The bee., 1901-10-24
LOCOMOTIVE BLASTS.

of the soldier train last Sunday,
conveying the Owensboro company
from Madisonville to Henderson.
Copyist Savage, who has been at
Darlington for some time, has ac-
cepted the agency at Mt. Vernon,
Ill. This is a nice promotion, and
Mr., Savage is highly pleased with
the change.
Operator Brooks is now working
nights at Darlington, vice Mr.. Killen
resigned.
w. V. Dycus, after a short stay
with the Henderson Division, has
again severed his connection with
the L. & N, and will pound brass for
some other road.
Operator w. G. Lee, who has been
working as night copylst, has re-
signed his place to go on the road as
brakeman.
Operators Shelley, of HopkInsville,
Best, of Nortonville, and Balm
bridge, of Guthrie, are talking of
leaving the L. & N, in order to bet
ter their condition.
The yard engine at Guthrie will
necessitate the placing of a foreman
and two switchmen at that place.
Conductor Moody is again on the
Providence run, after a months leave
of absence to visit the Buffalo Ex-
position.
Miles Cannon is now switching in
the Henderson yard.
Kitchell Walker has severed his
connection with the mechanical de-
partment, and is now working for
the transportation department.
Conductor Joe Robertson, who in
iured himself some weeks ago, is
still off duty. He hopes to be able
to go to work in few days.
Conductor Curtis Lane is bringing
in some fine honey from Tennessee.
The rates on coal to Memphis and
other Southern points have been re-
stored to the old price.
The Illinois Central has raised the
wages of their trainmen. The total
amount of the raise will be over
5000, 900 yearly.
w. J. Davis, an old First Division
man, has been promoted to conduc-
tor. Mr.. Davis is a good railroad
man and the promotion is deserved.
]. E. Huston, from the B. & o., is
working as day copyist in the dis
patcher's office.
Conductor Ed Brooks had tough
trip from Nashville to Darlington
one day last week, on account of the
engine not steaming. He was on the
road eighteen hours.
Operator F. d. Coffey, who has
been out of the service for over a
year, engaged in business, is again
day operator at Madisonville.
Operator viii Bainbridge has been
moved from Madisonville to Guth-
rie.
Operator Prather is now working
nights at New Empire.
A very peculiar accident occurred
to Train No. GO last Sunday, with
Joe Powers as conductor, and ]. p.
Monihan, engineer AS they were
arriving at Maplewood, an E. & T.
H. box car, next to the caboose,
jumped the track. Uncoupling from
the caboose and the car ahead of it,
fell clear of both tracks and lit on
top of large apple tree in an orch
ard on the left-hand side of the
double track, cutting down a tele-
graph pole in it's flight. The caboose
rolled down and coupled ON the train
without loss of time. If Conductor
Powers had not seen the car he
would not have missed it until the
train arrived at Howell and was
checked by the yard clerk.
Denmark has a government rail-
road system Of 1,l67 miles and 525
miles of private railroads.
Another 100000 is to be expend-
I'D in Chicago in elevatinga railroad,
the Chicago and Western Indiana.
Railroad companies in Mexico
have paid agents instructing the
Mexi, ans how to use agricultural
Since 1882 great change has taken
place in Russia; of the then existing
IA 900 miles of railroad only about 40
miles were owned by the govern
ment. The total mileage in 1897 was
about 24,30O miles, of which 1870
miles belonged to the government.
To this must be added the Oovern-