The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-10-28
The RAfLROADS.
GOBBLING UP LITTLE LINES.

eli roads which IRE distu' hing ele-
mems were in the control of the
strong lines and made parts of such
systems. During the prs sent year,
he said, nearly 10000 miles of COM
petiug lines have been absorbed into
one or another of the great systems of
roads. The Big Four has
msde the Peoria d Eastern
st. Louis, the Alton d Terre
Haute, the Whitewater, and the Gin
ciuna,i, Sandusky q Cleveland part
of its sy>ten, and has .hus incre 'sed
Its mileage by 1852 miles The Nor
them Pacific has swal owei up the
Seattle, Lake Shore d Eas ern and
Che Wisconsin Central, 978 mi es.
The NoriOlk& Western has cobb Ell
the Scio,o Va ley and the Shenandoah
VALLEY, 381 miles. The East Tonnes
see, Virginia & Georgia has t~ken to
itselt thu Cincinnati, New Orleaus d
Texas, the Alabama Great Souther",
4he Louisville Southern, the
Rome & Decatur m and Other 7
Milwaukee & st. Paul has secured the
Milwaukee q Nor hern, 315 mil s.
The Chic go. Burlington & Gu ncv
has taken control of the Burlugtoa
Il Northera, 1868 miles. The Erie
absorbed me Chic go & Atlantic, 232
miles. The Ba timore & Ohio has
swallowed up the Valley road and the
Baltimore & Ohio Southwes ern, $50
miles. The Mackey system has
added to it the Cincinnati. Wab ,sh
q Michigan, 165 miles. The Lake
Erie & Western got the Fort
Wayne, Cincinnati q Louisvi lie. |
1873 mi es. The Chesapeake q Ohio
has absorbed the Richmond Il Allie
ghenry, 232 m les. The Toledo & |
Ohio Central purcha ed The Kanawba
IL Michigan, 134 miles. The Mis-
souri,, Kansas & Texas has leased in
perpetuity the Kans's City & P crfc,
126 mile-. The A tchisnn has absorb. d
the St. Louis & San Franci co and
the Colorado Midland, $3.50 mi es.
In addition to the above, there are
now some 5000 miles OF road which
ara Tx. ly to he consolidated with
strong lines within the next ninety
days.
The new railroad law in Louisi-
ana reduces the rate from 5 to 3 can't.
q mile, and provides separate cars for
whites and blacks.
-"rhe r-ilroads, SIR" said the
attorney. proudly, shave
done more to civilize this country rhan
any other thing. They have exter-
min sted the Indian ="
eyes" interrupted the traveller,
SHUT they have pyrpetuated scalping."l
st. joseph News.
An order hes been issued for the
lighting CT the Missouri Paci6c shops
At Osawatomie, Kan, by electricity.
They will also be heated by steam.
The company owns a system of water
works in Osawatomie, BY which these
shops are fully protected
from fire. They are the most expens-
i've shops on the Gould Southwest
system west Of St. Louis.
City Clerk Rucker, Recorder
Marshal Lynch, DIR. Bas-
kett. F. g. Ferris and A. Waller, are
in Sedalla attending the case of Dab I
rey Prewe!t vs.. the NJ, K. & T.,
BY Go. Prewett is the man who was 1
riding on a mule on or near the NJ, 6
<. q L. track when be was run iuto
by a Missouri, Kansas and Texas {
rain and the mule killed. He is a
suing for personal damages. -Moberly
Monitor. Z
Receiver Cross, ofsthe M K. & v
9. railroad, returned yesterday alb out
loon from n trip over the Neosho di- p
1isiou OF the road and left for The S
DUH. He is accompanied BY Divis-
on Superin endent Welch, General "
spadmasrer Rockwell and Fuel Agent Ii
Taylor. Receiver Cross is on a gen.
raj tour of inspection of all the prop 7
rites in Miss5uai, Kar sas, the H. g
ian Territory and Texas. and will be -
1ined in Texas by General Superin. @
endent Frey, who will pass through .
ere tomorrow on his wsy south. The a
bject of the inspection is to ascertain
he actual value and extent of all CT
under control of the NJ, a.
(. & L. railroad aystem.-Parsons
ournal Oct. 81. M
General Freight Agent Parker, "a
If the Missouri Pacific with head
uarters at st. Louis, yesterday Iju
sued a circular announcing the fol- re
owing official changes A. w. Street
agent at Kansas City, is P
romoted to the position of Assistant is
e irht oront MI h had