Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-01-05

In Wallace county the Union Pacific
railway has just paid something over
$4,000 tax money into the treasury of
Wallace county. This is more than
double the sum received from all other
sources.
Missouri Pacific railroad employees will
have harder time than ever to get
passes next year. The road requires
them to state in their application wheth-
er they want TO make pleasure or bus
mess trip, or whether it is wanted on
| account of sickness or death of relatives,
ETC. Only limited number of passes
will be given on any account during
1895.
Pittsburg special A leaky throttle
in the Santa Fe round house in this
city caused an accident The wiper dis
covered the engine moving while under
it, and IN some way got out and into the
cab. He and the regular hostler were
unable to control either throttle or re-
verse lever and the runaway dashed in
to another engine standing a short dis
tance away, on which were two men,
damaging both engines and some
to- The fireman narrowly escaped in
jury by jumping But for the fact
that there was but little steam on the
runaway, fatal accident would have Oc-
Cured.
Chancellor Snow expresses himself
strongly in favor of the county high
school system. "He says at is fact
which should be strongly impressed
upon farmers that although they con-
stitute the great majority of the popu-
lation of the state their sons and daugh-
ters have no direct means of making
connection with the university. The
country districts have no high school
privileges of their own. The farmers
child has the same right to free educa-
tion as the child of the townsman and
the present unfortunate gap between
the district schools and the university
should be filled at the earliest possible
date"
Capital: The Santa Fe officials an
nounce that at midnight, December 81,
all annual passes over the lines of the
system will positively expire, and unless
there is an early and sudden blast from
the official trumpet there is no possibil-
ity of the order being rescinded. w. H
Simpson, of the advertising department,
SAYS that all editorial passes will expire
at the same time, but all half-fare per-
mits will be honored by conductors un-
til January Is. The Santa Fe issues
from 5000 to 10000 half fare permits
annually, so there will be few people
riding while some others bemoan the sad
ness of their fate in having passes that
have run out. There will be decrease in
the number of coveted ''annuals" issued
by the obliging Santa Fe the coming year.
In fact this is true of all western roads
The management believes that in many
cases passes we're issued to people who
simply impose upon the railroads and
the men who remember them. The st.
Louis pass agreement is to go into effect
January /.
The receivers of the Santa Fe asked
for an appeal from Judge Grosscup's de-
cision in the keenan, VS.. Santa Fe case
at Chicago to the United States court of
appeals, the Santa Fe will not exact the
50 or any other switching charge. AS
it will take from six months to year
before the appealed case can be heard
there will be little change in the switch
ing charge situation, as before that time
the competitors of the Santa Fe will
surely be compelled to abandon the
switching charge, as with an advantage
of 81 a car the Santa Fe would be sure
to get the bulk of the business. Live
stock is now beginning to move, and in
month or two will be at its best, and
decision cannot be expected by that
time The motive of the receivers OF
the Santa Fe in appealing the case is
variouslv construed. Some claim it was
done at the solicitation of the other
roads, which are anxious to maintain the
charge. Others think it was done to
prevent shippers from bringing suit at
once against tho company for refund
of the money paid for switching by live
stock shippers previous to the time
when Judge Grosscup rendered his de-
| cision against the legality OF the charge.
and the Santa Fe took it of.