The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1901-02-14


matte Company feel very grateful
indeed towards dispatcher Sheridan,
who so kindly had No. 81 stop for
them at Mortons GAP last Saturday
night.
A short delay to the Providence
train was caused last Monday AZ
Madisonville by the locals engine
jumping from the track.
Section foremen Edmundson and
Burns have so far recovered from
their late illness as to be able to
again resume work.
President Smith, of the l.. & NJ,
has lately written the Henderson
city official about the important i'm
provements contemplated there.
Such az the raising of the bridge APP
proach and the new union depot.
He promises to give these questions
his prompt attention.
Z Section foreman Dave Deering is
now located permanently at Man
ningtoa.
Section foreman Robt. Hughlett is
now in charge of extra crew who are
busy making repairs on the Barns
Icy coal tracks, .,s.ar
The rumor is afoa; that former
Superintendent Martin, since he
went west, became engaged in a
quarrel with one of the trainmen,
who being a better man physically,
came ont winner in the heat. Can
IL be possible that after having spent
good portion of his life I'm Ken
lucky that he goes west to be done
up by n railroad cowboy
The New York Chronicle says on
railroad consultations:
"Why is it, we repeat, that combi-
nations and consultations of rail-
road properties are the prominent
feature in stock-exchange circles to-
day, and how can these movements
be checked? The reason that rail-
road con- binations are such q promi-
nent feature is that legislation at
Washington and in the States has
SO far manacled the roads that they
are driven into these devices to pre-
serve their properties. Take the
federal Legislation, for illustration.
First, the roads are thereby pre-
vented from making any rates; that
Is to say, they cannot enforce any
unless they conform to the views of
the commissioners. Second, when
they get their rates established and
these commissioners say they are
fair, the roads cannot uphold them,
because one road, then another, will
cut them, concealing the act rs long
as possible by paying rebates, until
q ally what is being done is discUv-
cred, and a war of rates becomes
necessity
"An obvious remedy for preventing
these chaotic occurrences would nat
urally be an agi cement between the
roads to stand by the published tar
III. That has been tried in every
form and manner, until decisions of
the court Of last resort have deter
mined that nothing of the kind is
allowable, because not only does the
interstate railroad law prohibit pool
ing, but the federal trust law also
provides'that every sort of an agree
ment between the roads affecting
rates is illegal. Nor do'these by any
means cover every antagOnistic
phase in the situation. We may
mention one other hostile proceed
ing-the building of new roads OF
branches parallel and directly CON-
petit & with the old lines, which is
allowed in most of the States; thai
is to say, though minimum rates are
required by federal and State rail-
roads commissioners, new facilities
for cutting those rates and black
mailing the old roads are permitted |
by State law"
He Cwned little farm way up in
the provinces, and had daughter
In Boston, that is, practically in
Boston, for. she lived with her hus-
band in Medford, He had come IT,
her home for a short visit, and had
Just arrived.
After the usual greetings, the
daughter inquired as Ia the nea''h
Of her mother, who had not accom-
panied she father on his journey
southwark.
oval" he answered, another 81 5
srlong 'bont Their sem; shei hain'i
he'd er spell now for six months"
II suppose-that you telegrapheG
% her, telling her of your safe ar
'ival, didn't your" queried the
iaugl ter.
"No," said the old man. slowly,
but thought of ct. never sent a
telegram. Where is the officer"