The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1895-12-20
General R. R. News.
STOP THE TRAIN.

w. ii. WadSworth, mayor OF l~ndlanola,
together with councilmen and many OF
the merchants, have petitioned the board
of transportation to compel the BurliDe-
ton railroad to stop its fast trains run
ming east and west, being trains Nos. 2
and 3. Indianola is the comfy seat of
Red Willow county, is a city of the sec
ond class, and the Burlington runs traius
Nos. 2, 3. 4 and 5, at 6:I2 a. M, IL mid
night, e:3o P. m. and 500 p. NJ, respect
lively. The petitioners state hat trains
Nos. 2 and 3 do not stop, but run at full
speed through the city. Train No. 2,
going east, stops at Cambridge fourteen
miles east, and at Arapahoe, about
twenty-eight miles east, and at Oxford,
about thirty-eight miles east Of Indian
ola.
The mayor believes that if train No. 2
would stop at Indianola it would accom-
modate a great many persons desiring to
come to 1ndiaiiola. and that the company
could have it stop without Inconvenience
and loss of time at other points, and
that the company unjustly discriminates
against Indianola. The petitioners fur
Their allege that train No. 3, going west,
could stop at points west of Oxford and
still have ample time t. reach Denver,
the objective point, OIL time; hat it
would be a great convenience to citizens
to nave both trains stop and it is due the
public at large.-Lincoln Journal.
LATER-SETTLED-The complaint of
the mayor and citizens of Indianola to
the board of transportation against the
Burlington railway has been adjusted
without a formal hearing. The citizens
asked for an order compelling the road
to stop the two fast trains and the mat
ter has been compromised by the road
consenting 10 stop the eastbound train
which goes through Indianola early in
the morning. Those who want to take
the ~westbound train at Indianola can go
to McCook on a local train and board ii
there.-Journal.
THE FASTEST REGULAR TRAIN
IN THE WORLD.
The Empire State express now holds
the worlds record as the fastest regular
passenger train. The speed of the best
trains Of foreign nations is: England,
5I.75 miles per hour; Germany SIPS;
France. 40 IS; Belgium, 1904; Holland,
a. 70; Italy, 42.34; Austria-Aungary,
AIS. America now heads the list with
So 80 miles per hour to the credit of the
Empire State express. This is the speed
now made between New York and Buff
alo.
A. P. A. and Catholic employees Of the
Union Pacific at Pocatello and other
points on the Idaho division have been
having considerable trouble OF late. 1t
is alleged that the Catholic bosses have
been discharging the A. P. \. employees
for trivial offences, but in reality because
they are members Of the order and that
the A. P. A. bosses have been discharg-
ing the Catholics for like reasons, and
that there has been considerable hatred
between the men. The matter has been
brought up at headquarters and it is un-
derstood that vigorous measures will be
taken to put IN end to the quarreling and
if necessary orders will be issued for
bidding the discussion Of religious sub
jects during working hours and about
the property of the company. It is re-
ported from Pocatello that this trouble
has been brewing for several months.
The superintendent and division super
intendents have been notified to put a
stop to all this and to give the men to
understand that politics aid religion
must not be considered in men and that
the work OF the men is the only thing
for them to consider.-Journal.
A railway in California has purchased
10, COZ IONS OF steel rails IN England.
The cost of rails and freight by sea is
less than the cost of American rails and
railway freight from the east. English
rails cost $23 per ton in New York and
the duty brings them up to $50 Sailing
ships carry the rails from England to
Pacific ports at a very low rate, as out
going cargoes are scarce at present.
In Pennsylvania, Ohio and adjoining
states. which have had to carry water in
cars long distances for the past several
months, are at last relieved by natural
causes. The Lehigh Valley kept several
train crews hauling water, about 100000
gallons per day. It cost the Ohio Cen
trail SIS per day for two months to haul
water.
The eccentric Holman locomotive,
whose driving wheels rest on truck
wheels, claiming thus to develop greater
power III SOME mysterious way, had a
trial. lately, on a New Jersey road, at
tanning a speed of IS miles per hour.
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