The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-29

erh passenger association, spoke briefly
IN repi' 10 Mr. Mckenzie Mr.. Caldwell
uehien many OF the statements made by
VT. -Ict>enzie. the statement of the sell
ing IL gross of mileage and other tickets.
ls ma Was untrue ana misleading, ex-
cept II certain cases. Some carriers NAV
3nter into an arrangement with the brok-
ers Tor lis own benefit, in violation of law
by selling tickets less than its published
rates, and also of its business obIiga-
tons. As to the public being benefited
by the brokers, he called attention to Mr..
Mcherzie's statement that railroads sold
mileage cooks at two cents a mile to The
pubic and the brokers' charge was 21i
cents. He claimed that Mr.. Mckenzie
elso had made misleading statement
regarding the Notwithstanding of tic
kets. This provision was made neces-
Sary on account of the brokers and
80 per cent Of the brokerage business
Was done with non-transferable tickets.
The brokers' rates. he said, was not al
ways the same but where a sufficient
number could get together they would
agree to maintain rates. the rate being
made little less than the published tar
If rates Of the roads
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR RATES.
San Francisco, Jan. 2S-W. A. Giles
Pie is here to secure hotel accommodate
items for the Pennsylvania delegat ton to
the Christian Endeavor convention.
which meets here in July. and to ar
range all the details of the itinerary of
his party. He has Travelled from Phila-
delphia west over the route TO be trav-
eled by the Pennsylvania delegation and
perfected arrangements for the enter
taIamnt of the visitors a various points
where b-.cf stops will be made.
we will leave Philadelphia on June
%. said Mr.. Gillespie, land come west
VIA chicago, Denver Glenwood Springs
ana Salt Lake, at all Of which places we
will stop lCrs enough for little sight
seeing. We will take in Pixies Peak,
Nanitou and the Garden of the Gods.
and We shall probably spend two days in
SAL Lake. arriving here on Wednesday
morning. July Z, in time for the conven-
ton On the return We shall go east by
way OF Portland. the yellowstone Nation
al Park, Minneapolis and St. Paul. con-
sun ing just four weeks for the trip. The
Pennsylvania delegation will number not
less than 40 people. exclusive of the
many friends of the delegates and others
who will take advantage of the occasion
to make 4 trip 10 California. We viii
have three special trains for the dele
gates. 15) people 10 the train. We have
found it difficult TO handle more than
that number at one time at eating sta
tons delegation of 100 or 125 from the
District of Columbia will also come west
With us. l do not know what estimates
have been made. but 1 think it is safe
to count on 5000 delegates from the far
east. besides thousands of others not
To- II IL,
society who vii take advantage of the
low rates for western trip
Ny Gillespie denied the story that
Philadelphia was making a bid for the
convention this year. He said his city
did rot want il and could not handle i
without more time for preparation than
is now left ana he did not want the peo-
pie Of Sar Francisco 20 think that the
story had originated in Philadelphia.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC CHANGES.
San Francisco. Jan. eS.-The annual
n;eeIi3g of the Southern Pacific company
will BE- held in April and it is rumored in
railroad circles that the event viii be
marked by several important changes
in the genera offices OF the company.
RUu.or has il that there will be change
IL the compieXi0n of the board of direc-
tors of the company, and c. p. Hunting
ton Will b scheduled by Thomas II. Hub
bard in the important office of president
There are some who profess 10 believe
that the rumoTs concerning a change Of
management are without foundation and
that tbs predicted changes will not come
nearer a realization than have similar
runners in the past. In other quarters
It is stated tat President Huntington's
administration during the pas, year has
not met with the entire approval Of the
stockholders and that the SearleS inter-
es;s VIII Join the Stanford and Croker
interests in efTectins radical change OF
affairs il the executive Offices of the
company
TENAS RAILWAY DECISION.
Austin. Tex. jar 2S-Today in the
case o. the Houston and Central Texas
railroad ". the state railroad commits
son. Wherein the plaintiff questions the
authority OF the commission 70 prescribe
rates cor congresses, the state supreme
court rendered an opinion holding that
the commission was vested with author
ity 10 issue said rates and enforce them
ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC
New York, Jan. 2S.-The Atlantic and
Pacific per cent bOudholderS have
agreed - accept the proposition made by
The Atchison interests for the control %
the property \ protest was fled against
the proposed action by counsel for the
income bondholders. but il was not con-
sidered
DIVIDENDS DECLARED.
New York. Jan. 2S-The directors %
the s.; Paul and Omaha railroad have
declared dividend OF per cent on the
common stock s dividend Of FL 0s-