Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-07-07

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A train Of 12cars containing q Bur-
llington bridge gang passed through
this city Tuesday en- route to Bell
flower from Hannibal.
| The block system has been installed
between Montgomery and Mexico and
will have the system working from
Mexico to Moberly by July.
Guy Gown, who has been day
operator for the Alton in this city, has
accepted a position In the chief dis
patcher's office in Kansas City
On Monday the Wabash ran spe-
cial to St. Louis from Kirksyille car
rying the Normal students In Gen.
tralia it picked up number of Uni-
versity teachers.
Wabash passenger train No 0 made
the trip from Moberly to Brunswick,
so miles, last Thursday evening, in
exactly 80 minutes. And 1t wasn't a
good day for fast running, either.
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Con. A. J. Dick, Of the Alton, had his
cabCose burglarized at Louisiana last
Monday night and his brakeman re-
ports the loss of s35 In cash. The
burglar got into the caboose by break
ing window.
The strike OF the carmen on the
Wabash is all over. In Moberly, Mo-,
of the 125 men who went out, thirty
have returned to work. The other
places have nearly all been filed with
new men.
Wabash passenger train No. IL
crashed into an Olive street car of the
Transit Co. In st. Louis Friday even
ing at 1880, and Mrs. Laura Baggett,
one of the passengers In the street
car, was badly Injured. The Wa
bash engine was damaged to the ex-
| tent OF s400.
1t is reported, on what seems to be
excellent authority, that before the
end OF the current year the Union Pa
cific is to be the prospective purchaser
Of the Chicago s. Alton, the latter to
become the Chicago end Of the Union
Pacific system from Kansas City.
Archie Snow, an employe Of the
Wabash shops, had a piece OF steel re-
moved from bis hand last week, after
| 1t had been imbedded in the flesh for
over a year. The steel worked from
his wrist to joint near the points Of
his fingers, making 1t painful for him
to grasp hammer to use in his work.
Wabash passenger No 2 on Monday
was one Of the heaviest passenger
trains ever seen on the Wabash, says
Brunswick Brunswicker. She pulled
nine coaches into Brunswick ana put
on another one here to accommodate
local passengers and those coming
down the Omaha line. A large ma
jority of the passengers were bound
for the Worlds Fair.
The suicide found in st. Louis Sud-
day with letters on the body addressed
to Mexico parties, has been identified
as Fred Bishop, formerly clerk in the
G. s. AIS supervisors Office here. Mr..
Bishop left this city two weeks ago for
st. Louis, where he accepted posi-
tion. He made many friends here in
the railroad circles who will be sorry
to hear OF his death.
When train No. IL on the Chicago
s. Alton en- route from Chicago to st.
Louis pulled into the station at
Springfield, ILL.,, last Thursday, dead
man, on whose clothing was found the
name Q. L. French, was discovered on
top Of car. French is thought to be
from Chicago. When found his body
was still warm.
ALI of the trains now embodied in
the Chicago s. Alton schedule are ex-
pected to remain after the Fair
closes, at least that is the impression
of the local management. At present
the trafilc has grown to such an ex-
tent that the trains to and from st.
Louis are crowded to the limit.
Before the opening of the Fair, and
even in the first two weeks, many local
passenger men entertained pessimistic
opininions as TO the amount Of trav-
ell to st. Louis In the early summer
months, but since the first Of June all
Of these doubts have vanished. With
out an exception passenger officials
state that the business this month has
not only exceeded their expectations,
but shows evidence Of heavy increase;
Especially is this true OF the Chicago
st. Louis line. The Chicago & Alton
ann Wabash each have four daily
trains between st. Louis and Chicago,
and to accommodate this traffic it is
frequently necessary to run one or
more Of these trains in sections. On
| Tuesdays and Thursdays, when the
coach excursion rates are in effect, the
traffic is extraordinarily heavy, and
almost all of the trains are in two Sec
tions.-St. Louis Globe Democrat.