The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-30
GOOD AS BARNEY BERNATO
It is to Be in the .'RaiIroad Receiver
Business.
WHAT THE SANTA FE RECEIVERS GOT


Is Kept a Dead secret But 1t Was
Really $4,000 for the Three Roads
Santa Fe, Frisco and Atlantic =
Pacific.
1t costs several large fortunes to take
a railroad through the hands of receiy-
ers. The receivership is bonanza for
the people who are fortunate enough to
be the receivers or some one closely con-
nected with them.
Just what each individual was paid in
the Santa Fe case may never be known.
1t is known that $250,OO0 was set aside to
defray the COST of the sale and other ex-
penses incident to the receivership. An
attempt will be made TO keep the truth
about how the money was divided Sc
cret. 1t is said that the attorneys and
others interested got together and agreed
on the amounts to be paid, and so no
statement will be filed in the United
States circuit conrt This was done in
the case of the katy" and what was
paid was kept a secret
In the Santa Fe case the question OF
what the receivers were paid ia no long
er a secret. The JOURNAL has absolute
information of what each of the receiv-
ers got. They received $4,000 apiece
for their services as Santa Fe receivers.
This does not mean that that is the total
amount of their salaries. They were re-
ceivers for three lines-the Santa Fe,
the Atlantic & Pacific and the St. Louis
& San Francisco. The $685. 600 was only
what they were paid for their services as
receivers of the Santa Fe.
While Receiver Wilson was alive he
drew 81, 900 month from the Santa Fe
on account, and $500 a month from the
St. Louis & San Francisco on account,
and it is said that he also drew about
$500 a month from the Atlantic & Pa
cific.
This makes $1,000 which was drawn
monthly by Receiver Wilson, on his &C.
count with the three roads. Now when
the settlement was made for mis- services
as receiver of the Santa Fe his heirs are
paid balance of $4,000. He was re-
ceiver little over % months and so in
that time drew on account sum equal
to what his heirs receive, making his
salary as receiver of the Santa Fe alone
$685. annually.
During his term as receiver, Mr.. Will
son drew from the st. Louis & San Fran
cisco $500 and from the A. & P, it is
supposed. 4,400, which would make the
total amount received from the two roads,
EXCLUSIVE Oh INC 6dukd C. 91O,SDV i
be drew half his salary on account in
these cases as he did in the Santa Fe re-
ownership his allowance must have been
about $4,000.
This would make the total amount re-
ceived by each of the three receivers
$4,000 for their two years work.
NEWS FROM NICKERsoN.
Items of Interest About Santa Fe People
at that Place.
From the State Journals Nickerson Reporter
Santa Fe Engineer ]. G. Miller. of
Newton, accompanied by his wife, is
visiting friends in Leavenworth.
Santa Fe Engineer W. a. McClarren,
accompanied by his daughters, is visit
ing in Kansas City and Sedalia, Mo.
Z. Z Combs, formerly chief clerk in
the Office of the master mechanic at
Nickerson, but now connected with the
A. & P. at Albuquerque. and Miss Viola
Crawford, of Cambridge, Kan, were
united in marriage at the home of the
brides parents on Tuesday, Dec. Gath.
Carl Davignon, Santa Fe brakeman
out of Nickerson, and Miss Laura Price
of the same place, were married Christ
mas day.
Machinist William Jury, of Dodge CITY.
is visiting his family in Topeka.
Prairie Gem lodge No. 70, Brother
hood of LOGON olive Firemen, will give
their first annual ball in the City hall,
Nickerson, Kan, Tuesday evening. Dec
31st.
Harry c. Herby. Of the master me-
chanic's Office at Nickerson, spent Christ
mas with friends in Newton,
Fireman w. R Samuels, of the Cot
tonwood division. has been promoted to
the position of engineer and has been as
sipuad to a switch auCina in EIora0oa
yard.