The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1891-07-18
RAILROAD MATTERS.

Superintendent Marsh make n trip over
the Lexington branch Monday.
Six and IA half million people are carried
by the railroads of the world every day.
}. w. King, paymasLer OF the Missouri
Pacific, paid the force here Thursday
afternoon.
Mr.. Coppock, OF Richmond, formerly Il
conductor on the Santa Fc, was in the
city Saturday afternoon.
Henry Antwcilcr ran the engine ON the
J. C., b. IL l.. last week, in place Of Ed.
Adams, whose wife was sick.
Division superintendent Al. Marsh adj
viScs that the l,000-milc passes issued to
Il. w. Plant and wife, of the BOonvilie
Star, have been lost or stolen.
Nevada is going to have II sure-cnough
new depot, for President Cross, Of the
Missouri. Kansas and Texas, has said,
"lll build that depot some day"
The Missouri, Kansas and Texas will
take its engines from the care OF the Mis-
souri, Pacific at Sedalia, and house them in
a roundhousc to be built ON their own
premises.
Chris Walk, yardmaster for the Missou-
ri Pacific here, says the coal trade is al
readypDicking up, and by the middle of
September, he thinks, the mi:cs will be
working to their full capacity.
For the state campmeeting and annual
conference of The Seventh Day Adventists,
to be held ut Holden August 18th to 25th.
the Missouri Pacific will return passen-
gers for one-third fare OF the certificate
plan.
The Scdalia Gazette says that John
Kelley. formerly an engineer on the lGb-
anon branch of the Missouri Pacific, from
Jefferson City to Bagnell, has been as
signed to Il run on the Jefferson City,
Boonvillc and Lexington division.
The Trans-M Missouri Passenger Associa-
tioa has authorized Il ate OF one and Il
third fares ON the certificate plan from all
association points in Missouri to the Ma
sonic grand lodge of Missouri, which
meets ut Kansas City, October IL to 10.
During the first six months of this year
there were constructed in this state but
six miles of new railroad, and only l 500. 5
in the United States. Georgia heads the
list OF states, with 155 miles, while New
York comes last, with only two miles.
The Missouri Pacific has announced a
rate of one fare for the round trip with %
cents Pertle Springs railway arbitrary
added to the state meetingof the Farmers
and Lahorcrs' union ut Pertle Springs,
August % to 2S. The fare from Lexington
will be $3.50.
l.. II. Sheldon. assistant superintendent
OF telegraph for the Missouri Pacific, has
notified employees in his division that II
great deal OF trouble results to the depart
ment from loss OF passes, and hereafter
any employee who loses his pass will b.
discharged from the service of the COM
pany.
The Missouri Pacific has announced
that delegates and Others TO the August
meeting of the Missouri State Amateur
Shooting association paying full fare to
Lexington may return at one-third fare
on presentation to the agent here n prop
erly signed certificate. Tickets on sale
August II to Ia, the certificates good for
return on the nth.
Those in position to know declare that
the Alton now regards itself as a free
lance, after the failure OF the general man
ayers last Saturday to settle the trouble
between the road and Chairman Finley.
1t will not declare war, but should associ-
alton roads, for example, now proceed to
make through excursion rates from COM
petitive points into territory which the
Alton cannot reach on account OF the boy
colt, it will Immediately protect itself by
a reduction of local rates, and it is very
much to be feared that such action will be
taken. Therefore a passenger rate wal
would not surprise any one familiar with
the situation.