Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1886-04-10
EIGHTH YEAR.
GENERAL NEWS.
DOMESTIC.

DOMESTIC.
A circular is issued to the stockholders O
the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe company
1t sets forth that by an act of congress
passed in July, 1884, the Southern Kansa
railroad company was invested with tn
right of locating, constructing and operat
ing railroad and telegraph and telephon,
Line, as well as G branch through certain por
lions of the territory, in accordance Will
which the company located the main lin,
running from Arkansas City, southerly, il
the direction of Denison and Fort Worth
and also located a branch from Kiowa, OF
the northern border of Kansas, southwest
erly in the direction of Wolf creek and int
the Panhandle of Texas, the total mileage
being about 300 miles thus located. Con
gress also granted at the same time to thu
Gulf, Colorado d Santa Fe Railroad com
pany the right to extend its read northward
whereby continuous line of road between
Leayenworth, Kansas City and Galveston
will be formed by the extensions Of the cor
poratiOns. The cost of constructing thes.
extensions is estimated at $4,000 per mil,
and it is proposed that the Southern Kansa
company controlled by the Atchison, To
peka Santa Fe) shall issue 5 per cent
forty-year first mortgage gold bonds at tina
rate per mile on the projected lines.
Solicitor John Goode appeared before tn,
telephone investi eating committee. to tel
what he knew of the circumstances leading
to the institution of the Bell suits. Attor
ney General Garland had never mentioned
the Bell or Pan Electric company, to wit
ness until after his return from a vacation
in October. when witness had introduced
the sucject to him. having seen it mentioned
IN the public press, The witness did not
know that Mr.. Garland had any interest il
the telephone company until he saw the
newspaper publication. The chairman said
ssthere had been many newspaper statements
touching the Columbus suit, the committee
would like to hear the reason for bringing
the second suit at that place. The witness
replied that many places had been consider
ed, including Boston, Washington, Men,
phis and st. Louis. "We concluded" said
the witness, that it would be better to bring
suit in Columbus, because there had been
no decision in the court at that place bear
ing upon telephone suits, while in some form
the question had figured in every eastern
court. 1t was due to everybody connected
with the government to say that they had
but one purpose in tbs matter and that was
to have fair and impartial trial of this
case.
Special kilograms to Bradstreet's report a
less satisfactory condition of general trade
than last week, due in large part TO the
continuation of strikes as well as to the in
terruption to railway traffic in the southwest
The floods in the central, southern and west
ern states have helped TO depress trade
through the destruction of bridges and over
flowing of country roads. At the large east
ern cities the volume of merchandise moving
is only of moderate proportions. At the
western centerS the demands were quite as
much for near by wants as they were week
ago. In Kansas and Nebraska collections
are not expected to improve until new crops
are gathered. The markets rule easy at IN
changed rates. An Improvement in general
trade is mentioned at st. Louis and Kansas
City, due to the resumption of traffic there.
The industrial situation is better in spite of
the prolongation of the fight by the railways
against the knights of Labor in the west.
The knitting mill strikes at Cohoes and
New Britain, Conn.,; the boot and shoe strike
at Beverly, Mass, and that among the suit
makers at New York. have largely disap-
peared, putting 1900 operatives at work
and cutting down the total striking from
$1,000 TO $1,000 within a week.
One of the bitterest railroad rate wars
that the western roads have ever known has
probably come to an end. The trans-con-
ruary by the Atchison, Topeka g. Santa Fe
announcing cut in the rates between New
York and San Francisco, 1t did this be-
cause the other members of the pool would
not allow as large percentage on the freight
business to the Atchison as it demanded.
The principal fighters were the Southern
Pacific and Atchison Topeka d Sante Fe.
for the latter road. 1t is understood
amang railroad men that President Strong
practically presented his ultimation to Presi-
dent Huntington, of the Texas Pacific, and
that when MIR. Huntington answered it by
telegraph, Immediately his agents announc-
ed to shippers that the rates would be restor-
ed to the old basis. The Atchison agents
have not Yet received orders on the subject,
though they are expected very soon.
The cloak manufacturers of New York
City, sent the strikers word that they were
welcome to return to work at any time and
that no one would be discharged on account
of membership in the union, and that the
manufacturers would do what they could to
control the contractors, but that the system
was necessity. The executive committee
of the strikers held a consultation of sever
al hours over the matter and finally decided
to accept, and so notified the manufacturers.
Most OF the operators employed by the con-
tractors will resume work. The strike has
lasted two weeks. About 1000 persons have
been idle and the families of many have
been brought close to the starving point.
The manufacturers estimate their losses at
$4,000.
A dispatch from Dodge City dated April
9th, says: The majority of the officers and
members of the executive committee of the
Western Kansas Cattle Growers association
assembled in Dodge City, and the executive
committee has been in session ever since
Saturday on the annual report, which will be
submitted to the convention. The city is
hlied up with stOckmen from all sectio, of
the range country and each train brings in
rna
not members of this association, but who
come here with view of buying cattle. No
doubt q number of large sales will be report
ed long before the session closes as there
will be upwards of 100000 heads offered for
sale and at prices that cannot fail to sell
them.
Large delegations of gentlemen Interested
IN the dairy business appeared before the
house committee on agriculture on the SUP
lect of butterine and other limitations of but
ter which are being sold as genuine butter.
All the gentlemen present favored the bill
prepared by the Ameri IAN Agriculturist and
Dalry association, and introduced into the
mouse by Representative Scot to place all
limitations of butter under the control of the
commissioners of internal revenue and that
such products shall be taxed ten cents per
p0nnc and shall be properly labelled. They
SAID unless some measure of this character
was passed they predicted that the dairy in
oustry would be ruined within three years.
An unusual season Of meteorological dis
turoencee, occupying most of tbs present
week, culminated in New York Civ. n haS
been raining most Of The time for seyentv-
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