The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1891-01-10
Railroads and Railroaders.

Supi. A. Marsh was around amongst the
boys here a short while Monday morning.
Harry Wood, the genial MYrick station
agent, left Monday, for a visit In st. Louis
aud 70 his OLD home. ST. Charles.
Thomas Pratt, Nice Sill, Sam Lovit, Grant
Msnefee all Mo. P. boys. and all married
within the past month! The Ice has been
broken and we may now look out for Tom
Bolton, Sid LOOMS and Harry Wood. These
latter named young gentlemen have been
acting very strangely here OF late and they
will bear watching.
WIN. Baird, who has for sometime been
running rs express messenger between
SedaIIa aud St. Joseph, via Lexing ton, has
acceptt d a position rs messenger on the Nj.
X, q T. Russell McGrswry, OF the Sedalla
office, has taken Mr.. Baird's place on the
Pacific, while WIN. Wallace, and old express.
| man we'll known In this city has taken charge
OF the Sedalia Office.
Mr.. j. NJ. Crowder, Of this city, has been
| given charge OF the secret service depart
| ment OF the Central Branch of the Urion Paci-
| fic railway. with headquarters ut Atch'son,
Kas This position Is like unto that held by Mr..
+. X. Tut. also OF his city. Mr.. CrOwder's
qualifications for such q position were brought
20 the notice of the Mo. +. officials, by whom
the Central Branch of the u. =. Is operated,
by his recent success In running down the
| Oieryllle train robbers. MIR. Crowder IS q
shrewd man. q good judge of criminals.
knows lust how to approach them and will
undoubtedly prove to be the right man in the
-. tu. H. min mot obanua hiO Nlana nf
residence
The following order WAS posted along the
line of the Mo. p. last Wednesday On and
after Sunday, January II, 1891, trains Nos.
1853 and 1854, 191 and 1872 will be discontinued
between SedalIa and Upton; Nos. III and
l72 and TO and 176 will ba discontinued
between Upton and Versailles" Lei US
study these numbers a little and see how
thew will affect Lexington: Train No. l8l IL
the passenger train which now runs from
Sedalia TO Myrick, arriving at this place al
s.55 n, M; train No 1872 is the same train, MS
; No l0l, the numbe being changed on Its east
D bound trip, The removal OF these TWO train'
deprives US OF our only passenger train from
the cast at night and our only east-bOund
. passenger trim In the morning. Trains Nos
1919 and 1854 are the same As Nos. l0l and le2
G the numbers being changed when they ar
: run onto the j. c. B. ~ l.. division, and thei
Y removal means that we are to no longer hay
n passenger train on that division, snd tha
persons desiring to travel on that roai vii
he compelled to 'Ise the local freight trains
a The remoyal of Nos. 115 and 1T6 do not afeG
q Lexington rs they run no nearer to US ina
Triton. This action on The part OF the ia
ci6c IL a matter Of serious regret to the poop
o of Lexington, and especially to the people {
the towns along the line of this road while
"a have no other roads running into or nea
,r Them. There Is no better work in sight Il
"a the business ASSOCIATION OF this city than
If try and remedy this deplorabiestate OF analr
We have thought ourselves badly treated Il
ne several years past by the Pacific refusing
h. run a passenger train wet ut night and ca
ID from Kansas City IN the morning. but INT
N tsrs are 100 per cent. worse now taan tn
hsYs been.