Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1891-06-20
KANSAS RAILROADS

The railroads have granted rate o
one and one third fare to the spring
meeting of the Kansas City Exposition
Driving Park association, June % tc
July 2.
The receivers Of the NJ, Z. & T. rail-
way have issued circular announcing
that hereafter no freight of any kind
will be received for shipment to or from
stations where no agent is stationed
This includes live stock, which hereto
fore has been received by all roads where
the freight is prepaid.
The Santa Fe have about 1000 bad
order cars scattered over the system at
present, and out of that number 455 are
in the Santa Fe yards at Topeka
Thirty new men we're taken on in the
wood work department few days ago
and work is progressing rapidly. TIL,
foreman says they will have to rustic to
get them in shape for fall wheat ship
ments.
Davis & Company, grain merchants
of Fl. Scott, have filed complaint with
the railroad commissioners against the
M, K. & T. Ry., alleging that an injus.
tice had been done by the railroad re.
fusing to ship grain already loaded in
their cars to Mississippi points. The
company answered that they offered to
ship the grain if other cars would be
used and Davis & Co. would pay for re.
loading, as they needed all their own
in hn
missioners refused to hear complaint.
Maybe New Stock Yards.
From the Kansas City, Mo-, Journal.
A deep significance attaches to the
fate of the suit of the American Live
Stock Commission company, now pend
ing in the district court OF Wyandotte
county against the Kansas City Live
Stock Exchange. 1t is now positively
asserted that should the former organi-
cation lose its cases it will be backed
up by the Santa Fe road in construct.
ing and maintaining large system of
stock yards for the benefit of the Kan
sas farmers and farmers of other states
that ship to this market The Ameri-
can people claim that they do not pro-
pose to vacate the map entirely if they
do lose their cause in the courts, all OF
which they do not for a moment admit
as possibility.
This promise of continued hostility
between the American and Exchsnge
people brings up the fact that the Santa
Fe already has scheme mapped out
for the American company and it's alli-
ances. In the early part of the present
year the charter of the Quivera Town,
site Land and Improvement company
was fled with the secretary of state,
and at the time it was thought the
Santa Fe was about to go it alone IN
the stock yards business, but it now
comes to light that the Santa Fe had
reckoned upon the fall of the American
in this city as in Chicago and Omaha,
and saw therein the framework of q
powerful reorganization. The state
ment seems to be verified by the present
supposed attitude of the Santa Fe road
toward the farmers and stock-raisers of
Kansas, it being alleged that the great
commercial artery is Just now posing
as the special friend of the farmer.
From what can be learned in this
city, the Santa Fe is envious of tho
business done by Union Pacific, Rock
Island and Missouri Pacific roads in the
matter of hauling stock, and has UNDER
taken to switch those roads out of the
minds OF the stock-raisers. By identi-
tying itself with an organization of
stock-raisers and providing facilities for
marketing their stock, it is understood
that the Santa Fe will install itself into
the good graces and perquisites Of the
Amorioan comnanv