Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-11-05
K0UNS WILL GIVE
GOVERNOR STUBS
BIG CONTRACT
# He'll Duplicate BeIen Line
for $4,000 a Mile, Santa Fe
Manager viii Come Across,
He Says,
,sa.o,,, correspondence to Morning JourunIl

Especial correspondence to Morning Jonrnn'l
Nevtou. kan, Nov. &c. w.
Kouns general manager OF the Atchi-
San Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
company, in an address before the
newton Commercial club here,
,onched on Governor Stubb's testi-
mon, before the interstate MINER
commission last week, regarding the
,.ab,e 81 the Kansas railroads and
me amounts for which the governor
said he could reproduce these roads.
AIR. Kouns said that the Santa re
had about completed two miles Of
railroad within sight Of the COVER
nor's home at Lawrence. This rail-
WAY he said, was necessary owing to
rha aneroachment Of the Kaw river
an the old santa re roadbed, forcing
the abandonment of the old line of
railway west Of the Lawrence yard.
The now piece Of railway, Mr.. Kouns
Said. represented the expenditure Of
$4,000 In character Of construc-
lion ii is no more expensive than the
eouiyalent number Of miles on any
norton of the santa FEES maie line
east of Dodge CITY, and is less in
value than much of the main line of
the santa Fe in Kansas.
Mr.. Kouns said he felt hat the
governor, while intending to be Iair,
really had left an impression which
he as governor would mo- allow to be
scattered broadcast il he had in his
possession information of the cost of
lines of railway similar to that re-
ferred to.
Cost OF Equipment.
THE newspaper reports Of the gov
ernor's testimony MIR. Kouns said,
indicate that he did not take into
consideration, as representing the
value of the railroads, several impor-
tant items. The Santa Fc alone has
expended in equipment approximately
500. geo, 900 which would represent
for each of its ten thousand miles,
$4,000. The Santa Fe has a mum
her Of very important terminals cost
ing millions Of dollars, such as those
in the city Ct Chicago, which repre-
sent q value Of over $40. 600. 600;
those in Kansas CITY and Argentine.
representing several millions of dol
lars, those in the city of San Fran
cisco representing $4,000, 000. In
TACT. the extraordinary terminals at q
number OF the terminal of the Santa
Fe represent sums of money which
the governor did not consider, and
which amounts should, IN my JUDI
ment. be properly prorated owe the
ten thousand miles Of railroad of the
Santa Re.
Furthermore, the governor did
not take into consideration such eN-
pensiye structures as the Mississippi
river bridge at Fort Madison. ana
the Missouri river bridge at Sibley. |
representing investments Of several
millions of dollars. These bridges
are absolutely necessary for carrying |
Oh Of the traffic incident to That pro-
duced in the state at Kansas, and the
expense OF these bridges should be
prorated oven the mileage Of the
Santa Fe.
But the point | wish to maxi is
that within sight of the governors
front porch is q piece of railway bulls
by the Santa Fe within the past two
months, which, if the governor had
been as careful of the interests Of the /
railroads of K9nsas rs he should have
been, would have given him a very
l,l paslS upon WIlfcn 10 oiief lcStl-
mony before the commission. If the
governor had asked me before going
10 Chicago as to the cost of the new
piece Of railroad rcferred to. | would
nave been very glad indeed to have
given him the information; In fact
Would have produced for him the es-
umates showing the cost Of the rail
rad.
Expense OF Protection.
There is another item which was
nqt according To the newspaper re-
ports. taken into consideration by tho
solernor-the expense incident to the l
protection of railroad properties 10y