The Leavenworth weekly times., 1875-08-19
BRAKE UP.
Which AdmOnitinn None of the
Warning Railroads Will
Heed.
A Card From the Assistant Gen.
eral Manager Of the Mis-
souri, Pacific.

In order to contradict some current ru-
mors which have been set afoat of late, in
regard to the action of the Missouri Pacific
railroad in the late war, the Assistant Cen
eral Manager of that line, Mr.. D. K.
Garrison has had the following card pub
lished:
To the Kansas City Times
On our train bound west Wednesday
morning, the 1lth inst, your paper OF that
date was handed to me, and in which you
refer to our officers meeting the officers Of
the St. Louis, Kansas City < Northern K.
K, which is not correct. Mr.. Talmage did
invite Col. Arthur to a meeting to see if
satisfactory arrangements could be made.
We do not intend to run after Col. Arthur,
the Superintendent of the ST. Louis x Ran
sas City Il Northern K. X. We are not the
aggressors in this suicidal policy, nor do We
intend to be a party to assist in bank
rupting this corporation. As Col. Arthur
himself remarked to Major Hays some time
since, in speaking Of the management Of
some of our Eastern roads, that it would
throw them into bankruptcy. All our cor
respondence has gone through the Presi-
dents office in st. Louis, with the full con-
sent Of the presiding officers in New YORK.
We do not propose to make any change IN
our tariff rates, but shall continue in the
even tenor Of our way, attending to our own
business. d. K. GARRISON,
Asst Gen1 Manager.
1t will be thus seen by the letter that the
old reliable is still determined to keep out
of the fight, and let the other roads pursue
the course which suits them best.
In THE MEANTIME
the passenger business of the Hannibal Il
St. Joseph and the North Missouri roads,
the two which have cut the rates, steadily
increases, and trains, consisting Of eight
and ten coaches, are running daily to st.
Louis. The great increase of the throng
from points in Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska
and Iowa proves that the people are gener-
ally learning Of the new order Of things,
and it is now generally conceded that Ar
thur, the Superintendent of the North Mis-
souri, road will be able to hold up his end
and make it pay instead of lose until Sep
tember, while there are those who declare
that he can do it until
THE FIRST OF JANUARY,
and up to that time, at least leave the
100000 put up by the directors to cover
losses absolutely untouched. 1t is simply
idle to attempt to make it appear that the
road is losing money at the two dollar rate,
for in the face OF the immense receipts,
ranging from five to eight and nine hum
dred dollars to a train, the argument that
the cost of running more than cOunterbal-
ances. 1t is all in the eye. Counting eI-
penses at $50 per car, which experienced
railroad men declare to be above rather
than below the actual cost, the profit OH
one evenings train was fully SI00 if not
$500, netting on the one train little more
than enough to make good the expense Of
two trains run at dead loss, that is to
say, without passenge:. Up TO date the
st. L., X. c. q y. has had decidedly
good rhing OH the cut, and it is a question
as to who CLEANS the most satisfaction, the
railroad company or the people.