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Show IS A JACK A HORSE? A Question That Pnzzled New York Kail-road Kail-road Men. GENERAL RAILWAY NEWS. Will Appeal a Case Eastern Rate War Notes of the Varions Lines. The New York Herald in' a recent issue contained the following: "No better proof is need that the trunk lines are cutting each other's rates in their eagerness to get a car of freight than an incident in-cident that happened yesterday. It was like the old days at Castle Garden when the hotel runners nearly scalped an immigrant in deciding whose property he was. Ninety-seven Ninety-seven jacks arrived yesterday from Liverpool Liv-erpool on the steamer Eunice, bound for the stock farm of Ranchman Perry, near Brunswick, Bruns-wick, Mo. The Broadway contracting agents of the trunk lines are on the alert for every imaginable kind of freight, but they had not been trained to look for jacks. "Their attention was called to the new visitors by the passeajrer agents who meet incoming steamers and have a keen eye for every distinguished individual who is likely to advertise the road. Surely a car load of jackasses would be a great drawing card. One company was notified by cable that the Spanish 'individuals' were coming and it .bought it had a mortgage on the lot. Ranchman Perry was set upon by contracting contract-ing agents before noon and he might have had a free dinner several times over if he had been equal to it. "Of course the railroad's all print their tariffs tar-iffs in black and white, but only a shipper knows how hard it is to choose after several contrai ting agents have handled him for a day describing the benefits of their respective respect-ive routes, 'ihc Erie, Ontario & Western and West Shore agents labored wi.h the farmer all day, but he had not decided last night which route to take. A peculiarity of the Oiiicial classes allows considerable leeway in the case of 'jacks' for cutting rates, and if Ranchman Perry holds off long enough he may get his animals through for a mere song. No doubt there will be a song if tne road that carries them does not treat them better than they do some immigrants. immi-grants. The Spanish jacks spent last nitrht in a Jersey City stable and they did not particularly par-ticularly like it. On the road a jack weighs more than a horse or a mule, although it is not half as large. Iu less than carload lots a horse is estimated at 3000 pounds for one. But every jack is estimated at 4000 pounds. ; "At this rate the nine will weigh 36,000 pounds, or nearly enough to fill two carloads. car-loads. They can all be put in a single car, and there will still be room for more, but carload rates are cheaper than part carload rates, so that the farmer was not long in finding out that he need not pay for 3ti,000 pounds at 95 cents a hundred, the rate to St. Louis, which would be over $300. At last accounts it is said that he had an off ir for about $135. "The struggle between the companies that cater to jacks will be resumed today." THE EASTERN RATE WAR. It Has Only Just Begun if Indications Count. They are having a nice little rate war back east. The Knights Templar excursion business busi-ness is the only thing that the passenger departments de-partments of the roads are thinking of just now, but next week atteution will be turned to the Knights of Pythias business that is to go to Kansas City. The rate that has been authorized is only one fare for the round trip, but there is not the least likelihood of this figure holding good. The passenger situation is too much demoralized to allow a one fare rate to stand with such a large business to be handled as will be drawn there by the encampment. Already eastern lines have made a rate of $5 from Chicago to Kansas City and return. The rate from Cincinnati is $11. In the meantime Salt Lake people pay full rates. They Will Appeal. "The conviction af the members of the firm at Howell, Jewett & Co., the well-known lumber dealers at St. Joseph, Mo., is undoubtedly un-doubtedly going to test the constitutionality of the interstate commerce law," said Special Spec-ial Agent F. G. Kretschtner of the interstate commerce commission in a recent interview. "The members of the firm of Howell, Jewett & Co., were indicted for conspiracy, being charged with violating the interstate commerce com-merce act by bribing weighmasters of the Western Railway 'eighiDg asseciation to report false weights. Every conceivable question was raised by lhe defense, but the judge overruled the points and the jury returned re-turned a verdict of guilty. Sentence was postponed to the September term of court. The defendants are making preparations to appeal the case to the United States supreme su-preme court, and everything material to the interstate commerce law will receive the construction of the supreme court." Railroad Notes. General Freight Agent Monroe of the Union Pacific, is in the city today. J. C. O'Melveny has been appointed road-master road-master on the Union Pacific, vice Thomas Byrne, deceased. Six hundred school teachers and friends came up from the south on the Union Pacific today, and are enjoying a bath at Garfield. President Clark of the Union Pacific and General Manager Thorn of the Texas Pacific have been rusticating with Jay Gould at the resorts near Hailey, Idaho. The California Commandery excursion, 100 strong, arrived in Salt Lake at 8:45 last evening and after a short ride around town was indulged in they went their way. The institution of camp 10. P. O. S. of A. at Payson on Monday night promises to be a great event. Several f the boys will go down from Salt Lake. They leave at 4:25 p. m. via the Union Pacific. A one fare rate to Provo August Oth has been made by the Union Pacific for the P. O. S. of A. picnic. National President Huth will speak on that occasion. Officers of the state camp will also be present. All the official stamps in the offices of the Union Pacific between Granger and Hunt-iugton, Hunt-iugton, except in the Wyoniiug division, are to be changed and marked "Oregon Short Line fc Utah Northern Railway." "Union Pacific" will no longer appear on stamps off the main government line. Tuesday the ' Twenty-first ward Sunday school visit Garfield, while the Third ward of Ogden goes to Syracuse. Wednesday, Baxter, Anderson fc Buckle's excursion via the Union Pacific from Salt Lake to all points north of Ogden leaves, while the Sixteenth ward Sunday school goea to Garfield. On Thursday the Murray band and people of Sandy go to the Beach? On Friday the Press club go down. The International association associa-tion of mechanics will visit Garfield Saturday. Satur-day. On Tuesday August 16 the Twentieth ward visit the place for a good time, and on Thursday, August 18 the A. O. U. W. run an excursion from Park City to Garfield. On Monday, August 22, the Central band of Sandy take a turn. |