Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-03-06

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rrsi.s Are Newer -fs~ss rpA-
way = Is that th~ srain rOSs~rs
sever plzader par train
-Beeazse sh@T know shegr r~warI
woai4 - 10 GEsixalscaaE~
Tkas 10 the vay Al sx-rzll-uSd maz
pas t.
LESS roneT.~ he sz4ea. s-ix carried
en- pay traia sAan On saT osher kiaa -
s-sl=- ss=> Silks l==s-i=s sss. sA~ rzy
Of the employees ef she swo xreat syxs~uss
terminating hsre. axxrexasinx hznsir~,ks
cf thousands zozshly. Is piled Away N
the ears. aa3 Is haaisd over ths rad
lisa: that the caseg-
'rsr~as Scots. no, The srzins woalA ~
robbed before they xos veil oas Of "a
vsnzAh- Besides, wA0 woaid b. able %
keep zp vita q carload of zsczeyf Il Is
largely silver. aaA sAe sen-eeus pieces
ard the niekels ansi the eCppsrs woali
rzn away with thiag<-
How 70 the business ecnAuesess.
sheny'
Easily eno1~h- In fsct. there Is bas
ons way 20 properly carry is On That
way IL - 4rzw On the haa<s as each eity
For enough 20 par Of, aastl ths aext city
is reached For iassaacs. In leaving
savannah over either the SavaaEah.
Florida a Western rzIIr.aA or the Csn-
t-sl rzilrSa.4 Just enouxa money 10 sxxea
10 pap Or employees. sacladin~ sxenaA
tack haadx opsra.ors aad others ~
each Of the stations ThEs an1ouns -
.ot very larxp- The la-<ess amounts
are paid oEs N Tire cities. sor instance.
IN Ma-un the ea~in-~rsN ar~ren. Goa
4actors aad yzrt-hxzsts. aasI others %
the savannah a Western railrOaI ara
paid OF. N Columbus shs Savannah q
Western force . pail Of. IN Augusta
the eu1rloy@s 0f the South Csroltna
4ivtstoa Of The Central arr paid OF sAs
same - true ws-h the >ayxna1h. FIors4a
d wsss.ru railway By shis means shs
Ga-gess suns paid ous ansozas ~ lissIs
zss<s ss.s . s<s=sssr ss =sszsJ p-oss-~s.
froSn the baaks. shr01xh N. Payunassar
Of shs rzslros1 10 she smpIoy~& TAs
sans paid o9s On the line between the
headquarters % each iEvtstoa Are mall
compared % the amounts paid ous IN the
-ftt-S None of the enxiueers sr r-~na~u
o. conductors or hraxsmen 1rr paid or
~ poiat. along the line They are sh.
employees thas <~s the largest pay
The railroad maa related an inrideax
uhich took place several years aro.
which he said pat matters IN n bad ilxhs
and made the pay train tempting -
train robbers A newspaper rrpnrtsron
sne Of the dailies in a Western sswu
wrote \ long Article. stating how raen
money 1: required 20 pay OF the employees
Of the rood aad concluding by saytnx ss
was ssaxzlar that the robbers s.lAsvn
held Pay-tr1ins uP. The figures the
aewspaper nan gave were corra~s Hz.I
| the Article attracted widespread assen-
| sioz-
Several oesrials Of shss rad went .o
the <enerxI maaag~r about the matter.
AMI h~xzn 10 su<xess \ remedy for what
shsy Considered 4 very bad practice
| The ren~rAl manager explained 10
them that the Azoaas q money carried
co pay trains was small compared 20
| shat u carried On the -~xuIa- mail and
| express train. bat the natter was no.
settled znsiI the newspaper nan pab-
/ lished 2n interview xith the general
| manager, giving the facts and stating
shs manner in which business was eor-
daetsd on pay trains The raiIroaIer
said however. that the danger Of pay
| train robbery = very slight The rob
bers have posted themselves about these
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