Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-03-22
KANSAS RAILROADS.

The working time in the Missouri Pa
cifc shops at Osawatomie has been in
creased from twenty to fifty hours per
week.
From Parsons; Retrenchment on the
Missouri, Kansas q Texas railway still
goes on. The office of superintendent
Of bridges and building will be abolished
after March Is, and foremen of bridges
and buildings after that date, will re-
port directly to the chief engineer. The
forces in the bridge and building and
road departments will also be cut at this
point, Denison and Hannibal.
The spur road from Ryan station to
Highland seems likely to be built Par
ties interested say that sufficient money
has been raised to build this spur road
and its completion is only a matter of
time, and that traffic contract has been
drawn up between the representatives
of the new road and General Manager
Robinson, Of the st. Joseph and Grand
Island which is satisfactory to both sides
and when the proper time comes will be
signed.
Leavenworth Times: One of the long
est trains of cars that ever left Leaven-
worth with Leavenworth products went
out on the Santa Fe. 1t consisted Of
forty freight cars, each loaded to fullest
capacity with Kansas -four made by
Kelly & Lysle milling company. The
train was double header" that is,
drawn by two powerful locomotives.
The -four is billed for London and Liv-
erpool, England, and from those places
will be distributed among the other
cities Of England.
From Kansas City, Kansas: Acting
on the advice Of County Attorney Cobb,
County Treasurer Mclean declined to
accept from the Missouri Pacific COM
pany the payment Of part of the taxes
on the property Of the northwestern
lines recently purchased by that COM
pany. The company wanted to pay
the county $4,000, that being the
amount Of the state, county, city and
school levy, but wanted to leave out the
$4,000 special taxes for improvements
of streets. The check was returned to
the company's attorney.
Atchison Globe Fl. E. Shumway,
who has Investigated the matter says
that more is shipped over the Central
Branch annually than over any other
500 miles of railroad in Kansas. In ad-
dition to being stock producing coun-
try, the Central Branch is becoming
noted for chicken raising. Twice every
month poultry car containing 1000
chickens is shipped east, and the pro-
duction is gradually on the increase.
Some farmers have discovered that there
is more money in raising chickens than
cereals, and are devoting all their time
to the industry.
Another banana special Of the Santa
Fe has beaten the record Of the first one,
having made the run from Galveston to
Chicago in 50 hours and 40 minutes.
This is the best long-distance journey
ever made by freight train in this
country. The average speed was thirty
two miles an hour, and the actual run
ming time was thirty-nine hours and
four minutes. The train consisted of
eleven cars, and the distance travelled
was 1880 miles. The banana business
has heretofore been controlled by the
Illinois Central from New Orleans. The
Santa Fe induced some importers to land
2 Jamaica steamer at Galveston a short
time ago, and give them a chance at the
business. They made such fast run,
that the other roads insisted it was an
accident, and that the record could not
be equalled again. The importers gave
them another chance, with the promise
that if the road could beat the previous
record, they would see to it that Ja-
maica steamer landed at the Galveston
port each week. The record made beat
the previous record about ten hours, and
the Jamaica steamer is now an assured
fact. The western roads have claimed
for a long time that they could handle
the banana business better from Calves
ton than other roads can from New
Orleans.