Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-02-08
Reply TO the Santa Re.

The Manager of the Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe Railroad recently addressed 9
letter to the Railroad Commissioners, in
which he asked if the late decision of the
Board ''in respect to the distant tariff
schedule makes the rates therein prescribed
bear upon mileage of the company's auxil
larry systems, as well as the Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe." Briefly stated, the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe wanted
to know whether in computing
rates upon the distance tariff cover
ing a distance, part of which is upon Q
branch or auxiliary line and part upon the
company's main line, the rate is to be com
puted for two distances or only for one"
To illustrate, the distance from Topeka &c
Florence is LOG miles, with an auxiliary
line running from Florence to Eldorado, Q
distance of thirty miles, making total
distance from Topeka to Eldorado of 13e
miles. The company wished to know
IL in constituting the law the Board
considered that the distance tariff made
would give a rate for 1876 miles only, OF
would the railroad be entitled to a rate for
log miles on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa
Fe Railroad, and a rate for thirty miles on
the Florence, Eldorado & Walnut Valley
Railroad. The reply of the Commissioner
was that "the rate should be one in such
case for 1876 miles only, and not two rates for
100 and 30 miles respectively. The two lines
named are operated by the same company,
the service performed is one continual ser.
vice for the whole distance, the haul is for
one hundred and thirty-six miles, and the
earning for the whole service goes indis.
criminately into the common treasury"
MRS. GEORGE w. SMITH, Of Lawrence,
whose husband was killed on the frontier
about two years ago by Indians, has just
been awarded the back pay due her hus.
band-about two thousand dollars.
IMMIGRATION has already commenced.
THE frame residence of Terrill Perkins
(colored), of Parsons, was destroyed by
fire recently. The family, with the excep-
ton of two small children, were absent
from the house at the time, and before as.
sistance could arrive one of the children,
an infant of some nine months, was burned
to a crisp.
THE latest scheme for swindling Is for
some individual to personate an officer and
call at peoples houses and collect dog
taxes. One of these frauds got bounced
lately.
TEE Grand Opera House at Topeka was
recently sold at Sheriff's sale.
Hon. JAMES MARTIN, Chairman of the
Board of State Charities, died recently at
Topeka.
The Kansas City, Lawrence & Southern
Kansas Railroad was opened for business
to Emporia on February 1. The new route
forms short line from Kansas City and
Lawrence to Emporia, and passes through
Ottawa, Pomona, Quenemo, Melvern, Zebo
and Neosho Rapids.
CHARTERS fled with the Secretary of
State the other day: The Newton Water
Company; the Western Security Company,
If Ottawa; the Farmers and Droyers'
Bank, Of Kingman; the State Bank, of St.
John, Stafford County, and Circlevills Post
3. A. R., No. 146, Of Circlevills.
SENATOR PLUME received arrears Of pen
zion for David Blundell, of Chetopa.
IKE Opera House building and all within
at Washington was destroyed by fire re-
.ently. The post-offics with all the mail
natter, the dry goods establishment Of C.
2. Little, the book and stationery store of
B. r. Rockefeller therein, were all lost.
The value Of the building and contents vas
$4,000; insurance, 800.
ATTORNEY CENTRAL JOHNSON and Col.
w. H Rossington have gone to Washing
'en to represent the State in the railroad
quo warranto cases before the Unitsd
States Supreme Court.
THE second regular annual meeting of
she Kansas State Short Horn Breederpi
Assootation viii be held In the Senat,
Chamber at Topeka. February 18th and
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