The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-11-12
1ANPTOY'S REPORT.
The Commissioner Of Railroads
Notes Improved Earnings.
10 LOOK INTO NEAT INSPECTION.
a Special Agent Sent from Washington %
Kansas City to Investigate Charges
Government Forestry Work-The
Ice-BOund Whaling Fleet.


Ice-BOund Whaling Fleet
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1O.-Gen. Wade
Hampton, who has just been succeed
ed by Gen. Longstreet as commits
sioler of railroads, has submitted to
the interior department his report for
me past fiscal year. He says that the
year marked the low water mark of
railway construction. During the
year "a companies, with ), All miles of
road, passed into the hands of the
zc9nrts, and IS others previously placed
IN reeeiverships were sold at foreelo-
sure. A steady improvement in rail-
road earnings during the first six
months Of the current year is
noted, an improvement particularly
apparent in the bond-aided Pacific
railroads. The outlook in the west
generally for the present year, is re-
ported very encouraging. Gen. Hamp-
ton, though diselaiming any attempt to
criticise the course of the government
N the Union Pacific matter, saws he
has always believed that a settlement
more advantageous to the COVE rnment
eould be obtained if all the companies.
particularly the Union and Central
Pacific, could be negotiated with at
the same time through a commission
10 be appointed by the president, and
possibly all in the same way, than by
settling at different times and on a
different basis. Government owner
ship or operating under government
supervision, he says, would benot only
a doubtful, but a dangerous expert
ment which probably would result
disastrously to the government
TO LOOK INTO MEAT INSPECTION.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1G.-It was
learned yesterday that the department
OF agriculture viii shortly dispatch
special agent to Kansas City to iuves-
tigate charges against the meat in
spection force. Complaints similar to
those issuing from Kansas City have
recently been coming from Buffalo, n,
Y, and DR.. Salmon, chief of the
bureau OF animal industry, it is under
stood, is now there making a personal
Inspection There is some hesitation
on the part of the government officials
to give out the nature of the charges.
They are, however, of a very grave
character, as evidenced by the fat
Footed statement that a special agent
vii be sent to Kansas City to make an
Investigation. The charges were fled
9agaiAst the inspection force at Kansas
City some days ago, and since that
time the force has made claims in the
federal court at Kansas City against
Oae OF the leading packers This in
formation is furnished the department
in the tone of confirming conditions
alleged to have existed when the orig
inal charges were filed. The finding
Of the special agent will doubtless be
used in the federal court when the
case made out by the inspectors ia
reached.
GOVERNMENT FORESTRY WORK.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1O.-B. E. Fer
now, chief of division of forestry Of
the agricultural department, in his an
nnai report to Secretary Wilson, SAYS
the principal experiment made during
the year were in tree planting on the
plains and Investigations in timber,
physics and biology. In tree planting,
five additional experiments stations
were authorized-at Caluge Station,
Tex, Saltwater, Ok; Logan, Utah,
GrookstOn, Mimi, and Grand Rapids,
Mich, The total area now in perma.
nent plantations at all experimental
stations is over 50 acres. Prof. Fernow
says many of the most important tim
bers are still unknown as to their
quality, and especially Pacific coast
timbers, which soon viii have to be
used by the eastern wood consumers,
when the home supply begins to wane.
The government, the report saws,
should furnish reliable information to
check the waste of our timbers, the
only hope of frightening our supplies
of homegrown forest materials being
in q more conservative and economical
use. Among the recommendations is
one for $50, 600 to defray the expenses
ri timber investigations.
rHE ICE-BoUND WHALING FLEET.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10. The cabinet
gave considerable attention yesterday
to the ice-bound Behring sea whale
feet, Two plans have been decided
upon, one to send the Bear from Sc
sttle, which cannot be got ready fol
two weeks, and another to send the
TEsasher, a whaling vessel now in San
Francisco. The Thrasher can be pro
xisioned at once and sent Immediately
on her mission. 1t is stated that there
is ? very good supply Of provisions al
Point Barrow and another supply al
Herschel island; that also, at Least
three vessels well supplied with pro
visions viii winter in the Arctic. The
location of the reindeer in Alaska
which are wanted for transportation
Is not known, but it is believed a sup
ply can be obtained,
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