The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-12-13

| Louis. Will be inaugurated on he bas |
Line. which win then become a part
of the Frisco sy-tem.
Judge c L. He bert, ol Ardmore,
has been appointed attorney Tor the
Choctaw Oklahoma and Gulf rail
road. vice Ledbetter and Bledsoe. re-
signed
The Orient will make It's terminals
at Lone Wof. okla. for a short time,
the people Of that town having dOnat-
ed $50 acres the road
Mr. Luce who is now employed by
the Fri co at Neodesha as train d
pa cher. spent Sunday in Enid, look
ing over the city He has been Of
fered the position of chief train dis
paicher for the Frisco at Enid and
will probably accept. coming here on
January lst, when that road will open
dispatchers Office with six operat
ors running da yand night shift
Enid Events
The Rock Island railroad company
has voluntarily granted an increase in
wages to all helpers in the recently
purchased Choctaw shops at Shawnee
and South McAleser l. T. The in
creGee is from Is to 30 cents on the
day and effects 300 men. Hereafter
the standard wages for helpers will be
$1.65 per day
1t is now genoraIls taken for grant
ed that the Swifts and Armours have
secured control Of the Union Depot.
Bridge and Terminal company at
Kan $ City and will construct a new
bridge there so as no utilize the Bates
prop, ry on both sides OF the river.
Michael Cudahy also is said to be in
the deal new union s.a ion viii
be built capable of accommodating ali
the roads now entering Kansas City,
but il is said the Rock Island viii be
the prime mover in this direction The
pr sent union station has been out
grown 1t does not begin 70 meet the
zion of George n. Ross as president
of the ne wtermna company Is tax
en- as meaning that rhe enterprise will
be put through with the greatest Wig
or and managed in a way to meet all
uhe requirements of the situation.
The Santa Fe Railroad has secur-
ed terminal and ferry in Oakland,
CAL by the purchase of the C~liforn-
ia and Nevada Railroad for $4,000
unde foreclosure sale by the Central
Trust Company Of New York. The
road was planned 10 run from En-
eryvfle to Bodie. Only twenty two
miles were ever built.
The Choctaw Rock land railroad
is TO build a line from Haleyville l..
r.. 10 Dallas. Tex. a distance Of 100
miles II was announced that from
Haleyyille the same company will
build to Kan sas City. with a 81. Louis
connection From the Guthrie extern
sicn to haleyYille a line will be built
to Muskogee. l. T., connecting with
tn Kansas City line. Westward ON
Guthrie the same company IS project
ing a line through Kingfsher Wa
tonga Taloga and Grand 10 a connec-
ton with the ! Paso line
Circulars OF instruction have been
delivered 10 all the Santa Fe ticket
agents concerning the holiday rates.
There are TO be two different rates,
those for teachers and tudents and
those fo.' the general public The rate
of one fare for the round "trip has
been made for the teachers and stu
dents. This is only for the district
west of the Missouri river, the rate
east of the river being a fare and one
third for the round tip The limits
are to be from date of sale to jan
uary s. After the teacher or the stu
dent, as the case may be- has receiv
ed a certificate from the principal OF
the school stating that he or she is
, positively a member OF said school
they may go to the city ticket oficc
and obtain their tickets on the day
the school closes or the day after but
| not later because rates will not be
+, given to those that appear after said
day. The rates for the general public
. are the 7ame as the teachers and
students rates and the limits Will be
from dates OF rate to Januar, .
Tickets will be sold on December "a
, 25. 81 and January 1.
OF the 600 miles of the Orient sys-
o TEN. 200 miles is In operation and 75C
miles more graded 1000 mon ar'
, at work on construction.
III. Several locating engineers of tn,