The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-17
RAILWAY NEWS.
The Famous Alton Boycott Killed and a
New Scheme Adopted

New YORK. Dec 16.-The general pas
senger agents at their meeting killed the
Alton boycott and devised new scheme
to prevent The payment OF commissions on
passenger traffic. 1t is proposed that each
railroad concerned in the abolition OF pas
seuper commissions shall make arrange
ments with its connecting lines to enforce
tbs agreement Each line receiving GER
cain amount of passenger trathc from an
other line shall direct an equal percentage
OF It's own passenger business over that
other line. By this plan it is expected
that every railroad agent will be made the
watchful guardian against the offering OF
anv inducement calculated to give one
road an advantage over another. Two
thirds of the general passenger agents in
the meeting voted in favor OF this plan,
and it will be considered at meeting OF
the Trunk Line and Central Traffic associ-
ations' Joint committee, to be held about
fortnight hence.
CHICAGO. Dec. 16-Chairman Finley has
been notified that the Kansas City, Fort
Scott and Memphis road has made re-
duction of 81 in winter tourist rates to
southern points, because the Missouri
Pacific met the rates from Fort Scott. 1t
is claimed that the Missouri PACING Is
carrying passengers via st. Louis, enabling
them to buy tickets to Pleasant Hill, Mo,
and repurchase here, making the through
rate less than that quoted from Kansas
CITY Chairman Finley communicated
with General Passenger Agent Townsend
of the Missouri Pacific on the subject, but
that official promptly replied that he
should meet any rate made by the Mem
phis line.
WASHINGTON, Dec 16-Mr. Plumb of
Kansas introduced a bill in the senate yes
terday amending an act granting the
right of way to the Hutchinson and South
ern Railroad company to construct ana
operate railroad, telegraph and telephone
line from the city of Anthony, Kan,
through the Indian Territory to some
point in the county of Grayson in the
state of Texas, approved Sept 26, 1890.
The new bill grants the railroad company
the right to extend the road and telegraph
line, under like limitations and conditions
as provided in the original act, IN south
easterly or southerly directian from the
terminus of said road to its connection
with the S inta Fe railroad at or near the
city of Guthrie, O. T., or some point north
of there, within a distance OF twenty
miles, to the southern boundary OF the
Indian territory at point near the city OF
Denison, in Texas
TOPEKA, Kan, Dec 16-Engineer r. w
Day, of the Rock Island, has two corps of
engineers making a survey for the prop os-
ed extension of the Rock Island road
through the Indian Territory, and the sur
veyors have progressed about seventy
miles through Rush Springs in the Terri
tory in the direction of GAINESVILLE, Tex A
proposition is being considered for survey
ing the line to Waco, Tex, bywhich Waco
will become the immediate terminus of
the new line. the board of trade guarantee
ing to the Rock Island the surrender of all
the rights and franchises of the Gulf, Bra
zos Valley and Pacific railway. This
would give the Rock Island complete
line along the upper Brazos Valley to
Waco and thence southeast to the mouth
of.the Brazos river. The proposition TO
this effect is now in the hands of the exec
utive committee of the board of directors
Of the Rock Island road.