Source: The Mining Journal
Marquette, Mi.
March 1, 1890
Saturday
Ishpeming - There is scarcely a branch of railroad work that *[missing line "is more demanding than" or "is more complicated than"] keeping track of the rolling stock of the road, and few people outside of the railroad service are aware of the difficulties that beset the car accountant. An incident relative to the subject came under the reporter's notice a few days ago and the fact that the scene is laid "at home" will make it doubly interesting. For months a box car, that for present purposes may be known as no. 1458, has been bothering the man who keeps track of the cars on the South Shore. He had it traced to a certain station and there all track of it was lost. In the mountainous regions of the far west a car has been known to tumble down a precipice and thus become lost, but here such a thing could not happen. The subject of the mysterious car grew upon his mind to such an extent that he determi
