The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-12-21
TRACK, TALK.

Items of Interest Relating to Railroads.
Mr. w. F. White. general passenger
and ticket agent of the Santa Fee, has
gone east on important business.
The Missouri Pacific receives $685.
352 year for carrying the United States
mails from st. Louis to Atchison.
The Atchtson, Topeka 81 Santa Fe
road has reduced the through rate fare
to Kansas City from Las Cruces to
$40.S5. This cut has been expected for
some time, and is made to compete with
the rate of thu Texas s. Pacific and con-
Meeting lines from Ell Paso.
The Mexican Central railroad has been
completed 10 Lagos, 81 miles north OF
Leon and 26O miles from the City of
Mexico. The National railroad was
completed to Naravato, 1876 miles from
the capital, on December l. Both ex-
tensions we're opened to the public De-
cember 10.
The Missouri Pacific, or rather its Iron
Mountain division, is to have new and
valuable feeder. A surveying corps has
just completed the preliminary survey
of the Arkansas and Louisiana railway
from Hope to Magnolia, in the southern
part of Arkansas. 1t is expected that
the road will be permanently located
this week, when a preliminary survey
will be made from Magnolia, La.
The Northern Pacific exhibition car
has gone west on its homeward trip,
having made a tour since September
10Th, through the states of Illinois, Mis-
souri,, Iowa, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio,
Pennsylvania, New York and Mary
land. The car is a immature agricultural
fair on wheels, containing very fine
specimens of agricultural and mineral
products of the country along the line
of the Northern Pacific railway. There
is on exhibition in the car wheat five
feet in height, averaging from thirty 10
sixty bushels to the acre; oats six feet
in height, aVerag ng from ninety to rs
bushels to the acre; barley four feet in
height, averaging fifty-six bushels to
lAC dNAC oh0 AM -AON4 pSbhOo
to the bushel; rye averaging fifty bushels
to the acre; potatoes, twenty different
varieties, averaging from twenty to 40
bushels to the acre; thirty varieties of
wood from the Minnesota forests; forty
varieties of grasses from one to nine
feet in height, and exceedingly fine
specimens of vegetables of all kinds /;
coal from Dakota and Montana; iron,
copper, lead and silver Ore of the finest
grades. The car during its travels has
been visited by about 100000 people
An important decision was rendered
by Judge Adams at st. Louis few days
ago, in the case of John P. Hudgens Us.
the Missouri Pacific railroad, on a dis
pute about rebate tickets. Hudgens
purchased a rebate ticket from Kansas
City to st. Louis during the railroad
war. The check connected with the
ticket contained instructions that it
should be presented for redemption inn
mediately upon the arrival of the train
at st. Louis. Hudgens failed to present
the check for redemption at the time
specified, but presented it the next day,
when the railroad officials declined 10
pay it. The judge decides as follows:
This draft, according to his terms, re-
quired plaintiff to present it for pay
ment on the morning of the arrival of
the train, and further, In express terms
provided that il it was not so presented
within the time so fixed. payment there
of would not be made Plaintiff, on ar
rival at st Louis, neglected TO present
his draft for payment and did not pre-
sent it until the day following when
payment was refused. and this suit is the
result. 1t is not for the court to inquire
into the reasons which setuated the par
tics in making this contract. Il is suf-
fcient that it was made by them. and by
its terms the time of presenting the
draft for payment was made of the es-
sence of the contract. Plaintiffs action
being on the contract, he must show
compliance with ITS terms before he re-
covers. This he has failed TO do.