The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-01-24
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board nxlng tariff rates IRON the point.
named was made cot by the whole
board, but BY only Womcmbors thereof;
thai Il Il In excess Of the authority con.
ferEed By the Law upon the board thai
The drcision Il In violation Of the char.
tered powers and privileges OF
the respondent company and was based
upon . mistake Of fact % To the
said resD0npent c0mpany's IevCDues;
thai The rates fixed are Injurious
10 the best interests Of the respon lent
company - well a. 10 the people vt the
stAaa. etc. During The progress Of the
arguments, Mr.. TvuzaIiD, general man
ager, addressed tho Commissioners 81
some length. the foll"wisg bring tht
main points 10 BIS plea for the road:
The AichisOn yOad conced Iba, until
IT. rights under It's charter ShAll have
been determined, that the legislature Of
Kansas has the power tO regulate It's
turiffs on the local traffic 81 the road
within the state OF Kansas, aud when the
honorable board Of rAilro ID commits.
sioners shall have reached q definite
concfuslon In nntters now pending be-
lore, them, 4he AtchiaOnyi road wall -be
found amongst the foremost in lis obe-
0leuce tUthe laws u The state. The A.
Gibson road believes that the law which
has been passed and The decision which
hes beon Teeched Hereunder will prove
themselves greatly injurious 20 every
commercial, manufacturing and other
interest IN the state, and with this be-
lief the Atchison road has asked the
commissioners for . rehearing Of their
decision In UrdeF that the fullest possible
consideration might be given 20 the In
evltable consequences Of taking away
that commercial freedom which thus
far has budI up the state OF Kansas; but
IL "a spite az she pfIlests of the Atchison
rOa the coDmtssiOneEs tind &c their duty
toenacs q tariff for the road. the Atchi-
son road will Be found complying with
the Law passed by the last legislature.
An examinatiou Into tbs records and
accounts OF the Atchison road for the last
ten years will sh.bw this remarkable fact
that every dollar and much more that
has been paid In frelghls by the people
Of Kansas 90 she Atchison road, has been
spent IN the State: first. In expenses for
operating the road; second, 10 improve
meats made upon the road; and third,
In building new lines 70 develop the
country. In O.heT words, the people
who own the AtchIson road have had
such faith IN the enterprise that as rap
idly - they have earned the interest on
their money, they have re invested that
money la the state Of Kansas. Quietly,
bat thoroughly, the owners Of the prop
erty have been building up = system OF
railroads In other states and territories,
and have been making Kansas basis OF
their operations. Examine the accounts
and you will zee that the whole sYs-
tenn OF repair OF equipments
motive power, and eli machinery connect
ed with the operation Of the various
roads has been brought here to the state
OF Kansas. Examine the accounts again
for the years 1881 and 1882 and part Of
1883, aud you viii see that over $1,000.
900 OF new money subscribed by the
owners was spent In the state OF Kansas
alone for developing the AtchtsOn, To-
peka q santa railroad 90 as 10 make Il
the trunk Of great railroad system. II
II true that during the last few years the
road, like other interests in the state of
Kansas, has been successful, but com
pare investments made In the AtchIeon
rod with other inveetmG nls made in the
state Of Kansas in past years and you
will md that there 10 hardly al interest
commercial. manufacturing, real estate
or other Glasses Of investments which
has not increased IN proportion tar be.
You'd the Investments made In the Atch.
SIN road by the nine thousand people
who now own the property.
A word nr two as 70 Determinations
The law which has been passed says a
follows Noe shall IL (any railroad com.
pAny) charge moro TOR transporting
freight from any point On Its line than I
fair and last proportion Of the price Il
charges for the same kind OF ireigh
Transported from any other poiut." VIZ
venture 20 say that this regulation AlonI
would throw the stale of kansas back
ward two years 10 the history of It's In.
lernAl improvements. The fact l.. tina
what is called Discrimination" bu
which properly speaking is really com
meTcial freedom, is the absolute life an'
necessity OF the country. Without "diE
ordinations" the far west cannot live
Should the national congress pass a las
regulating the railroads, like the II agu
bill. that law must necessarily be passes
like the Kansas law rs upoa iair AM
Just proportions for distances hauled
Apply such . law 10 the United States n
large, and while Il would largely Ad
vance the interests Of New York, Penn
sylvNniA and Ear eastern states, Il wOul
cripple the middle states and ruin tn
OtAlOs west of the Missouri river.
A word or two In regard TO movin
the shopa and general Offices Of the Al
Gibson, Topeka b Santa Fe railroad OF
og Kansas and away from Topeka, q
have been mentioned here: In such
matter as this, words are worth but III
lle--deeds speak for themselves. WhI
70 the Alchison, Topeka q Santa +
rAilroadf II II road a. we all kno'
extending from AtchisOn TO the we
line Of the state OF Kansas, 400 mile
What have We here 1t TopekAS Tt
shops and general Offices, and the whol
appliances for conducting the buslne
Of . system of over twenty-five hundrG
miles of road. situated In number
0tates and territories. In . word, Il
past and present actiops Of the compaE
have planted here In the state Of Kansa
the shops, general offices and other q
plIances for conducting q vast syste
belonging 70 Ave or SIX other state
BesIdes this, the Intentions are sui
cisntlV shawn by the fact that since III
law was passed that over $500, 600 b
been spent In the state
KAnsss, and $4,000 Of IL b
heen spent In Topeka. Ia carrying o
this general plan. In word the railrol
company e ootng eveLytnlng u reason
o.y can 70 koep me nGnuH nar.eIs Oh
HCeat enIotpL'ss nere 70 ne sta.e. ~
We snese eIy ~ Ne oDnsioea s'i .o.. un1
nscn ~ ~ouLu Oe "IsoL e1u oS1eL
Sn1 InoSe sys.em % Loa1s; w S : :
celIe0 tne Atcnleonl loPeAA q osntA
90 nave some Q, lts omces eiseWnei
Out inc company IN .ne PAse ana IN !
present nae oeen Sno Is oo1nR al tnaI
Can Keep tnem nese. onouia not q
peopie OF Kansas pear IN MIMI that
~ whole uanscontlnenSAl enterprise
Alcnlson road nas two powerful comp
HOT ~ the norm eno two poweri2t co
peueoss ~ tne sou.n, And only De ~
oom "a inc Ope5atlon OF Ns systs
can successfully MAINTAIN ltsel
fne rear qnSsuOu aoout
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