The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-12
ROIHSCH|LDS IO Build
Over the Dalton Trail a Road
to the Yukon.
GULF ROAD AGGRESSIVE
Long-Haul Privileges Granted
Northern Lines.

Washington, Jan. 1T is definitely
announced by A. c. Bratnober that the
:, Rothschilds would build a railroad into
the Yukon country over the Dalton trail.
His brother, Henry Bratnober, of San
Francisco. who is the Rothschilds' west
ern representative. has the enterprise in
charge The railroad will be about 40
miles long. The cost of construction and
equipment is estimated at 100000.
THE GULF REACHES OUT.
Chicago, Jan. 1.-THE Tribune says to-
Gay:
Much alarm Is manifested in western
railroad circles over the attitude of the
Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf rail-
road. Unless this road can be checked
In its rate-destroying career, earnings of
western railroads will be most seriously
affected and expected dividends will
Vanish into air. Announcement is made
that the Kansas City and Gulf has put
into effect a rate on corn IF u cents a
hundred pounds from Kansas City to
ton, 1t will absorb the elevator charges
which amount to cents a hundred
pounds. This is the lowest rate ever made
tc tidewate. from the Missouri river.
Against such rate as that the east
bound roads from the Missouri rIvec
cannot compete. The rate from the Mis-
souri, river to Chicago on corn is Il cents
hundred pounds, not including elevator
charges, and from Chicago to New York
the rate is III cents. This makes
through rate On export corn from the
Missouri river, via Chicago. of 29!s cents
a hundred poLnds, as against u cents
minus elevator charges, from Kansas
City to Gulf ports. Even The roads
competing with the Gulf road find they
cannot meet tire Il STEERS rate without
losing money. The Gulf road apparently
cares not whether it makes money On
the transportation OF freight. Its pro
motors expect to reap a harvest in The
lane speculat on.
The situa lion would not be quite So
bad for the roads east from the Missouri
tiver if the Kansas City and Gulf would
get no further east than Kansas City.
But it has acquired lately lines into Mis-
souri, and Iowa, and is extending them
to a number of points. This enables it
to take corn from the heart of the west
ern corn belt to the gulf
TO COMPETE WITH CANUCKS.
Washington, Jan. 1.-THE Interstate
Commerce Commission has issued an or
der dated January 1, 1898. continuing in
force until December 81, 1899, the order Of
March %, 1897 authorizing certain named
railroad companies to charge less for the
transportation of passengers, both east
bound and westbound, for the longer dis
tance by their several connecting lines
between points in the Kootenai district
in British Columbia near the northern
boundary of the United States between
the Cascade and the Rocky Mountains
and points upon the Detroit and St. Clair
rivers and easterly therefrcrI in the Do
minion of Canada and in that portion of
Grand Trunk railway, than fo- the short
er distances to intermediate points on
their respective lines 1t g provided,
however, that such low rates for long
distances shall not at any time he less
than the previous published rates charS-
ed by the Canadian Pacific for the trans
pOrtation of passengers between The
same points. It is further provided that
this order may be revoked at any tire
without notice. The ground for the ap-
plication of the order 10 relievs these
carriers from the operation OF section
44 of the act to regulate commerce, a.
"a 1. 49,
meet the competition OF the Cana lian