Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-08-31
KANSAS RAILROADS.

The reduction Of expenses on the Mis-
souri,, Kansas & Texas still goes on and
eighty-one men and seven foreman are
lot out of the bridge and building de-
partmont at Parsons and the remainder
Of the force will work only five hours a
day.
Byron Roberts, Of Topeka, has been
made receiver of the Hutchinson &
Southern railway, by the United States
court. He is to demand possession OF
accounts and seal now kept without the
state, and is to operate the road, paying
running expenses out OF receipts.
Orders were issued from the Union
Pacific general Office to the effect that
trains Nos, and 2, running between
Kansas City and Denver on the Union
Pacific will be abandoned until further
notice. Train No 5, the Junction City
accommodation, will run to Salina in
stead of Junction City.
W. II. Simpson says: "The harvest
excursions this year will be run on Au-
gust %, September IL and October 10.
The fare will be one fare plus $2. They
will be run into the southwest this year
and give the people chance to see Ok
lahoma and the Cherokee strip. In all
probability there will be no cheap rates
announced for the opening Of the strip.
People can 60 on the harvest excursions,
however.
The continued heavy rains which have
been playing such havoc along the Bur
lington & Missouri river railroad near
White Cloud, has taken another half
mile of that roads track into the Mis-
souri, river. The smaller streams in that
vicinity are all out of their banks and
the country is flooded, causing great
loss to farmers and endangering many
lives. All trains on the Burlington &c
Missouri river are either abandoned or
run around the washout via Rulo and
St. Joseph to Atchison.
Arkansas City Traveller: The Santa
Fe is sending the cattle to market at
Kansas City on passenger time, One
day last week train load left here at
7 o'clock in the evening and arrived in
Kansas City at 7 a. m. H. G. Williams
sent train out one evening last week.
He went on the passenger and both
trains left here about the same time.
When Mr.. Williams got to the stock
yards at Kansas City he found his cattle
unloaded.
General Manager Frey is reported as
saying "The Santa Fe, which has a
large mileage in the district affected,
proposes TO haul seed wheat absolutely
free of charge, from the more bountiful-
ly supplied eastern sections Of the state,
to be distributed among needy settlers
who desire to SOW another crop this fall.
Our land and freight departments have
made careful inquiries, through local
agents of the road and otherwise, as to
the probable necessities of each locality,
and enough seed will be shipped in to
supply actual wants. All that John Jones,
farmer, has to do, if his own bins are
empty, is to make arrangements either di-
rectly with some wheat seller or others,
or through the local relief board or with
the county commissioners of his home
county, for such seed wheat as he must
have, and the Santa Fe, on being mott
fed, will ship the wheat in care of the
the county commissioners, making no
charge whatever for cost Of carriage. OF
course the usual precautions will be
taken to see that the privilege is not
abused and that all deserving cases are
taken care of. What we wish to do is
to extend this aid to those who really
ought to have it,"