The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-08-23
IN RAILROAD CIRCLES
ITEMS CONCERNING THE GREAT
COMMERCIAL ARTERIES.
What is Being Done BY Roads in
Texas and the Country in General
to Improve the Service and Gre
ate Dividends-Personal.
Special to The Statesman.

special 10 Inc statesman
HILL RESIGNS HIS ATTORNEYsHIP.
Houston, Tex, Aug. 21.-Judge E.
p. Hill has resigned the attorneyship
of the Southern Pacific system which
he has so long held. The resignation
is effective January l, next. 1t is
understood he will be succeeded by
Baker, Bolts, Baker q Lovett, who
now represent the Houston and Texas
Central railroad, one of the associated
Huntington interests.
THAT WACO CUT.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 21.-Advices from
Texas show that a red hot rate war
has resulted in the hauling of passen
gers from Waco and Houston to this
city for % cents and 81. At Waco
round trip tickets over the Missouri,
Kansal & Texas to Washington are
sold for $25, the rate from Texas points
to Washington. on account of the
national encampment of the Knights
of Pythias. In selling tickets scalpers
allow those desiring it rebate at St..
Louis of 24.04. At Houston the rate
for the round trip to st. Louis is SIS,
but the scalpers are having the agents
extend lay over time at st. Louis on
the $40 Washington ticket. The scalp
ers can thus send man to st. Louis
and back for 81.
STEPHEN LITTLE INTERVIEWED.
DENVER, Aug. 21.-Stephen Little,
the expert accountant whose eXamina.
ton of the accounts of the Atchison
railroad resulted in the recent change
in management, is in Denver attend
ing to his duties as comptroller of the
Denver and Rio Grande. Regarding
the rumor that the Atchison would
cast off its branches as the Union Pa~
cific is doing, Mr. Little said today:
Il have no authority to make such a
statement, but don't think the road
will be segregated. There will be
nothing done until the reorganization
committee receives my final report,
which | have not yet begun upon. |
shall get to work on that as soon as |
finish here, which will be a week or
10 days, but there will be no definite
policy mapped out by the new man
agement of the Atchison until it is in
ATCHIsoN RECEIvERsHIP
NEW YORK, Aug. 21.-Aldace F.
Walker has cabled the Atchison re-
organization committee that he will
accept the receivership of the Atchi-
son system. He is now in Paris and
will be in New York Sept. 2, and upon
his arrival will qualify. Mr.. Little, the
expert accountant, is in Denver and
will make his final report Sept. Is.
There will be no further developments
in Atchison affairs until that date.
AGAINST THE EMPLOYEES.
DENVER, Aug. 21.-Judge Hallette
decided today against the the South
Park railroad employees in their appli-
cation for an order to forbid the re-
ceiver from reducing wages. The
Judge said that the road had failed to
meet expenses when connected with
the Union Pacific, but if the new
receivers succeeded in putting the
property on a paying basis the ems
ployes could then petition for 4
restoration of the old scale.
RAILWAY PURCHASED.
STATEsyILLB, n. c., Aug 21.-The
Southern Railway company bought
the Western North Carolina railroad
today for $500,OOO, adding one more
line to the big Southern system.
UNION PACIFIC EARNINGS.
BOSTON, Aug. 81. The receivers of
the Union Pacific have issued their
report on the earning of the Union Pa.
citic and connecting lines for the
month of June. II shows the earn
ings of the Union Pacific for June 10
have been 81, lS8,O0O and the expendi-
lures SS75,OOO. The Oregon Short Line
and Utah Northern earned 1857 900,
and expended $3.50, 900. The Oregon
Railway and Navigatian company
system lines earned $97, 900 and ex-
pended S205, coo. The Union Pacific,
Denver and Gulf earned 100000 and
expended S2l7 900. The Fort Worth