The herald., 1897-01-08
ALONG The RAILROAD LINES
Passenger Agent Donaldson flies
Himself East
COAST EXCURSION RATES
Likely to Prove a Bone Of Spirited
Contention
Testimony Given in the Cases of Alleged
Violators of Interstate Commerce
Laws-Saturday's Great Sale
Associated Press Special Wire

tant meeting of the TranScOntinental
Passenger association has been called
for the 18th inst. at Chicago, and AS
sistant General Passenger Agent Dom
aldson of the Southern Pacific company
! will leave for the east tomorrow even
ing to represent his company's interest.
A proposition to discontinue all per-
sonally conducted excursions, both first
and second class, will also be consid-
cred. The matter is of vital interest to
the Raymond & Whitcomb, the Phillips,
the Judson and other excursion agencies,
which handle volume of California
traffic. and is expected to prove the bone
of spirited contention.
The practice of selling steamship
tickets out of San Diego, Los Angeles
and San Francisco, with orders on north
ern lines, is matter which is giving the
transcontinental association consider
able concern and has been placed on the
docket for the coming SESSION A Tim
tied ticket is not supposed to grant the
holder any stop-over privileges. but tick
cts are now being sold over steamship
lines from San Francisco, San Diego and
Los Angeles to Portland and Puget
Sound points with orders on the rail
lines running out of those ports. The
orders, which are, in effect, the same
as tickets, permit a stop-over at the
terminus of the steamship lines and the
transcontinental association has under
taken to enforce Stricter rules for the
regulation of this traffic. The matter
will probably be settled at the coming
meeting.
DAY IN COURT
CHICAGO, Jan. I'm the trial today
of Traffic Manager Hanley of the Santa
Fe for violation of the Interstate COM
n cree laws John Roraback. the Santa
Fe freight agent at Kansas City, was
placed on the stand and identified the
books containing evidences of the way
bills brought into court yesterday. He
said he did not know who made the
original waybillS, but admitted that
clerk named Thomas S. Waufield had
charge of the books in 1892, and that it
was his impression Wautield made the
entries.
John G. Taylor was recalled and iden-
titled Waufield's handwriting in the
books.
Auditor Whitehead of the Santa Fe
was recalled and was shown list of
the Hammond & Thompson shipments
made up in his office from the waybill
copying book, but could not testify that
the list had been properly compiled.
Considerable time was taken up in find
ing the clerks who made it up, which
caused Judge GrosScup to remark that
the government did not seem to know
how to get what it wanted. The clerks
We're finally found and identified the
papers as being correctly made.
The government again introduced
some certificates of the Incorporation of
the company md the minute books of the
stockholders to prove change of name.
Objection was made that the minute
book was not identified and the govern
ment announced that before the case was
ended it would have some one in court to
make the proper Identification.
PROSPECTIVE BUYERS
OMAHA, Jan. IA most luXuriously
furnished and elegantly appointed train
left the city at 8 O'Clock this morning
carrying the receivers and officers of the
Union Pacific westward. They will at
tend the foreclosure sale of the Oregon
Short Line and Utah Northern rail-
ways at Salt Lake Saturday. A trip of
inspection will then be made over the
system, consuming a week at least.
At Salt Lake Samuel Carr, chairman,
ard Henry G.. Nichols, attorney of the
reorganization committee, will be met.
These gentlemen undoubtedly Will be
the actual purchasers of the Short Line
when it is put up fer sale The slate of
officials for the Independent line has
been practically agreed upon, but Chair
man Carr says that it will not be an
nourced until after the purschase of the
road.
Those who left Omaha this morning on
the special train We're: President ). II.
H. Clark, Oliver w Mink e. Ellery
Anderson John w. Doane and F'reder-
ick r. Coudert, receivers; General Man
ager Dickinson, General Solicitor Kelly,
General Superintendent Nichols. Master
Mechanic Mcconnell, General Passenger
Agent LomaX. Freight Traffic Manager
Monroe Superintendent Markell of the
hotel department and Master in Chan-
Gerry Cornish.
A NEW FUNDING SCHEME.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.-Senator Nor
gan Of Alabama today introduced
new bill providing a method of settle
ment of the Pacific railroad debts. 1t
directs the appointment of board of
trustees for the Union Pacific and Cen
trail Pacific and for the funding of the
debts Of the roads 1t authorizes the
secretary of the treasury of the United
States to issue bonds of the United
States in such amounts as may be ne
cessary for the redemption of the first
mortgage bonds of the road and in eX-
change for them, dollar for dollar, the
bonds not to be otherwise sold. The
bonds are to run for thirty years, though
it is optional with the government
| whether they shall be redeemed AT any
earlier or later date. The bonds are
not to exceed $1,000 in denomination and
! are to bear 8 per cent interest. They
| are to be payable to the bearer, and
| the title to pass by delivery.
| The secretary of ths treasury is to
| take immediate possession of the lines
| of the road, together with the telegraph
! lines. rolling stock and other property,
the roads to be conducted as the prop
erty of the United States by board of
| trustees composed Of nine men, to be
nominated by the president and con-
| firnledl by the senate. The office of
Pacific railroad director is TO be abol-
ished The bond provides for a sinking
( fund of one per cent per quarter of the
bonds issued on account of the roads,
to be invested in government securities,
the fund to be used at the discretion of
the secretary Of the treasury for the
payment of Pacific bonds. 1t is proVid-
ed that the Union and Central Pa
Cific and their branches shall be oper-
ated jointly as one through line. The
amount of stock is to be reduced to cor
respond with the value of the property.
1t t. expressly provided that the United
States shall not be responsible for other
than the bonded debts Of the road No
stockholder is to receive any dividend
until the nCn-bouded debts are paid,
nor until the interest on the bonds is
paid.
There is a declaration that the prop
/ erty i, to be held in trust to be admin
| tered for the benefit of creditors, and