Why Scio Isn't A Flag Station

In the debate before a committee of the legislature, last week, by railroad magnates, Ashley Pond brought out the following incident from Scio, but who the parties are we know not: The Central railroad company has lately been sued for damages under the law for not stopping a train at Scio, which is a flag station, and the complainant recovered $100. Another suit was begun later on, another case alleged to have occur red at Scio, though in both cases neither conductor, engineer nor train hands saw the signal. The railroad people becoming satisfied that a systematic attempt was on foot to mulct them, made Scio a regular station and took it off the list of flag stations, which resulted in giving the place two less trains a day each way. A citizen of Scio has been here for two days, and labored long with the house committee to have the matter so fixed that all the express trains of the road should be compelled to stop at that place. The place is six miles from Ann Arbor. The son of the advocate from Scio is the party who sued for the $100 from the railroad company. , The advocate of Scio was told to make his complaint to the proper officers of the railroad company; if they gave no relief to apply to the railroad commissioner; if he did nothing to come back and report and it would be seen to that his head came off. He left perfectly satisfied, saying bis son weighed 250 pounds and he could not control him, but if he were only 15 he wóuld bring him to time by flogging the flagging out of him.