The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-10
SANTA FE MEETING.
STOCKHOLDERS AEO DIRECTORS
TRANSACT BUSINESS.

Turn Re- Elect all Old Onfcers-Direc-
tors Donate Their Fsfry- Dollar Attend
ence Fee to the Railroad \. -. c. A.
Organization of Topek~-Extensive I'm
proyements Projected on the Penn
syIvania,s Lines westsrn Lines Pre-
pairing for a Rush KtoDdike.
Topeka, Kan, Dec. 9.-The second an
nual meeting Of the stockholders OF the
reorganized A,chison, Topeka and santa
Fe Railway company was held in Tope-
ka this afternoon.
II differed from the first meeting In
that directors were chosen IN toar
classes, for one, two. three ana -our-
year terms The old directors were re-
elected throughout fur different terms
as follows: For one year: Edward r Kip
ley. AIdace 2. Walker. William Roscn,
Cyrus K Holiday. For TWO years: Il.
Rieman DuvaI, Thomas p Fowler, Caas.
S. Gleed, Victor Morawesz- For three
years: Edward J. Berwind. George A
Nfckerson, r. Somers Hays, Thomas A.
Osborn, and for four years, George u.
Haven, Edward N. Gibbs and Benjamin
p. Cheney.
The firm Of Price, waterhoase & Co.,
Of New York. was again chosen as inde-
pendent auditors Of the system.
The board OF directors convened after
O'Clock this afternoon and reelected
all the old officers OF the Santa Fe Rail
way company.
An incident Of the meeting was the
con tribu1ion OF $3.50 in gold to the rail-
road Y NJ. c. A. of Topeka. One OF the
directors donated his fee Of $50 allowed
for attendance at the annual meeting
and all the other ten men present did tne
came thing-the money being dropped IN
pile on the directors table.
| PENNSYLVANIA BETTERMENTs.
Philadelphia, Dec. s.-The Pennsyiva-
mia Railroad company viii begin al once
the proposed improvements ON It's lines
| west Of Altoona. There are 10 be con-
structed two additional tracks between
Altoona and the Horse Shoe Curve, and
| from that point to the tunnel on rne
main line near Gallatin there Is 10 be one
additional track constructed When this
work is finished there will De four tracks
| from Altoona 70 the Horse Shoe Curve
| and three tracks from the Horse Shoe
Curve TO the tunnel. The old Portage
| tunnel. which was constructed by the
state more than fifty years ago. is TO be
remodelled and made so as to accommo-
/ date two tracks. This work VIII take
time to do, and 1t also requires the Wild
ening of the western approach 10 the
| tunnel for distance Of about two miles
| The tunnel as it now stands Is too small
| for the rolling stock of the road.
THE KLONDIKE RUSH.
| Denver, Dec. 9.-John Francis, general
| passenger agent Of the Burlington rail-
road, stopped over in Denver on his way
! home from the Pacific coast.
| There is going TO be a big rush OF
| travel 10 Alaska whhen the season
opens" said he. People are preparing
! 10 go from every state in the union and
| from almost every town. There viii De
at least 50, 900 people who viii make the
trip, and the crowd may reach twice that
| number. 1 don't suppose they will all
get as far as the Klondike; many viii not
get beyond Portland. In rush such as
this will be there Is always persons VINO
will have 10 give UP before they get 10
their destina ton.
'"Tne railroads will take care OF the
crowde without any trouble. All the
] lines are bidding for the business, and
| the trip will be made as comfortable as
| possible. I understand that there will
be enough steamers TO carry The crowds
promptly"
FEDERATION IS FAVORED.
| Peoria. ILL.,, Dec. 9.-The vote OF the
Brotherhoods OF Locomotive Ffremen
and Railroad Trainmen on the question
( Of federation of railroad orders is coming
| in, and X is practically unanimous IN
favor of il. Otsaer orders except the en-
gineers have already decided for it.
MILEAGE TICKETS.
| Chicago, Dec. 9.-At nne meeting OF the
mileage ticket bureau OF the Central Pas
senger committee, which WAS held TO-
/ day. a large sized fight developed over
the handling Of the interchangeable mile
age tickets. The Lake Shore and the
Michigan Central championed resoiu-
| ton 10 alter the method In which tne
tickets are sold at present. The plan now
/ in effect is for the traveller 20 present
his ticket 10 the ticket agent, annOunc-
| ing how far ne desires 70 travel the tick
e. agent to tear from the mileage book
| me requisite number OF miles, and issue
10 the traveller a ticket good on he train
| The Michigan Central and the Lake
Shore desired that the Interchangeable
ticket be made good for transportation
when presented on trains. and a number
| Of the other lines objected 20 this. There
was me warmest kind OF f1ghs and i
! lasted for the greater part OF The day
! but ne resolution was lost when X came
! 20 a final vote, twenty of the roads vOt-
1 ing against Il and eight for il. The CHIEF
objection urged against the caange IN
/ the ticket was that j. would nee cess!tate
( the alteration OF the machinery OF the
mileage bureau, and in other ways prove
heavy expense 20 all lde roads con-
cerned-
ALASKA RATES
The western roads have to- some time
been figuring earnestly on the business
that y expected 10 set IN IN che late win
ter and the early spring toward Alaska
| They have been doubtful zsaetasr the
purchasers OF transportation would wish
70 buy ;ieke1s through % DaSson C-ty
or only 20 ports on ne Pacific coast, and
today the roads took their FIST action
| bearing on the question o, Alaska rzies-
Tsey have decided TO se- ou- SER fs.e
sheets showing through rates % Aisska.
and Eil ignore entirely The claims q the
! Canadian Paclac for A direEentsl ca
the business TIE rsses of TIE Canadian
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