The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-02
THE RAHW AVS.
THE KANSAS ASSESSMENT TO BE
MATERIALLY INCREASED.
The Santa Fe Reducing the Shop
Forces Alongithe Line in Order
to Lessen Expenses.
The Jacksonville Southeastern Again
Stirring Up Strife in the Western
Passenger Association.
The Alton ard the Wabash Demand That
the Santa Fe's Ally be 0urbed-A Re-
duotiOn in Rates Probable-The
Canadian Pacific Meets the
Cut Of the Northern Pa
cfo on Eas;-Bouad
Pacific Coast Bus
iness-Notes.

! TOPEKA Kan, July 1.-The tax on rail
road property will be Increased. Lieuten-
ant Governor Daniels said to correspond
| ent that il was the intention of the state
| board of railroad assessors to make known
| at noon today the result of their work at
| assessing railroad property for taxation.
| He would give no Intimatiou as to whether
the rate will be RAISED or how it will COM
pare with the one which was in effect
when the decrease was made in 1891, for
the board, he said, had solemnly resolved
when it began its sitting TO let no lntor-
nation escape
Among railroad men the feeling has
been that the refOrmers will put the rate
of taxation up to what it was before, or
even above ii. Solicitor Hurd of the Santa
Ee SAID last night that this Is what he Is
looking for.
/: is known, however, that the value
which the board will put on all railroad
property in Kansas Will aggregate Ut least
60.0O0.O0O, or nearly $1,000. 900 more than
it was before the reduction was made. To
show how the property of the railroads
has been rated these figures are given
from the reports of the auditor of state:
LII 1899 it was valued in round numbers
at $50 SOC, 900; in 1890 at S57, 500 900; in 1890
when the reduction was made which lost
to Treasurer Slower and Auditor Hovey,
Republicans, and Attorney General Ives,
Populist, thel" political heads. ii was $50
100000: in 1892 it was SOL, 400, 900, and in
1895 it will be 500. 100000.
TOPEKA, Kan, July LIT was only
short time ago that the daily working
time OF the Santa Fe shop hands was re-
duced from ten 10 eight hours, and yester-
day another order was issued, directing
that enough men be discharged to reduce
expenses 20 per cent. The order was
ybollv % tanh nv ba Tba
charged men are fifty machinists, twenty
blacksmith and thirty-fiv boiler makers.
One OF the discharged men said this morn
ing;
''The company wants to get even with
the strikers. With the exceptions of two
or three men all those discharged are
members of the union and went out on the
strike. don't know what the union will
do about it, A meeting will be held to-
night"
Both the men and the foreman say that
the reduction is not a violation Of the con-
tract by W hich the late strike WIS settled
General Manager Frey said today that a
general reduction in the number of en-
ployes and In expenses III the various de-
partments all along the line had been
found necessary on account of the busi-
ness situation, and that the reduction to-
day III Topeka was the beginning
CHICAGO. July The meeting of trans
continental line managers adjourned to-
day without results. subject to the call OF
the chairman. No meeting will be held
until after July 4.
The Alton and Wabash roads have ad-
dressed joint letter To Chairman Cald-
well of the Western Passenger associa-
tion. complaining that the Jacksonville
Southeastern Is cutting rates, paying 10
attention to the time limits of tickets, aud
sundry other crimes. they
say that they have appealed TO the Atchi-
sou, which is the Chicago outlet for the
Jacksonville Southeastern. but that the
Atchson declares that it cannot control
the Southeastern, and that the other roads
must do the best they can to protect them
selves against their iawless competitors.
This means a reduction IL passenger
rates.
The Alton road today asked for ruling
on the question of whether or not il is ell
titled to meet the one-fare excursion rates
made by the lines in the Central Traffic
association, whose business competes with
that of the Alton. The chairman OF the
Western Passenger association declared
that 1t had no right to meet the rates /
under the existing agreement of the W est /
ern Passenger association.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 1.-The Canadian |
Pacific has started war in tIausconti- |
mental rates that will set its competitors !
" diA4 WHICH III PiODiViJ
moralize rates for long time to come. |
The Great Northern some time ago al /
tempted to shut the Canadian Pacific 4
out OF St. Paul by closing its line |
aganst the Canadian road. The fol- /
lowing rates were quoted today by !
the Canadian Pacific, frst-elass, and 4
going into effect tomorrow: San Francisco .
10 New York and Philadelphia $500; to 4
Boston, Concord, Fitchburg. aud Spring. /
field, Mass. $3.50; Toronto, Detroit aud /
ali other points on the direct line to De- /
troit, S44 30: Buffalo, SIC 81; Chicago $500, I
first Class and $4l4J second class: 81. Pau, /
first class, $40: second class, 81. These /
rates include meals aud berth from san 4
Francisco 10 Victoria, y. C.. by the Pacific I
Coast Steamship company, the trip being I
all rail- from EaBco aver east."ard.