The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-19
TRAINS 60 FLYING
0VERI AND LILIFED CONSUME
SPACE IN NEBRASKA.

Run Reported Between Omaha and Chey
enne. wyom:ng-Iifty-Fi Miles a
Hour Reached in some Parts of the Rul
Past Mail will Gain Hour and
Half Between Omaha and Ogden Can
adian Pacific to Enter Chicago-Balti
more and Ohio Election-Coast Railwa,
Matters-Atchison Reorganization.
Omaha, Nov. 1s-The overland ant
limited train sped across the state o
| Nebraska today in its flight agains
time and kept several minutes ahead o
| schedule time into Cheyenne, being III
first train TO arrive IN the Wyoming
metropolis which had left Omaha TN
| same day, SIC miles away, time tE1ir
teen hours. The speed attained in sOm
instances was So miles an hour. Aftet
| the first hundren miles had been put be
hind Colonel Sam Hutchinson Of tn
Union Pacific, who represented the gen
| eral manager of the train, announceC
1 that the time could be still further re
! duced two hours between Omaha and
| Cheyenne. Not a hitch occurred. The
overland limited made six stops at sta
I ticnS in crossing the state. FoUey-seveT
| Through passengers were aboard wheI
| the train entered Nebraska end twenty
| eight embarked at Omaha for the coast
| Twenty-Five new Pullmans are nearly
ready 10 be put in tine overland ant
limited service. They were construct
ed for the use of the three lines jointly
are seventy feet long and in appoint.
| ment are the most magnificent ewes
| turned out by the company. Each has
double drawing rooms, bath, etc.
Commencing this afternoon at $50 the
Union Pacific fact mail left Omaha and
| viii do a little record breaking of its
own. This train Will leave Omaha one
hour and rhErty minutes later than the
former time of No. /, the overland flyer
and arrive in Ogden at the same time
as the old train.
1t is asserted that the time of the
overland flyer will be still further re-
duced since THE first itwenty-four hours
has demonstrated tiIait III can be done
without difficulty.
NEW LINE TO THE COAST
Chicago, Nov. 1s.-The Evening Post
asserts that Chicago is ITO have anew
line of railroad connecting it with the
Pacific coast. III says the Canadian Pa
cific company Is building lime into this
city from the north west ITO connect with
its 800 line ait Lake Superior, and by
that line with its main line system. Con
struction ON the new line has already
been commenced.
A special meeting of the Western
Passenger association will be held to-
morrow for tine purpose of electing a
chairman, ITO provide drafts of an ar
gumerht for THE local associations, and
TO transact amy other business that may
properly come before the meeting. The
election Is a foregone conclusion and
Chairman Caldwell will without ques-
tlon be his own successor.
The Union Pacific on the one hand
and the Great Northern and Northern
Pacific on the other developed a little
squall today that subsidized almost as
quickly as III arose. This morning the
Union Pacific photographed TO Chicago
THAT il would cut the first class rate
from the Missouri river to Spokane to
S45 from $50, and the second class rate
from s45 TO $35. This message was in a
short time followed by another saying
that the matters in dispute had been set
Itled and THAT the Threatened reductions
would not be made.
BALTIMOER AND OHIO.
Baltimo ore, Nov. 1S-The annual meet
ing and election of the stockholders of
the Baltimore and OHIO railroad was
held today. The number of shares of
stock voted was 1907. Colonel ]. Will
cox Brown and Messrs. W. T. Dixon
and James Sloan, Jr.. declined re-elec-
tion and their places were filed by
MeSSuS. Eugene Delano, Rowland Dav-
is and General Louis Fitzgerald of New
York. William A. Reed of New York
was elected to fill the vacancy in the
board caused by the death Of w. a.
Tucker. The three first named gentle
men were elected to represent THE for
eign stockholders. The directors will
eleut their president Dec. is. lit is gen
orally believed that President Charles
F. Mayes Will be reelected.
COAST RAILWAY NEWS.
San Francisco, Nov. 1S.-The suit of
The Southern Pacific railroad company
against THE board Of railroad commits
shonars for an injunction 10 restrain the
latter body from interfering with the
existing railroad rates, was continued
another week in the Un3ted States cir
cuit court today. Attorney Fitzgerald,
THE state, said that ne was
not ready to go on as he had not fully
prepared his case. AS there was no op-
position TO lIis motion it was granted.
The attorney general expects to be pre-
pared next Monday TO argue the case.
c. P. Huntington Will return TO New
York this week. 1T is said that his hur-
red departure is due to pressing bust
ness which require shis personal atten-
ion IN New York. When ne came to
California two months ago be announc-
ID his intention of remaining here all
winter.
New York, Nov. 1S.-The meeting of
he AtchiSon reorganization committee
adjourned this afternoon till 10 O'Clock
tomorrow. Secretary Herman Kobbe
aid that only routine business was
transacted today and that all the in
erests were represented.