at $500. The case will be ap-
pcalcd, but the impression among the
legal fraternity at that place Is that the
verdict will stick ~ the defense failed 10
plead the work necessary and unavoidable.
The new tariff Of the Illinois Central
railroad on coffee, sugar, nice and molas-
scs, between this city and stations north
OF Cairo, ILL.,, went into effect Thursday.
This tariff includes the States OF Illinois,
Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota and Dakota
Territory, and includes transfers over the
Ohio and Mississippi rivers. The tariff
sheet referred 20 contains certain new
specifications; for instance: sugar and
molnsscs In mixed car loads OF 1900
pounds and over, when from one shipper
10 one consignec and destination, on same
date, will take car load rate on each. 4"
And again "No single shipment, how.
ever small, shall be taken for less than -
cents" also: Rates on molasses, named
In this tariff, apply only on shipments at
owners risk Of leakage"
TUE National Association OF General
Baggage Agents, nj their session in New
York last Thursday, heard their commit
tees report ON transportation Of corpscs.
The report recommends absolute refusal OF
any bodies affected with smallpox. cholera,
typhus or yellow icycrs. Bodies having
died OF diphthcria, scarlet fever, typhoid
fever, erysipelas and measles must be
wrapped In a sheet saturated with chloride
OF lime or bichlorido Of mercury. They
must bc encascd In alright iron caske,s
covered with wood, the intersection 10 be
filed with disiniccted sawdust Other
persons, uncxposed 20 the disease aud
provided with corpse ticket and pro.
vided with health certificate, may accom-.
pany corpses. Any interstate transporta.
ton Of corpscs must be on health ccrtif.
Gates, and disnterrcd remains are 10 be
rejected. Such are the recommendations
which the committee will submit 10 all
State health boards, reporting results nj
the next meeting, 10 be held IN san Fran
cisco January 10, 1889. The excess bag.
gage check was adopted.
REMEMBERING that trade has been very
quiet this year, remarks the Financial
C1bOniol,, and that projects for new rail.
road construction are on n much smaller
basis, the increase in June earnings Is GER
tainly rs large ~ could reasonably be OK.
pcctcd. One hundred and four roads
earned s26 ILL., an increase over June,
1887, Of 1902, lg7, or Al per cent. The
mileage Of these roads for the same month
increased 3,76l, from 5s,O9l TO 81 $50. or
Ga per cent, so that the mileage earnings
are less than las, year The statement
docs not include the earnings o. como
large western systems which have not been
doing well this year. For the six months,
ending June 20, l0S roads earned sl67,.
1857, against tl6i .4l0. 753 In 1887, nm
inctease OF S,7S6,sls, or 3.5 per cent
Gains are reported by siEty-iour roads and