Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-05-04

John c. Breckenridge has been appoint.
ed consulting engineer for the New York
Contra and will be engaged in the install
lation of electricity on the New York end
of the line.
The Northern Pacific is said to have an
option on the Pacific and Idaho Northern.
which it will exercise with a view to
building a line from Cottonwood to Lew
iston, IDAHO.
President johnson and other Norfolk
and Western officials are inspecting the
"Short Line" from Columbus to Sandus-
Ky with a view, it is said, to purchasing
it from the Pennsylvania.
The general office of the Lake Shore at
Cleveland announce that the Twentieth
Century Limited made 1OS miles in one
hour and thirty-nine minutes between
Cleveland and Toledo. This is thought to
establish a new speed record for regular
train service. ~.
The report of the Missouri Pacific rail-
way for 1905 shows a deficit of $751;
2O5, as compared with a surplus of over
$4,000, 900 the preceding year. In expla-
nation of this President Gould refers to
the disastrous billiards. and floods of the
first half CT the year and to the yellow
fever quarantine. . So. g.
After a trial of two years with n linn
tied number Of omnibuses in the streets
of London, England, the London power
omnibus company has ordered seventy-ive
double-decked buses and has begun the
construction of the largest garage in Eu-
rope, with a floor area of 00x9O feet. The
fuel is stored in two 1,O00-gallon tanks,
from which six cars may be charged at
one time. -,..
Nearly all of the great trunk lines
have reported increased gross earnings
during the first three months of the year,
and notably the New York Central. the
Wabash, and, the Chicago Great Western.
Bank clearingS have broken all records
for any three months in the history OF
the country. according to Bradstreet's,
and the number of failures were 2,131, or
a decrease of ; per cent as compared with
the first quarter of last year.
The sixteen railroads constituting the
Chicago Car Service Association have
served notice on the International liar.
vester Company or harvester trust that
owing to the freight car shortage 1t will
be impossible to permit cars to go OF the
tracks of the company, owning them. Be
cause the trus, owns the Illinois North
ern railroad, it claims the right to the 20
cents a day charge for car demurrage.
But the railroads insist upon 81 per day,
as charged to all other manufacturers or
shippers. ,~.u .r.t.-
The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
railroad was fined $4,000, and Darius
Miller, vice president, and G. G.. Burn
ham. export freight agent of the road,
were each fined $4,000. Violation Of the
provision of the Eikins law prohibiting
secret rebates was the charge against
them. United States District Judge s.
ii. Bethea imposed the fines at Chicago
after Chester A. Dawes general counsel
OF the company, had thrown the defend
ants upon 1.-THE mercy of the court and
District Attorney Morrison had expressly
left without suggestion the amount OF
the fines to the discretion of the court.
The sentence was considered severe by
the railway officials. as they expected no
more than $4,000 altogether.
Railroads in Ohio may hereafter charge
not more than two cents a mile for carry
ing passengers. The new law went into
effect in March. On the same day that
the new rule became operative the presi-
dent Of a New England railroad company,
whose main line connects Boston and
New York, announced that a uniform two-
cent rate would be adopted by his COM
pany at once. The agitation eor such q
rate is now in progress in New York,
Pennsylvania, Virginia. Iowa, Illinois. IN
diana and Nebraska. In Michigan there
is a graduated rate based on the earning
power of the road. 1t starts at two centa
and runs up to four cents. Wherever the
rate has been reduced the receipts from
passenger traffic hare increased. us IN
creased facilities for travel always ind2cs
people to &c about.