Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-07

The railroads are having some diff
Guilty in getting tourist cars enough to
accommodate California traffic. The San
ia Fe runs five cars regularly to that
state and all this week has had from one
TO three extra sleepers Their agent at
Kansas City telegraphed Passenger
Agent Nicholson that he could fill two
more cars, but was unable to get them
from the Pullman company.
The state board Of railroad commits
sioners did not receive a single bushel Of
wheat for distribution in western Kansas,
but they obtained transportation for
1880 bushels that had been solicited
by the county commissioners and other
resident parties. The Missouri Pacific
carried 32,851 bushels, the Santa Fe
9,049 bushels, the Rock Island $500
bushels, the Missouri, Kansas g. Texas
2,400 bushels and the Union Pacific fl.
ty bushels Secretary Henderson be-
lieves that the roads carried much more
grain free than is recorded on their
books. Wichita county received the
largest amount of wheat, 1879 bushels
being sent to her farmers.
A hospital in Topeka for the Atch-
ison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad may
be thing Of the near future. A meet
ing OF the board was called to consider
the advisability of building the hospital
at the present time. There was not
quorum present and no action could be
taken. 1t is the opinion of several men,
bers of the board that the hospital is
necessity, and that the project needs
only good presentation to the men,
bers to have it adopted. The road, sew
eral years ago, secured land on East
Sixth street for hospital and plans were
prepared, but the building never was
actually commenced. The Santa Fe has
fine hospitals at Fort Madison, Ia, and
Ottawa in this state, but at the seat OF
the roads government it has been with
out place Of its own for its injured
men.
Topeka Capital: The Santa Fe has
already begun the work of issuing pass
es for 1894. General Manager Frey has
an extra clerk who will work until Janu-
airy on these coveted little bits Of paste
board. Over 5000 passes are sent out
the first Of every year by the Santa Fe.
OF course many OF them are to the
officers of eastern roads and are never
used, but large majority OF them see
some service. The little square, which
has been in the center Of every Santa
Fe pass, whether time, annual or trip, is
succeeded on the new passes by hand
some design somewhat on the star order,
but very elaborate. The change was
made to defeat the plans Of the counter
feiters who were able to duplicate the
other design. The passes are all print
ed in Chicago and are models Of the en-
graver's art.
Kansas City, Mo-, Journal: An i'm
portant Kansas City Chicago line has
been going over its books to count its
profits for the worlds fair season. It
has discovered that, Notwithstanding
the immense increase in traffic, the prof.
its were less than for the corresponding
period Of last year. Said an officer of
the road: "Those newspapers that die
tated to the railroads all summer long
about the business expediency and pub
lie duty OF putting in low rates should
take heed Of the fact that during the
month Of October, when the rates were
lowest and the business heaviest, most
of the railroads made less money than
they did in October Of last year. There
is something approaching gigantic i'm
pertinence, anyhow, in the dictatorial
policy which some Of the papers as
sumed on this question. The railroads
are in the business to make money, 1t
is an affront to the intelligence of those
men who have given their time, their
study and their experience to railroad
matters to tell them what they ought to
do to make money"