The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-04-25
ALL ALONG THE LINES.

RaI1road News Items Interesting to Rail-
readers and the Public.
To Guard Jake Harmon of the United
States Express company at Wichita, be-
longs the credit of securing the indict-
ments against the five Rock Island train
shoppers at Pond Crock.
The homeseekers excursion season has
arrived and the Missouri Pacific Wabash,
Burlington and NJ. Z. & T. have issued
circulars announcing homeseekers' ex-
cursions to Kansas, Texas and Arkan-
sas at one fare for the round trip April
"A and May 90. with a return limit of
thirty days and stopover privileges in
Texas.
When the ticket agents excursion
passed through Topeka, they gave three
rousing cheers for w. J. Black of the
Santa Fe.
The spoilers are at work again and the
Memphis route has discharged two con-
ductors and the Frisco three.
The reorganization committee of the
Union Pacific will be ready to report to
congress by next Thursday. Senator
Brice is at the head Of the committee.
The Santa Fee has announced that it
will meet the rate of any other road to
the general assent bly, of the Cumberland
Presbyterian church to be held at Eu-
gene, Ore, May 10, and to the bly,
of the United Presbyterian church to be
held in Albany, Ore, May %.
he Burlington & Missouri River will
extend its line from Sheridan to Great
Falls. Mont, before October 1st The
contract for grading has been let.
The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe and
the Mallory line of steamships. have eff
fected contract whereby they are to ex-
change business at Galveston. The move
was made in antagonism to the Southern
Pacific company.
Engineer Clarence E. Weaver of the
Rock Island and Miss Maggie Long were
married at Hutchinson on the evening of
the 18th inst. They will make Herring
ton their home
The following station agents on the
Il. c., Fl. s. & NJ. have been appointed
by Superintendent w. w. Pagan: w. H.
Ocker, Hillsdale; w. o. Henry, Nor
wood; II. E. Barber, Marion; w. E.
Feaster, Osceola; w. w. Chester, Ham
mond; E. r. Richards, Pleasant Hill; J.
S. Roche, Humansville, and Miss Maude
Slagle, Dennis.
The Pennsylvania railroad is twenty
one years of age.
General Freight Agent f. c. Gay of
the Santa Fe is in Old Mexico.
The Union Pacific has made arrange
ments to handle its emigrant business
over its own line to Portland, Ore, and
thence by steamer to San Francisco at
the same rate quoted by other lines
from the Missouri river.
w. H. Simpson of the Santa Fe adver-
Using department is in Chicago, and will
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returns.
Silas Preston of Wichita, a Sants Fe
live stock agent, was at the office yester-
day.
The strike of the Indian Territory
miners in no way effects the Santa Fe
mines.
A demand for a telegraph Office comes
from Anneally, on the Missouri Pacific.
Chief Clerk W. D. Gossett of the Santa
Fe land department is in Iowa on bust
ness.
A revolution in car lighting has been
going steadily on since the Pintsch gas
lighting system came into use. The gas
light gives general satisfaction and the
tanks can be recharged at any gas plant.
One hundred and seventy-two feet of the
Pintsch gas is said to be equal to 1000
feet of the ordinary city gas.
A special train of one baggage, one
dining, one composite and three sleeping
cars is expected through Topeka over
the Santa Fe some time tomorrow. The
train belongs to party of excursionists
from New England who are on their
way to San Francisco and from there
will probably take passage for a long
trim in Alaska