The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-09-14
PULLMAN MEN HERE
The CarwOrks Committee From
Pullman Arrive in Town.
Business Men Of Topeka Will
Meet Them Tonight.
MAY LOCATE HERE
If Our Citizens Make Them a
Good Offer.
B. P. Waggener Promises Some
Good Contracts.

PRESIDENT l. Myers ana corresponding
Secretary c. O. Allen, of the Pullman
Co operative club, are in Topeka today
and will meet the business and CONNER
cial men of the city tonight at a meeting
at the council chamber, which has been
called for that purpose.
These gentlemen were sent to Kansas
a committee to select a location for
car works, where their cooperative club
may manufacture sleeping cars on an i'm
proved method on which they hold the
patents.
Their club is composed Of about 200
skilled mechanics, who were prior to the
recent strike employed in the Pullman
car works, but who now want to locate at
some place in the west where they may
have work and provide homes for their
families.
Mr. Allen is the patentee OF some in
terror fixtures for standard coaches by
which common coach may be trans
formed into day coach sleeping car and
a dining car, and it is the manufacture
of these patents which the men expect
to furnish them employment.
Mr. Myers. president of the club, said
to a STATE Journal reporter today:
1--WE don't pretend TO have any great
amount of money, but we have valuable
patents and every mem Der of our club is
a skilled mechanic. who can and will
mendations as to his ability as a work
man and his standing d citizen from
churches and other societies.
.sWe don't insist upon starting in with
a plant which will give employment to
all our men at once, and expect to only
bring the men actually necessary to man
the works. We want to put our skill
and patents against the money and com
nercial ability of the people IN whose
community we locate. In order to
manufacture the cars using all our
patents, we would necessarily have to,
have some contracts to begin with and
that would demand the investment or a
considerable sum of money. say $4,000
OF 100000, but If we can't do that we
can start with q smaller plant and manu-
facture some of our interior fixtures for
cars, and from $4,000 to $4,000 would
start our works.
eve mean 10 locate in some town in
the eastern part of the state on railroads,
where we will be likely to secure con
tracts.
"Mr B. P. Waggener, general attorney
of the Missouri Pacific. has interested
himself in our patents and he has led as
believe that the Missouri Pacific will
give US a contract for furnishing them
some of our improved sleepers for their
Colorado service.
s-Our cars can be built for just one half
what Pullman sleep costs and can be
used twenty -four hours in the day Dur
ing the day it will seat as many passen-
gers as any other coach and at night it
Will furnish each passenger with a good
bed.
THE Missouri Pacific has a roundabout
way to Colorado. and if they can equip
their line with our cars they can carry
their passengers at regular fare and give
them sleeping car accommodations as
good as a Pullman, then they can expect
some Colorado business.
There is little doubt that we can make
some good contracts as SOON as we secure
a location for our Shops
The meeting at the council chamber
tonight should be attended by all the
business men Of Topeka AS these gentle
men will explain just what they want
Railroad Comm issiOner p. L. MaxsOn
had long conference with the Pullman
committee this morning and is trying to
induce them to 60 to Emporia.
Topeka should at leass see what these
men offer and if it is d good thing. then