The herald., 1897-01-02
TRACK AND TRAFFIC NOTES
Donald M'Lean Files Articles of
Incorporation
THE PACIFIC SHORT LINE
Backed up By Thirty Millions of English
Capital
The Reorganization Committee Of the
Oregon Short Line Ready to
Buy In the Road.
Associated Press specia, Wire

| AsSOclateu tTeSS Speclai wire
O'NEILL, Neb., Jan. 1.-Articles of in
corporation were today filed by Donald
Mclean for a corporation which he
| claims is prepared to complete the Pa
cific short line to the coast-its original
destination. The incorporators were
James Booge, S. L. Wakefield, L, A. Sea-
man, Donald Mclean and F. Harring-
! ton. The amount of capital stock Is
$5,900.000. divided into $4,000 shares of
S1oO each. The proposed line will run
through the counties of Holt, Rock
Brown, Cherry, Sheridan, Box, Butte,
I Dawes and Sioux. He came here ac-
companied by Receiver Hill of the short
| line, and other railway officials and cap
| italists from Sioux City. Mclean comes
/ to fulfill his promise of building the
short line to the west, he says, backed
| up by $50, 900, 900 which he has interested.
READY TO BUY.
| OMAHA, Neb. Jan. IA purchasing
committee representing the reorganiza-
| ton committee of the Oregon Short Line
and Utah Northern will buy the prop
erty in when it is offered for sale by Mas
ter in Chancery Cornish in Salt Lake
City Janary9
At Union Pacific headquarters the Of
ficials understand that the property will
simply be transferred from their hands
to the reorganiZat ton committee and as
result there is much joy manifested
at headquarters, for it is generally be-
lieved that the transfer will make but
little difference with the Union Pacific
as a system.
The transfer of the Short Line will
take about 100 clerks out of the audit
ing department and six or seven out OF
the Office of the superintendent of car
service. but will make but slight changes
in the other departments. The purchase
by the reorganization committee of the
Short Line will probably mean that the
present force of officials on the Short
Line will he retained and that for the
other offices, several we'll known heads
of departments in Union Pacific head
quarters are likely to be appointed.
There will be nothing known of what
will be necessary urtl after the sale.
Judge Cornish left last night for St.
Paul. and he will return to Omaha next
week and with the officials here go out
to Salt Lake to make the sale. being
Joined here by the purchasing commit
tee.
LAKE SHORE CHANGES
CLEVELAND. O.. Jan. 1.-The follow
ing changes III trafilc OfuclalS OF the Lake
Shore railway were announced today:
The Office of assistant general freight
agent here is discontinued. because of
the resignation of ]. G. James. James
L. Clark is appointed general western
freight agent with headquarters at Chi
cago. NJ. g. Chase. general freight agent
at Chicago. will have charge of local
traffic between Chicago and Dune Park,
James l.. Clark. general western agent
at Chicago. will h%ve charge of all
through traffic at Chicago, with con-
nections. and of all contracting and
travelling agents in and west of Chicago.
burg. will have jurisdiction over freight
traffic from the p. & L. z. railroad south
of New Castle junction.
THE RAILS SPREAD
DIES MONIES, Ia. Jan. IA passen-
ger train on the KeOkuk and Western.
southbound. was wrecked this morning
two miles south of Norwalk, injurirg
several passengers ano one perhaps ia :
tally. 1t was heavy train loaded with
sociation. The ground under the track
was softened by rain SO the rails spread.
One coach and harFage car We're turned
upside down and others tipped over. Sew
eral passengers We're bruised. Eugene
CHAPMAN a son of DIR. r. L. Cha Dman
Of Des Moines, was seriously cut in the
left temple and may die. Conductor Ed
Kavanaugh was also seberely hurt. A
relief train was sent from Des Moines
to bring the injured to Des Moines.