Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-28
RoiIroad Notes,

The president has approved the act au-
thorizing the Kansas City, & Gulf Railway
Company to construct a bridge across Red
river, at Alexandria, La.
The 4Slk cent rate which has applied on
potatoes from st. Paul and Duluth com
mon points to Texas common points has
been withdrawn, and the old rate of 65&
cents is again effective.
Through sleeping cars from Kansas City
TO Cincinnati, via the Wabash and Balu-
more & Ohio, which have been running on
the Wabash train leaving this city at $40
p. M, will be withdrawn February 1.
Joel F. Vale, attorney for the United
States, has filed with the clerk of the
United States circuit court at Denver
bill of complaint of the government against
the Union Pacific Railway Company.
Effective January 2S, the class rates au-
thoriZed from Galveston to New Orleans
will apply on traffic between Houston and
points on the Kansas City, Watkins &
Gulf railway; Alexandria to Lake Charles,
La.
Vice President C. F. Crocker and General
Manager ]. A. Fillmore, of the Southern
Pacific, who have been in Arizona recov-
ering from the effects of la grippe, have
returned to San Francisco, much improved
in health.
Effective, January %, rates on -four
grain and hay, authorized from the West
ern Kansas group points to points in Ari-
zona and New Mexico on the Southern Pa
cific lines, will apply from all points in
the state Of Texas.
The Iron Mountain has issued a pretty
sheet of music as a souvenir of that route,
and soon Colonel Jewett's many lady
ace Sleeper on the Iron Mountain route,
we will visit all these cities fair this book
let tells about"
The Columbus, Sandusky & Hooking
railway yesterday obtained an Injunction
to prevent D. L. Sleeper Morris Donahue
H. r. Butler, George w. Saul, S. j. Flick
enger, E. NJ. Postol and Anna Bonebrake
from taking further steps to have a re-
ceiver appointed.
The Ohio Valley railroad, 1870 miles, rum
ming from Evansville to Hopkinsville, KY,
will be sold at Henderson, KY, June l.
The upset price will be 81, ,080, 900 and cash
deposit of 100000 will be required of bid
ders. John Roberts and James Quarles
have been appointed the committee to
make the sale
The net earnings of the Chicago. Mil
waukee & st. Paul for the month of De-
cember were S1.241.0 .00S an increase of Si.143
over the same month last year. Since
July !, the earnings of the road have been
$G.IS4,S76 a decrease of $117,71S from the
net earnings of the same period of the
preceding fiscal year.
Exceptions to Western classification, pro-
viding for stopover privileges for partial
unloading of tropical fruit and other COM
mOdities, have been amended SO that when
a stop is made at intermediate points taxi
Ing higher rate than the point of ultimate
destination, the highest rate applicable at
any station where stop is made will be
| applied on entire shipment, In addition to
stCpover charge.
C. S. Tomlinson, the general secretary
| of the National Association of Merchants
and Travellers, has addressed letter to
| Chairman Caldwell, of the Western Pass
| enger Association, IN which he says the
| organization has in no way been identified
with the attempt of the different bodies
| of travelling men which are seeking to
| force the railroads to fiat rate of cents
! for all passenger business.
Governor Mount, of Indiana, yesterday
| signed the bill directing the Vandalia Rail-
| road Company to make an accounting as
| to its alleged debt of about 81, 600 to the
| state school fund under an old charter.
| The attorney general will at once call upon
| the railroad company for statement. The
| speaker of the house Immediately named
| a committee to enforce the claim If one
| shall be developed.
Effective February 6. the rates from
| points in Omaha-Davenport territory, on
| molasses, glucose sugar Except lemon and
| maplel, and syrup, straight or mixed car
| loads, to Texas points, will be fifth-class
differential higher than authorized rates
| from st. Louis: rates on same commodities
| from Marshalltown. Ia, and Peoria, ILL.,
| may be cents per 100 pounds higher than
| the established rate from st. Louis.
| c. Z. Wilson was yesterday appointed
! assistant general freight agent of the Wis.
consin Central lines, the appointment to
! become effective February /. T. A. Price
who has been assistant general freight
agent of the same company for some time
| remains such. MIR. Wilson has beer
| with the Central for about ten years and
| for several years he has been the com.
mercial agent Of the company in Chicago
At the annual meeting of the registered
| holders of the general mortgage bonds OF
| the Mobile & Ohio Railway Company yes.
| terday, the Farmers Loan and Trust
Company, attorney in fact for the assent.
| ing holders of bonds, was instructed Il
| vote at the meeting of the stockholders Of
the railroad to be held in Mobile for the
following directors: J. c. Clarke. T. +
| Devons. J. H. Fuy, ]. S. Rogers, II. 3
| Plant, ]. B. Mason, Adrian Iselin. Jr. c
c. Cuyler, c. Sidney Shepard, F. D. Tap
pen. Z. L. Russell, A. H. Stevens and W