The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-28
RAILROAD news.
Santa Fe Warning With Kansas
City Railroads.
Transportation Of Wheat From
Kansas Causes Trouble.
BOYCOTT KANSAS CITY.
Santa Fe Said to Be Refusing
to Ship to That Point
Cut Rate on Chicago Grain
Shipments Of Little Effect.

Kansas city is the center of a rail-
road puzzle which is a present inoAoP-
olizing the attention Of the freight ana
TRANSFORMATION departments OF the var
fous roads which enter into competition
in that city.
The struggle is all about the shipping
of grain. and the Santa Fe, being the
heaviest Originator Of gram sllp
ments. takes a leading role IN the coill-
bat of the corporations Asslslalte
General Freight Agent Of the santa {
r g. Maegly was in Kansas CITY yes
terday and officials Of the other mes
are busy trying to find way out OA
Roads to which the Santa F'e is ae-
cllstomed to transfer grain shlpnenls
are short of Transportation facilities
and cannot handle the Santa re cars
rapidly enough to suit tnaL road As
result has been refusal on the par y
the Santa. F'e TO deliver gram Tor trans
fer to the Frisco or the chicago & Al
ton. .4.,
ton the Santa F'e. following its pohcy
fnaugurated at Chicago, has made an
--open rate" on wheat shipments from
Kansas CITY to Chicago Of cents. Inns
rate was first announced Tor but one
6a1- Int has since then been extended
from day to day. The object Of TINS cut
rate was to Offset the secret cutting
which was being done by coInpetinS
roads, and drive these roads OUT OF INC
bushes. The regular rate TO chicago -
But the santa Fe's deep cut in the
Kansas Cfty-Chicago rate IS sald 70
have had little effect. Tt is said that the
Santa Fe has not been getting the
amount of business it had right TO eN-
pect at this rate and the assumption
is that the secret rate cutting of other
roads is even lower than cents.
Western trunk line reports snow that
August / to August p, inclusive, 4-zVl
cars Of wheat were taken out OF KAN
sas City OF this number the Milwaukee,
took the lions share, hauling $40 cars
The Chicago was second best with oSS
cars and the Rock Island i'm third place
with 4e1 cars. The Burlington and Al
ton are ahead of the Santa Fe. having
hauled respectively 476 and 325 cars
This makes the Santa Fe sixth IN the
list with 313 cars The Missouri Pa
cifc hauled 267, the Wabash lO6. the
Kansas City Southern 20, the Katy -
and the Memphis 1877.
The threat of the Santa F'e to cease
consigning grain to Kansas City has
caused great alarm in Kansas City
commercial circles. for the reason that
the Santa Fe reaches the Kansas wheat
fields. and brings IN more gram liAh
any other road. 1t is claimed by some
that the Santa Fe has already prac-
Jically declared a grain blockade on
Kansas City, and viii take no more
grain except for through shipments.
The Kansas City Times, speaking Of the
situation. says:
The santa Fe traffic department has
1niscuous consi gument of grain to kan
sas City. 1t IS likely that within the
next few days instructions viii be IS
sued TO country shippers not to bill
grain to Kansas City except in case
destination can be shown or the order
calls for direct delivery to another line
Under the present system grain is
consigned to operators on the Kansas
City board of trade, and the Santa F'e
people claim that ten days continue To
form the a-verag delay OF cars Of grain
in Kansas City. Under the arrange
ment now COnten plated. in the event
cars consigned direct to another line
could not be handled by the line in
question. the Santa Fe would at once
declare a blockade against that line in
the country and refuse to accept fur
Their shipments.
At the Santa Fe Office in this city
yesterday it was admitted that such a
step was contemplated. If it is taken
the road will be carrying out the threat
of Traffic Manager Biddle made some
time ago Mr.. Biddle declared in a let
ter to Commissioner Trickett Of the
Kansas City transportation bureau
that unless arrangements were made
to curtail delay in redeliverfne cars to
the Santa Fee his road would cease con-
signing grain to Kansas City. The fact
that under the new plan grain billed to
destination or for direct delivery to
other lines would still be hauled in here
would not help the Kansas City mar
ket, as little of it would be handled on
the board of trade
The Santa Fe blockade against the
Great Western has been raised as that
road Is now in shape to handle all
transfers The blackade still exists
against the Frisco system and Alton
road Yesterday the open rate of Z
cents on wheat from Kansas City to
Chicago was again put in effect
-Four hundred and eleven cars of
grain were on the Santa Fe tracks here
yesterday morning. The majority was
still undisposed Of last night"
FOR SUBURBAN TRAINS.
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