Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-08-24
KANSAS RAILROADS.

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The A. T. g. s. II. railroad company
has paid Hodgeman county $4,000 foi
damages done to the poor farm by Tho
! prairie fire last spring.
The Central Branch shops at Atchisoi
have been put on n forty hour week
five, eight hour days, This let's all th,
men, about 1876 Of them, remain.
The Santa Fe railway company hal
announced that it will transport all seed
wheat shipped to western Kansas this
fall over its railway free Of charge.
At Ottawa thirty-fve more employee
at the Atchison, Topeka & Santa F.
railway shops are laid OIL. The recen
cutting off Of laborers at the shops ha
reduced the pay roll $4,000 per month
l. M. Mahin has rendered his resigna,
ton as assistant claim agent of the Mis-.
souri, Pacific. His territory covered al
that road from Kansas City north anG
west, embracing about 1900 miles. Mr.
Mahin will hang out his law single in
Cedarville, Smith county.
The Yates Center train on the Mis-.
souri, Pacific has been ordered discon-
tinued by the general manager, The
train was put on as an experiment at the
request Of citizens about three months
ago The company has found that it
does not pay expenses and has decided
to take it off.
The Santa Fe railroad contractors,
Lantry & Son, have completed the con-
struction of double track bridges be-
tween Emporia and Florence, and it is
said that another line Of road will be laid
soon along that route. That is all that
is needed to make the Santa Fe double
track system from Kansas City to Kins-
ley, which points comprehend practi-
cally all Of the heavy traffic territory in
Kansas.
Santa Fe and Frisco employees moved
into their new quarters at Pittsburg and
are now transacting business in one Of
the handiest and contest passenger depot
buildings in the state, fitted up with all
the modern appliances for the Success
full trasaction Of the large business of
the companies at this place, The freight
depot, one square from the above build
ing, is also ready for the receipt Of any
consignments made to these roads.
Orders have been issued cutting off
Superintendent J. r. Gamble and staff
of the Leavenworth division Of the Union
Pacific railroad In the future trains for
the Kansas Central and other Union Pa
cifc connections at that point will have
division headquarters at Kansas City,
Mo. The doing away of this division
was in the line of retrenchment and
economy, which seems to be the policy
of this road at this time. Superintend-
emit Gamble will in the future be con-
ductor on the Kansas Central run.
Topeka Capital Railroad Man; "The
difference in our business compared with
last years is something astonishing.
This time last year we were working
night and day arranging for excursions,
ETC. We had the teachers and the
Knights Templar and the Knights of
Pythias and a number Of other organ
izations to carry over our road, and this
year there is nothing but the worlds
fair. And the traffic to Chicago is far
below our expectations, 1t is the same
way in the freight department. At pres
ent there is very little for our Colorado
line to do, and the work in the depart
ment is materially decreased thereby,
Altogether this has been hard year for
the railroad"