Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-09-06

Nl'f NlNNii'h' 80 ~ $3.50" 49,
santa Fe road In Chicago. Is making
u canvass OF sever states and five ter
r!tories with u view 10 ascertaining
the sentiment Of the shippers and prin.
Cipal business men toward the propos'
Cd legislation giving the interstate
commerce commission added power
over rates. Although the canvass
has not been completed. some sur
rrisIng results have been attained.
Thus far the average number OF ans
wers have shown that fully 70
per cent Of the interviewed shippers
located In the states and territories
served by the Santa Fee are not In Ia
vor Of granting the commission furth'
or power over freight rates. The
question put to the shippers In every
ccse is: do you favor giving the In.
t~rstate commerce commission the alb
solate mower to fix all interstate rates
and to establish the relation OF rates
b~tween all localities?"
TIE circulars were sent TO the Santa
Fe agents In every town and city with
Instructions to make a thorough can
ynss. The results Of the canvass thus
f. are shown in the following list:
tv'-c~a. IS psr cent for and As
s~o'rst: california. 80 for and Gl
AGAINST; Colorado, q for and %
a~ainst: Illinois, as for and SO
a~ains': Indian Territory. 81 for and
CO ccainst: Iowa. GG for and "a
arainst: Kansas. p for and 70 against;
Missouri, S3 for and 81 against; New
Mexico. IS for and 54 against; Okla
bora, 80 for and n against: Texas.
90 fer and so against. In the states
where the greater number Of shippers
have been interviewed the percentage
against legislation Of the character
proposed is greatest. Texas and Kan
SOS are striking examples of this.
Perhaps the strangest part OF the
story told by the figures is the OPP
position of the Texas shippers.
Bad Year for Santa Fe.
It Is thought that the annual report
of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe,
for the fiscal year ending June 30,
1905, will be issued to the public
about September Is, says the Topeka
State Journal. The report will re-
fleet the effects of a series Of adverse
circumstances under which the COM
pany operated during he year. which
may not find a parallels in the com-
pany's operations in the next ten or
twelve years.
Opening with the big flood damage
in July, 1904, the year brought a repe-
tition of this trouble in October, while
in January and February the road
suffered severely, In common with
most Of the other large systems, from
weather conditions, the most adverse
from an operating standpoint that
have ever been experienced In this
country.
The effect Of the combined causes
has been to reduce the net earnings
of the Santa Fe for the year by 3d.
900, 715, although the gross earnings
show an increase Of $204,637.
A Great Invention.
The idea Of unloading four railroad
cars at once-cars Of 100 tons aggre-
all done In the space OF two
minutes, NAV strike one as almost be-
yond belief, but this is what can be
done by the Carroll dumping appara-
tus, which for some time past has
been on exhibition at the Vulcan iron
works. in Denver, Colo. but which has
recently been Skinned to the Portland
fair to be shown there.
The inventor is Tim Carroll of
Anaheim, Orange county. Calf. The
machine works automatically by lever
age, the only power employed being
the load itself. Its use will be the
saving Of from 500 to 600 tons in 100
cars. The cars used for the Carroll
dump will be five to six tons lighter
than the dump cars used by the rail-
road companies at present. .
New System.
An entirely new system for filing
and keeping a close record Of acct
dent and wheel reports has lust been
installed in Assistant Superintendent
Miller's office Of the D. & r. G at
Pueblo. Colo. The new arrangement
is a series OF slots in two large cases
In which the wheel reports are kept
for a period Of thirty days. They are
In plain sight and the reports of each
day are to be reached on a moments
notice. being one of the most perfect
systems Of its character ever conceiv-
ed for this purpose.
No Explosives on Passenger Trains.
Ever since the Harrisburg wreck
on the Pennsylvania road last May
there has been a scheme on foot to do
away to a certain extent with the car
rying OF explosives. and recently
an order was issued that hereafter no
explosives will be allowed on pas
senger trains. This rule prohibits the
carrying Of any sort Of baggage,
whether in a passenger a or regular
baggage car, that Is explosive. Al
though orders Of a somewhat similar
1890 Ac,,c koov sco,nA In thc met