The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-02
1T MAKES THEM MAD
Caldwell Wants the scalp of the Santa Fe
for Unjust Changes.


The change in the trains between
Wichita and Caldwell is causing trou-
BILE down at the latter place and max
ing the people mad. MIR. ]. E. Wells,
editor of the Caldwell Advance, writ
ing TO the Eagle, says:
THE new time card which takes ei-
feet on the Santa F'e next Sunday morn
ing is thoroughly unsatisfactory 10 this
part Of the state. Formerly the Santa
Fe arrived at Caldwell in the morning
at 10 o'clock and leaves in the afternoon
al 40 o'clock, which hit just right. This
gave commercial men ample time 10
work the town and leave the same day.
But under the change they will either
be compelled to wait until after IL
o'clock at night or stay over all night.
They are unanimous in their denuncia-
ton of the new time card" Under
the old time card our business men and
farmers could go to Wellington the coun
~ seat, and transact their business and
have ample time to catch the Rock Is
land home at SIS, thus saving nine
hours valuable time. Under the pres
ent time card" they will be compelled
10 go up there at 700 o'clock in the
morning and stay there all day or IN
til SIS that night, which Is very I'M
satisfactory, and they are all as hot
as hornets consequently and declare
they will never ship a pound of freight
over the road in the future while the
present time card exists, and they are
right. The old schedule OF time has
made the Santa Fe innumeralble friends
in Caldwell and its north adjacent sta
tions and the merchants have. as a rule,
all appreciated its endeavors TO facili-
tate matters TO their interest and have,
as consequence, appreciated it thoro-
ughly. But now they don't know what
ails the Santa Felt is making a change
of time in direct opposition 10 its own
interest. The trainmen and agents
along the line TO Wichita have done
their utmost to build up traffic and
freight for the road, and now the COM
pany have suddenly shattered the whole
works 50 TO speak
At Wellington the state Of affairs
exist. Formerly the Wellington citi-
zen could go 10 Wichita. leaving Well
ington at 5 o'clock p. m, and attend
any kind Of an entertainment in good
shape. Now they Will be compelled 10
go up early in the morning and stay all
day and few feel like doing this. Null
vane and Belle Pine are even worse off.
Their people viii be compelled to get
up IN the wee small hours of tn morn
ing now to catch the Rock Island II
they want to go to Wichita, and TO say
they are wrought UP IS putting II mild
In the past week we have heard at least
a dozen commercial men making au-
burn kicks on the new time card" and
they all declare they viii make &
point in the future 10 ride on any other
road in preference 70 the Santa F.
when they have an opportunity TO COM
pete with their time. They look on
ii as an outrage. The company has
them in a pickle down here and they
mean 10 get even when they happen n
a place where competition exists. The
farmers who have all shipped their
grain over The Santa Fe from here. be-
cause the road gave them good time
schedule 70 the county seat. have de-
cleared their intention OF boycottine
that road in the future. And are they
not right2 There is no sense n this
change Of time, for the reason that il
does both the company and the people
an injustice. II loses both money. The
Rock Island IS laughing in lis sleeves
over the change. II sees a harvest in
view for its road from this point and
all points north Of here 10 wichita. In
der the change. the Santa F. and Rocx
Island trains run on the same time
leave in the morning AZ 100 O'Clock. a.
rive az night at 900 o'clock Il IS not
hard 70 guess which OF these roads viii
get the business.