Omaha daily bee., 1888-02-07
Two RAILROADS MADE one.
Consolidation Of a Pair Of Paper
Corporations.
WHERE THEY PROPOSE TO BUILD.
The Freight Rate Rcduction--An.
other Bank Incorporated-Distr
Court Cases-New Notaries-
Monthly Expense Statement.
rrRoM THE BEES LINCOLN puREAu.l


Articles of consolidation of the Kan
sas, Nebraska s. Decatur railroad with
the Chicago, st. Paul & Kansas rail-
road, were filed with the secretary OF
state yesterday. 1t appears from the
articles OF agreement OF the consolida-
tion that the Kansas, Nebraska g. De-
catur company was incorporated to con-
struct a line of road commencing at the
town OF Claflin, Kan, thence running
in n northeasterly direction through
the counties of jefferson, Gage, John
son, Otoe, Cass, Lancaster, Sarpy, Doug
las, Saunders, Dodge, Washington and
Burt counties, to the town of Decatur
on the Missouri river. BY the CONSOLE
dation this road is to become continue
tion of the Chicago, st. Paul & Kansas
| railroad incorporated in the state of
Kansas with u terminus at the town of
Clafiin. The articles of consolidation
show that the last mentioned road as
incorporated in Kansas is to commence
| at Clatlin and run south through Re-
public and II long list of other counties
in Kansas to a point on the south line of
that state in Meade and Barber coun-
ties. 1t is further recited that
the two lines as proposed will, consoli-
dated form one continuous line from
Decatur, Neb., to the south line of the
| state of Kansas, and the consolidation is
desirable for the purpose of facilitating
the interchange of business and the
| operation OF the roads as one continu-
GUS line for transportation of freight
and passengers. Further recital is
made that all the stockholders of both
| roads have signitied their willingness
for consolidation in writing, and have
each agreed in consideration thereof to,
among other things, issue bonds secured
| by first mortgages on its property and
franchises and to fully keep and dis
charge all obligations of both individual
roads under contracts already made for
| construction.
at $18 900, 900, all outstanding shares of
the two individual roads as heretofore
issued or contracted for to be taken up
by the new corporation and stock of the
new company to be issued in lieu
thereof, share and share alike. The
| general Office of the. road is to be at
Salina, Kan, the road to be constructed
according to the standard guage. There
are to be seven directors. Those named
for the present year are: Arthur w.
Dole, Lewis E. Walker, Il. E. McCorkle,
for Nebraska, and M. G. Page, Ed II.
Rose, G. j. Harris and G. T. Hamilton,
for Kansas.
The stockholders of the old Kansas,
Nebraska g. Decatur railway holding
430 shares each were: Arthur w. Dole,
Frederick Fl. Plummer, w. j. Connors,
f. E. McCorkle, Lewis e. Walker, John
S. Walker and Charles S. Wilson.
The total shares were 5000. The
stockholders of the old Chicago.
St. Louis g. Kansas road were: M. G.
Page, E. r.. Rose, G. J. Harris, c. T..
Hamilton, Geo. H. Qurtler, M. A. Saun-
ders and N. E. White, holding 700
shares. What roads these parties may
represent is subject on which the pub
lie is left in ignorance,
FREIGHTS ALL DOWN.
AS already stated, the Burlington
road met the Elkhorn cut yesterday and
freights were moving over both lines at
the rate little over one-half the for
mer. Up to yesterday no cut had been
made here on anything but the class
freights, special tariff, governing lum-
ber, hard coal and grain remaining
untouched. Packing house products,
however, were in the cut and the pre-
diction was general that the other
special tariffs would soon follow.
ARTICLES .OF INCORPORATION
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Prague, Saunders county, were filed yes
terday with the secretary Of state. Cap
ital stock $4,000. The following named
are the incOrporators: w. G. Kirch-
man, II. H. Dorsey and II. A. Fisher.
THE COMING COURT.
District court will convene on the Goth
of the present month. The docket is in
course of preparation and there were,
up to yesterday, 4l9 cases entered for the
term with excellent prospects for a
good many more. During the past few
days large number of cases have been
commenced and the workof Judge Chap
man the past term in pushing the hear
ing of cases has had u good effect upon
the members of the bar in preparatory
way. Among the cases filed the past
few days are the following: Hattie
Wilson vs.. John S. Wilson, a divorce
case in which the plaintiff recites that
on the 8th of June, 1886, at Grand Is
land, Neb., they were married. Plain
tiff further recites that on the 9th day
of September, 1887, the defendant de-
serted his home for six days and was
guilty OF adultery with one Ada Moody
in the city OF Lincoln, and on the 10Th of
September, 1887, at their home near
Raymond, the defendant assaulted her,
felled her to the floor and choked her
until she was unconscious and that he
has never supplied her or provided for
her and on these grounds she asks legal
separation.
The administrator of the estate OF
William l.. Currie has appealed from a
decision of the county court rendered in
December, alleging claim against the
estate in favor of II. II. Randall, jr., for
$3.50 and Davidson & Sons for $2l3. 3.94
The appeal will be heard at the coming
session of the district court.
ID. G. Courtnay has filed an appeal
from decision of the board of county
commissioners in which they rejected a
claim presented by him for $l39.33, il
legal taxes collected on school lands.
Hovey q Peck have commenced ac-
tion egainst James p. Lewis, of Firth,
in which they ask for judgment on
promissory notes aggregating $l,275.9S.
Harwood & Ames have instituted
foreclosure proceedings against Mich
olas and Julia Eberly to recover notes
and interest past due amounting to some
$500.
NEW NOTARIES.
Governor Thayer yesterday appointed
the following new notaries: g. g..
Hashoff, Reed, Box Butte county; Will
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