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Show I'. WIRES For railroad news originating in " . , Ogden, see Ojjden Department hi this ' ; . I paper. aUTUKlK. Okla., Nov. G That the t ' J , loss to "the Alc.hisou, Toncka &' Santa i 11 i Pc railroad in Oklahoma due to the two- ' 1 con:, passenger law was $1:10..'1UO for the ; i i year unding November 'AO. 100S, on tho I intersrate business alone, is the oonten- ' . 1 I . lion set forth in an affidavit filed in ' ! J the United States district court, yes- j tordav, by dames Peabody, statistician l! for that company. Tim document fur- ' 1 , Iher asserts thatalthough the Santa Fo ' carried 2S7,-MI more passengers in 100S I . ' than during 1007, its total passenger ' earnings in 1SIOS show a loss of ."j-l5:",- , fi Owing to the compulsory low I freight rate, it is claimed, freight re- i e.eints for tlio vear ending 100S shower! a decrease of over .-fL'OO.OUO. The all'i- i davit: was filed in the case of tho rail- . ! roads which are attacking tho state , 'lil constitutional provision for the rcgula- , ,', j ;' lion of railroad rates. '! STAMI'OlfD. Tex., Nov. ;. An- v " jiouncenieiit is made today that tho Chi- . '. V cago, Burlington & Quiiiey railway system sys-tem has absorbed the Stamford North- ; ' j western railway. The transfer was I made at a meeting in this city when i I ' , George B. Harris of Now York waH Hi i, elected president. : , TOMSK A. Kau.. Nov. (3. Tlio su- . j)ieme .court today decided the Wichita ' ear coupler ease." The government was represent ed by a special assistant al- torney genera, as the case involved the J .! operation of Hie federal law compelling ' mil roads to use automatic coupliM-s. A I passonger was injured because of a do- ,( ' Jwtive coupler ou h 'Missouri Pacific 1 ' tjiin. The lower court decided for the ; railioad company on thev ground that j, the railroad was not compelled to keep i I the couplers in repaSr. anil t.ho supreme , ., ' court upheld the lower court. The case ',' will be appealed to tlio United States Hiipronio court. CHICAGO, Nov. 0. Nathiel F. k' i iMoorc, son of .1. F. ilooro. one of the ' "- powers in the Kock Island railroad sys- j 1 triu.. yesterday htarted in the railro'ad I l;usinos.s by beginning work iu a freight lioueo at $10 a month. Iiieidenlallv, it j ' t . y.-aa learned at tin- La Salic hofel'tbat 1 ' ifjie intends to live on hjs salarv, ho .'.! will have only two days to stay in his ! '' present apart meutg. which are costing I 1 j ' a day, and this will have to bo i t : without meals, lie is to begin work, i ' V according to schedule, aa soon as Pres-''lent Pres-''lent Winchcll of the road returns to Ij.ix this. country from Europe. He is emu- ? M lating tin; citroer of his cousius, Ed- p ward and Paul .Aloore. |