The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-07
RAILROAD NEWS.
Rock Island Announces East
bound Excursions.
Low Rates For Teachers and
Their Friends.
A SOURCE OF WORRY.
Members Of Western Passenger
Association Are Watching.
New Time Card to Go Into Eff
feet April -.

1ecG Aprll los
The Rock Island railroad Is attracting
a great deal of attention to itself by its
withdrawal from the Western Passen-
ger association and railway officials in
the territory Of the Western passenger
association are watching the attitude OF
the Rock Island with a great deal Of
interest. The Rock Island can create
CONSERVATION among the railway off
Gals of the railroads of this section by
announcing arbitrary excursion rates.
and the passenger agents of the com
petitive roads are watching for de-
velopmerts along this line with more
than ordinary Ipterest-
The first move on the part of the
Rock Island to Indicate the attitude It
viii assume is the announcement of
eastbound excursions rates to school
teachers and their friends who wish 70
attend summer schools inthe esat. FROM
Kansas and Oklahoma points the Rock
Island has announced that the round
trip may be made to Chicago for one
fare plus two dollars.
The Rock Island is taking independ-
ent action in announcing these rates
which are virtually an open excursion
rate to any one who may want to go
east. The proposition was suggested
to the Western Passenger association,
to give the railroads an OppOr tun1Iy to
take united action on the idea and TO
allow all the railroads in this territory
to announce the rate at the same time
The plan was negatiVed by the mem
berS of the Western Passenger aSSocla-
ton and the Rock Island has issued
circulars to the agents in Kansas and
Oklahoma to sell excursion tickets east
bound on June Is. II, p. and "a. The
tickets viii be good to use until and
iVFlH6iner Snnfpr1ftf1T. The fare will
be one fare plus two dollars for the
round Trip and an additional fee of 3
cents win be made at Chicago for eX-
ecuting the return portion of the ticket.
The announcement Of this eastbound
excursion which it is rumored is but
the beginning of a series of eastbound
excursions viii be welcomed by the
people of the west.
Western General Passenger Agents
held a conference last week in the
Burlington Building at Chicago to con
slider the withdrawal of the Rock Is
land from the Western and Southwest
ern Passenger associations. The Rock
Island was not represented. The feel
ing among those present was that none
of the roads should follow the Rock Is
lands example. Some of the hot heads
wanted retaliation measures taken
against the Rock Island if it persisted
in staying out of the association, but
this was discOuntenanced by others,
chairman of the Executive committee
should call on Mr.. Sebastian, General
Passenger Agent of the Rock Island
for an explanation. Mr.. Eustis was told
by the Rock Island man that his road
withdrawal was due to belief that GER
tain features OF the agreement were lie
legal
The recent extension of the Rock IS
land to El Paso is believed to be re-
sponsloie for the position it takes re-
garding the associations. A pool is said
to exist between the Southern Pacific
and the Santa Fe on California BUSH
ness, which acts detrimentaly to the
ROCK Island interests, and this is one
of the principal illegal features the
Rock Island desires to have removed.
The Southern Pacific, IT is said feels
rather friendly to the Rock Island and
would not 1eel sorry If its arrangement
with the Santa Fe on California traffic
was materially modified
The success of the association depends
entirely upon the policy of the Rock
Island as a. nOnmem Der If this road
cO-Operates with the lines in the organ
izatiOn and refrains from cutting rates
there viii be no serious results from its
ACTON. IT, however, its officers decide
( to pursue an ultra-independent course
serious consequences, so far as the as
{ ISOLATION is concerned. might follow
/ Under its new management the Rock
/ Island IS being operated entirely in the
/ interests Of the Rock Island.
] -4FiC - q 0lIEIEQCe Oh OPINION re
/ garding the reason forsthe Rock Islands
/ withdrawal, Representative of com
/ petInS lines do not believe that the ac-
( ton was taken through fear of prosecu-
! ton of pools.
1t is believed that the United States
4 attorney general is watching the pas
/ senser associations along with the
rrelsht pools. The injunctions against
secret rate-cutting now STANDING
/ against number of the roads applies
/ to passenger as we'll as freight bust
ness, attorneys for both sides aga eeing
that the word traffic in. the prohibitory
| order is intended to cover passenger as
| Well as freight traffic.
Most of the pooling has been done BY
/ the roads operating east bound from
/ Chicago. officers of tie western lines
have several times attempted to execute
1 pooling agreements, but by reason Of
| the greater diversity Of interests the
/ plans have failed.
East of Chicago there is more of a
/ common ownership, which makes posi-
I bic stronger pooling arrangements. 1t
! is believed that pools in passenger and
/ freight traffic exist among the lines east
bound from here.
Denver Col. April THE News to-
Speaking of the recent sale of the
| Colorado & Southern railway, a Denver
man who claimed to have his infolna-
ton from officials of the Colorado &
| Southern said:
It is true that control of the Color
ado & Southern has been purchased by
persons acting in the interest of the Chi
cagO, Rock Island & Pacific road. The
proposed increase of SIS, LOCO, 600 in the
capital of the Rock Island which viii
be voted on by the stockholders Of that
road on June 4. is for the purpose OF ex-
tending the Clear Creek branch. p
The News also hints a t the probability
of a triple alliance having been formed
by the Colorado & Southern, the Rock
company
A Chicago paper says: The proposed
increase Of S15.000. 600 in the capital stock
Of the Poek Island is for the purpose OF
eNteno.-a- the clear Creek branch lcoE