The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-18
THE RAILWAYS

ST. LOUIS, Oct. H. = Special Agent
Kretsehmar of the interstate commerce
commission is in the city, and in conse-
quence of his visit the local railroad OFF,
cials are feeling very uneasy. A morning
paper says that United States deputy
marshals visited several railroad Offices
here Yesterday and served subpRnas upon
officials of the Missouri Pacific, Wabash,
Chicago and Alton and others to appear
before the federal grand jury during the
coming week This is the first official in
vestigation here and great interest at
taches to the developments OF the next
few days. The complaints, 1t is said, are
founded upon allegations of the payment
of rebates, commissions, ETC., TO secure
and influence business.
TOPEKA, Kan, Oct. 17.-Governor Hum
phrey today sent letter to the attorney
general informing him that he (the gov
ernor) was unofficially informed that fhe
Missouri. Kansas and Texas railway had
not yet complied with the Kansas law
which required that corporation (being
chartered under Kansas statutes) to main
tain headquarters in Kansas. The direct
ors of the company had, he said, deter
mined to move the headquarters from
Sedalia to Parsons, Kan, and had rented
buildings in the latter place. The removal
however, had not been made. The gov
ernor requests the attorney general to as
certain If this unofficial information is
correct. If it is found SO to be, the attor-
ney general is instructed to commence
proceedings to revoke the Missouri, Kan
sas and Texas charter.
CHICAGO, Oct. 17-Chairman Midgley
today issued a circular letter to the mem
bers of the Western Freight association,
informing them that the Ohio and Misss-
sippi road had announced a reduction
from % to q cents of the rate on flour
from st. Louis to Baltimore. Western
traffic men are generally of the opinion
that this is really Baltimore and Ohio
move, and that it is merely preliminary to
the predicted cut in corn rates by that
road for the benefit of Gill & Fisher, the
Baltimore grain dealers, who have bought
up million bushels of new corn west of
the Missouri river.
The people who have been bowling for
several years because of the organization
of the Car Service association, whereby
the railroads assess shippers and con-
cars longer than forty-eight hours after
their arrival at their destination, are taken
back by the action of the Texas board of
railway commissioner. That board has
ISSUED circular, ordering all roads in
Texas to charge and collect from con-
signees the sum of 50 per car for the use
of all cars not unloaded after forty-eight
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81 per car per day is charged after forty
eight hours notice, and yet there is no end
of complaint.
CINCINNATI Oct. lin the Ohio and
Mississippi legal fight, Judge Maxwell to-
day decided that the vote taken viva voce
in the stockholders meeting on Thursday
for an adjournment until November 10
was void; that the votes must be by the
amount of property held by individuals
and not by the number of persons holding
it. On the question Of making the in
spectors count the votes, the court held
that it could not compel them to act.
The Baltimore and Ohio party held an
election this afternoon, the inspectors be-
ing appointed by them after the refusal of
President Bernard to do SO, and elected
three directors.
In Judge Hunts court, this afternoon,
the Ohio and Mississippi party applied for
an order to restrain the Baltimore and
Ohio party from voting the English shares.
This case was on hearing when court ad-
iourned, and it will be resumed on Mon
day. The case is not settled yet and big
legal battle between the opposing parties
is at hand.