The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1910-10-07
JUST BETWEEN OURSELVES

The late Nathan X. Griggs will be re-
membered long after better known OF
his generation are forgotten Quiet.
unasuming, Mr. Griggs delighted in
doing good in an unostentatlous way.
His charities were numerous. lie spread
sunshine wherever he went. One OF the
! best tributes / ever heard paid to
\,an was paid to him by George W.
Mpldrege, general manager of the Bur-
ington system. Mr.. Griggs was
member of the Burlington s legal staff
and his ability was evidenced by Mr..
Holdrey s tribute A well known Lin
coin attorney happened into Mr.. Hol-
drege's office one day. and during
little desultory chat the name OF Grlggs
was mentioned.
''What kind of a lawyer is Griggs?
asked the Lincoln man.
"Why. | cont know that he is
lawyer at all. y replied Mr.. Holdrege.
"That's strange" said the Lincoln
man. He has been a member OF your
legal staff for long time.
Eyes, that S true. said Mr.. Hol-
drege. ''But | do not know whether
he is a lawyer or not. | do know. how
ever. that he settles more damage suits
for less money. and at less expense,
than any other man we have IN our
legal department"
The Missouri Pacific management in
ssts that it ought to be allowed to
charge higher freight rates because 1T
cost so much to build and equip it road,
maintain it and operate it. That re-
minds us of little incident.
A few weeks ago Church Howe came
across from England to visit among Ne
braska friends While attending pic
mic in Nemaha county he was addressed
by negro who reminded Mr.. Howe
that he was the bo. who ofticiated as
cook on the private car Mr.. Howe occu-
pied when he was acting as president
! of the construction company that built
| the Missouri Pacific branch from a
point on the Central Poetic in Kansas
k<p a point among the ragweeds and
sandburs in northwestern Adams coun-
ty. That reminded Mr.. Howe of some
thing and he told it to a friend. A con-
struction company was organized to
build that branch The people of the
various townships and cities through
which it passed voted bonds in an
amount that built the road and left a
handsome profit for the construction
company. Then the construction COM
pany made Jay Gould an absolute pres
ent of the whole road on his promise
to operate it, Gould accepted the pres
ent without returning thanks, then pro-
ceeded to mortgage the road for $40
600 mile and issue stock amounting to
10000 a mile. He sold the bonds and
stock for cash, pocketed the money,
and his successors are now compelling
the people who must patronize it to pa.7
freight rates that will not only pay the
operating expenses. but pay dividends
on the cost of construction and the
stock and interest on the mortgage.
The day that Representative Taylor
of Custer arose in his wrath and landed
heavily upon the jaw of Representative
Shoemaker of Douglas will long be re-
membered. During the noon recess
little bunch of representatives gathered
in the rear of the hall todiscuss the
incident While they were conversing
Senator Tom Majors strolled in and
remarked:
81 understand that an attack has
been made upon one of my old army
comrades"
"That's right" said Representative
Raper of Pawnee.
swell, | thought best, said Majors.
9'to come to his rescue"
"That's just like you always We're. -
tirawled Raper; getting on the scene
ofnction long after the fight was over" +"
y When Judge Hopewell began the
,ast task of thing and ditching some
500 acres of swampy bottom land he
owns in Burt cor rty, a lot of wise men
sat around and snook their heads, hint
ing that the judge was getting wrong
in the upper story. They were as un-
able to understand his methods as the
people of Dawson's Landing We're to