The bee., 1906-03-08
Takes our LocOmotiyes.

Sun, an American locomotive
works has in process 100 loco.
motives for Japan, which were
intended to be built in Great
Britain. Specifications W e r e
drawn for British engines. Two
American firms were allowed to
estimate, in the hope that they
would not care to submit prices
for only twenty out of the 100
required. The Americans were
anxious to get into Japan and
decided to incur large expendi-
ture for special patterns, so they
put in a figure for twenty
machines and lower figure for
100. The British makers were
higher, but they had "pull," !"
and they worked it. 1t was
decided that an order should go
to England for eighty machines
and to the United States for
twenty. Then the Japanese de.
cided that the 100 locomotives
must be in hand within a fixed
time. The Americans agreed to
put the 100 locomotives into
Japan two months earlier than
the time stipulation. The British
makers wanted eight months
longer than the time fixed by
the japanese. As a result the
whole order came to America.
The same japanese road, after
trying to get some steel cars
made in Wales within certain
period, found it impossible, and
the order will go to Pennysyl-
vania.
All forms of transportation ex.
cept the regular two. cent rate
provided by law, will be cut off
by the railroads in Ohio. This
decision has been reached at a
conference of passenger repre-
sentatives of all railroads with
lines in that State. 1t was
agreed that by eliminating ev-
erything except two-cent fares
the roads could in measure,
recompense themselves for the
loss caused by the new rate law.
The action contemplated will
deprive Ohioans of all reduced
transportation for conventions; /;
of the 1000 mile books; of all
charity business and of all round
trip rates and clergymen's rates.
Copylst Chas. Blackburn visit
ed friends at Nortonville Sun
day.
Gale Y, Clark, of Barnsley,
has accepted position with
Foreman O'Brien at the round
house.
A ge t-Y ar d m as terW. S.
Bramwell attended court at
Madisonville during the latter
part of last week.
Switchman Claude Blackwell
was called to Bridgeport, Ala,
Saturday night on account of the
death of his father.
Conductor Ed. Cunningham,
Of tn e interurban service,
handled 100 people from Nor.
tons Gap and this place to the
"Isle of Spice" at Madisonville
Thursday night. This train is a
great convenience to those living
along its route and is we'll
patronized every night that an
extra trip is made to accom-
modate people desiring to at
tend plays at Madisonville.
The single train register book
at the station here was discon-
tinued Saturday midnight Two
books are now provided, one be-
ing for first class trains and the
other for second and inferior
class trains. This change great
ly facilitates trainmen in check
ing trains.
Conductor Jno. Martin after
being on the north end for the
past three weeks, is now on the
south end.
Work has increased on the
Henderson division of the l.. &
n. to such an extent that it Is
impossible to furnish cars to
handle the business.
Engineer Frank r. Giannini,
who has been in i'll health for a
long time with stomach trouble,
is reported to much improved
and is getting along nicely. His
many friends on the Henderson
division will be glad to learn
this.
Freight trains hereafter will
receive orders at the new tele-
graph office at First street, Hop
kinsville. Passenger trains will
take orders at the passenger