The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-03-19
IS GLORIOUS
SUN OF PROSPERITY AGAIN AP-
PEARS ON THE HORIZON.
TWO LINES DIVORCED
FRISCO AND SANTA Re RAILWAYS
TO BE SEPARATED.
WICHITA WILL RECEIVE JUSTICE
NO LONGER WILL SHE PAY TRIB-
UTE AT THE KAW.
Wichita Will Have Direct Connection With
the Esst-Her Interests and the
FRISCO AND SANTA Re RAILWAYS
TO BE SEPARATED.
WICHITA WILL RECEIVE JUSTICE
NO LONGER WILL SHE PAY TRIB-
UTE AT THE KAW.
Wichita Will Have Direct Connection With
the East-Iier Interests and the
Friseo's are Identical.


thankfulness this morning and unless
all signs fail day is dawning again upon
the city, and instead of the city being a
the mercy of the railroad combination
she viii have a powerful ally in court,
and the original object of having great
trunk line will be verified.
Within a few days the announcement
will be made which will divide asunder
the Santa Fe system and the st. Louis
and San Francisco railroad, and al
ready Wichita has been made division
headquarters. as shown by the circular
published below.
The building has already been leased
and on Saturday, March q, c. f. Gray
and full corps of office men, including
travelling auditor in the parsonage of It.
]. Frank, viii be in full operation in the
Fechheimmer building, in the rear OF
the Fourth National bank.
Messrs Gray and Frank were met last
night at the Carey by a reporter for the
Eagle, but true to the natural inclina-
ton of railroad men, they declined to
make statements in reference to the
move which was being made, aside from
acknowledging that the following cir
cular was authentic and that the office
had been leased and would be in opera
ton by March p. The circular is as
follow:
Frisco Line"
ST. LOUIS &. SAN FRANCISCO
RAILWAY.
Aldace +. Walker and John J. McCook,
Receivers
CIRCULAR.
ST. Louis, March L. 1896.
Effective March 20, 1896, the appoint
ment of Mr.. c. r. Gray as Division
Freight Agent, with office at Wichita,
Kan, is announced.
His territory will embrace the lines
Monette. Mo-, to Ellsworth. Kan, and
Pierce City, Mo-, to Sapulpa, l. T, in
elusive, Joplin, Girard, Weir and An
thony Branches.
F. D. RUSSELL,
General Freight Agent.
Approved: G. W. GALE,
Freight Traffic Manager.
1t was learned. however from per-
fectly reliable source that the separation
of the two companies was brought
about by Attorney Allsberg of New
York City, who represented the inter-
ests of the Amsterdam bondholders,
who owned the bonds issued by the
road. Mr.. Allsberg alleged in his COM
plant that prior TO the consolidation OF
the Frisco road with the Santa Fe that
the bondholders received their interest
regularly, but that after the consolida>
ton the payment of the interest went
by default.
Aldace F. Walker. one Of the receivers
of the Frisco, and also chairman of the
executive board of the Santa Fe, stated
in an interview published IN the Globe
Democrat that the two roads would be
severed and that as soon as the bond
holders had passed over the line and
visited each portion and took in the
physical condition of the line the sepa-
ration would occur.
AS published in the dispatches in yes
terday's Eagle the receivers and board
are now passing over the entire line,
and 1t Will be remembered that at ROg-
ers, Ark, the party met with an acct
dent caused by an open switch. The
party intend passing over the entire line
to Galveston and thence to Wichita,
where they will take the main line for
ST. Louis.
Mr.. Little, the Santa Fe attorney at
Topeka, was at the Carey last night and
in speaking Of the case said:
The appointment of Mr.. Gray means |
that the Frisco Will be operated as an |
independent road. 1t is in the hands Of |
a receiver and the Santa Fe is not, and |
for that reason it will be operated a a /
separate property. 1t is my opinion |
that the order will hold good until the |
road has been sold under the mortgage /
foreclosure and il is my private opinion |
that it viii be an independent road after /
the sale.
Mr.. Gray was here with the Frisco be- |
fore il was consolidated with the Santa 1
Fe. after which he went to Carthage. /
No, as division freight agent. He is |
popular and a good railroad man. His |
word among the business men is as good !
a law and the Frisco Will be popular /
just as soon as he is in command. Mr.. /
Gray was here yesterday looking for /
quarters and he will be here TO take /
command In very few days. He will .
get a hearty welcome from the business I
men of Wichita.
What this means TO Wichita can hard .
" be realized at first unless 1t IS Salled .
10 mind the condition OF the city before
the consolidation was brought about. !
The day the two great trunk lines were
united was the saddest day that has
came TO Wichita. Before that time
there was no such high-handed discrim-
ination as has been witnessed since.
The Frisco was practically Wichita
road. Whatever interested the city
was of equal value 10 the railway COM
pany Their interests were mutual and
II was during this time that the great
packing house and stock yard interests