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Show TRACK AND TRAIN. The Long1 anil Short Haul Question Settled BY A DECISION MADE BY BREWER The 'Lincoln" Car to Be Sent to the World's Fair A Xew Railroad Employes' Em-ployes' Optimization President Clark. Talks, But Says JLittle Happen Insrs of the Week Throush-cat Throush-cat the Country, aad Ileadllsht Flashes From J'ar and Xear. A creat deal of interest is being taken among shippers in regard to Judge Brewer's decision in the Iowa cases, regarding the interstate commerce law. That decision practicslly renders void section 4, relating to the long and short haul. The decision of Judge Brewer's declares the section to be without force, which settles the matter so far as the courts are concerned. A through line from Chicago to San Francisco is made up of several different corporation?, making mak-ing connections only for their own convenience, con-venience, and each has a right to make aud maintain its local rates. According to the decision one corporation can. not be j held reasonable for the charges of another ' on the route, whether the haul be long or rhort, so long as a consignment passes from the possceiion of one common carrier to another, an-other, en route. - This decision is of great importance to shippers and operators of railroad rail-road lines, and will probably put an end to any differences between them. The Lincoln Car. The old "Lincoln" car is to be sent to the World's fair by the Union Pacific oiUcials. Thi3 relic of the rebellion has been doing service in the wrecking department in Colorado Colo-rado for the past six years. It was built during President Lincoln's administration by the Pennsylvania Railway company for United States presidents to occupy oc-cupy especially, aud in its day was the finest car in America. The first time that it wa3 used the president's remains were taken from Washington to his home in Illinois. Illi-nois. Later the Union Pacific, in buying up second-hand cars for its Western service, obtained ob-tained possession of this car. For a while it was attached to a mixed freight train on the Colorado Central, and, being racked from being turned over several times, was relegated rele-gated for use by the wrecking crew. President Clark Talks. President Clark of the Union Pacific is in Denver. To a reporter he said he did not think there would be any great changes in the tariff between Colorado 'cities and Missouri Mis-souri river points. He had no information to give out in regard to railway matters west of Salt Lake, and did not confirm the report that Gould was interested in the Salt Lake & San Francisco road. K-iiiroad Notes. The world's rai.roads are worth $30,000,-000, $30,000,-000, The Rock Island is making better net earnings this year than last. The Denver & Rio Grande taxes for this year will amount to $25,000. J. A. Monroe has been appointed freight traffic manager of the Union Pacific. Bnrlinirton officials are confident that the September statement will show an increase of $300,000 in then et. The capital stock aad funded Indebtedness Indebted-ness of the Pittsburg A Western railroad has been increased to the amount of $1,500,000. It is now reported from New York that Henry Villard ha practically no voice in Northern Pacific affairs other than that of a trusted adviser. The engineers of the Kansas City division of the Fort Scott have organized a new division, di-vision, No. 502, of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Loco-motive Engineers. Eastern roads are removing their crossroad placards with signs reading", '"Look Out For the Cars," and replacing them with signs reading, "Stop! Look! Listen!" The Pennsylvania has absorbed the Terra Haute & Peoria. The latter road will issue $3,500,000 in bonds to take up outstanding bonds and secure a new equipment. The rush of passenger traffic caused hy the World's fair dedicatory exercises has greatly interfered with the business of the freight departments of the Chicago lines, and It is doubtful if the increased passenger earnings will compensate the road for the decrease in freight earnings. Millions of dollars are being expended by the railroads centering in Chicago in preparations pre-parations for the expected increase of business busi-ness during the World's fair. Upward of 1500 new passenger coaches and over 400 new engines have been ordered constructed and delivered prior to May 1, 1893, and all the car works and locomotive shops in the country coun-try are running overtime to fill the orders. A new organization of railroad employes has been formed which combines life and accident insurance with building and loan association features. It is called the "Railway "Rail-way Employes' Industrial Banking Union" and is officered by men who have the confidence confi-dence of the entire railroad world. The intention in-tention is to furnish a means of saving money which may amount to a sufficient sum in old age to render the member independent inde-pendent of other help. |