The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-02-03
FOR IN)-GENI FARES
Pingree Sets Himself In Motion
In Michigan.
RAILROADS ARE BEATEN
Southern Case Decided By the
Interstate Commission.

! Detroit, Mich. Feb. 2.-Governor Pin
| gree took steps today toward bri ngtng a
curry all passengers al cents per mile.
He demanded a ticket to Ypsilal,t at the
| Legal cent rate and then paid the full
cen is fare under protest. The suit al
ready pending. to compel the Michigan
| Central to sell thousand-miIe tickets for
800 is not broad enough for the governor,
| as the winning of it would benefit only
those who have the $50 to pay for mile
age books. The second suit, he asserts,
| will be for the benefit of the plain peo-
pie, who pay for just the ride they get.
The Michigan Cenetral claims to be ex-
empted under its special charter from OBJ
! legations to carry passengers at 2 cent
rate. The governor contends that the
company's charter was amended by a
general law passed in 1891.
SANTA FEE CUTS NO RATES.
Topeka, Kan, Feb. 1.-THE Santa Fe
road does not believe in slashing rates.
If any other road can get an advantage
over the osdIlld 7 we are WlIllHB 10 let
it enjoy it. When we have an advantage
we believe in pushing it," This is what
one of the general officials of the Santa
Fe road said today in regard to the ru-
NOR that tina Santa Fe would be COM
PEELED to cut rates in self defense when the
reduced schedule between Chicago and
Denver was inaugurated by the Union Pa
cific next Sunday. General Passen ger
Agent Black said today that there was
no intention on the part of the Santa Fe
of cutting the Chicago-Denver rate.
NEW SANTA FE OFFICERS.
New York, Feb. 2.-E. D. Kenna, the
general soil citor of the Atchinson, To-
peka and Santa Fe railway was today
elected first vice president of the COM
pany and Paul Morton. third vice presi-
dent was made, second vice president,
NEW TOURIST CAR SERVICE.
Denver, Feb. 2.-The weekly tourist car
service arranged for by the Denver and
Rio Grande passenger department in con-
nection with the west lines, will be put
into service on the 18th of the present
month. One car will leave Boston and
another will leave st. Louis westbound
The terminal point on the coast is Port
land and arrangements have been made
so that the travellers will reach Portland
at such a time as to connect without de-
lay with vessels bound for ports n Alas
ka. One car will pass through Denver
every Friday morning, bound for the
coast, and the other will pass through
Colorado Springs the day following. Re-
turning the travellers eastbound will have
the opportunity of remaining in Denver
over Saturday The Boston car travels
over the Boston and Albany, New York
Central and Lake Shore railways-roads
which have not heretofore handled that
class of traffic
TUNNEL CONTRACT LET.
San Francisco, Feb. 2.-The contract for
the construction of a tunnel 500 feet in
length on the line of the San joaquin
Valley railroad has been conditionally
awarded to Foley Bros. and Muir of st.
Paul. MINI. The amount of the contract
is said to Approximate $350,00O. The tunnel
will enable the Valley road to reach its
terminus at Point Richmond. on San
Francisco bay.
NEW RIVER PACKET LINE.
st. Louis, Feb. Am agreement has
been reached by the st. Louis and Ten
nessee River Packet company. the Eagle
Packet company and the Lee line of Mem
phis, and line of steamers has been put
on to take the place of the defunct An
Choir line for all points between this city
and Memphis They viii be under the
control of the st. Louis and Tennessee
River Packet company.
RAILROADS ARE BEATEN.
Chattanooga, Tenn, Feb I'm the case
Of the Interstate Commerce Commission
VS.. the East Tennessee, Virginia and
Georgia Railway company and sixteen
other roads United States Judge Severns
delivered his decision today. 1t was a
complete victory for the commission and
the city of Chattanooga An order was
issued requiring the railroads to at once
make Chattanooga's rate the same as
those 90 Nashville. The judge held that
the commerce act had been violated in
many ways
UNION PACIFIC SECURITIES.
New York. Feb. 2-Pursuant to the or
der of the federal court. the sale of the
securities under the Union Pacific collat-
eral trust took place here today. After
Kuhn. Loeb & Co. had bought s3.3O0,OcO
securities, the SAFE was stopped. SuHlcleJlt
money having been received to pay off
the outstanding notes. Kuhn, Loeb & Co.
represented the reorganization committee.
A VANDERBILT MEETING.
New York. Feb. 2.-The executive Off
GERS of the Vanderbilt system met here
today. President Depew said after the
meeting that only routine business had
been transacted.
WESTERN CONVENTIONS.
Chicago. Feb. 2.-The committee appoint
ed to consider the question Of reduced
rates for the North American Turner's