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'The late Gen NJ. c. Meigs." remark ed
an army officer to a Star reporter, was
probably the worst penman in the army,
and for that reason. probably. he was one
of the first purchasers of typewriter in
this city. Though he never learned to use
it very well himself. he had a high appre-
citation of it. In his official duties he had
plenty Of clerks to write his letters, but he
wrote many personal letters on his type
writer. 1 remember once. during the war,
he was appealed to by a farmer In Vir-
ginia to give him an order for a lot of
quartermasters' stores-bacon, beef, horse
feed. etc.-which were taken by the army so
that he could secure pay for the same from
the local auartermaster. who said that he
would be perfectly willing to pay for the
stores If Gen. Meigs would order it. The
general steadily declined to give the order.
unless it was shown by indiSputable evil
dence that the farmer was loyal to the
Union cause. This evidence the farmer
was unable to secure. Finally he had an
other interview with Gen. Meigs. who de-
clined to change his decision. The farmer
then asked him If he would place his OBJ
jections In writing. which the general con-
sented to do, and did in scorching. or at
least what he Intended to be. letter. The
farmer took the letter and went back to his
farm in Virginia. He showed the letter to
a lawyer. as well other friends. They
were unable to read a single word in it
except the word loyal. The lawyer con-
cluded that the letter was not refusal,
but in reality an order on the regimental
Quartermaster to pay for the stores and
advised that 1t be presented. The letter
was presented to the regimental quarter
master, with the statement that it was an
order for payment; The quartermaster e.
was also unable to decipher one word OF it.
but supposing it was. as it was claimed to
be. order for payment from his superior,
paid the bill"
The first electric railroad, trolley road,
ever established and successfully run in
the world was built not In this country, as
most persons would naturally suppose, for
the idea was American all the way
through. said a prominent railroad man
who only recently returned from tour of
the world to Star reporter. but in Ire
land. 1t runs along the north coast of
ireland, from Port Rush to the Giants
CauSeway. 1t has been a success from the
start. and though it has been greatly i'm
proved during the past year or so the orig
inal poles are still In Use. There is very
heavy travel during the tourist seasons to
the Giants Causeway, which is one of the
natural wonders of the world. The owners
of the road patterned after a small model
which they saw in running operation at the
centennial exposition Ill 1876, and mad it
constructed the following year. Before that
visitors were taken to the Giants Cause
way in all kinds of conveyances. principal
ly the jaunting car. but this mode of
transportation was not exactly satisfac
tory. for the distance that had to be trav-
eled was over seven miles from Port Rush.
This meant fourteen miles of very rough
and at times dangerous travel. 1t was also
expensive. The trolley road does the work
in less than an hour, and it has been the
means of greatly increasing the numbers
who make the trip. The most violent oppo-
sition was made to the trolley by the
Jaunting car trap owners, but this has
completely died out. Suits of all kinds were
brought against the trolley, but beyond
having to pay for few goats, cows and
calves killed. the management has had TO
pay no very serious damages. On the other
hand. il has steadily made money 1t
is fair enough. however, to give credit
and there are cards in each stating that
the system is of American invention There
is no record of trolley lire in operation in
this country for four or five years after
ward