The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-06-10
RAILROAD SPIKES.

Conductor Bulkley came in on the
branch this morning with we'll filled cars.
The Missouri Pacific was compelled to
hitch on three more cars this morning to
the train from the vest at 10:45.
j. III. Hill, Esq. secretary to the re-
ceivers, went south yesterday morning on
personal business.
&C. III. Wesson, stationery agent of the
NJ, 4. & T. left SATURDAY morning for 81.
Louis on business. He will return in q
day or two.
The NJ, K. & T., Office is in receipt of
an elegant photograph of the new depot al
Fort Scott. The bulldog is fine appear
ing structure built of stone and brick.
All passenger trains going west yester-
day afternoon were crowded to over flow
inc. Several extra coaches were attached
at this place, and were readily occupied by
those leaving Sedalia for a Sunday visit.
The state board of railroad commits
sIoaers has reafirmed its decision rendered
in Apr l requiring express companies TO
deliver packages 10 every part Of city or
town, without discrimination. The com
sgainst the Wells Fargo and Pacific COM
panies, whose agents refused to deliver
freight in. remote parts of the town, for the
alleged reason that the expense of such de-
livery would entail loss upon the compan-
ies.-Psrsons Sun.
Washington, d. c., June 6.-An opin-
ion wss rendered here to-day by Justice
Miller, sitting as a court Judge, in favor Of
the receivers of the Missouri, Kansas &
Texss railroad company, appointed by the
United States circuit court, and against
The receivers appointed by one of the state
courts of Texas Under foreclosure pro-
ceedings the United States circuit Judges
for the circuit court of Kansas and Texas,
acting jointly for the reason that the road
lay in beth their jurisdictions, in 1888 APP
pointed receivers Tor the Missouri, Kansas
d Texas. A man named Giles was an
pointed receiver for a part OF the road by
one of the Texas state courts, and il was
on his suit to secure possession that Ire
decision against him was rendered to-day.
The case has been under argument in the |
United States Supreme court for The past |
two days before Judges Pardee and Cald. |
we'll, of the Texas and Kansas circuits re- /,
and before Justices Miller and |
i.amsr, who are assigned TO these circuits. |
One object sought by the suit was to have
declared invalid the sale of the East Line \
and Read River railroad, located entirely i
within the State of Texas, to the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas Railroad company, but
The judges decided that il was not necessary
Tor Them to pass upon the legality of this
sale in the present proceedings, as the sale
of fAI - q L-f al L
foreclosure proceedings were Instituted.
w. V. Galbreath, superintendent OF
stock yards on the NJ, K. & T., came 10
rom trip to Texas yesterday .........C. p,
Rector, commercial agent Of the M, K. &
l., returned yesterday morning from
business trip to Texas........ Receiver III.
;. Cross, of the NJ, X. & L, arrived from
Texas on special this morning en- route
or his home at Empora Detective
Kinney, of the NJ, K. 4 T., was a passen-
,er on the train from the south Yesterday.
md stopped over in the city for few.hours.
L. w. WEIGH and
Chas. Wirth, of the
VI. K. & I. came in from q trip over the
)enisou section yesterday ........ The M. X.
I. has issued instructions to all engineers ;
lot to run freight trains over switches al a
,reater rate of speed than eight miles an {
'our. nor passenger trains more than ff.
cen miles per hour.........A. T. Drew.
eight claim agent for the NJ. Kat, has
one to Deuison to turn over the local 1
flee there to his successor, and will return
D Sedalia with his family as soon as the
ask is over.........The railroad commits 9
oners give notice to the lines of interest {
hat they will give public hearing in To-
eka on June II on the reductions of grain q
lies from Kansas points to the Missouri T
yer. The Farmer Alliance of Kansas
as asked for reduction in rates 10 the =
yer which are now uniustly high in COM o